21.06.2019
USA, Chicago, Soldier Field
Kicked Off 2019 No Filter Tour At Chicago
vg / exc. Aud.

01. Entrance [1:00]
02. Street Fighting Man [4:21]
03. Let's Spend The Night Together [4:26]
04. Tumbling Dice [5:12]
05. Sad Sad Sad [5:00]
06. You Got Me Rocking [4:14]
07. You Can't Always Get What You Want [7:56]
08. B-stage music [0:46]
09. Angie [3:50]
10. Dead Flowers [4:16]
11. Sympathy For The Devil [7:23]
12. Honky Tonk Women [4:20]
13. Band introductions [4:40]
14. You Got The Silver [3:43]
15. Before They Make Me Run [4:26]
16. Miss You [8:13]
17. Paint It Black [5:37]
18. Midnight Rambler [12:16]
19. Start Me Up [4:34]
20. Jumping Jack Flash [4:35]
21. Brown Sugar [5:28]
22. Encore break [2:26] 
23. Gimme Shelter [6:45]
24. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [7:02]

Total Running Time: [2:02:41]

Source: Church Audio CA-11 cards => UGLY pre-amp => Tascam DR-2D (16-bit) 
Transfer: DR-2D => WAV => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab => WAV => FLAC (level 8) 
Location: Side stage, mezzanine, 1st row 

Comments: 
Opening night of the North American leg of the Stones' "No Filter" tour. The setlist is mostly a continuation of the 2018 performances, with the exception of "Sad Sad Sad" taking the slot of a new song, and "You Got Me Rocking" as the fan vote (I suspect the ballot box was "stuffed," since I don't know anyone who likes that song). Very solid career retrospective for casual fans, who of course are the target audience of stadium shows. As much as I would have liked to see some additional deep cuts, the setlist met my expectations. 

In terms of performance, when you watch Mick and Ron onstage, it is hard to believe that they are 75 and 72, respectively. The two of them worked the full width of the stage nonstop with enthusiasm and showed no sign of wearing out. Keith, on the other hand, I felt looked and sounded every bit of his 75 years; his guitar licks were much more economical and his overall presence was far more reserved than prior tours. He still has the chops, but he seems to have scaled down his involvement. 

I was really happy with the recording overall. I was front row side stage, slightly out of line with the left stack. I would have liked to have been one section to the right, but overall the sound was good. I deliberately wore a heavy leather jacket with the collar flipped up to shield the mics (thank you, 58-degree "summer" Chicago weather) and it blocked out the cheers and chatting of my neighbors. There is practically no crowd interference, which is great. 

This was a fun show overall, and though obviously I haven't spent much time with the recording (the show ended 2 1/2 hours ago as I write this), I think people will find it enjoyable. There were some opening night flubs -- Ron missed the cue for a couple guitar solo, "Satisfaction" got tangled up in the coda, and the first few numbers had some gaffes -- but overall a really solid performance. There were some issues with the sound (particularly the vocals, which inexplicably dropped down in the mix periodically) but I think on a casual listen it won't be noticeable. 

There may be sources that come from $2500 rigs (and I hope there are) but in the meantime, I thought this would be an acceptable document of the show for those who are interested. Thank you to "ron091" who noticed that I missed a track split (t3) early in the recording. It has been corrected with this file set. Mp3 samples are included in the comments.

Dimeadozen.org: Torrent 652231 (by ademotte)