THE ROLLING STONES’ PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED CONCERT FILM, BRIDGES TO BUENOS AIRES, SET FOR RELEASE ON NOVEMBER 8
RESTORED, REMIXED AND REMASTERED SHOW LIVE FROM ARGENTINA
FEATURING GUEST APPEARANCE FROM BOB DYLAN
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18 SEPTEMBER 2019 (TORONTO, ON) – Bridges To Buenos Aires was today announced by The Rolling Stones for release on November 8 via Eagle Rock/Eagle Vision/Universal Music Canada, the country's leading music company. The previously unreleased concert film from their Bridges to Babylon Tour has been completely restored, remixed and remastered. This latest release from Eagle Rock Entertainment’s acclaimed Rolling Stones archive series will be available on DVD, Blu-ray, digital, DVD + 2CD, Blu-ray + 2CD, limited edition blue translucent 180gm triple vinyl, black 180gm triple vinyl and digital audio. Pre-orders are available now.
Bridges to Buenos Aires captures the complete show from April 5th 1998, the last date of the band’s five-night sell-out residency at the River Plate Stadium in Argentina’s capital city. The legendary Bob Dylan joins the band onstage for a unique performance of ‘Like A Rolling Stone’.
From the explosive opening salvo of "Satisfaction", it’s evident that both the band and the crowd mean business. The latter are packed in like sardines at the River Plate Stadium, all of them moving as one. They welcome The Stones back with the warmth of long-lost brothers.
The band then unzipped over two hours of pure, animalistic rock 'n' roll exhilaration. Then-new songs from Bridges To Babylon found their natural place in a setlist that included some of the most recognizable anthems of the rock era. "Flip The Switch", "Saint Of Me" and "Thief In The Night" rub shoulders with a brooding "Gimme Shelter", Jagger's acoustic and Ronnie's slide guitar on "Sister Morphine", and a whole host of singalong crowd-pleasers.
Then, suddenly, and without introduction, Dylan. The bard had played his own set to the adoring River Plate crowd before ambling on stage to double-date with Jagger on "Like A Rolling Stone", which the Stones had admirably inhabited on 1995's Stripped. Bob's customarily approximate vocal style certainly kept Mick on his toes, but the bonhomie of the moment gave further warmth to a set that was growing evermore fierce.
The Rolling Stones have always preferred to cross bridges rather than to burn them. By the time they said buenas noches to Buenos Aires that night in '98, they had left Latin America a love letter to be treasured.
This concert film has been meticulously restored from the original master tapes, and the audio remixed and remastered from the live multitrack recordings.
select text taken from Bridges to Buenos Aires sleeve notes, by Paul Sexton.
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1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 2. Let’s Spend The Night Together 3. Flip The Switch 4. Gimme Shelter 5. Sister Morphine 6. Its Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) 7. Saint Of Me 8. Out Of Control 9. Miss You 10. Like A Rolling Stone (featuring Bob Dylan) 11. Thief In The Night 12. Wanna Hold You 13. Little Queenie 14. When The Whip Comes Down 15. You Got Me Rocking 16. Sympathy For The Devil 17. Tumbling Dice 18. Honky Tonk Women 19. Start Me Up 20. Jumpin’ Jack Flash 21. You Can’t Always Get What You Want 22. Brown Sugar
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3LP A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 C3 D1 D2 D3 D4 E1 E2 E3 E4 F1 F2 F3 |
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Let’s Spend The Night Together Flip The Switch Gimme Shelter Sister Morphine Its Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) Saint Of Me Out Of Control Miss You Like A Rolling Stone (featuring Bob Dylan) Thief In The Night Wanna Hold You Little Queenie When The Whip Comes Down You Got Me Rocking Sympathy For The Devil Tumbling Dice Honky Tonk Women Start Me Up Jumpin’ Jack Flash You Can’t Always Get What You Want Brown Sugar |
NOTES TO EDITORS
- The Bridges To Babylon Tour lasted a year and was seen by over 4.5M fans, making it the (then) second highest grossing tour ever behind their (previous) Voodoo Lounge Tour three years earlier.
- The band performed 97 shows over 5 legs and 4 continents.
- The Bridges To Babylon album was a Top 5 hit in most major markets in 1997.
- Praise for the album included:
“untouchable” – NME
“still at their best” - Rolling Stone
“tight and energetic…solid, craftsmanlike songwriting” – AllMusic
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