The Rolling Stones

l Where: Delta Center.

l When: Tuesday.

l The bottom line: The rock legends delivered nearly two hours of stone-cold classics.

l American Music Awards: A bit of the Stones concert was flashed during the telecast. Page A13

l More online: Read more about the Stones in Utah and on tour at www.sltrib.com.

The latest Rolling Stones tour rumbled through Salt Lake City on Tuesday promising "A Bigger Bang" to celebrate the legendary band's latest album of the same name. And with the flashy stage, explosive guitar riffs and power-packed set list, the Stones largely delivered on that promise.

The long-running group mostly stuck to a pleasing greatest-hits set, calling up different eras of the Rolling Stones' history with the occasional addition or subtraction of a horn section or set of backup singers. In essence, though, Stones Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood carried the show with their unmistakable magnetism and a catalog of classic riffs that dares the listener not to break out in a frenzy of air guitar.

That was true right from the outset when Richards, aka "the Human Riff," bounded toward the front of the stage ripping out the intro to "Start Me Up," one of the most recognizable songs in the rock canon. Hardly a song passes at a Stones concert that isn't a classic, though, and energetic takes on "You Got Me Rocking" and "She's So Cold" led into one of the best performances of the night on "Tumbling Dice." As the Stones built up the song at its outset, the four-piece horn section and three-singer backup troupe arrived for the first time to create a memorable take on the tune from "Exile on Main Street."

"Rain Fall Down," the first of just two songs played from the new "A Bigger Bang" album, gave the band a chance to work out a groove-heavy, reggae-tinged track, with Jagger thrusting his sinewy figure about the stage. "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" followed up, before the band slowed things down for a poignant "Wild Horses," with Jagger in fine vocal form. "All Down the Line" brought back the horn section before a memorable version of Ray Charles' "Night Time Is the Right Time" and Richards' brief stint on lead vocals for "Slipping Away" and "Infamy."

The Stones closed with a flurry of hits including "Sympathy for the Devil," "Brown Sugar" and "Jumping Jack Flash" before an encore that delivered "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Satisfaction."

With Wood's tasty guitar parts and Watts' incredibly steady beats adding to Jagger's natural showmanship and Richards' repertoire of insistent licks, the Stones showcased how, even with the band members in their 60s, they still have the gift for creating rock magic.