Woodroffe Bassett Design created a new design for The Rolling Stones’ 60th anniversary tour, Sixty, now rolling through Europe and the UK. Asking the WBD team about what to expect, Patrick Woodroffe told PLSN, “As with every other band going out on tour after two years’ absence, the challenges facing the Rolling Stones as they gear up to their return to Europe are manifold. Huge rise in all construction costs, difficulty in finding crew, very hard to book trucks and stages, [and] ongoing Covid-19 protocols that have to be adhered to when it feels like the rest of the world has stopped doing so.” But the band’s production team, led by the indefatigable [PM Dale] “Opie” Skjerseth, has managed to react to the situation with imagination and understanding, and on June 1 the Stones’ Sixty tour opened in Madrid. They did so with a new drummer—Steve Jordan—to replace the much-missed Charlie Watts, a brand-new stage set designed to fit to various stages that the local promotors will supply, and a sense of energy and purpose as they celebrate 60 years on the road.”
From “Designer Watch” by Debi Moen, PLSN, June 2022, page 51
