Will the Rolling Stones concert survive the threat of Tropical Storm Dorian?
UPDATE: Due to the weather forecast, the Rolling Stones show scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Hard Rock Stadium has been moved up a day, to Friday, Aug. 30, according to the Stones’ representatives.. All tickets will be honored for the new date. There will be no opening act — so no Juanes performance. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the Stones will go on at 8:30 p.m.
The Rolling Stones already had to postpone their original South Florida concert date when Mick Jagger had heart problems.
Will the threat of Tropical Storm Dorian do the Stones in again?
Jagger, Keith Richards and the band are scheduled to play Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Saturday night. But the forecast is uncertain how much the region will feel as Dorian makes its way across the Caribbean and toward Florida.
“Everything is moving forward as planned,” a band spokesperson said late Tuesday afternoon.
This is the Stones, after all. Keith Richards’ band. C’mon. The weather will cooperate.
If the Stones do play, rain won’t necessarily stop the show. In 1994, Pink Floyd opened its Division Bell tour at the same venue and it poured.
As with Dolphins games, however, if there is lightning in the immediate area the concert could delay until lightning isn’t a threat, a spokesperson for the stadium said.
The Rolling Stones were supposed to open the No Filter tour at Hard Rock in April with Juanes as the opener. Now they’re scheduled — depending on Dorian — to close the tour with this makeup date.
According to the Tuesday National Hurricane Center advisory, South Florida is in the forecast cone. On Tuesday, a hurricane warning was issued for Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as Tropical Storm Dorian continues on a northern course with winds at 50 mph.
If Dorian survives its trek through the Caribbean, South Florida could see storm conditions this weekend.
Stones fans, of course, are worried and have already taken to social media to give blowback to Dorian. They’re tapping into the Stones’ vast catalog for just the appropriate song reference: “Gimme Shelter.” “Dancing With Mr. D.” “Get Off of My Cloud.” The line “I was born in a crossfire hurricane/And I howled at the morning driving rain” from “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.”
“Gimme Shelter ... Dorian, don’t you dare wipe out Saturday’s Rolling Stones show in Miami.”
“”Even if Mick was born in a crossfire hurricane, Dorian may be a problem.”
They just can’t get no satisfaction — sorry, that was too easy.
No Filter was supposed to be the tour opener on April 20 — outside of hurricane season. But earlier that month, Jagger announced he had to have heart valve replacement surgery in New York and that led to the tour’s postponement. Miami Gardens’ Aug. 31 date was thus tacked to the end of the itinerary.
This story was originally published August 27, 2019 at 3:02 PM.
