Rolling Stones: 11/16/1989

This was the second night of a two-night stand in Miami. The first night, we had great seats close to the front; this night, we were off on the side, which was fine. Different perspective of the massive stage show.

At the time, I was working as a chef and this particular week was extremely busy, so in addition to two Stones concerts, I was also working 60+ hours. That said, after a late night of rock and roll the night before, and then working early in the morning, when we got to the Orange Bowl, I discovered to my dismay that I had forgotten the tickets at home. UGH! Something I am usually very anal about. Thankfully, I had enough time to drive home, get the tickets, and still catch Living Colour, who again opened this show.

During the break between bands, my friend Lydia and I were hanging out and talking, when a young woman in the row in front of us turned around to face us, holding a big magnifying glass in her hand like she was Sherlock Holmes or something. She leaned toward me and proceeded to examine my crotch with her magnifying glass. I was somewhat taken aback. I didn’t know whether to be flattered or offended. So I responded in a way that felt right—I laughed, and so did everyone else around us. Hey, no harm, no foul.

The Stones hit the stage and opened pretty much the same as they did the first night, but they swapped out a few songs, which made it nice. The songs they did this evening and not the first which stood out for me were “Angie” and “Little Red Rooster.” Both total surprises and most welcome. Also, I have to say that the liquid light show that accompanied “2000 Light Years From Home” looked much better from where we were sitting. You need to have a little distance to appreciate that kind of psychedelic imagery.

Anyway, here’s the setlist from the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band…

Setlist:

• Start Me Up
• Bitch
• Sad Sad Sad
• Undercover of the Night
• Harlem Shuffle
• Tumbling Dice
• Miss You
• Ruby Tuesday
• Angie
• Rock and a Hard Place
• Mixed Emotions
• Honky Tonk Women
• Midnight Rambler
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want
• Little Red Rooster
• Can’t Be Seen (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
• Happy (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
• Paint It Black
• 2000 Light Years From Home
• Sympathy for the Devil
• Gimme Shelter
• It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)
• Brown Sugar
• (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

Encore:

• Jumpin’ Jack Flash