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Stones announce new album, tour
8/18/97--Under the Brooklyn bridge in New York City The Rolling Stones
announced a new album, Bridges to Babylon,
and a tour behind it set to begin on September 23 at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Bridges to Babylon will hit stores on September 29. The press conference was broadcast in audio and video over the Internet at www.the-rolling-stones.com
and a text transcript can be found at www.secondcoming.com/rollingstones.
See the official website for tour dates.
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Sprint gives customers first dibs on tickets
8/18/97--Sprint, the global communications company sponsoring the Stones
tour, has hatched a wily scheme to get new customers signed up. They are
giving preference to Sprint customers in ticket purchases. Current
customers and new sign-ups are given a shot a purchasing
tickets before they are made available to the general public. Details
can be found on Sprint's promotional web page.
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