When The Rolling Stones come to Belgium this year, it will be the first time without Charlie Watts (left). The drummer passed away in August at the age of 80. — © AP
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Full-page in the newspaper and towering on the Reyerslaan. The bright red, iconic logo of The Rolling Stones suddenly pops up everywhere. A sign on the wall that the group is back on the track? The band itself already hints at a visit to Brussels. Perhaps their last.
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Wout Desmytere and Dennis Van Goethem
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Start me up, you could read on the VRT tower on Friday morning. Accompanied by four outstretched tongues. In this newspaper it was on a full page Paint it black printed. All hits from The Rolling Stones. It immediately sparked the imagination of fans. Can they expect a new album from Mick Jagger and co? The most recent dates from 2016. It was recently whispered that Jagger would have traveled to Jamaica with guitarist Keith Richards to record new songs.
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Real is a new tour. The Stones posted a video on social media in which their logo appears in various places in Europe. More specifically above 15 cities, including London, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Amsterdam and … Brussels. The last passage in our country dates from TW Classic 2014. A tour was also planned in 2020 – without a visit to Belgium – but it was canceled due to the corona pandemic.
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The official announcement was supposed to come on Monday. Maybe it’s about a stadium tour. In a video, the Dutch concert organizer Mojo has the Stones logo mowed in the grass of the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam. Any puzzle work by the fans immediately results in a free date in the King Baudouin Stadium: Monday 11 July. No Belgian organizer wants to confirm or deny whether that is true.
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At the end of last year, The Rolling Stones completed their postponed US tour. They did that without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in August at the age of 80. They were the first shows without Watts, who hadn’t missed a single performance since he joined in 1963. The No filtertour brought in more than 105 million euros, making it the most profitable tour of 2021.
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When the Stones circus crosses over to Europe, it will coincide with the band’s 60th anniversary. The chance that it will be their last passage in Belgium is considerable. Jagger and Richards celebrate their 79th birthday this year, guitarist Ron Wood turns 75. Wood has also battled cancer twice. To date, The Rolling Stones have played eight Belgian concerts. Wait and see if number nine follows.
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