STOCKHOLM GLOBE ARENA SEPTEMBER 8:TH 1998

Mick in Globen Yes, finally they came. For the first time ever the Rolling Stones gave a concert in Globen, the Stockholm Globe Arena, only fifteen minutes walk from my home. I was there. The King and Queen of Sweden and 15000 others were there too. At ten past nine Keith Richards entered the stage and started 'Satisfaction'. Two hours and ten minutes later it was all over.

The Globe Arena is a large indoor arena, but when the Stones played there it felt just like a club gig. After all they are used to open air and could now enjoy the tight feeling and the close contact with the audience in a much smaller scale. Like Keith said: 'This is not a bad joint, you know'. It's also the first time in 25 years that they play indoors here in Sweden.

Glimmer Twins The sound was good, much better than at my seat at Ullevi in Gothenburg. However Mick's voice was not so strong. It almost sounded better when Keith started singing. But when the band went down to the small stage in the middle of the floor Mick really lifted the roof in 'Little Queenie', and the guys played some of the best rock'n roll I've ever heard. The finish back on the main stage was also very good.

The set list was almost the same as at Ullevi, only three numbers had changed. The big surprice was that they skipped the Internet song, which the final vote list said should be 'Shine a light', and instead they played two extras: 'YCAGWYW' and 'Brown Sugar'. I wish they could have been a little more flexible and played some other classics like 'Let it bleed', 'Midnight Rambler' etc etc. There are so many of them. As a hole I put this tour after both Stockholm 1995 and Gothenburg 1990, but much better than Gothenburg 1982.

Here's the complete set list from Stockholm september 8:th 1998:

  1. Satisfaction Sir Keith again
  2. Let's spend the night together
  3. Flip the Switch
  4. Gimmie Shelter
  5. Anybody seen my baby
  6. Paint it black
  7. Saint of me
  8. Out of control
  9. Miss you
  10. You don't have to mean it
  11. I wanna hold you
  12. Little Queenie (first song on the small stage down on the floor)
  13. You got me rocking
  14. Like a Rolling Stone
  15. Sympathy for the Devil (back on the main stage again)
  16. Tumbling Dice
  17. Honky Tonk Woman
  18. Start me up
  19. Jumping Jack Flash
  20. You can't always get what you want (encore)
  21. Brown Sugar (encore)

So now it's over. To see them again I would probably have to go all the way to England, where they are playing 1999. Let's just hope that Mick and the others enjoyed Sweden so much that they take a trip here too when they're still out on the road.

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