The Rolling Stones
Tuesday, February 9th, 1999 at 8:00 pm.
Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, CA

Show length: a little more than 2 hours

Set List:

   1.Jumping Jack Flash 
   2.Live With Me 
   3.Respectable 
   4.You Got Me Rocking 
   5.Honky Tonk Women 
   6.Moonlight Mile 
   7.Sweet Virginia 
   8.Some Girls 
   9.Saint of Me 
  10.Paint It Black 
     -- Introductions -- 
  11.Before They Make Me Run (Keith) 
  12.Thief In The Night (Keith) 
  13.Out Of Control 
  14.Route 66 (B-stage) 
  15.Just My Imagination (B-stage) 
  16.Midnight Rambler (B-stage) 
  17.Tumbling Dice 
  18.It's Only Rock n' Roll 
  19.Start Me Up 
  20.Brown Sugar 
  21.Sympathy for the Devil (encore)


Bryan Adams opened up for the Stones this time.  It was not too bad, he played Cuts Like 
a Knife, Heaven, Summer of '69, and a few others.  I liked the guitarist a lot, and they 
seemed like they were having fun, so it was a good opening.  I'm glad that Green Day 
decided not to play!  They were dressed in all white, it was pretty cool.
	When the Rolling Stones came on, the whole stadium went dark, and they played a 
cool black and white intro movie, where it showed the Stones slowly walking out of their 
backstage rooms into the arena, and they looked badass!
Mick came out in sunglasses , and he wore a scarf and a shirt over his black 
undershirt.  Keith had some cool beads and other weird stuff in his hair, leather jacket, and 
a chain hanging from his pants, and he looked like he was pretty happy to be there.  They 
all had custom guitar straps, some with the tongue logo, and Ronnie's with a skeleton on 
it.  Charlie had a nice white shirt and brown pants. usually he doesn't look like he's 
having fun, but this time he seemed pretty happy.   Keith and Ron were having a great 
time too!  Mick had the crowd in the palm of his hand.. and some girls were throwing their 
underwear and roses at him !  You could tell that he was in a real good mood because he 
said it was "Fuck-in' great" at one point of the show. 
Jumping Jack Flash was an awesome opener!  You can't beat it!  The crowd went 
nuts and were standing up and shouting.  It was very loud in there!  Basically all the songs 
were good.  We had some great horn section solos in there too.   My favorite songs were 
Honkey Tonk Women, Tumbling Dice (because Mick faced our direction while singing 
most of the time), Paint it Black, Sweet Virginia, Midnight Rambler and Sympathy for the 
Devil.   Sweet Virginia was amazing, since Mick played guitar and a great harmonica solo 
on that one, and since it was unexpected.  Also, Paint it Black was a surprise and I liked it 
very much!  Mick played guitar on quite a few of the songs, in fact.  It was great to see all 
the interaction between the band members.   Moonlight Mile was great too, since it is rare, 
and also Mick was able to sing it quite well.   I loved Route 66 because it showed their 
roots pretty well, the small stage was a great idea to include since people who didn't get 
great seats in the front could also see them.  Midnight Rambler was great , because it was 
an extended song, and the harmonica was sweet too!  
Saint of Me is a great tune, and when I heard it, it sounded more like a vintage 
number than a new song.  That shows how good they are I guess.  Thief in the Night was 
very interesting, and I liked Charlie a lot on that one, but I was hoping more for You Got 
the Silver.  Sympathy was played very well, and it is much better than the album version.  
The addition of some horns to the song was a cool little twist.  Oh well, I was still very 
happy about the setlist.  You can't really expect big changes in the set lists since they have 
to plan a lot of things around it, like the stage setup and lighting, etc.
The lighting and effects were very good too, especially on Out of Control, where 
Mick comes out of the inside of the stage with an elevator platform.  It was also great to 
see Sympathy, since the lighting matched the mood of the song.  It could have been a little 
better for the small stage, but overall it did a great job of making the show more 
interesting.  The sound was pretty good, but sometimes I couldn't hear the words because 
I was up in the upper level.  But we did get a screen, to see closeups of the band.  The 
backup singers were pretty good too, although Lisa didn't get a solo because they didn't 
play Gimme Shelter.
Overall, I would have to say that this was one of the best shows I've seen.  The 
Stones have got even better since I saw them in 97 at Dodger Stadium.  Also I got a better 
view of the stage, since the venue was smaller.  They had so much energy, I couldn't 
believe it.. when I was getting tired, Mick and the boys kept it up like there was no 
tomorrow!  I was lucky I didn't lose my voice, and my hands were hurting from clapping 
so much.  At the end, after an amazing performance of Sympathy for the Devil and a killer 
solo by Keith Richards (which was better than the video I saw), people were holding up 
lighters and cheering really loudly.  If you can possibly see them this time, then you must 
go because it is worth it definitely!  That night proved that the kings of rock n' roll aren't 
about to give up the crown any time soon..



~Ravi