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TOUR in 2012!

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January 25 - Darryl Jones talks Stones

Darryl plays together with two mates - Jean Paul Bourelly (g, voc) and Will Calhoun (dr) - they call themselves Black Stone Raiders. They are playing some gigs in Germany, like today in Kassel and next Tuesday in Mainz [=> tickets!]. They play grooving JazzFunkRock with a lot of Hendrix influences, so go and see them if possible.

Darryl was interviewed by a german newspaper, the Thüringer Allgemeine, and of cause asked whether he knew anything about a Stones tour. He declined - he knows about all the rumors, but as long as he doesn't get a call, he doesn't think about it too much. Speculation is not getting us anywhere, he said. The Stones are Blues for him, first of all, and it's really great fun to tour with them. What he doesn't like about the Stones? Well, they have a weird accent, he said.

January 24 - Mick + Tories? / Ronnie on the tube! / Jeff Beck on his audition

=> Whereas The Sun says, "Mick teams up with the Tories", Reuters and the Daily Mail already have the protocoll of Mick's next move (see below). Mick had thought of visiting the current World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Next thing he knows, he is said to have been recruited by Prime Minister David Cameron to support an event in Switzerland organised by Downing Street to boost investment to the UK in the Olympics year. He then takes on action and releases the following statement:

"During my career I have always eschewed party politics and came to Davos as a guest, as I thought it would be stimulating … I have always been interested in economics and world events.
I now find myself being used as a political football and there has been a lot of comment about my political allegiances which are inaccurate. I think it's best I decline the invitation to the key event and curtail my visit."

Well, Cameron can't always get, what he wants, hehehe... See Reuters for this and also the Daily Mail for details.

=> Heads up, folks: the Ronnie Wood Show will be on your screen on Friday nights on Sky Arts1 HD starting on February 10th.

As you can read on Sky.com (more details there), his guests this season will include Primal Scream bad boy Bobbie Gillespie, maven of mayhem Alice Cooper, and Stax guitar player and songwriting supremo Steve Cropper.
Expect some seriously bluesy, acoustic licks and plenty of talk about Memphis, Nashville and, well, Dartford, as Ronnie and company compare influences, opinions and offstage antics.
[thx, Marc!]

=> Recommended read: Jeff Beck tells some stories about his 'auditioning' with the Stones when Mick Taylor had left. He was in the studio for two days and neither thought he was being auditioned, nor did he see any of the Stones. In the end, they did sit in together... but he decided to leave: "I'm not into chaos." ... wonderful!
Read more at ultimateclassicrock.com!

January 23 - Silence, Mick in New York

Boy, it is silent everywhere - no big news since 2 weeks almost. (silence before the storm?)
Mick, however, is still alive, and doing well. On January 19 he was attending a birthday party held for photographer Ben Watts at the Double Seven nightclub in New York. Here's the details (zimbio.com), and here are 2 pics from the event, but there are 575 more, hehehe ... thx, Marc!

January 12 - another bootleg to be published soon!

The Rolling Stones will release another of the classical bootlegs soon. Sadly, we do not know yet which one or from which year it will be, but it is clear, that it will be remixed by Bob Clearmountain!
More to come soon ... [thx jMurph]

January 11 - The Rolling Stones Liberation Front (RSLF)

The tour is still only a possibility, but on facebook, the RSLF calls itself "A non-violent, non-profit gurellia unit" having the aim to "unshackle one of the most important rock and roll bands of all time from the predictable, expensive and massive concerts and re-instate them as a credible force in the Rock World. Our strategy is not to bring down The Rolling Stones Empire but bring to attention their lack of direction and change it before they retire from the road." Follow the facebook link for the details, also for more info about their 6 points:

They demand (!):

1. SMALLER VENUES
2. LOWER TICKET PRICES
3. A SET LIST OVERHAUL
4. THE ELLIMINATION OF THE HORN SECTION AND BACK-UP SINGERS
5. THE EXPULSION OF ALL OPENING ACTS
6. ALL FANS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES

I don't know, folks, I think this is kind of ridiculous. To demand those things is just a bad start, INMHO. I would be VERY happy (and content) with an official tour announcement, for a start!
See also this at classicrockmagazine.com, ultimate-guitar.com and

January 9 - Charlie's ABC&D in Germany, Ben Waters & Mick Taylor

Thanks to Marc, you can have a look at some 157 really nice pics from a recent (November 2, 2011) gig of Charlie Watts with the ABC&D; both from the gig as well as from the day before when the band enjoyed a VIP reception at the Cadillac Live Music Club, Dessau, Germany. Here are the direct links to the galleries: Gig 1 / Gig 2 / Gig 3 / VIP 1 / VIP 2

=> Also, please note, that also in Dessau, in the Marienkirche, on Saturday, January 28 2012 Ben Waters and Band with special guest Mick Taylor will play! Details and tickets here!

January 8 - Charlie gives it a thumbs up, too!

Charlie is our darling! He was interviewed by BBC Radio 6 (obviously last month, I guess) and had this to tell us:

"It would be lovely next year to do some shows because it will be fifty years.
Ronnie plays, I still play, Mick sings, he can do it anyway, I think Keith is doing some records [...]
Anyway it would be great if we did, we are just getting to an age where it's getting a bit difficult to get it together and it's such a bloody performance getting us together."

January 6, 2012 - Keith had successful eye surgery

It took about 15 minutes in a London clinic and Keith is said to be happy with the results.
The laser surgery corrected his weakening eyesight. Keith apparently left the clinic already before chritmas last year with a cover over his eye - now he looks even more like Captain Teague, hehehe... [more: mirror.co.uk]
I guess, he (and the others as well) want to get things prepared to be ready for whatever is coming up this year! This is just, what Rolling Stone expects, too...

January 5, 2012 - The Press presses - Stones must tour!

More and more voices assuming an anniversary tour raise the pressure in our favour! It's likelay that the Stones already are gearing up behind officially still closed curtains for something which - although still only a possibility - is already called a "biggest bang ever" or a "no brainer" or "biggest sold-out tour ever". Milking of the cash cow has already begun with the (re-)releases of the albums and DVDs Exile On Main Street and Some Girls, but that's just the beginning.
The Chicago Tribune nicely enumerates many of the facts like

The group recently signed exclusive deals with Google Music (to provide promotion and online distribution of a vast collection of upcoming "official" bootlegs), Bravado (to exclusively market the band's brand and merchandise), Eagle Rock (releasing a plethora of Stones DVDs) and, dating back to 2008, the Universal Music Group (who have the sole rights to release and distribute its entire catalog).

It's assumed, that the announcement of any official statement announcing a tour or anything like it could be due to an on-going, non-compete legal battle between Live Nation and its former chairman, Michael Cohl, who was responsible for organizing the last several tours. But in February 2011 the band already stated, that "they became free from any contractual arrangements or agreements with Michael Cohl. He is neither their representative nor their tour promoter.".

Rolling Stone claims, that Bill Wyman has rejoined the band. But that does not seem to be true. Ok, he has played recently with the band on the re-releases and joined the sessions in London, but apart from agreeing to join the band for some major, big, charity or anniversary event, he would possibly agree, if he were asked, he said recently.

January 3, 2012 - Happy new Year, everyone!

This year is the 50th year in Stones history! We all are expecting something to happen. But we are not alone, of cause, hehehe!
Here for instance is the Toronto Sun giving us plenty of reason for great expectitions in a nutshell: the top position of the ten most anticipated tours of 2012:

1. It will be their 50th anniversary. They haven't toured in five years. They've refurbished their rep with reissues of Exile on Main St. and Some Girls. And with the core trio well into their golden years -- Charlie Watts turned 70 in June, while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are 68 -- time won't be on their side much longer. So a 2012 tour by the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band seems like a no-brainer. Granted, the Glimmer Twins appear to be feuding right now. But something tells me Mick will put up with a few more 'tiny todger' cracks in exchange for some major fiscal satisfaction. Sometimes you can get what you want.

=> John Mackswith, an Essex mini-cab driver was 17 in 1964 and recorded some sessions where the boys cut some tracks of "As Tears Go By" - he remixed those takes and carefully stored them in 10.5in magnetic tape reels for almost 48 years. Now he is going to present it to the public - even Mick doesn't know those tracks - as the Stones "scour the archives for a major re-release programme". [more interesting details: independent.co.uk]

=> Then, in a documentary for Rory Gallagher, Bill Wyman told the story of how in 1974 Rory was among those to step in for Mick Taylor who just had left the band:

"Rory stayed two or three days there and played some nice stuff. We had a good time with him, but I think Mick and Keith felt that he wasn't the kind of character that would have fit.
If he'd have been in the Stones, he wouldn't have been singing and that was one of his strong points. He would have just been playing (guitar) solos... and learning to be subservient to two big egos. I don't think it would have worked." [more: contactmusic.com]

December 30 - nice interview with charlie watts and Ronnie Wood

A recently done interview with Charlie and Ronnie can be seen here - nice and funny. If you go there, take the player to the start at 13:10, ending at 19:20

=> If you haven't read that already: "Facts About the Stones' Most Notorious Record Cover" - this is a recommended read right down at the Huffington Post! It's an interview with the Sleeve Co-Creator of the Hubert Kretzschmar

In case we don't see each other this year: Folks: have a very happy new year 2012, with lots of happiness ...

and a fuckin new Stones tour 2012, Yea!

December 29 - Correction about Indianapolis

Well, you see, that's how is goes sometimes. That date in Indianapolis was odd and quite rightly so: it's about a party being hosted by Rolling Stone magazine as you can see at thecranebay.com.

So sorry for that, folks! But anyway: if there's something interesting coming up, don't hesitate to tell me!

December 27 - Gig in Indianapolis?

Another date has been added, this time by songkick.com and the schedule is February 4th, 2012. However, that does not seem very likely to me, at least by now: as far as we know, the Stones have not done too many tour preparations, right? And for this state of things, that date is a bit too early.
[thx, Danny!]

Nevertheless, it shows that the business want's to sell some Stones-Tour-Tickets. And we would buy them, right?

December 23 - GIG in Vienna 2012

I just received reliable info, that a gig in Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadion is planned for the summer next year!

Ain't that a christmas present or what!?
As you can see at the site of the Event & Ticket Shop, Vienna is announced and more details are promised to be published shortly!
[thx to Othmar & Lukas!]

December 19 - About the London sessions

By now, we have some credible reports from people in the know.

It looks like the sessions took place in Chelsea, London between December 6th and 8th. Mick also joind in, but only on the last day as he was having an appointment in Paris. Bill Wyman was there on all three days and according to his tour manager, he was enjoying himself very much. Ben Waters also joined in. However, Mick Taylor wasn't seen in Chelsea at the sessions.

The music was just some loose blues jams and there was no recording done during those three days. What could have feared by some didn't happen - Keith and Mick went along with each other very well. Now, that's promising, isn't it?
[thx gazza (ro), Paul]

So far - so very good. Still no concrete (i.e. official) tour plans, but most of the news we hear points to some kind of tour. Of cause, there will be some DVD covering their 50 years in the business. And lot's of otgher things will surely happen. Only the scope and time of some future gigs or a tour is still left uncertain.

Speaking of it, the HardRock Calling in Hyde Park still needs some headlineer for the Sunday date, hehehe, and the rest of the world is wating so impatiently, too...

December 15 - non official rumours

Incredible - nothing official came past us in the last few days. To be honest, I was waiting for some pics of Mick, Keith, Ronnie, Charlie or even Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman from London. But so far: none. Everything is suspiciously silent.

On the other hand, there are hints and rumors about business talks concerning gig dates taking place and stage builders getting assigned for some stage thing. Of cause, there is something boiling and it keeps building up steam and pressure.

It's not the question if something is going to happen, that's already and officially announced by both Mick and Keith. What's much more driving us mad is the question exactly WHAT's going to happen: some anniversary gigs of a full tour? More from the archives (yes please) or new material (they should, for Chrissakes!) ?

With every day more, it's closer to the time, we will get the full story, and it's coming, at least that's for sure! If you should hear anything interesting, just pass me a note and I'll be more than happy to tell it all to all...

December 11 - Wyman joins the sessions

Word has it, that Bill Wyman now has joined the sessions which take place in London these days. So this is yet another VERY good sign for the things we can expect in the near future. One doesn't need to much power of imagination to know that Keith is 100% spuring every member of the Stones team on this thing and he is not going to let it slip away...

December 7 - Mick & Keith pay for Hubert Sumlin's funeral

Yes, they don't forget, where their roots are; Mick and Keith will take over all the costs for Hubert's funeral. Good move, boys!

December 6 - Mick in London, Ronnie joins Paul, RIP Hubert Sumlin

=> This just came in: Mick is said to be in London now! That would imply, that he, Keith, Ronnie, Charlie, Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman are there, too. Woah! Let the jamming begin!
[thx sdb]

See the reviews at the Mirror, the Telegraph or the Guardian or the Sun (thx too, Paul!)

=> RIP, Hubert Sumlin! He was Howlin' Wolf's guitarist for almost 2 decades and greatly admired by Mick and Keith (and all of us, I think!). He died from heart failure on Sunday, December 4th.

Keith: "With sorrow I received the news of Hubert's passing. He put up a long hard fight. To me he was an uncle and a teacher, and all the guitar players must feel the same as myself. Warm, humours and always encouraging, he was a gentleman of the first order. Miss him, yes, but we have his records. All my condolences to his family."

Mick: "Hubert was an incisive yet delicate blues player. He had a really distinctive and original tone, and was a wonderful foil for Howlin' Wolf's growling vocal style. On a song like 'Going Down Slow' he could produce heart rending emotion, and on a piece like 'Wang Dang Doodle', an almost playful femininity. He was an inspiration to us all."

December 4 - Keith and Ronnie in London

On Friday, Keith flew in to London; Ronnie also came from Australia, where he dutifully spent some time with his grandson, like a good grandpa should!

Looks like the sessions could begin. Can't wait to get more news from London - so inf anybody has something to share, just mail me!

November 29 - Taylor surprise gig, Mick & Keith, Superheavy in radio arcive

=> Sometimes, fairy tales become true, that's right. Especially in this case and for a musician, too. Here, the lucky guy is Paul Chesne with his band, who played a gig on Friday, November 25 at Pappy & Harriet's (53688 Pioneertown Road Pioneertown, CA 92268).

Word spread that Mick Taylor would join in for a few songs, but at first didn't show up. But later, he did come and they all had some really good time there. Go read all of this really nice story and check out the YouTube vid they have there - let's hope, they'll upload some more from that night! Until then, have a look at twenty-something pics they have at picasaweb to get an idea of what kind of evening that was. Hilarious!!
[thx ijwthstd, sdb]

=> Mick Jagger and Keith Richards speak about the re-release of 'Some Girls', the best-selling 1978 classic.
Go to Radio npr.org's arcive page... it's 29,5 minutes.

=> At the same spot, you'll find another Stones related interview: it's about Superheavy (19 minutes)

=> A good review abou the Some Girls Deluxe edition you'll find at consequenceofsound.net!

November 23 - more signs towards a new tour

In Rolling Stone, we get some more infos that point towards a new tour, gigs any maybe new material for an anniversary celebration next year. Mick and Keith will meet and decide things next month, it says there.

A top source tells Rolling Stone that AEG Live, Live Nation and veteran Stones promoter Michael Cohl have already reached out about acquiring the band's anniversary tour, which has the potential to be the biggest of all time. "It would be a total home run," says the source.

Keith: "I would suggest a lot of blues in the beginning. That's where the band's roots are. We'll start playing some Jimmy Reed stuff and some Muddy Waters stuff and then things will blossom from there. It might bore Mick to death – and that's the idea. We're just going to go, and you start from Day One. You've got the drums and a couple of guitars and you start hammering away."

Chuck and Bobby like the idea to play several gigs in some venues and to skip all of the travelling. Bill was already mentioned by Keith, but has not yet received his formal invitation:

"I've been reading about the possibilities in the press, but Keith hasn't turned his lips in my direction yet. [...] Let's see what transpires over the next few weeks, and I can then make a serious decision. I've got my chops together, and I know that my mate Charlie has – so let's see if it ever happens."

Another good read at Spinner.com: after Keith' interview, read Mick's "New Rolling Stones Songs and the Sexuality of 'Some Girls'"

November 22 - Keith & Mick on the radio today! / official reloease of brussels affair and 4 more bootlegs...

=> Go to xpn.org: they say, Mick and Keith are interviewed on behalf of the Some Girls re-issue. Also, in the second hour of 'World Cafe', Super Heavy is the subject! Let's hope, Keith and Mick are interviewd together or are at least in a conference call... here is what the website says:

The Rolling Stones have reissued one of their most beloved albums, Some Girls, including twelve previously unreleased tracks and we talk to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards today. In the 2nd hour, SuperHeavy are Mick Jagger, Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart, soul singer Joss Stone, film composer A.R. Rahman, and reggae artist Damian Marley, and their eclectic musical combination appears on a new self-titled album.

[thx stonesfann, sdb]

=> Brussels Affair - the such named bootleg from the 1973 gig - was a classsic and well known for 38 years. And that was for a reason! Now, Google has just announced the launch of a new Google Music store (music.google.com, so far only available in the US) in the Android Marketplace and they have officially released this recording in a new mix overseen by the band. By next year, four more recordings, formerly bootlegs, will see their release! You see, more and more good news pop up; let's hope, that trend is continuing for some time more ...

November 17 - every stone invited for jam session

This is a MUST READ, folks. Keith gave an interview which you can read in full at spinner.com. Asked about the planned jams in December he said the following:

My basic thing is that he, Charlie and I are going to work together. Just go in and see if we can warm our chops up. And of course everyone else is welcome. Mick Taylor's welcome. I don't see why everybody who was a Stone shouldn't be involved. [...] Everybody's welcome. I was going to ask Bill Wyman to come by too. And Mick Taylor. The whole lot. They're all Stones, you know? Why not?

Just imagine their anniversary tour with Mick Taylor an Bill as guests.
My wish would be that they even do some 'jam-gigs' in smaller venues where they just play what they like. I mean anyt song would do, including maybe a Stones song or two - the rest would just be their choice and we were in for a real treat full of surprises...

November 16 - New tour seems at stake, but Keith still hopes

Keith said in an interview with the LA Times:

"The Stones still work, I know [the prospect of a tour] it's an all important point but there's nothing more I'm going to say about that. But the Stones will pull it together. It always comes easy once you get the bunch of guys together. It's the getting the guys together that's the hard part."

And Mick said in the same article:

"You can't be too impressed, I think. You could wallow in nostalgia if you wanted, couldn't you? I don't think that'd be the right attitude. There are a lot of ideas and things to do, some of them sound interesting, some of them sound possible and some of them sound difficult and some sound outright schmaltzy, to be honest. I don't really know what's going to exactly happen — but I'm working on it."

So we see: both of the Glimmer Twins are working for something to happen in next year. I don't see the reason yet not to hope for a new tour...

November 15 - Ketih gets his Norman Mailer Award

In case you haven't seen it already elswhere, here's Keith's speech at the Mailer Award ceremony, Nov. 8th:

November 9 - jam session in London scheduled for next month

Keith has affirmed, that next month, he and Ronnie and Charlie will meet for a jam session in London. Mick is explicitly invited to join in. And Keith is sure that he will come and meet the others.

“We’re just going to play a little together, because we haven’t played for three or four years,” Richards tells Rolling Stone. “You don’t necessarily want to rehearse or write anything — you just want to touch bases. That’s a good start: me, Charlie and Ronnie. Mick’s welcome, and I’m sure he’ll turn up, but right now we just want to get our chops down.”
(About playing live to celebrate the 50th anniversary) "The idea is there. We kind of know we should do it, but nobody’s put their finger on the moment yet," he said.
[...]
"I just hope we can perform live," Ronnie says of plans for the big anniversary next year plans about which still remain shrouded in uncertanty. “It’d be great to see if that old spark is there.”

Telegraph.com | Ultimateclassicrock.com | NME.com | RollingStone.com |

Ain't that good news!!! And that was about time. I guess we're all tired of waiting for so long ...

October 30 - the bonus tracks

Details are from music-news.com; a track-by-track review can be found at examiner.com

October 22 - new track from some girls: no spare parts

Already known from bootlegs, this nice little country-inspired track comes in as a lightweight, IMHO. Nevertheless, it's officially a new track! On this track, Mick plays electric piano and Keith is on acoustic piano, Ronnie did somepedal steel, Charlie of cause is drumming and Bill is on bass.
Read more on Rolling Stone, 411mania.com or nme.com

October 18 - 50 years ago, Macchu Picchu, GQ, Ed Sullivan, Some Girls today, £13.000 a dinner, tom Waits

=> 50 years ago, October 17 1961, Mick and Keith (18) met at Dartford train station, platform 2. Mick carried some rare imported gems under his arm: Rockin' at the Hops of Chuck Berry on Chess Records and The Best of Muddy Waters! The rest is just plain history and if that meetingwouldn't have taken place, who knows what would have become of us, hehehe ... one of many reads on this: BBC.co.uk

=> Mick is still on holidays in Peru; some days before, he visited the famous Inca roads at Machu Picchu - go, read the Peruvian Times for the details! Regional director of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Juan Carlos Arzola sais: “His presence is a big support for the fight to defend the environment since it brings the world’s attention to Madre de Dios.”

=> GQ magazine has a string of interviews under the headline "The Survivors", among several others of cause is Keith. Have a look!

=> After the 'small' version we are very much looking forward to the Deluxe, Super-Deluxe and Who-Knows-How-Deluxe-Edition of the Stones at the Ed Sullivan Shows - check the LA Times among others for this...

=> Some years later, the Stones played Fort Worth, 1978 and now we have to wait only until November 21 for the release of "Some Girls Live in Texas" (85 minutes, 17 performances). Until then, you hopefully hurry up and catch it as a nationwide screening; Fathomevents has the details as to which US cinema and when!

=> Ronnie, after seperating from his friend Ana Araujo, has spent £13.000 for a dinner with Scarlett Johannson at a charity auction organised by Harry Becher in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer. But he himself also raised £20,000 to give a guitar lesson to the highest bidder; not bad!

=> Read a nice interview with good ol' Tom Waits at pitchfork.com, where he, among other intersting things, tell of his cooperation with Keith on his Rain Dogs album.

October 10 - a lot to do, recommended Read

=> Mick has said in an interview with People Magazine, that for "Our 50th anniversary is next year so, there will be a lot of things to do!" Oh yes, we agree, Sir Mick! [thx Dough, sdb]
Right now, Mick is enjoying a trip to Peru - stricktly as a tourist, as peruthisweek.com reports. Arriving Friday night, he met with President Humala on Sunday, at the Government Palace.

=> "Newly unearthed Rolling Stones concert film wows" nice review of Some Girls by Ilan Preskovsky - recommended! [google]

October 6 - Ronnie: we owe it to ourselves and the people

Ronnie was in Birmingham yesterday where his artwork is shown and he gave an interview which I will cite in parts below, bit you can also see and hear him saying this at the site of the BirmingshamMail.net... and he was clearly dismissing suggestions of a permanent rift between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, which were disussed prominently in the last months all across the Stones' fansites.

He said: "It does make you feel like playing; I miss playing with the boys... Charlie is cracking away on the continent with his jazz band, Keith is making his record in New York, Mick is like, forever, getting into different musical... we are not getting any younger."
“We are all looking forward to it; we do not know what it is. I said to them we owe it to ourselves and the people to do something. We are just... whatever, we will find a way."
“I wish I could say. We had a great meeting the other week and we all got on great.”
He described himself as the “diplomat” of the band. “You will have to ask the two brothers (Jagger and Richards) – they are like family.”

[thx sDough! shd; ggl]

July 20, 2011(and for eternity) - The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers And The Lost Photo Session

Ok, this comes a bit late. But since there are no more news about the possible gigs for Hide Park or anything like a tour in 2012 right now, I thought we could use the occasion and look back over yonder...

Recently, a treasure of photographs were discoverd after photographer Peter Webb's negatives went missing after shooting the Stones for that monster record "Sticky Fingers". Then, out of nowhere, they are re-discovered after a gap of almost 40 years. Let's have a look... oh man, have a look at Keith's eyes ...

=> THX to lsShuffle, sabotagetimes, independent.co.uk, snapgalleries.com

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