Long before Covid-19, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome panicked many souls from 2002-2004.
On July 30, 2003, 490,000 fans gathered in Toronto for 12 hours to watch 14 bands, headlined by the Rolling Stones to show the world the SARS disease was not as dangerous as advertised.
Peace, love, food, water and toilets was all there for the nearly half a million music drenched fans from start to finish. The Toronto police said they made fewer arrest at 2003s "Toronto Rocks" then the usual downtown Saturday night festivities.
Rush did a fantastic instrumental of the Rolling Stones, "Paint it Black," and Justin Timberlake co-sang with Mick Jagger on "Miss You."
Rush saned keyboards for all four songs they performed, and the trio definitely held their own with the mighty Rolling Stones.
The Rolling Stones teamed with ACDC, and nailed B.B. King's 1964 blues tune, "Rock Me Baby."
The Rolling Stones doing their six songs along with the tunes by Rush was more than enough to make "Toronto Rocks" worth watching and owning. ACDC was disappointing to me only because of their song selections, "Back in Black" and "Thunderstruck."
"Rock Me Baby" and Rush's "Freewill" blasting on a quality sound system seize my senses with every view. "Toronto Rocks," a solid three and a half stars.
Mark Izzy Schurr
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