LEGENDARY STONES ENTHRAL ZAGREB WITH BRIDGES TO BABYLON CONCERT

( Editorial: --> 4983 ) ZAGREB, Aug 21 (Hina) - More than 70,000 people of all ages turned up to Zagreb racecourse on Thursday night to welcome The Rolling Stones back to the Croatian capital after a 22-year break. And the legendary foursome - comprising Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts - returned the favour with an unforgettable rock spectacle featured as part of the group's Bridges To Babylon world tour. Following a performance by Scottish support act Big Country, the Stones emerged onto the stage shortly after 9.45pm and kicked off the concert with the hit "Satisfaction". Despite some rain accompanying the show which nearly lasted two and a half hours, the British rockers performed 21 of their hits for their admirers who arrived to the concert from all parts of Croatia and neighbouring countries. Several times during the performance Stones frontman Mick Jagger addressed the crowd in Croatian. This was the Stones' second visit to Zagreb. The last time was in 1976 when they held two concerts at the Sports Hall. This Zagreb concert, which was originally to be held on May 28 but was shifted to August 20 after Keith Richards injured himself, was the 95th as part of the Bridges To Babylon tour which kicked off last September in Chicago. (Hina) mbr 211159 MET aug 98