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Someone Please Shine the Light: Rolling Stones Hype Their New Concert Doc

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Chris Mohney

imageThe most disappointing thing about the Rolling Stones press conference for their Martin Scorsese documentary, Shine a Light, on Sunday at the Palace Hotel was that it lasted only 23 minutes, instead of the promised 60. Some journos observed Mick Jagger signaling to the publicist for only two more questions. Was he displeased? After all, the very few archival scenes in the film which were added to footage of the 2006 concerts at the Beacon Theater, focused on, according to Scorsese, “the same questions asked over and over to the point where they don’t mean anything anymore.”

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