After selling out their Hyde Park gig in a matter of minutes
The Rolling Stones are said to have announced a second date in central
London.
The ageing rockers proved that they are still a band in demand as tickets for their Hyde Park concert sold out in just five minutes and now they plan on repeating the sell out feat.
Tickets for the second gig are expected to be on sale at some point next week with the concert scheduled for around a day or two after the first performance on 6 July.
Here
we go again: The Rolling Stones will play a second Hyde Park gig after
selling out their first concert in a matter of minutes
Despite
fans voicing concerns about the high cost of admission, which started
at £95, the 65,000 tickets for the central London gig went within
minutes of being put on general release on Friday morning.
AEG Live promoter Rob Hallett said the response had been 'incredible'.
He said: 'There are all these other artists out there this year – Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi – but the tickets went as quickly as the system could do it. Wow... the Rolling Stones!'
He said: 'We sold 65,000 tickets in the speed the system could handle it. If the system could handle it in seconds, we would have probably sold out in seconds.'
Blast
from the past: The Stones played their first gig at Hyde Park in 1969
in memory of their recently deceased band member Brian Jones
Making
sweet music: The band will headline the Hyde Park gig in July, almost
44 years to the day they played a famous free concert in the central
London park
Tickets cost £95, although there were
hospitality packages for sale at up to £299, but Mr Hallett said basic
ticket-holders would not lose out.
He said: 'The band wanted the regular ticket-holders to be right at the front of the stage staring at the whites of their eyes, not 200 yards away.
Still rolling on: The Stones will also play at Glastonbury later this year
'The people who have coughed up for hospitality packages will get looked after in a way they have never known before.
'But when the doors open, if you can run faster than the next guy, it will be like any other general admission gig. You will get down front.'
A large number of tickets were quickly posted on eBay and other websites, with some being sold for more than £1,000 each.
The band will headline the Hyde Park gig in July, almost 44 years to the day they played a famous free concert in the central London park.
The Rolling Stones will also headline Glastonbury and play a north American tour later this year.
Their first ever concert in Hyde Park, which was on 5 July 1969, was just two days after the death of founder member Brian Jones and marked the live debut of his replacement guitarist, Mick Taylor.
Guitarist Keith Richards said he hoped there would be 'some emotion involved' in the new gig.
He said: 'Not going to turn this into the funeral, but any more than that, I think it's a celebration. I think that it's a celebration for everybody really, for Brian, for everybody that was there and hopefully for loads of people that were not there the first time round.
'I'm really looking forward to it, it's an exciting piece of news when I got the news that we were going to play the park again.'
The band were criticised over the price of tickets for their 50th anniversary gigs at the O2 last year when the face-value price of the tickets ranged from £95 to £375, and a VIP hospitality ticket cost £950.
But guitarist Ronnie Wood defended the high prices, saying preparations for the two gigs cost them millions of pounds.
Jumpin'
Jack Flash The Rolling Stones, pictured in November 2012, managed to
sell out their first Hyde Park concert within five minutes on Friday
The ageing rockers proved that they are still a band in demand as tickets for their Hyde Park concert sold out in just five minutes and now they plan on repeating the sell out feat.
Tickets for the second gig are expected to be on sale at some point next week with the concert scheduled for around a day or two after the first performance on 6 July.
Here
we go again: The Rolling Stones will play a second Hyde Park gig after
selling out their first concert in a matter of minutesAEG Live promoter Rob Hallett said the response had been 'incredible'.
He said: 'There are all these other artists out there this year – Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi – but the tickets went as quickly as the system could do it. Wow... the Rolling Stones!'
He said: 'We sold 65,000 tickets in the speed the system could handle it. If the system could handle it in seconds, we would have probably sold out in seconds.'
Blast
from the past: The Stones played their first gig at Hyde Park in 1969
in memory of their recently deceased band member Brian JonesMaking
sweet music: The band will headline the Hyde Park gig in July, almost
44 years to the day they played a famous free concert in the central
London parkHe said: 'The band wanted the regular ticket-holders to be right at the front of the stage staring at the whites of their eyes, not 200 yards away.
Still rolling on: The Stones will also play at Glastonbury later this year'But when the doors open, if you can run faster than the next guy, it will be like any other general admission gig. You will get down front.'
A large number of tickets were quickly posted on eBay and other websites, with some being sold for more than £1,000 each.
The band will headline the Hyde Park gig in July, almost 44 years to the day they played a famous free concert in the central London park.
The Rolling Stones will also headline Glastonbury and play a north American tour later this year.
Their first ever concert in Hyde Park, which was on 5 July 1969, was just two days after the death of founder member Brian Jones and marked the live debut of his replacement guitarist, Mick Taylor.
Guitarist Keith Richards said he hoped there would be 'some emotion involved' in the new gig.
He said: 'Not going to turn this into the funeral, but any more than that, I think it's a celebration. I think that it's a celebration for everybody really, for Brian, for everybody that was there and hopefully for loads of people that were not there the first time round.
'I'm really looking forward to it, it's an exciting piece of news when I got the news that we were going to play the park again.'
The band were criticised over the price of tickets for their 50th anniversary gigs at the O2 last year when the face-value price of the tickets ranged from £95 to £375, and a VIP hospitality ticket cost £950.
But guitarist Ronnie Wood defended the high prices, saying preparations for the two gigs cost them millions of pounds.
Jumpin'
Jack Flash The Rolling Stones, pictured in November 2012, managed to
sell out their first Hyde Park concert within five minutes on Friday
