With the rumour mill already in full spin and suggestions being made that The Rolling Stones might be headlining a new festival at Knebworth in 2018, or (stay calm), that they'd make their way Dublin for a Croke Park headliner, Hot Press thought it was long overdue to catch the lads in action once again...

"Everyone seems to be ready, are you ready? For the next band..."

I was going to give out about an oversold venue: Hamburg's Stadtpark has a very slight gradient, making it difficult for a normal sized person to see anything. I was going to complain about the sound, based on the evidence of support act, Kaleo (no, me neither), who seemed distant, although with their boringly by-the-numbers blues rock, not distant enough.