Justin Timberlake Joins Stones At Toronto Benefit, Gets Pelted With Garbage

MTV News ^ | 07.31.2003 | —Alyssa Rashbaum

[presidio9]

In perhaps his most memorable cameo since donning a furry dolphin suit at a Flaming Lips performance, Justin Timberlake joined Mick Jagger and the rest of the Rolling Stones onstage during the veteran rock band's set at the concert for Toronto on Wednesday night.

The afternoon kicked off on a low point for Timberlake when a concertgoer's sign questioning the singer's sexuality made it to the jumbotrons for about 15 seconds. Timberlake took to the stage with an obvious awareness of audience cynicism, beginning his set with a small attempt to mitigate the crowd's frustration: "This will be over before you know it."

During his mini-set of "Cry Me a River," "Senorita" and "Rock Your Body," Justin gracefully dodged water bottles flung by anti-pop audience members, and winced slightly at their less than playful jeers. After quietly thanking the city of Toronto for generally being welcoming to him and his tour crew, Timberlake left the stage to make way for more crowd-pleasing acts including the Guess Who, Rush, AC/DC and headliners the Rolling Stones.

Justin got his sweet revenge, though, when Jagger invited him onstage for what appeared to be an unrehearsed performance of "Miss You," in which Timberlake mimicked Jagger's signature sways and echoed his vocals. In a clearly forced but effective fusion of classic rock and bubblegum pop, Jagger even sang the words "cry me a river" for several repetitions with Timberlake. And though the audience still managed to sling a few bottles Timberlake's way, guitarist Keith Richards exhibited remarkable tenacity, as he angrily motioned to the crowd to show the pop star a little respect.

Timberlake hugged Jagger and thanked each Rolling Stone by his first name, then humbly (or perhaps strategically) made a quick exit.

For more sights and stories from concerts around the globe, check out MTV News Tour Reports.

[danmar]

Who's Justin Timberlake?

A dickhead from the former airhead group "n'Sinc".

[presidio9]

...Side by side
You're my amigo-negro.
Let's not fight.

[ReaganWarrior]

Brit says Jason 'deflowered' her. But if you ask Mick, he may have another answer. . .

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Plus he deflowered Brittany Spears.

I think she would've had to have been "re-flowered" for that to happen.

[priceofreedom]

I have seen Rush live 3 times and they are a great band. each member is practically a musical genius. As a drummer I have always admired Neil peart. How do we get rid of Justin though?

[Extremist]

Brit says Jason 'deflowered' her. But if you ask Mick, he may have another answer. . .

Maybe Mick deflowered Justin. As Eddie Murphy once said about Michael Jackson, Mick "aint the most masculine MF'er on the planet."

[SoothingDave]

And Aerosmith lost all their rocker credibility when they appeared with Justin and Britney at the Super Bowl a few years ago.

I think they lost it when they not only allowed Run DMC to rap "Walk this way," but actually appeared in the video!

SD

[JustAnAmerican]

"Timberlake left the stage to make way for more crowd-pleasing acts including the Guess Who, Rush, AC/DC and headliners the Rolling Stones.

What I want to know is why the Farfrignuggin we can't see this kind of act on one stage. Excluding Timberlake, I would pay good money to see the rest of these groups on one stage.

[dfwgator]

I think they lost it when they not only allowed Run DMC to rap "Walk this way," but actually appeared in the video!

Go even further back than that. Remember that god-awful "Sgt. Pepper" movie the Bee Gees did? Yep, they were in that too.

[presidio9]

The correct term is "jumped the shark"

http://jumpedtheshark.com/

[xp38]

You should have come up here then. The price was less than $20 US for a ticket. They apparently allocated 150,000 tickets for US sale and only sold about 45,000 of them. From the impression I got most of them were from the Western New York area. Perhaps there wasn't much advertising about it in the US although there were some threads here on FR about it. The remaining 400,000 or so tickets were sold here in Canada. It was a warm day with very little in the way of clouds so sunscreen would have been needed. Overall the show was a success from what the media here is saying.

[SoothingDave]

I didn't know bands could jump the shark. I thought it was just for TV. I guess the concept has expanded.

SD

[SoothingDave]

Remember that god-awful "Sgt. Pepper" movie the Bee Gees did?

Thankfully, I never saw that.

SD

[wardaddy]

Billy Idol's guitarist played and toured with the child moelster as well.

[wardaddy]

Hendrix opened for The Monkees in 68 and I was there.

And worse, I did not know who he was until he played Purple Haze....sad.

[Prodigal Son]

Justin Timberlake. First time I've ever heard of him.

[Lijahsbubbe]

As Eddie Murphy once said about Michael Jackson, Mick "aint the most masculine MF'er on the planet."

Old Eddie's pretty sissified himself. Remember his scandal with the transvestite? He/she said Eddie liked to suck it's toes!

[Lijahsbubbe]

Hendrix opened for The Monkees in 68 and I was there.

Forget about Jimmy, tell me more about the Monkees!!

[Extremist]

Yep, Eddie's got quite the lisp too. He may have called the kettle black. But if you will remember, Eddie was "just trying to help someone out" by stopping to offer the workin' gal a ride home. It was too dangerous for "her" to be on that street at that time of the night. In his defense, he stated he would never help anyone again.

[AAABEST]

Don't be that guy ping!