Welcome to Shepherd's Bush is a live album and a concert video by the rock band the Rolling Stones. It was recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on 8 June 1999. It was released on CD, LP, Blu-Ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray, and digital formats on 6 December 2024.[1][2][3]
The album and video document one of the occasional Rolling Stones concerts played at smaller, more intimate venues. About 2,000 people attended the show. By contrast, the Stones' next concert was performed a few nights later at Wembly Stadium for about 70,000 fans.
The album cover resembles an abstract drawing, with black lines on a grey background, but is actually a street map of the Shepherd's Bush neighborhood, with the location of the concert hall indicated with an arrow.[1]
Critical reception
In Goldmine magazine, Dave Thompson wrote, "... for all their success, the Rolling Stones remain, at heart, a club act, at their best when the audience is crammed against the stage, and the venue is smaller than the average "major tour" dressing room. Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush is a more than welcome addition to that catalog."[1]
In Rock & Blues Muse, Hal Horowitz said, "There, in front of a star-studded audience... the Stones dug a little, sometimes a lot, deeper in their history, performing tunes that seldom, if ever, made it to stadium shows.... This tour supported 1998s No Security, their then-recent live album of songs that rarely appeared in concerts, so the smaller site worked to further that concept."[2]
In Americana Highways, Jeff Burger wrote, "Like El Mocambo and Wiltern, the Shepherd's Bush show – which came right before two sold-out performances at the 70,000-seat Wembley Stadium – features a star-studded audience and a particularly fired-up band.... Throughout the set, the band seems to have at least as much fun as their audience. Even [Charlie] Watts, who often displays a poker face, can't resist the occasional smile."[3]
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