TWELVE: The End of the Road in New York City
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Stones Touring Party
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After a wild two-month tear through North America, the Stones play the last gig of the STP tour at NYC's Madison Square Garden. Their entourage work overtime to ensurethat it's the craziest rock show to ever hit the Big Apple. After their final bows, theband is exhausted. What's more, they're disheartened by the overly glitzy showbiz crowd that turns up at their tour wrap party, which doubles as Jagger's 29th birthday. As they come to grips with aging, they also grapple with their gradual drift towards the mainstream. The STP trek birthed the modernrock tour, but it also hastened the Stones' transformation from a rock band to a business venture. The bonds that kept the motley 40-person crew together evaporate and everyone goes their separate ways. Reintegrationinto everyday life is lonely and confusing, and everyone copes in differentways as they struggle to make sense of the life-altering experience they'd just shared — one that could never be duplicated.
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After a wild two-month tear through North America, the Stones play the last gig of the STP tour at NYC's Madison Square Garden. Their entourage work overtime to ensurethat it's the craziest rock show to ever hit the Big Apple. After their final bows, theband is exhausted. What's more, they're disheartened by the overly glitzy showbiz crowd that turns up at their tour wrap party, which doubles as Jagger's 29th birthday. As they come to grips with aging, they also grapple with their gradual drift towards the mainstream. The STP trek birthed the modernrock tour, but it also hastened the Stones' transformation from a rock band to a business venture. The bonds that kept the motley 40-person crew together evaporate and everyone goes their separate ways. Reintegrationinto everyday life is lonely and confusing, and everyone copes in differentways as they struggle to make sense of the life-altering experience they'd just shared — one that could never be duplicated.
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