Rolling Stones out for proof in Inglewood
by Garth Meyer A 1989 Budweiser commercial hailed them as “the one band that is rock & roll.” Could they still be? The Rolling Stones took the stage in Inglewood last Thursday night to give an answer. Tickets were on phones, the stadium was named after a mobile-first personal finance company, Charlie Watts had just died. They had not put out an original album in 15 years. But 28-year-old women in leather pants converged. Wearing the same was Ronnie Wood, 75, happy and engaging, alongside him the subdued Keith Richards, 77, and at the front, the limber son of a P.E. teacher, Mick Jagger at 78. Could they still do it? To justify $350 tickets in the lower bowl — swaths of which were given away days before to the Inglewood School District — the parking fees outside from $48 to $65, service charge not included. It was the band’s 48th show in L.A., its first came in 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Was there any chance? Mid-show, during a long study of “Midnight Rambler,” Jagger and Richards played and sang at the end of the walkway into the crowd; just two men, and what they gave the world. And it continues. From the opener of “Let’s Spend the Night Together,” to the closing…
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