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' 1967 European Tour was a

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by the band to promote their new album ''Between the Buttons'' and new singles "Let's Spend the Night Together" and "Ruby Tuesday".

History

The tour commenced on 25 March and concluded on 17 April 1967. It was the last Rolling Stones concert tour to include

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, who initially formed and named the band. This tour would also be one of the first times a rock band from

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performed in

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, when on 13 April, they played two shows at the

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. The people who did attend were told to behave accordingly during the concert or they would be removed from the venue, however, a

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started. Visiting Soviet officials were not pleased by the Rolling Stones performance and it would be a long while before the Stones would return to the

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nations. ''"They thought the show was so awful, so decadent, that they said this would never happen in Moscow,"''—Mick Jagger.

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– lead vocals *

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– guitar, backing vocals *

– guitar, harmonica, electric dulcimer, recorder, organ *

Bill Wyman William George Wyman (né Perks; born 24 October 1936) is an English musician who achieved international fame as the bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member ...

– bass guitar, backing vocals *

Charlie Watts Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021. Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an i ...

– drums

Tour set list

#" The Last Time" #"

Paint It, Black "Paint It Black" is a song recorded in 1966 by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of the songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it is a raga rock song with Indian, Middle Eastern, and Eastern European infl ...

" #"

19th Nervous Breakdown "19th Nervous Breakdown" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was recorded in late 1965 and released as a single in February 1966. It reached number 2 on both the US ''Bil ...

" #" Lady Jane" #"

Get Off of My Cloud "Get Off of My Cloud" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for a single to follow the successful "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". Recorded in Hollywood, California, in early Sep ...

"/"

Yesterday's Papers Yesterday's Papers is a song by the Rolling Stones from their 1967 album, ''Between the Buttons''. It was the first song that Mick Jagger wrote by himself for the group. It appears as the opening track on the UK version of the album and on the US ...

" #"

Under My Thumb "Under My Thumb" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Under My Thumb" features a marimba played by Brian Jones. Although it was never released as a single in English-speakin ...

" #" Ruby Tuesday" #"

Let's Spend the Night Together "Let's Spend the Night Together" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and originally released by the Rolling Stones as a double A-sided single together with " Ruby Tuesday" in January 1967. It also appears as the opening track ...

" #" Goin' Home" #"

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, it features a guitar riff by Richards that opens and drives the song. The riff ...

Tour dates

Supporting acts

Including:

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, the Creation, the Batman (Didi & the ABC Boys), & Achim Reichel (Ex-Rattles), the Move,

Czerwono-Czarni Czerwono-Czarni (; literally: "the Red-and-Blacks") was one of the most popular rock bands in the history of Polish popular music, and one of the pioneers of rock and beat music in Poland (both styles together known as the "Big Beat" in the Eas ...

(Warsaw),

Stormy Six Stormy Six were an Italian progressive and folk rock band founded in Milan in 1966. They performed and recorded until 1983, mostly as a sextet but occasionally as a quartet, a quintet and a septet. Although their line-up changed considerably over ...

(Italy).

References

* Carr, Roy. ''The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record''. Harmony Books, 1976. * Wyman, Bill and Havers, Richard. ''

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''. DK Publishing, 2002. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rolling Stones European Tour 1967, The The Rolling Stones concert tours 1967 concert tours 1967 in Europe Concert tours of Europe