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Adult Swim Comic-Con Schedule and Fan Events

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Rebecca Murray
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Adult Swim 2015 San Diego Comic Con Schedule

Adult Swim will have a big presence at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con, bringing in talent including Mike Tyson, Seth Green, Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland, Dave Willis, Rob Corddry, Rob Huebel, Breckin Meyer, and Casper Kelly, and participating in Q&As with fans as well as autograph signings and other events during the sold-out convention. The shows that will represented are Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever, Childrens Hospital, Mike Tyson Mysteries, Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell, and Rick and Morty, and the network’s setting up a special Adult Swim On The Green experience behind the San Diego Convention Center that will be up and running throughout the duration of Comic-Con.

Here are the details on Adult Swim’s planned Comic-Con events, per the network:

While inside the convention center, fans can stop by the Adult Swim Booth (#3721), but make sure you stretch first! Get limbered up and come lob fishy fun sacks into our illuminated cat holes at the Feline Fun Hole Slide Mouth. Steady your trembling paws, and pray your sacrifice to our great glowing kitty doesn’t go unnoticed. If your aim is true she may cough up something beautiful and exciting.

Need some fresh air? Visit Adult Swim On The Green, located behind the convention center at Convention Way and 5th Ave Pier, Thursday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. A brand new experience for fans, Adult Swim activities will include the Carnival Midway, free nightly screenings, Rick and Morty spaceship sighting, and the Meatwad Full Dome Experience. All events are free with RSVP at adultswimpresents.com, 18+ and a convention badge is required.

The Carnival Midway offers fans a chance to play custom and classic carnival games to win tickets and redeem them for prizes. Games and booths include Smack Up My Uvula, Flunko, SkeeBalls, Dreadageddon, Put a Ring On It, Face Painting, and a live screen printed free t-shirt tent. Carnival hours are Thursday through Saturday from 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Nestled next to the Carnival will also be the quintessential return of the Meatwad Full Dome Experience, which debuted last year, and is returning for another year of intergalactic mind travel. Inside the 40-foot planetarium dome, fans will be taken on a 360-degree journey through space and time, guided by the familiar fast-food friend. The Dome will be open Thursday through Saturday from 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

FishCenter and Toonami Pre-Flight will also be broadcasting live from inside the Meatwad Full Dome Experience. FishCenter Live will be in full swing Thursday and Friday from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. and Toonami Pre-Flight will broadcast on Saturday from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Tickets are required for FishCenter and Toonami and will be given away daily beginning at 9:30am at the Adult Swim On The Green ticketing booth.

Additionally, after the success of the Adult Swim Drive-In Screening in Los Angeles, we’re bringing fans another chance to check out what’s on the horizon for the network with free nightly screenings. Join us Thursday evening for Adult Swim Presents: Things You’ve Never/Rarely Seen for a night of specials, never-before-seen pilots, and an early look at Mike Tyson Mysteries, The Venture Bros., Squidbillies, and more. On Friday, we’re bringing you a preview of Rick and Morty season two and a live episode with show creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland.

Saturday will be filled with unaired episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell along with a chance for fans to publicly mourn the end of Aqua Teen. Be sure to drop by with a blanket and cuddle up with Adult Swim on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Last, but certainly not least, Rick and Morty crash land their spaceship at Comic-Con this year. Fans are invited to ogle and gawk at the crash site, as well as take photos to share with friends.

ADULT SWIM PANELS:

FRIDAY JULY 10th
Hilton Bayfront – Indigo Ballroom

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever & Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Join us for a panel to celebrate the upcoming second season of Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell and mourn the end of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever. Join Aqua Teen & Your Pretty Face co-creator Dave Willis (Squidbillies), Your Pretty Face co-creator Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks), and Your Pretty Face cast members Henry Zebrowski (The Wolf of Wall Street), Craig Rowin (The Jack and Triumph Show), and Matt Servitto (Banshee) as they discuss office politics in Hell, reflect on 13 seasons of Aqua Teen, and show clips from both new seasons. Dana Snyder (Aqua Teen & Squidbillies) will moderate the panel and help you say your goodbyes to the longest-running Adult Swim original series.

Rick and Morty
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Executive producers Dan Harmon (Community) & Justin Roiland (Adventure Time), and writer/producer Ryan Ridley (Community) invite fans for a sneak peek of the upcoming second season, premiering July 26th on Adult Swim. Moderated by Brian Q. Quinn (Impractical Jokers).

Mike Tyson Mysteries
2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
It was a unanimous victory last year but Iron Mike Tyson is taking on Comic-Con again and this rematch is sure to live up to all the hype. After a season of solving mysteries, the Mike Tyson Mystery Team will be back at it again with all-new episodes on Adult Swim this fall. Join series stars Mike Tyson, Rachel Ramras (MAD) and producer Hugh Davidson (The Looney Tunes Show) for a first look at the upcoming second season.

Robot Chicken
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Join co-creators/executive producers Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, executive producer / co-head writer Tom Root, and actor/writer Breckin Meyer as they discuss their Emmy-winning series, which returns for its eighth season this fall on Adult Swim. DC Entertainment chief creative officer Geoff Johns will also be joining the panel for an early look at the upcoming third Robot Chicken DC Comics Special.

SUNDAY JULY 12th
Convention Center – Room 25ABC

Childrens Hospital
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Adult Swim’s two-time Emmy®-winning live-action comedy returns to Comic-Con for a sixth year! Creator and star Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine) along with series star Rob Huebel, will convene for a lively (and medically accurate!) Q&A.




‘Lip Sync Battle’ Returns with Justin Bieber, Taraji P Henson, and Iggy Azalea

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Rebecca Murray
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Lip Sync Battle Returns with Justin Bieber, Taraji P Henson, Iggy Azalea

After a short break, Spike TV’s breakout music-driven series Lip Sync Battle returns to finish up season one with eight new episodes. The show’s back for the second half of season one on July 9, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT with Alison Brie (Community) taking on Will Arnett (The Millers). Also competing in the upcoming Lip Sync Battle episodes are Iggy Azalea, Justin Bieber, Victoria Justice, and Deion Sanders. And Empire stars Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard will bring the season to a close by battling it out in a special two-part season finale.

Lip Sync Battle hosted by LL Cool J has already received a second season order from Spike. The series has been averaging 3 million viewers and earned the #1 spot in adult viewers in its timeslot among all cable TV shows.

The upcoming matchups:

July 9 – Alison Brie vs. Will Arnett
July 16 – Justin Bieber vs. Deion Sanders
July 23- Andy Cohen vs. Willie Geist
July 30 – Victoria Justice vs. Gregg Sulkin
August 6 – Abbi Jacobson vs. Ilana Glazer
August 13 – Iggy Azalea vs. Nick Young
August 20- 2-Part SEASON FINALE
Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson (Part 1) (10:00p Show)
Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson (Part 2) (10:30p Show)


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‘Sicario’ Trailer with Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro

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Rebecca Murray
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Sicario Movie Trailer with Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro
Victor Garber and Emily Blunt in ‘Sicario’

Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin are featured in the dramatic thriller Sicario‘s just-released official trailer. Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners), Sicario also stars Jon Bernthal, Victor Garber, and Jeffrey Donovan. Sicario debuted at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and will arrive in select theaters on September 18, 2015 followed by a wide release on September 25, 2015.

The Plot:

In Mexico, SICARIO means hitman.

In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent (Blunt) is enlisted by an elite government task force official (Brolin) to aid in the escalating war against drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past (Del Toro), the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive.

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‘True Detective’ Season 2 Episode 1 Recap and Review

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Kevin Finnerty
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True Detective Season 2 Episode One Recap and Review
Colin Farrell in ‘True Detective’ season 2 (Photo: Lacey Terrell / HBO)

“I welcome judgement,” says Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) to his attorney while being prepped for a hearing involving visitation rights with his young son in the second season opener of the HBO anthology crime series True Detective.

Vinci, California Detective Velcoro is still struggling with his demons and the deal he made to personally find and take care of the man who beat and raped his wife 12 years ago. A meeting with Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn), a connected gangster, revealed Frank knew the identity of the scumbag and was willing to provide that information to Velcoro. “What do you want from me?” asks Ray. “Nothing. Maybe someday I’ll call you. Maybe I won’t,” answers Frank. Fast forward 12 years and it’s obvious Velcoro is in Semyon’s back pocket. He’s also just been assigned to investigate Vinci’s city manager who has disappeared. It’s not long into his investigation Ray realizes it’s most likely a kidnapping.

Semyon is currently working on a huge land deal involving the bullet train in California. It’s the biggest business deal of his life, and if successful it’s his chance to segue into legitimate business dealings. Unfortunately, the timing of his attempt for legitimacy is off as a reporter is doing an eight-part series on some shady dealings that Semyon might have been involved in. Meanwhile, the city manager who’s key to the land deal going through is missing.

In Ventura, Sheriff’s detective Ani Bezzerides (Rachel McAdams) busts up what she believes to be a local prostitution ring but turns out to be an online subscription service providing porn. The real reason for the raid is for Ani to have yet another face-off with her kid sister, Athena (Leven Rambin), who’s had problems with prostitution and going off her medication many times before. After a very unsuccessful attempt to help her sister, Ani finds out about a missing girl while enforcing a warrant and discovers she once worked at a commune which her old hippie, new age father (David Morse) started and still preaches. Instead of focusing on the missing girl, Ani uses her search as an excuse to argue with her estranged father about Athena’s troubles and to ask him to reach out to Athena and try to help.

Patrolling the curvy roads of Hollywood, CHP motorcycle cop and war veteran Paul Woodrugh (Taylor Kitsch) pulls over a young actress for speeding and ends up getting falsely accused of offering to let her go in exchange for a sexual favor. Suspended with pay, Paul kills time with his lovely girlfriend with the help of the little blue pill. The young cop suffers from PTSD but is trying to hide it from everyone. One night after having enough of his girl’s questions about his wounds and the war, Paul takes off on a high-speed, reckless ride on a one-lane winding road. After nearly killing himself, he pulls to a stop on the side of the road and, as fate would have it, he’s parked mere feet from a dead body seated at a park bench. It turns out to be the missing city manager Ben Casper whose eyes have been burned out with acid. His private parts have also been mutilated.

Ani gets called to the scene because the body was found in Ventura County, and Ray also gets sent to Ventura by his superior officer since he was working on the missing city manager case in Vinci. So the stage is set for these three damaged officers of the law who are all haunted by their pasts to try to work together to solve the case.

Stylish and dark, True Detective season two episode one titled “The Western Book of the Dead” introduces the four main characters, some of their backstories, and the different parts of California that will be involved with the murder investigation. The episode’s pacing is slow and deliberate (and at times even a bit tedious), with characters’ lives being slowly introduced and their inner demons just barely touched upon.

Colin Farrell delivers a strong performance as Detective Ray Velcoro, a once upstanding officer who has allowed his wife’s personal tragedy to twist and corrupt him into the haunted, angry, self-loathing drunk cop who’s owned by Semyon. One scene, in particular, involving Ray beating the father of a kid who’s been bullying his son at school is both disturbing and electric and lays the groundwork for what Ray is capable of.

Vince Vaughn seems to be delivering a sleepwalk of a performance as Frank Semyon, a career mobster who wants to branch out and become a legitimate businessman. The two scenes he has with Farrell giving him the information about his wife’s attacker and paying him for beating a noisy reporter up are his best in the episode. Unfortunately, the rest of his performance comes off as stilted. That said, it could be just Frank’s guarded personality that makes Vaughn’s performance so bland.

True Detective Season Two Trailer Two
Rachel McAdams stars in ‘True Detective’ (Photo by Lacey Terrell / HBO)

By far the best performance in the episode is given by Rachel McAdams as Ani Bezzerides, the detective who misuses her authority and the law to try to help her sister and confront her father. Ani is a multi-layered character who’s both repulsed and drawn to the dark, rough world of sexual satisfaction. She also has major daddy issues and, apparently, a gambling problem. Like Ray, she also turns to the bottle to help bury her emotions but she belongs to no one. Out of the three officers, she seems at this point to be the strongest.

Taylor Kitsch is solid as patrolman Paul Woodrugh who never talks about the fighting he did in the desert serving his country but instead suffers in silence. Right before he comes across the dead body, he almost crashes his speeding motorcycle while riding with the headlight turned off, signaling Paul has a death wish.

The writing and dialogue are curt and direct, with the characters being more about looks and facial expressions to give a glimmer of what each is really feeling or thinking. Some viewers may be put off by the episode’s sluggish pacing, but this is a slow boil as with season one of True Detective. Patience is needed as the story unfolds in lengthy and occasionally unnecessarily long scenes, however, if fans of the first season are willing to stick it out, season two appears to have just as many – if not more – interesting characters to follow. With a strong cast and intriguing premise, True Detective season two could be just as much a must-see summer series as was season one.

GRADE: B-

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New Trailer: ‘Samba’ Starring Omar Sy

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Rebecca Murray
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Samba Movie Trailer with Omar SySamba will be opening in limited release on July 24, 2015 and in support of its upcoming theatrical release Broad Green Pictures has unveiled a new trailer for the French romantic film. Directed by The Intouchables‘ Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, Samba reunites the directing team with that film’s star, Omar Sy. The cast also includes Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, and Izia Higelin.

The Plot:

Samba reunites The Intouchables’ acclaimed directing duo, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, with award-winning actor Omar Sy in a richly entertaining chronicle of an undocumented kitchen worker battling deportation from his adopted home in Paris. When Samba (Sy) is suddenly ordered to leave France, he enlists the help of Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), an emotionally vulnerable immigration advocate with little experience but plenty of heart. As the immigrant aspiring chef and the burned-out corporate executive tentatively explore an unexpected bond, they inspire each other to reinvent themselves in this vibrant comedy full of tender humor and heartfelt optimism.

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‘Ant-Man’ Shows Off a Father’s Day TV Spot

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Rebecca Murray
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Ant-Man TV Spot for Father's Day
Paul Rudd in ‘Ant-Man’ (Photo © Marvel)

The latest TV spot for Marvel’s Ant-Man features Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) apologizing to his young daughter, Cassie (Abby Ryder Fortson), for being late. “I was saving the world. You know how that is,” laughs Scott.

The new trailer also shows off a few new scenes while stressing Scott’s relationship with his daughter. Directed by Peyton Reed (Yes Man, The Break Up), Ant-Man co-stars Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Pena, Tip T.I. Harris, Wood Harris, and Judy Greer.

Ant-Man opens in theaters on July 17, 2015.

The Ant-Man Plot:

The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man. Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats.

Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Box Office Report: ‘Inside Out’ Breaks Records

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Rebecca Murray
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Box Office Report: Inside Out Sets Records
Joy in ‘Inside Out’ (Photo © 2015 Disney•Pixar. All Rights Reserved.)

Inside Out may have had to settle for second place on the box office top 10 list over its opening weekend in theaters, but it did so while setting impressive new records. Inside Out from co-directors Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen is now the highest earning opening weekend for a Pixar film that’s not a sequel (Toy Story 3 opened to $110 million). Inside Out also captured the record for the biggest domestic opening for any film that isn’t based on any sourced material, moving Avatar and its $77 million opening weekend into second.

Universal’s Jurassic Park continues to post T-Rex sized numbers, with its worldwide total now barely shy of $1 billion at $981.3 million. It should wind up breaking Furious 7‘s recently set record of the fastest film to hit the $1 billion mark, and it now holds the #2 spot in the record books for the best second weekend domestically at the box office by ringing up $102 million. Only Marvel’s The Avengers did better at $103 million.

Box Office Top 10 – June 19-21, 2015

1. Jurassic World – $102,019,000
2. Inside Out – $91,056,000
3. Spy – $10,500,000
4. San Andreas – $8,240,000
5. Dope – $6,018,00
6. Insidious Chapter 3 – $4,110,000
7. Pitch Perfect 2 – $3,300,000
8. Mad Max: Fury Road – $2,815,000
9. Avengers: Age of Ultron – $2,723,000
10. Tomorrowland – $2,009,000


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Check Out the New ‘Grandma’ Trailer with Lily Tomlin

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Rebecca Murray
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New Grandma Movie Trailer with Lily Tomlin
Julia Garner and Lily Tomlin in ‘Grandma’ (Photo © Sony Pictures Classics)

Sony Pictures Classics has released a new trailer for the comedy movie Grandma starring Lily Tomlin and Julia Garner. Tomlin earned rave reviews when Grandma premiered at Sundance, with The Hollywood Reporter saying Grandma is a “sublime match of performer and role.” Tomlin’s performance is also generating early Oscar buzz, and Edward Douglas at ComingSoon said the film will “remind you how much Lily Tomlin is missed as a regular fixture in movies.”

Written and directed by Paul Weitz, the cast also includes Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, and Sam Elliott. Grandma will open in theaters on August 21, 2015.

The Plot:

Elle Reid (Tomlin) has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle’s granddaughter Sage (Garner) unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.

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‘The Last Ship’ Season 2: Adam Baldwin, Charles Parnell, Jack Bender Interview

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Rebecca Murray
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Adam Baldwin and Charles Parnell The Last Ship Season 2 Interview
Adam Baldwin and Charles Parnell from ‘The Last Ship’ at WonderCon 2015 (Photos by Richard Chavez)

TNT’s dramatic series The Last Ship is back for a second season kicking off on June 21, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT with Eric Dane, Rhona Mitra, Adam Baldwin, Charles Parnell, Travis Van Winkle, Jocko Sims, and John Pyper Ferguson returning in starring roles. While season one was all about staying alive long enough to find a cure for the pandemic that nearly finished off humanity, season two will be about getting the cure out to those in need.

At the 2015 WonderCon, executive producer Jack Bender, Adam Baldwin, and Charles Parnell sat down to talk about what fans of the popular series can expect when the show returns on June 21st.

Adam Baldwin, Charles Parnell, and Jack Bender Interview

How does season two top season one?

Jack Bender: “Cinematically, and in terms of the acting, in terms of everything. It was great last year and it’s even going to be greater this year. And storywise we have a lot of stuff going on that we didn’t have last year. Last year was finding a cure, this year is how do we get the cure out there once we get back to home…”

Adam Baldwin: “…and what are we coming back to when we get home? What’s society like? With the pandemic we’ve lost a few billion people so we have to rebuild, and in and amongst that rebuilding we’re going to run into some serious challenges. Some new characters, some enemies…pretty good bad guys.”


Charles Parnell: “And also part of that is we’re still on the personal side trying to find our friends, loved ones, families, and hopefully they will turn up at different points of the season and we’ll find out their whereabouts.”

Jack Bender: “Which is part of the nobility of the characters in this show that in this devastating post-pandemic world how do you keep doing your job and stay together and respect the rules of the Navy with your whole world having fallen apart.”

What about the Russians? Will they still be after the cure?

Adam Baldwin: “And are they still Russians even? With the breakdown in these countries, are they rogue elements who’ve gone off on their own half-cocked? Are there people who have somehow not been affected by the virus? Is there anybody who’s naturally immune? We’re going to run into some varying nemesis.”

Jack Bender: “And what does it mean to be naturally immune? And if you are naturally immune, how do you feel about the cure because that’s the great equalizer – the cure? Maybe those naturally immune people don’t want a cure because they want to remain the most powerful.”

Adam Baldwin: “Immunity is power.”

How much time will be on land as compared to back on the ship?

Jack Bender: “More than last year. It varies. The ship moves, but more than last year. But The last ship is still the heart and soul of the show. That’s our castle. That’s where we go back to. That’s home.”

For more on what executive producer Jack Bender and actors Adam Baldwin and Charles Parnell had to say about the second season and working with the military, watch part two of the interview.

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Rolling Stones and Brad Paisley Perform Dead Flowers

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Rebecca Murray
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Brad Paisley and The Rolling Stones Perform Dead Flowers
Mick Jagger and Brad Paisley on stage in Nashville.

The Rolling Stones sold out Nashville’s LP Arena on June 17, 2015, playing in front of 48,000 fans who were treated to classic songs from the iconic rock and roll band. Also taking the stage during The Rolling Stones’ Nashville stop was Country music artist Brad Paisley who joined the band for “Dead Flowers.”

In the video released by the band, Tim McGraw, Sheryl Crow, and Paisley talk about The Rolling Stones’ Country history and why they are long-time fans of the group. The concert also drew Country music stars Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Dierks Bentley, Joe Walsh, Jack White, and Lily Alderidge, and Mick Jagger commented on their support during the show.

“We’ve got so many country artists here tonight… When I went to the VIP room backstage, wow, I’ve never seen so much heartbreak!” joked Jagger.

The Zip Code Tour Nashville Set List:

Jumpin’ Jack Flash

It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll (But I Like It)

You Got Me Rocking

Tumbling Dice

Doom And Gloom

Bitch

Faraway Eyes

Wild Horses

Dead Flowers (Song vote winner with 37% of the vote, and with Brad Paisley!)

Honky Tonk Women

BAND INTRODUCTIONS

Before They Make Me Run (with Keith on lead vocals)

Happy (with Keith on lead vocals)

Midnight Rambler

Miss You

Gimme Shelter

Start Me Up

Sympathy For The Devil

Brown Sugar

ENCORE

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

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