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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the g ...
' 1971 UK Tour was a brief
concert tour
A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific to ...
of
England
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and
Scotland
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that took place over three weeks in March 1971.
History
The Stones had not staged a tour proper in their homeland since autumn 1966. Now they were going out after having announced on the day of their first show that they were becoming
tax exile
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s and decamping to the
South of France
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, which they did shortly after finishing the tour. As a result, this tour was also called the Good-Bye Britain Tour or formulations thereof.
The tour was not lengthy, but audience numbers were enlarged by playing two shows on almost every night. Although ''
Sticky Fingers
''Sticky Fingers'' is the 9th British and 11th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. The Stones released it on 23 April 1971 on their new, and own label Rolling Stones Records. They had been contracted by Decc ...
'' was still not released, the group expanded the number of selections from it played compared with the previous Fall's
European Tour
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; "
Wild Horses" and "
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" were among those added.
Nicky Hopkins
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took over from
Ian Stewart the role of stage keyboardist.
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Let It Rock" from the same concert was officially released on the Spanish edition of "Sticky Fingers" in 1971. A recording of "Let It Rock" from the Leeds concert appeared on the Brown Sugar
maxi single
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in the UK.
Press opportunities focused on the usual banter with lead singer
Mick Jagger
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:
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The Groundhogs
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were the supporting act for the shows.
Bootlegs
The Leeds Concert has been released unofficially numerous times, making it one of the most well-known bootleg recordings of the Rolling Stones to date (most famously with the title ''Get Yer Leeds Lungs Out'', obviously a reference to the Rolling Stones official live record ''
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!''). All of these recordings however omit the concerts first two songs, "
Jumpin' Jack Flash
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released as a non-album single in 1968. Called "supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London" by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, the song was perceived by some as t ...
" and "
Live with Me", and they are mono recordings. The Marquee Club and Roundhouse Gig have also surfaced on various bootleg records. The 2015 re-release of the album "
Sticky Fingers
''Sticky Fingers'' is the 9th British and 11th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. The Stones released it on 23 April 1971 on their new, and own label Rolling Stones Records. They had been contracted by Decc ...
" has seen an inclusion of the complete and remastered Leeds performance in stereo as part of the super deluxe edition. The extended version of the album contains bonus studio outtakes as well as parts of the Roundhouse Concert. Subsequently the Marquee Club has been released separately on 19 June 2015 in CD and vinyl format including a DVD of the performance.
Personnel
The Rolling Stones
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Mick Jagger
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– lead vocals, harmonica
*
Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...
– guitar, backing vocals
*
Mick Taylor
Michael Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949) is an English guitarist, best known as a former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1967–1969) and the Rolling Stones (1969–1974). As a member of the Stones, he appeared on: ''Let It Bleed'' ...
– guitar
*
Bill Wyman – bass
*
Charlie Watts – drums
Additional musicians
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Nicky Hopkins
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– piano
*
Bobby Keys
Robert Henry Keys (December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014) was an American saxophonist who performed with other musicians as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Ni ...
– saxophone
*
Jim Price – trumpet
Tour set list
The typical set was:
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Jumpin' Jack Flash
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Live With Me
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Dead Flowers
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Stray Cat Blues
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Love In Vain
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#Prodigal Son
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Midnight Rambler
"Midnight Rambler" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released on their 1969 album '' Let It Bleed''. The song is a loose biography of Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler.
Keith Richards has called the nu ...
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Bitch
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* A female dog or other canine
* Bitch (slang), a vulgar slur for a human female
Bitch or bitches may also refer to:
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* ''The Bitch'' (film), a 1979 film starring Joan Collins
* ''Bitc ...
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Honky Tonk Women
"Honky Tonk Women" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was released as a non-album single on 4 July 1969 in the United Kingdom, and a week later in the United States (although a country version called "Country Honk" was ...
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(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
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Little Queenie
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Brown Sugar
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Street Fighting Man
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Encore:
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Let It Rock
For the rest of the tour some songs were dropped, at certain shows. "Wild Horses" was likely played at the 1st Newcastle show and definitely at the 2nd Newcastle show. It was likely played at other shows as well. Sympathy For The Devil may have been played as the first encore, with Let It Rock as the second encore, at the 2nd Newcastle show.
It may have been played at other shows. Through interviews with Mick Jagger and Bobby Keys it appears the band attempted Can't You Hear Me Knocking at least once early in the tour.
Tour dates
References
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Carr, Roy. ''The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record''. Harmony Books, 1976.
External links
'Rocks Off' 1971 tour setlists
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