Mick Jagger walks into a bar ...

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Mick Jagger goes unnoticed at a small North Carolina bar: 'Regular, old bloke'

Andy Nesbitt For The Win
Published 4:34 p.m. ET Sept. 30, 2021

The Rolling Stones, arguably the greatest rock and roll band in the history of rock and roll, are back on tour right now playing huge football stadiums across the U.S.

Tonight they are in Charlotte to play Bank of America Stadium, where the Carolina Panthers play.

Last night was a night off for the band and Mick Jagger, one of the greatest and most recognizable singers in rock and roll history, decided to check out the town and popped into a small bar for a drink.

Check out this photo he shared on Twitter. It’s so wild to see such a legend just standing there having a drink with others sitting around him with no clue that the legendary singer was nearby.

Out and about last night in Charlotte, NC

Link to tweet

I spent a lot of time this morning thinking about that photo and wondering how nobody knew Mick Jagger was right there. Part of me wondered if it was the band’s road crew out with him for the night because nobody seemed to be in awe.

But then we got an answer to this mystery and it’s the one I hoped for:

Co-owner of the Thirsty Beaver Brian Wilson tells me Mick Jagger went unnoticed last night. Turns out the people to the right of him in this photo have floor tickets to the show tonight and they didn’t even realize it was him!

Link to tweet

Incredible! They were so close to royalty and didn’t even know it!

You know what’s also incredible? That bar.

what you don't see in this picture:

Link to tweet

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[mopinko]

1. ok, that bar is unbelievable. but what kind of fans do they have there in charlotte?

he's so known to do this shit. and the tour schedule is known.
for starters, how was no one stalking him?
dont the people of charlotte know this is exactly the bar he would pick?

[FakeNoose]

2. Is that really him? Hard to say

Too bad that guy didn't get a closer photo. It's hard to tell if that's really Mick Jagger in the dark.

[Croney]

3. Ugh. Reminds me of that night in 2014 when Willie Nelson

introduced the guitar player as Johnny and I sat watching all night in that smallish venue without knowing it was Johnny Depp.

It does make one feel foolish, but if you don't expect it you don't always see it.

[empedocles]

5. Interesting note

[WHITT]

4. Wow

That bar owner musta said, 'I ain't movin'. You're gonna have to build around me!'.

[GumboYaYa]

6. I saw the Stones at the Superdome in New Orleans about thirty years ago

After the show I went to a small hole in the wall bar Uptown named Benny's. A few years after this event the building that housed Benny's just collapsed. When you look up hole in the wall bar, you got a picture of Benny's.

The house band was JD and the Jammers. The dance floor and stage basically merged into one in the small space. About midnight Keith Richards walks in and gets on stage with JD. He totally jammed for the next hour or so. To this day it is one of my favorite musical experiences.

[jcgoldie]

7. If you are at a bar and don't recognize Mick Jagger standing beside you...

You should have to forfeit your Stones tickets!

[CTyankee]

8. and stop drinking!

[marble falls]

9. In the seventies they were known to take over a local bar (I know it happened in NYC) ...

... and play.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. Perhaps the other patrons were just cool about it. Over the years my wife and I have been around

a lot of celebrities and for the most part we as well as others in the vicinity let them be.