Description
The Rolling Stones – GRRR Live! – Double Compact Disc
“On December 15, 2012, the band took the stage at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center for the final of 4 shows in the New York area.”
The Rolling Stones’ GRRR Live! is a live CD released on February 10, 2023 (Mercury/Mercury Studios), drawn from a single, very specific show: December 15, 2012 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, during the band’s 50 & Counting Tour. It’s tied to the 2012 GRRR! hits campaign, but the key point is that this isn’t a generic “live greatest hits” grab bag—it’s essentially the Stones staging a big anniversary event and inviting guests onstage in ways that actually shape the setlist.
If the title feels familiar, it’s because the footage originally aired as the pay-per-view concert film One More Shot: The Rolling Stones Live back in 2012. The 2023 release is a re-edited version with newly remixed audio, packaged for fans who never had a proper physical release of that show. That “remixed/re-edited” angle matters: it’s not just a reissue of an old broadcast, it’s a cleaned-up, re-presented version meant to stand as a definitive document of the anniversary tour.
What makes GRRR Live! more fun than a typical live set is the guest roster, which is unusually stacked for a single Stones show. The concert includes appearances from Lady Gaga (“Gimme Shelter”), John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr. (“Going Down”), The Black Keys (“Who Do You Love?”), Bruce Springsteen (“Tumbling Dice”), and former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor (notably on “Midnight Rambler”). Instead of dropping in for quick cameos, several guests are placed on songs that play to their identities—so the set becomes part classic-hits recital, part “special event” concert.
On the audio side, the main program is 24 tracks (about 135 minutes). The setlist is hit-heavy by design (“Start Me Up,” “Sympathy for the Devil,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” etc.), but it also includes the two then-new 2012 songs “Doom and Gloom” and “One More Shot” (added to the GRRR! compilation), which is a nice timestamp of where the band was in that anniversary moment.
Bottom line: GRRR Live! is one of the better “late-era” Stones live releases because it’s anchored to a single high-profile anniversary night, it has a genuinely notable guest list, and it captures the band doing what they do best in the modern era—tight, professional, and built around a setlist designed to land with everyone in the room.
Brand new, never played and still in the factory plastic sealed
Track Listing
The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud
The Rolling Stones – The Last Time
The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It)
The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
The Rolling Stones With Lady Gaga – Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
The Rolling Stones With John Mayer And Gary Clark Jr.– I’m Going Down
The Rolling Stones – Dead Flowers
The Rolling Stones With The Black Keys– Who Do You Love
The Rolling Stones – Doom And Gloom
The Rolling Stones – One More Shot
The Rolling Stones – Miss You
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones – Before They Make Me Run
The Rolling Stones – Happy
The Rolling Stones With Mick Taylor – Midnight Rambler
The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up
The Rolling Stones With Bruce Springsteen – Tumbling Dice
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
