The Rolling Stones Revue hits St Kilda on 27 February, with Adalita, Phil Jamieson, Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers out front.
Delia Smith baked the cake on Let It Bleed’s cover. The Rolling Stones Revue is serving up the rest.
Adalita (Magic Dirt), Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon), Tex Perkins (The Cruel Sea, Tex Don & Charlie) and Tim Rogers (You Am I) are fronting The Rolling Stones Revue again in 2027, and their Melbourne show is at the Palais Theatre on 27 February. Set one covers all nine tracks of the Stones’ 1969 album, Gimme Shelter and the title track included. After the break comes a set of hits, with Satisfaction, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Start Me Up and Sympathy for the Devil among them. Honky Tonk Women is in there too, so that one could get two airings on the night: the album’s Country Honk is a fiddle-driven country take on the same song.
The Rolling Stones Revue
- 18 February – Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul
- 19 February – Twilight at Taronga, Sydney
- 20 February – NEX, Newcastle
- 26 February – Llewellyn Hall, Canberra
- 27 February – Palais Theatre, Melbourne
- 19–21 August – Mundi Mundi Bash, Broken Hill
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Exit Brian, enter Mick
Let It Bleed landed in late 1969, months after Brian Jones left the band. He still turns up on two tracks, adding percussion to Midnight Rambler and autoharp to You Got the Silver. Mick Taylor, his replacement, plays on Country Honk and Live with Me, his first appearances on a Stones album. The Grammy Hall of Fame inducted the record in 2005.
Behind the four singers is a six-piece band led by guitarist Jak Housden (The Whitlams, The Badloves). Dario Bortolin (Baby Animals) plays bass, with Gordon Rytmeister (Glenn Shorrock, Hamilton) on drums, Rob Woolfe (Ian Moss) on keys and James Christowski on guitar. Winston Smith takes the sax parts, including the solo on Live with Me, the track where Bobby Keys made his Stones debut.
How to get tickets
Previous Revue tours have tackled Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St, and the same four singers played the Palais on the 2024 Sticky Fingers tour. This run adds two outdoor shows to the theatre dates, with Twilight at Taronga in Sydney on 19 February and Broken Hill’s Mundi Mundi Bash in August.
Ticketmaster and Revue database members get first crack at an early-bird presale from 10am on 12 November, and you can join the database through the Revue’s website. General tickets for the theatre shows follow at 10am on 16 November. Twilight at Taronga and the Mundi Mundi Bash are already selling their own tickets.
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