Rolling Stones Give Free Concert
LOS ANGELES - The Rolling Stones played their first free concert
in 33 years on last Thursday.
Their previous free concert had taken
place in San Francisco in 1969. The security had not been
good at that time: a teenager had been stabbed
to death after pointing a gun at the stage.
The 2003 event was considerably more secure
and no big problem was reported.
Most of the 18,000 tickets were given away
in a lottery organized to raise awareness
of global warming.
Bill Clinton (the former US president) addressed the crowd
from the stage for five minutes.
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Pierce Brosnan, Lisa Kudrow, Larry
David, Mira Sorvino and Cameron Diaz, singer Christina Aguilera
and director Rob Reiner attended the concert.
The concert lasted for 135 minutes. There were 20 classic hits,
including "Start Me Up", "Street Fighting Man",
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and "Midnight Rambler".
The Rolling Stones' "Licks" tour
began last September in Boston. After a stop in Las Vegas on Saturday,
they will fly to Australia, where they
will sing in Sydney on Feb. 18.