Day 8 of May

So it looks like the "mystery" may have been solved:

Saddledome, Calgary - October 28, 2005

Fans can't always get what they want ... but they sure did last night
By MIKE BELL - Calgary Sun
CALGARY - Over the course of the Saddledome's 25-year history, the list of rock giants who've graced its stage has been impressive.
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Ultimately, they were little more than a prelude to last night's sold-out 'Dome show by the "World's Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Band."
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Four decades after they began, they are undoubtedly it - they are the holy grail of classic rockers.
And last night, they made the discovery - or, as the retro shirts and greying audience might have suggested, re-discovery - worth the wait.
    And, even more than that, they made it less about history past than history in its immediate form.
    Sure, as they have for the entire current (and last?) tour, the British icons brought with them a healthy supply of material that tweaks the memory banks in all the right ways - tracks such as She's So Cold, Wild Horses and even the superb, swinging cover of Ray Charles' Night Time (Is the Right Time) are mainstays on any station that makes its money from nostalgia.
    But The Stones also came armed with some tracks from their latest release A Bigger Bang - such as the lead-off cut Rough Justice - an album that's far better than it has every right to be.
    And more than that, they came armed with a stage show, and individual stage presences, that were less caricatures than they were in-the-moment rock performances that you could believe and buy into.
    Of course, everyone has seen images of front man Jagger primping, posing and strutting - on this night, in a red, glittery, lip-logo blazer that was eventually reduced to matching black T-shirt and pants - as well as Richards casually rocking in his unkempt ahoy-matey ensemble with cigarette-dangling from his leathered maw.
    But last night, as they did when they kicked the show off in Boston this past August, they put so much real energy and enthusiasm into it, it was impossible to view it as merely a repeat of the multitude of shows gone by.
    Their interaction with one another, their interaction with the people who've grown up with the band as the soundtrack to their lives, was as genuine and natural as you could hope from any act twice as young - including Jagger's brief donning of the ubiquitous Calgary white hat.
.....    Here, in the comfy, cosy confines of a 17,000-seat arena, the main stage, with a massive video-screen backdrop was rather bare, with a catwalk and an aisle leading to two narrow stages on the other end of the 'Dome.
    They used both to amazing effect, making the evening as personal and intimate as any other of the hundreds of thousands of acts who have come before.
  It was The Stones.
Finally.
The Rolling Stones made their first stop in Calgary and their loyal fans were willing to do just about anything to see their favourite rock stars.
"We got offered $2,000 for our tickets," said Cassandra Laurion, 12. "There is no way we would sell them.
"Hello, this is the last tour."
The mania outside the Saddledome wasn't limited to the teenagers.
"It's an opportunity you can't pass up. I hope one day she can tell my grandchildren that we went to The Stones together."
"It cost me $550 for two tickets," said the elder McCallum. "It's the Stones! How often do you get to see the Stones?"

Apparently I have been to a Rolling Stones concert.  As of yesterday morning, I was still unsure who was losing their memory, Bill or I.  The question was answered last night when Ashley returned home from work.  I was explaining the situation to her and before I could finish, she said "Mom you were at that concert.  Don't you remember phoning me while the concert was on and telling me to listen to the noise?"  "And remember," she went on "Anthony was there all by himself!"  Bill also tried to tell me that piece of history. 
  Now I have many theories as to why I have no recollection of this "milestone" event.  I'm not a fan of the Rolling Stones; it was a last minute offer of tickets;(which would also explain why I don't have the ticket stubs and corresponding ticket framed on my concert wall) the seats were bad and I couldn't see a thing anyway; orAnthony was there by himself, and I was more amused watching him enjoy himself.  I have reread the above article, looked at pictures, hoping to trigger one of those locked memories - Nope, nada, nothing.  Disappointed - no; concerned - not really.  (ok a little)  I can continue to rack my brain and stay frustrated or move on and realize - I obviously didn't miss too much (no offence to those die hard Rolling Stones fans)

Moving on......
Stacey