Hot on the heels of last year’s studio album, Hackney Diamonds, comes another Rolling Stones release – a live album recorded in November 2002.
Live At The Wiltern captures the band in an intimate setting – the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles – playing a set of mostly rarely-aired songs, including ‘Stray Cat Blues,’ ‘No Expectations’, ‘Live With Me’, and a cover of the classic 1964 soul song ‘Everybody Needs Somebody To Love’, featuring a guest spot by Solomon Burke, who opened the show that night.
There’s also a smattering of hits, such as ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash,’ Honky Tonk Women,’ ‘Start Me Up,’ and ‘Brown Sugar.’ The gig was part of the worldwide 117-date Licks Tour to celebrate the band’s 40th anniversary.
This release is available as a 2CD, 2CD+Blu-ray and 2CD+DVD sets (the blu-ray and DVD have the same tracklisting as the 2CD and blu-ray). There’s a 3LP vinyl edition of Live At The Wiltern as well, including a bronze and black ‘swirl’ version available from independent retailers.
Live At The Wiltern is released on 8 March 2024 via Mercury Studios.
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (with Solomon Burke)
That’s How Strong My Love Is
Going To A Go-Go
Band Introductions
CD2
Thru And Thru
You Don’t Have To Mean It
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
Rock Me Baby
Bitch
Honky Tonk Women
Start Me Up
Brown Sugar
Tumbling Dice
Blu-ray or DVD
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Live With Me
Neighbours
Hand of Fate
No Expectations
Beast of Burden
Stray Cat Blues
Dance, Part 1
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (with Solomon Burke)
That’s How Strong My Love Is
Going To A Go-Go
Band Introductions
Thru And Thru
You Don’t Have To Mean It
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
Rock Me Baby
Bitch
Honky Tonk Women
Start Me Up
Brown Sugar
Tumbling Dice
LP 1
Side 1
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Live With Me
Neighbours
Hand of Fate
Side 2
No Expectations
Beast of Burden
Stray Cat Blues
LP 2
Side 3
Dance, Part 1
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (with Solomon Burke)
That’s How Strong My Love Is
Going To A Go-Go
Side 4
Thru And Thru
You Don’t Have To Mean It
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
LP 3
Side 5
Rock Me Baby
Bitch
Honky Tonk Women
Start Me Up
Side 6
Brown Sugar
Tumbling Dice
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By Sean Hannam
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