Club Dates/Rolling Stones Tour

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Club Dates/Rolling Stones Tour
Tour by AC/DC
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
Start date11 March 2003 (2003-03-11)
End date21 October 2003 (2003-10-21)
No. of shows8
AC/DC concert chronology
Stiff Upper Lip World Tour
(2000–2001)		Club Dates/Rolling Stones Tour
(2003)		 Black Ice World Tour
(2008–2010)

The AC/DC Club Dates/Rolling Stones Tour was a series of concerts done by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. The band was a support act for the Rolling Stones' Licks Tour in Germany, but also performed together in Toronto, Canada.

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Background

The band performed an exclusive show in New York City at the Roseland Ballroom on 11 March 2003 as part of a contest. [1] Following the exclusive performance, AC/DC joined the Rolling Stones on their tour in Germany as an opening act. As part of the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto program for a benefit concert, AC/DC joined to support Rolling Stones on the lineup. The show in Toronto was the largest outdoor ticketed event in Canada, and its gross was in the 9 million range, drawing in 489,176 people. [2] [3] After the benefit concert, AC/DC performed in London, England on 21 October 2003 at the Hammersmith Apollo, which sold out in four minutes. [4]

Setlist

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and headline of the tour [5]
DateCityCountryVenueHeadline
11 March 2003 New York City United States Roseland Ballroom AC/DC Headline
9 June 2003 Berlin Germany Columbiahalle
13 June 2003 Oberhausen O-Vision Zukunftspark Rolling Stones Date
17 June 2003 [lower-alpha 1] Munich Circus Krone AC/DC Headline
20 June 2003 Leipzig FestwieseRolling Stones Date
22 June 2003 Hockenheim Hockenheimring
30 July 2003 Toronto Canada SARSstock Concert
Downsview Park
21 October 2003 London England Hammersmith Apollo AC/DC Headline

Personnel

Notes

  1. ↑ This concert has been filmed. This resulted in the video album Live at the Circus Krone.

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References

Citations

  1. ↑ Masino 2015.
  2. ↑ LeBlanc, Larry; Waddell, Ray (16 August 2003). "Rolling Stones and Company Rock to Revive Toronto". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 33. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 20. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Year in Music: Lending a Music Hand". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 27 December 2003. p. YE-46. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Perkins 2011.
  5. ↑ Durieux, Arnaud. "AC/DC Tour History - 2003 Rolling Stones & Club Tour". ac-dc.net. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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