Incredibles... Mick Jagger, of course, but also Keith Richards and Ron Wood had to be there to honor the memory of Charlie Watts, the group's friend and drummer, who passed away in 2021. The legendary Rolling Stones, in European tour for their 60-year career, braved the furnace of the Groupama stadium on Tuesday to offer a show in the form of a farewell to their Lyon fans.
"
It's our 53rd concert in France, but it's certainly the hottest
," launched Mick Jagger in French to nearly 50,000 spectators visibly in heaven despite a mercury displaying 36 degrees at the start of the concert.
The first notes were those of a moving tribute to the original drummer of the Stones, the discreet Charlie Watts who died last year, with archive images broadcast on the screens of the gigantic stage.
"
We've been playing together for 60 years, we miss him so much
," Jagger said.
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Last of their leader, visibly very well recovered from his mid-June Covid, and still as toned in his immutable gestures, the famous rock grandpas played classics and hits:
Street fighting man
,
Tumbling dice
,
Angie
,
Jumpin' Jack flash
,
Start me up
...
largely meeting the expectations of fans.
But the magic really worked in the oven of the Groupama at the time of the eternal
, You can't always get what you wan't
and during a very
spirited Midnight rambler
with Jagger playing the harmonica.
And for the fans, who paid their tickets from 95 to 330 euros, it doesn't matter now if Keith Richards is no longer so surgical, and if the group is now largely supported by sound settings, scenography and singers. .
As a final bouquet, a
very nervous
Paint it black and an ultimate
Satisfaction
definitely won the track after about 1h45 of show.
Mick and Keith will blow their 80 moves in 2023
“It's a lifetime, it's a lot of generations. We will never find bands like that again”
, was ecstatic after the concert Philippe Beauchamps, 28-year-old funeral director.
“Sex rock and rock and roll, it's them, what!
These are the real ones!”
, claimed for her part Virginie Bonnefoux, 40, while Arthur Brunet, thirty years old who works in real estate, praised the longevity of the singer.
“At 78, Mick Jagger, I would like to be like him.
It's great what he does!"
, he says, admiringly.
The rocker grandpas had not performed in the capital of Gaul for fifteen years, and Lyon fans do not get too excited
, who will blow out their 80 candles in 2023.
"It's probably the last time we'll see them, even if I would like them to come back"
, still hopes Pascal Nicoud, 52-year-old business manager.
Halfway through, the Stones played
Living in a Ghost Town,
their last original track, the lyrics of which may spell the end of a group that has held firm for six decades
.
Please let this be over / Stuck in
a
world without end
... These words will long resonate in the memory of Lyon fans.
This mini-tour of 14 dates, called Sixty, continues on Saturday at the Hippodrome de Paris-Longchamp, and will end on August 3 in Berlin.