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SATISFACTION
Stones to play Fenway
BY WILL SPITZ
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Perched atop the Red Sox dugout on Tuesday afternoon, team COO Mike Dee, along with Tea Party Concerts senior VP David Marsden, confirmed that the Rolling Stones, following Bruce Springsteen in 2003 and Jimmy Buffett last year, will be the third musical act to play at Fenway Park. The Stones themselves were beamed in via satellite from Lincoln Center in Manhattan, where they made the official announcement of their 2005 tour, which kicks off at Fenway on August 21. Once tickets for that show are sold out — which we’re guessing won’t be too long after they go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. — a second show scheduled for August 23 will be added. The New York PR stunt was the band’s first performance at a press event since 1975. They played three songs, but the local press was treated to just the first half-minute or so of each, presumably to prevent illegal recording. Why anyone would want to pay for a "Rolling Stones live from the Fenway Park JumboTron" bootleg is anybody’s guess. Tickets to the Rolling Stones’ August 21 and 23 concerts are $63 to $453, and go on sale Saturday, May 14 at 10 a.m.; call (617) 931-2000. Internet presale tickets are available to Fan Club members until Friday, May 13 at noon, and to American Express cardholders until Friday, May 13 at 9 p.m. at ticketmaster.com.
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