ROLLING STONES -A BIGGER BANG + RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE
7th May 2021One of the biggest free concerts in history, The Rolling Stonesâ legendary performance at the famed Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro February 8, 2006 was a historic event⊠a critical moment in Rock ânâ Roll history.
Now, The Rolling Stones and Mercury Studios will proudly release for the first time this complete concert film remixed, re-edited, and remastered. The Rolling Stones — A Bigger Bang: Live On Copacabana Beach will be available on July 9, 2021 on multiple formats, including DVD, SD Blu-ray, DVD+2CD, SD Blu-ray+2CD, 2DVD+2CD Deluxe, 2SD Blu-ray+2CD Deluxe, 180 gram 3LP, limited edition 3LP pressed on 180 gram blue, yellow, and green vinyl & digital.
Additionally, Mercury Studios will release an early taste of this set with a 5-song digital EP – out May 28. This will include âSympathy For The Devilâ, âWild Horsesâ, âYou Got Me Rockingâ, âHappyâ, and âRough Justiceâ. All the songs are from the Copacabana Beach show, with the exception of âRough Justiceâ, which is from the 2005 Salt Lake City concert video available in the Deluxe Edition.
Finally, Mercury Studios will present The Rolling Stones: Rain Fall Down (Live on Copacabana Beach) / Rough Justice (Live In Salt Lake City) — a limited edition 10â picture disc be released as part of the first Record Store Day Drops on June 12. For a list of participating stores, visit https://recordstoreday.com/Stores.
Right from the filmâs opening moments, when The Rolling Stones emerge on their own purpose built bridge leading from the Copacabana Palace Hotel, thereâs an electric energy that courses through the air, ricocheting between the band and the 1.5 million people in attendance. Aerial shots convey the sprawling enormity of the crowd, watching not only from the beach, but from boats moored at the waterâs edge. As Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts fire on all pistons from one track to the next, the crowd continues to meet their energy in furious fervor, waving Brazilian and British flags while rocking out in the tropical evening sunset. It was truly a highlight of this tour, which supported the bandâs 2005 album Bigger Bang.
Four songs that were not in the original 2007 DVD release The Biggest Bang are featured for the first time on A Bigger Bang: âTumbling Diceâ, âOh No, Not You Againâ, âThis Place Is Emptyâ, and âSympathy For The Devilâ. This concert brilliantly showcases this impactful two-hour set, which runs the gamut of The Rolling Stonesâ career: âItâs Only Rock ânâ Roll (But I Like It)â, âBrown Sugarâ, âStart Me Upâ, and âSatisfactionâ and âWild Horsesâ swerve between then-new tracks âRain Fall Downâ, âThis Place Is Emptyâ, and âRough Justiceâ from Bigger Bang. The setlist also boasts a cover of Ray Charlesâ âNight Time Is The Right Timeâ.
âNot that we’re unused to playing some of the biggest shows in the world, but I must say Rio did take the cake,â said Keith Richards.
ââIt was amazing,â states Mick Jagger. âIt was a really good audience. They know how to enjoy themselves on those occasions.â
The Deluxe 2DVD+2CD & 2SD BD+2CD editions are packaged in a 12 X 12 40-page book, with the Copacabana concert on DVD or SD Blu-ray and 2CD, along with an exclusive bonus DVD or SD Blu-ray including a November 2005 concert in Salt Lake City, UT, also from the Bigger Bang tour.
If youâre going to do it, do it up big, and no one does it bigger and better than The Stones!