Toronto: Ready To Rock

The Rolling Stones logo was part of a sign on a giant stage at Downsview Park in Toronto, Canada, July 28, 2003. The band headlined an all-day concert July 30 as part of a SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) relief effort. Organizers hope the concert will show that tourists and businessmen need no longer fear SARS and should return to Toronto. Two spring outbreaks of SARS devastated the tourism industry.

The Rolling Stones' lead singer Mick Jagger walks off a chartered plane at Toronto International Airport July 28, 2003. The July 30 concert, dubbed SARSstock, had a lineup of 15 acts. "I think it is the biggest crowd we have ever played for," Jagger said, no faint praise from the frontman of one of rock's most traveled bands.

An aerial view of the SARS relief concert at Downsview Park in Toronto July 30, 2003. The large outdoor performance by 15 bands was conceived to help kickstart the SARS-ravaged Toronto economy. More than 400,000 tickets at $16 each were sold for the show, partly sponsored by the government. When the gates opened, hundreds rushed in to be near a huge stage surrounded by video screens.

Burton Cummings of the rock band The Guess Who performs at the Concert for SARS relief at Downsview Park in Toronto. The Canadian band of the 1970s played Bachman Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care of Business" to rousing applause.

Actor Dan Ackroyd, the emcee, eats a piece of Alberta beef on the stage at the Concert for SARS Relief at Downsview Park in Toronto. Canadian officials also held a barbecue at the concert to counter another business crisis for Canada - a lone case of mad cow disease detected in May that led the United States, Japan and other nations to ban Canadian beef products, and cost the cattle industry millions of dollars.

AC/DC's Brian Johnson, left, and Angus Young perform during the concert for SARS relief at Downsview Park in Toronto July 30, 2003.

Fans are sprayed with a hose at the concert for SARS relief at Downsview Park in Toronto July 30, 2003. Hundreds of people spent the night outside the former military airfield north of downtown Toronto to be among the first to enter the arena.

Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger performs at the Concert for SARS Relief at Downsview Park in Toronto. The concert also featured teen heartthrob Justin Timberlake who said he said he felt "like a fish out of water" next to rock bands like the Stones, AC/DC, and The Flaming Lips.

Randy Bachman of The Guess Who performs at the Concert for SARS Relief in Downsview Park in Toronto, Canada. Tens of thousands of sun-drenched revelers gathered for a star-studded outdoor bash aimed at showing Toronto is free of SARS and ready to rock.

Actors Dan Ackroyd, right, and Jim Belushi perform with their band, Have Love Will Travel, at the concert for SARS relief at Downsview Park in Toronto. Aykroyd, who was born in Canada, waved a Canadian flag on stage and encouraged Canadians and Americans to love each other and visit more often.

AC/DC's Angus Young performs during the concert for SARS relief at Downsview Park in Toronto July 30, 2003. Rolling Stones tour promoter Michael Cohl said the gig would cost $7 million. Canada put up $2.45 million, and the Ontario provincial government kicked in $1.4 million. Canadian brewery Molson, the chief sponsor, is contributing $4.55 million, a company spokesman said.

The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne performs during the concert for SARS relief at Downsview Park in Toronto July 30, 2003. During the group's three-song set, which included performers dressed as animals, members tore off surgical masks - the ubiquitous symbol of peoples' fears about SARS during the outbreak, worn mostly in Asia but also in Canada.

A fan cheers as she is held up by the the crowd at the Concert for SARS Relief at Downsview Park in Toronto, July 30, 2003. Any profits from the concert, plus 70 cents per ticket, will be split between two funds helping health care and tourism workers affected by SARS and the ensuing economic downturn.

Rolling Stones Keith Richards performs at the Concert for SARS Relief at Downsview Park in Toronto. The band's 90-minute set opened with "Start Me Up."

Geddy Lee of Rush performs during the concert for SARS relief at Downsview Park in Toronto on July 30, 2003. Tens of thousands of sun-drenched revelers gathered Wednesday for a star-studded outdoor bash.

A fan is sprayed with water to cool down at the barrier at the front of the stage at the Concert for SARS Relief in Downsview Park in Toronto, Canada. Tens of thousands of sun-drenched revelers gathered July 30 for a star-studded outdoor bash aimed at showing Toronto is free of SARS and ready to rock.

Alex Lifeson of Rush performs during the concert for SARS relief at Downsview Park in Toronto July 30, 2003. The band was among 15 acts at the all-day concert.

The Rolling Stones, shown from left to right, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, and Keith Richards pose prior to performing at the concert for SARS relief. The band's 90-minute set included "Ruby Tuesday," "Honky Tonk Woman," "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and, the finale, "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

Keri Austin, from Owen Sound, Ontario, puts on a mask with the Rolling Stones logo as she walks through the concert for SARS relief at Downsview Park in Toronto. Estimates put Toronto's tourism losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars since the first SARS outbreak in March. SARS sickened almost 250 people in Canada's largest city, the biggest outbreak outside of Asia.

Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, left, poses with Ontario Premier Ernie Eves prior to his performance at the Concert for SARS Relief in Toronto. Canada put up $2.45 million, and the Ontario provincial government kicked in $1.4 million toward the cost of the $7 million bash.