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' Tour of Europe '76 was a concert tour of Europe that took place in Spring 1976.

History

Tickets were in high demand; on 1 April the promoters announced that they had received more than one million applications in the mail for tickets for three shows at London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre; subsequently three more dates were added there. The routing also saw two dates in Yugoslavia – the Stones' second visit to a Communist country after 1967. The tour began a few days after the 23 April release of the group's album '' Black and Blue'', and is documented by the 1977 concert release ''

Love You Live ''Love You Live'' is a double live album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1977. It is drawn from Tour of the Americas shows in the US in the summer of 1975, Tour of Europe shows in 1976 and performances from the El Mocambo nightclub concert ...

''. Much of the material on that album is from the shows at

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in Paris from 4 to 7 June. Keith Richards' 10-week-old son died of sudden infant death syndrome on 6 June, but Richards elected to keep the news secret and to play the shows as scheduled.

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

* Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboards * Keith Richards – guitar, vocals *

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– bass *

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, percussion * Ronnie Wood – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he ba ...

– keyboards, vocals * Ollie Brown – percussion, drums * Ian Stewart – piano

Guest musicians

Leicester, England, Granby Hall, May 15, 1976: *

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– guitar and lead vocals on " Key to the Highway", guitar on "Jumpin' Jack Flash", and "Street Fighting Man".

Typical tour set list

(Songs credited to Jagger/Richards unless otherwise noted) # "

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 ...

" # "

If You Can't Rock Me "If You Can't Rock Me" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards that was first released as the opening track to the Rolling Stones 1974 album ''It's Only Rock 'n Roll''. Lyrical content The lyrics play off the dual meaning of the word ...

"/"

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 ...

" # "Hand of Fate" # " Hey Negrita" # "

Ain't Too Proud to Beg "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is a 1966 song and hit single by The Temptations for Motown Records' Gordy label, produced by Norman Whitfield and written by Whitfield and Edward Holland Jr. The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Pop Chart, a ...

" ( Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland) # "

Fool to Cry "Fool to Cry" is a ballad by English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1976 album ''Black and Blue''. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Taylor had just left the band and the Stones were left without a lead guitar ...

" # " Hot Stuff" # "

Star Star "Star Star" (originally titled "Starfucker") is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The song was released as a single for the band's album ''Goats Head Soup'' (1973), with ...

" # " Angie" – layed some shows# " You Gotta Move" (Traditional) # "

You Can't Always Get What You Want "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones on their 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by ''Rolling Stone'' ...

" # "

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" # " Tumbling Dice" # " Nothing from Nothing" (sung by

) (Billy Preston,

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) # "

Outa-Space "Outa-Space" is an instrumental recorded by Billy Preston that originally appeared on his 1971 A&M Records-debut album, ''I Wrote a Simple Song''. To create the primary instrumental sound, Preston played a clavinet through a wah wah pedal. The s ...

" (led by Billy Preston) (Billy Preston, Joe Greene) # " Midnight Rambler" # " It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" # " Brown Sugar" # " Jumpin' Jack Flash" # " Street Fighting Man" " All Down the Line" was played at the Frankfurt Festhalle. " Sympathy for the Devil" was played at Earls Court Exhibition Centre on 21–23 & 27 May. "Cherry Oh Baby" was played in Paris on 7 June. The Rolling Stones also appeared at Knebworth Fair in August 1976, where they added "

(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 ...

", " Around and Around", " Little Red Rooster", " Stray Cat Blues", " Let's Spend the Night Together", " Dead Flowers", "

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", a fragment of "

Country Honk "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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," and "Rip This Joint" to the above set list. The Rolling Stones also appeared at two club dates in 1977 at El Mocambo, Toronto, Canada. Like the Knebworth show these were not part of the 1976 tour.

Tour dates

References

* Carr, Roy. ''The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record''. Harmony Books, 1976. * Clark, Nobby. ''Starfucker: The Rolling Stones Live in London '76''. Oberon Books, 2008.

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External links

'Rocks Off' 1976 tour setlists

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