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12 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 27,2003 A view of the stage area at the Stones concert where my son, Luke and his friend Jeff found themselves at one point during the early part of the afternoon. to iu set a, uiuc Now you can get the help you need. . tA& tûAt (Jkt&ld Toronto Rocks By Rosey Bateman - Part 2 of 2 The afternoon was the perfect perfect lead-up to the evening rock extravaganza. Not a whole lot of REAL rock music --just enough to tease. By the time the evening session commenced, commenced, we were a mass of rock-starved rockers. For the most part, we were able to watch many performances performances on the big screen while sitting on the cool, damp ground. The dampness was most welcome given the sizzling sizzling heat of the sun. In a recap, following Sam Roberts (who was excellent), was Kathleen Edwards, a folksy type singer who was a little out of her element amongst this rock and roll crowd. The French band, La Chicane was also unknown and probably would have been appreciated more in Quebec. However, they were entertaining entertaining and helped pass the afternoon. afternoon. It was at this point between sets, we stood up to stretch our legs. Out of the comer of my eye, something caught my eye so I looked down and saw a little baby toad hopping across my towel! No one could believe it. We (I) felt saddened--for saddened--for a moment. Tea Party played a super set and motivated the rockcraving rockcraving crowd into clapping to the beat raising the anticipation anticipation level of the upcoming evening performances. It was 3 p.m. when Lorraine decided to go on a water run. Many of our neighbours neighbours took over an hour to return from their sojourns into the maze of the masses but Lorraine was back in just 45 minutes bearing water but no T-shirts. She said she was glad to have experienced a walkabout, walkabout, however didn't think I would have survived it! She missed The Flaming Lips from Oklahoma who did their bit among giant balloons and. people dressed in furry animal costumes who were jumping around and Sass Jordan. Jordan, a judge on Canadian Idol, performed a number of bluesy rock hits from the 80s. A most enjoyable enjoyable performance highlighted by special guest guitarist Jeff Healy, joining her with hit Make You A Believer.. Hand-picked by Jagger and company to perform at the concert, the Isley Brothers played some great funk--they were totally awesome! The Isleys served to up the energy level with their performance which was one of the afternoon afternoon highlights. Blue Rodeo was greeted by a huge roar from an enthusiastic, enthusiastic, happy, sunburned crowd. Everyone jumped to their feet for this performance--no more sitting down! We were treated to old hits Trust Yourself, Hasn't Hit Me Yet and a fabulous Lost Together rendition. We spent much time bouncing beachballs and dodging toilet paper rolls! Justin Timberlake began his set at about 5:30 and we felt sony for him after the water bottles were thrown on stage and for the chorus of boos he received earlier in the day. tie admitted that he too was there to see the Stones and to help Toronto rid itself of the SARS image--all the right reason despite being a POP singer. After Timberlake finished delivering three of his new singles, 450,000 people were primed, ready and waiting for the big bill! The buzz was incredible. The Guess Who came on stage at 6:10 p.m. opening with Hand Me Down World. By this time everyone was on their feet waving Canadian flags and a massive sing-a- long ensued. Burton Cummings never sounded better better than when he belted out No Sugar Tonight, Neyv Mother Nature, American Woman and No Time. But it was Randy Bachman's Bakin' Care of Business that really got the party rolling! The crowd begged for an encore but they did not reappear. Not to worry though, Rush, Toronto's own, was up next with their 35 minute set. Geddy Lee was totally amazed when he saw the number number of people stretching to the horizon. The look on his face was incredible. They opened with none other than Tom Sawyer and the crowd loved it. As always, Rush was technically technically perfect, precise and powerful and the unmistakable unmistakable voice of Geddy Lee gave us some of their greatest: Closer to the Heart, Stone's cover of Paint It Black, The Spirit of Radio, Limelight, YYZ, and Freewill. It was dusk, 8:05 precisely when bad boy Aussie rockers, AC/DC blasted off with Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be. They proceeded to give us what we wanted--no holds barred. They surpassed all expectations. expectations. A chorus of 450,000 joined Brian Johnson and guitarist, guitarist, Angus Young (clad in school boy garb) when they delivered Back In Black, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and Thunderstruck, You Shook Me All Night Long, Highway To Hell and Hell's Bells, Also highlighting their performance performance was The Jack ending Toronto Rocks continued p§g§ 14