The Rolling Stones: Flashpoint
David Sinclair, Q, May 1991
THE STEEL MACHINE/Urban Jungle extravaganza of 1989 and '90 was the most colossal tour the rock world has ever witnessed. By its close, The Rolling Stones had strutted their stuff in front of six million paying customers, and won the Q Award for Best Live Act.
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