The Rollin' Stoned

A rock ’n’ roll circus is coming to town – everything seems to be ready, is everyone ready? This is a tribute to The Rolling Stones, focusing on the early part of their career from 1964-1969 including ‘Jumping Jack Flash’, ‘Paint It Black’, ‘Not Fade Away’ and ‘Satisfaction’. They have been described by The Times as ”better than the real thing” and have been revered by both Stones fans for their authenticity and the real Stones, who booked them for the band’s birthday. With a Rollin’ Stoned show, the costumes are shamelessly camp, gaudy and fab, the instruments genuinely vintage and the wit irreverent. However, while the tongue is never far from the cheek, it is never to the detriment of the music. A typical two-hour show includes not only all the classic crowd pleasing hits, but is spiced with enough eclectic selections from the deeper recesses of Stones album archives to satisfy the most demanding of “buffs”, all performed with the same vibrantly authentic attack and raw energy that characterised the original Stones shows in their prime. For those who witnessed the Stones – Brian Jones et al – in their heyday, this is a chance to revisit lost youth. For the rest, now is your chance to see what all the fuss was about. Keith Richards’s mother, Doris, was kind enough to describe the band as “outstanding” and fit to “stand in for the Stones”, which is about as good an endorsement as anyone could wish. “….probably more authentic than the Stones themselves would be incline