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Stones Gear Up for Petersburg Gig

By Sergey Chernov

Staff Writer

Tickets for The Rolling Stones’ one-off Russian concert, scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg on June 13, will hit the stands this week, according to local promoter Planeta Plus.

60,000 fans are expected to attend the show, which is part of the band’s current A Bigger Bang World Tour, at the Kirov Stadium, Planeta Plus revealed at a news conference last week.

According to the promoter’s news release, 5,000 tickets have already been booked by fans from Finland through the national Internet ticket seller Kassir.ru.

All in all, 30,000 tickets will be on sale in St. Petersburg and 5,000 tickets in Moscow, with the rest going to the other Russian cities and neighboring countries.

Unlike the other countries, in St. Petersburg, tickets will have “egalitarian” prices, ranging from 1,000-5,000 rubles ($36-$180), the promoter said. Two stages will be erected, the largest 62 meters wide, 23 meters long and 40 meters in height.

To accommodate offices, dressing rooms and a canteen, a tent town will be built at the open stadium. The band’s equipment will arrive with a 150-strong technical crew in 76 trucks. The works will start on June 8.

Planeta Plus added that the band was planning to spend several days in St. Petersburg to enjoy the fabulous “white nights” period.

The band is expected to arrive on a private plane with their families, the promoter added.

The St. Petersburg concert is between dates in Gothenburg, Sweden (June 10) and Brno, Czech Republic (June 16).

The Rolling Stones’ only Russian concert to date took place at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow in August 1998.