Mary J. Blige, Gary Clark Jr. join The Stones Saturday

by Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY

December 4, 2012

Mary J. Blige, Gary Clark Jr. join The Stones Saturday
From left, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts in front of London's Marquee Club. (Credit: Rankin)

Soul diva Mary J. Blige and guitar ace Gary Clark Jr. will join the Rolling Stones on stage Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the band's first U.S. stop on its "50 and Counting" mini-tour.

The Stones enlisted Blige and Jeff Beck for the kickoff show Nov. 25 at London's O2 Arena and brought Eric Clapton and Florence Welch aboard for the Nov. 29 appearance there.

In its first shows in five years, the group rolled out such classics as Jumping Jack Flash, Brown Sugar and Paint It Black, plus new tunes Doom and Gloom and One More Shot, featured on the GRRR! hits collection.

They will wrap up the run of dates with concerts Dec. 13 and Dec. 15 at Newark's Prudential Center. The final show will air live via a pay-per-view special, One More Shot, at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 PT.

E! will broadcast Live From the Rolling Stones, a one-hour pre-show special, at 8 p.m. ET/5 PT.

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