People: Stones’ ‘club show’ kicks off U.S. tour
The Rolling Stones ripped through the intimate Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday with enough energy to fuel their entire 15-city North American tour.
The band announced Wednesday morning it would perform a “club show” that night to kick off its Zip Code tour, which launches Sunday in San Diego. The surprise concert at the 1,300-person-capacity venue instantly sold out. And one fan outside the theater offered $4,000 for one ticket.
The Stones played for an hour and a half, including the entire “Sticky Fingers” album, with the same enthusiasm they had when the record was released in 1971.
“So this is our first show of our tour,” an animated Mick Jagger said. “Tonight we’re doing something we’ve never done before. … We’re going to do the whole of ‘Sticky Fingers.’ ”
The group is re-releasing the album next week.
They played each of the tracks as promised, with Jagger, 71, exhibiting the energy of a high-school cheerleader throughout.
The crowd included Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Harry Styles, Leonard Cohen and Kesha among those enjoying the show from the private balcony, open strictly to VIPs.
Flavor Flav arrested in Las Vegas
Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas early Thursday on allegations of driving under the influence, speeding, possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol in the 2005 black BMW he was driving, authorities said.
Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Loy Hixson said the 56-year-old entertainer was pulled over around 12:30 a.m. for going 73 mph in a 45 mph zone as he entered Interstate 15 southwest of McCarran International Airport.
Flavor Flav also had a suspended driver’s license and registration, Hixson said. He was arrested on six charges, all misdemeanors. Online jail records indicated that he posted bail.
The birthday bunch
Actor Michael Constantine is 88. Conductor Peter Nero is 81. Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 77. Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 65. Singer Morrissey is 56. Actor Michael Kelly (TV: “House of Cards”) is 46. Model Naomi Campbell is 45.