Rolling Stones Ready Plans To Theatrically Release Film of 1978 Fort Worth Concert

By Pete Freedman Tue., Sep. 20 2011 at 7:43 AM

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No date has yet been announced -- just a "Coming Soon!" promise -- for the stateside release of the new Rolling Stones concert film, The Rolling Stones: Some Girls -- Live in Texas. But, starting early next month, the United Kingdom and Ireland (followed shortly by Denmark, South Africa, Croatia, Argentina and, uh, Latvia), Stones fans across the world will be able to see the icons looking good in their mid-30s and performing for an ecstatic Fort Worth crowd at the ~~Tarrant County Convention Center~~ Will Rogers Auditorium in 1978.

The band, you may recall, did something similar last year, releasing for one night only a film combining footage taken at the band's 1972 stops in Fort Worth and Houston. This one, however, is all Fort Worth.

And there's a reason for the film's release beyond simple nostalgia: It's arriving in conjunction with the band's upcoming in November, 33-years-after-the-fact re-issue of the Stones' Some Girls album. Seems the band has dug up some old footage of their 1978 stop ~~at the venue now known as the Fort Worth Convention Center~~ at the Will Rogers, given it a high-definition sheen and audio upgrade and decided to give it the ol' theatrical release try -- in other countries, at least.

(Update: As you can see in the comments below, we had the venue of the show wrong; it took place at the Will Rogers Auditorium, not the Tarrant County Convention Center. Commenter "I was really there" adds a fun anecdote: "The tickets sold for it did not read Rolling Stones but 'The London Greenshoe Cowboys...' " He expands on that, too, making the film sound all the more awesome.)

Here's hoping the release eventually does come on this side of the pond: The film, which begins with a 2011 interview with Mick Jagger, features "17 classic tracks," and it sure is a strong set if this soundboard boot is to be believed. Included among the songs performed: "Honky Tonk Women," "Beast of Burden," "Tumbling Dice," "Brown Sugar," "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and the band's Let it Bleed cover of Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain," which Johnson originally recorded in his Dallas recording sessions at 508 Park Avenue.

Check out the trailer for The Rolling Stones: Some Girls -- Live in Texas after the jump.

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