The Rolling Stones’ first studio album of the new millennium, 2005’s “A Bigger Bang“, made its mark around the world. It charted in the top five in almost two dozen countries and earned Platinum or Gold certifications in the U.S., U.K., and other international territories. Jagger, Richards, Watts, and Wood supported the album with “A Bigger Bang, the Tour“, between 2005-2007 – and it became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time (until U2 usurped its crown). On February 8th, 2006, the Stones took the proceedings to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a massive free concert. That show was captured on film and released to cinemas and DVD while the audio was broadcast on XM Radio. Now, the mega-show is coming to various formats in remixed, re-edited, and remastered form as The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang – Live on Copacabana Beach released on July 9th from Eagle Rock Entertainment.
Welcome to Rio De Janeiro and the Rolling Stones’ legendary show in front of 1.5 million people, one of the biggest free concerts in history, The Rolling Stones’ performance on February 18th 2006 was an historic event; a critical moment in Rock ‘n’ Roll history.
As Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts fire on all pistons from one track to the next, the crowd continues to meet their energy waving Brazilian and British flags while rocking out in the tropical evening sunset. With incredible staging and graphics, this fully restored and remastered concert from their ‘A Bigger Bang’ world tour now includes four previously unreleased tracks; “Tumbling Dice”, “Oh No, Not You Again”, “This Place is Empty” and “Sympathy For The Devil”.
Held on February 8th, 2009 in front of the Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) this legendary Rolling Stones concert will be treated to a physical and digital release, remixed, reissued and remastered. A film that captures one of the greatest free concerts and a critical moment in the history of rock’n’roll”, commented the band.
Scheduled for July 9th, this historic concert will be available in a variety of formats: DVD-2CD, SD BD-2CD, 2DVD-2CD Deluxe, 3LP pressed on blue, yellow and green vinyl, 3LP pressed on transparent vinyl (available only on Sound Of Vinyl and digital.
Mick Jagger’s band has scheduled the release of digital EP for May 28th, which will contain five songs: Sympathy For The Devil, Wild Horses, You Got Me Rocking, Happy and Rough Justice. All were recorded during the concert, with the exception of Rough Justice, which came from a concert in Salt Lake City in 2005. The latter will only be available on deluxe versions.
A limited edition 10″ vinyl picture disc containing Rain Fall Down (Live on Copacabana Beach) and Rough Justice (Live In Salt Lake City) was also announced for Record Store Day on June 12th.
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