As late as Thursday afternoon, Rolling Stones drummer and eternal optimist Charlie Watts still believed the band would perform as scheduled in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday night, despite the looming threat of Tropical Storm Barry. He said as much to a fan he encountered in the French Quarter.

But by Friday morning, the Stones had changed their tune, deciding to postpone their New Orleans show by 24 hours. It is now scheduled for Monday. Tickets for the original date will be honored.

A message posted on the band's official Twitter account Friday morning noted, "We’re here with you — we’ll get through this together."

The Stones previously canceled a May 2 performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and postponed the rest of their No Filter tour, so Mick Jagger could undergo heart valve replacement surgery.

When the rescheduled No Filter itinerary was announced, it included a new date at the Superdome on July 14. It was to be the band's first performance in New Orleans since an October 1994 show at the Dome during the Voodoo Lounge tour.

The Stones' crew began building the band's massive stage set inside the Superdome soon after the stage for last weekend's Essence Festival was moved out.

The band members traveled to New Orleans this week after performing at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on July 7. They planned to enjoy several days off in New Orleans. At least a couple of those days have turned out to be stormy.

As forecasts throughout the week pointed toward Barry coming ashore somewhere in south Louisiana this weekend, some Stones fans who planned to travel to New Orleans for the show began to rethink their plans. They expressed concerns on the Stones' Twitter feed about the possibility of canceled flights or having to drive to New Orleans across the storm's path from points west of the city.

AEG, the promoter of the No Filter tour, as well as members of the band apparently held out hope as late as Thursday that the show could still go on Sunday as scheduled.

Longtime Rolling Stones fan Dylan "James" Stansbury and a friend were headed to the Rouses grocery in the French Quarter on Thursday to buy storm supplies when Stansbury spotted Watts heading his way on Royal Street.

Stansbury said hello and asked the Stones drummer if the band still intended to perform on Sunday.

According to Stansbury, the 78-year-old Watts replied, “Yeah, we’re playing Sunday at the Superdome, and we’re going to take the roof off.”

“Taking the roof off” or “blowing the roof off” is common slang for playing a great show. But when used in reference to a show at the Superdome soon after a tropical storm system moves through the area … well, the irony was not lost on Stansbury.

As he recalled, he said something to Watts along the lines of, “The last time a storm was coming, it was Katrina, and the roof did come off!”

Barring any other last-minute changes, the Rolling Stones will headline the Superdome on Monday. Local band Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, augmented by the Soul Rebels, will open the show from 7:30 to 8:15 p.m. The Stones are scheduled to hit the stage at 8:45 p.m.

Tickets are still available.

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