Licks Tour

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Licks Tour 2002–2003
Tour by The Rolling Stones
RollingStonesLicksTour.jpeg
Associated album Forty Licks
Start date3 September 2002
End date9 November 2003
Legs5
No. of shows117
Box officeUS$311 million ($515.11 in 2023 dollars) [1]
The Rolling Stones concert chronology

The Licks Tour was a worldwide concert tour undertaken by the Rolling Stones during 2002 and 2003, in support of their 40th anniversary compilation album Forty Licks . The tour grossed over $300 million, becoming the second-highest-grossing tour at that time, behind their own Voodoo Lounge Tour of 1994–1995. [2]

Contents

Background

The itinerary continued the Rolling Stones' practice of mixing theatre, arena, and stadium venues. With little new music to promote, set lists were dynamic and featured a total of 80 different songs. [3] [4]

The production was designed by Mark Fisher, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, and Patrick Woodroffe. [5] The design included a 60-metre (200 ft) wide digital print created by Jeff Koons. During the song "Honky Tonk Women", an animated video was shown of a topless woman riding the famous Rolling Stones Tongue logo before being devoured. [6]

Planned dates in East Asia and the final date of the tour were cancelled in response to the SARS outbreak of 2002–2003. Additionally, because Toronto, Ontario, Canada was also affected, the Rolling Stones headlined the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert on 30 July 2003 to help the city recover from the effects of the epidemic. It was attended by an estimated 490,000 people. [7] Finally, on 7–9 November 2003, the band played its first ever concerts in Hong Kong, as part of the Harbour Fest celebration. [8] The tour was sponsored by E-Trade. [9]

In Chicago, U2 frontman Bono joined the Stones for "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)" while Dr. John guested on piano during "I Just Want To Make Love To You." [10]

In January, American cable network HBO broadcast a concert from Madison Square Garden in New York. [11]

In Sydney, Leipzig, Hockenheim, Oberhausen and Toronto, Angus and Malcolm Young from AC/DC played "Rock Me Baby" with the Rolling Stones. The Leipzig performance can be found on disc 2 of AC/DC's Plug Me In , while the Toronto performance was included in the Toronto Rocks DVD.

Set list

Typical set list
  1. "Brown Sugar"
  2. "It's Only Rock and Roll"
  3. "Start Me Up"
  4. "Don't Stop"
  5. "Tumbling Dice"
  6. "Angie"
  7. "You Can't Always Get What you Want"
  8. "Midnight Rambler"
  9. "Monkey Man"
  10. "Love Train"
  11. "Little Queenie"
  12. "Slipping Away"
  13. "Happy"
  14. "Sympathy for the Devil"
  15. "You Got Me Rocking"
  16. "When the Whip Comes Down"
  17. "Miss You"
  18. "Gimme Shelter"
  19. "Honky Tonk Woman"
  20. "Street Fighting Man"
  21. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
    Encore
  22. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Set list on 4 November 2002 at Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA [12]
  1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
  2. "Live With Me"
  3. "Neighbours"
  4. "Hand of Fate"
  5. "No Expectations"
  6. "Beast of Burden"
  7. "Stray Cat Blues"
  8. "Dance, Part 1"
  9. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (with Solomon Burke)
  10. "That's How Strong My Love Is"
  11. "Going To A Go-Go"
  12. "Thru And Thru"
  13. "You Don't Have To Mean It"
  14. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
  15. "Rock Me Baby"
  16. "Bitch"
  17. "Honky Tonk Women"
  18. "Start Me Up"
  19. "Brown Sugar"
    Encore
  20. "Tumbling Dice"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening act(s)
North America
16 August 2002 [nb 1] Toronto Canada Palais Royale Danko Jones
3 September 2002 Boston United States FleetCenter The Pretenders
5 September 2002 Foxboro Gillette Stadium
8 September 2002Boston Orpheum Theatre Buddy Guy
10 September 2002 Chicago United Center The Pretenders
13 September 2002 Comiskey Park
16 September 2002 Aragon Ballroom Dr. John
18 September 2002 Philadelphia Veterans Stadium The Pretenders
20 September 2002 First Union Center
22 September 2002 Upper Darby Tower Theater —
26 September 2002New York City Madison Square Garden The Pretenders
28 September 2002 East Rutherford Giants Stadium
30 September 2002New York City Roseland Ballroom Jonny Lang
4 October 2002 Landover FedExField The Strokes
5 October 2002 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
12 October 2002 Detroit Ford Field No Doubt
14 October 2002 Cleveland Gund Arena Elvis Costello
16 October 2002TorontoCanada Air Canada Centre The White Stripes
18 October 2002 SkyDome No Doubt
20 October 2002 Columbus United States Nationwide Arena The White Stripes
22 October 2002 Sunrise Office Depot Center Shaggy
23 October 2002 Miami American Airlines Arena
26 October 2002 Atlanta Turner Field No Doubt
31 October 2002Los Angeles Staples Center Sheryl Crow
2 November 2002 Anaheim Edison International Field
4 November 2002Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre Solomon Burke
6 November 2002 Tacoma Tacoma Dome Sheryl Crow
8 November 2002 San Francisco Pacific Bell Park
9 November 2002
12 November 2002 Oakland The Arena in Oakland
14 November 2002 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
16 November 2002 Las Vegas The Joint
(Private show hosted by David Bonderman – no public admission)		 John Mellencamp
23 November 2002 San Antonio SBC Center Lifehouse
25 November 2002 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center
29 November 2002Las VegasThe JointSolomon Burke
30 November 2002 MGM Grand Garden Arena Lifehouse
8 January 2003 Montreal Canada Bell Centre Les Respectables
10 January 2003 Pittsburgh United States Mellon Arena Ryan Adams
12 January 2003BostonFleetCenter
16 January 2003New York CityMadison Square Garden
18 January 2003Ryan Adams (The Stones broadcast live on HBO Tonight)
21 January 2003ChicagoUnited CenterRyan Adams
22 January 2003
25 January 2003 Houston Reliant Stadium
28 January 2003 Oklahoma City Ford Center
30 January 2003 Phoenix America West Arena Jonny Lang
1 February 2003 Denver Pepsi Center
4 February 2003 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose Susan Tedeschi
6 February 2003Los AngelesStaples Center
8 February 2003Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena
Australia
18 February 2003 Sydney Australia Enmore Theatre Jet
20 February 2003 Sydney Super Dome
22 February 2003
25 February 2003 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
27 February 2003
1 March 2003
4 March 2003 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre —
5 March 2003
Asia
10 March 2003TokyoJapan Nippon Budokan —
12 March 2003 Yokohama Yokohama Arena
15 March 2003Tokyo Tokyo Dome
16 March 2003
20 March 2003 Osaka Osaka Dome
21 March 2003
24 March 2003 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
26 March 2003
4 April 2003 Bangalore India Palace Grounds
7 April 2003 Mumbai Brabourne Stadium
Europe
4 June 2003 Munich Germany Olympiahalle The Cranberries
6 June 2003 Olympiastadion
8 June 2003 Circus Krone Bau —
10 June 2003 Milan Italy Stadio Giuseppe Meazza The Cranberries
13 June 2003 Oberhausen GermanyO-Vision Zukunftspark AC/DC
The Cranberries
15 June 2003Berlin Olympiastadion The Cranberries
18 June 2003 Vienna Austria Ernst Happel Stadion The Cranberries
20 June 2003 Leipzig GermanyFestwieseAC/DC
22 June 2003 Hockenheim Hockenheimring AC/DC
The Pretenders
25 June 2003 Bilbao Spain Estadio San Mames —
27 June 2003 Madrid Estadio Vicente Calderón
29 June 2003 Barcelona Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
5 July 2003 Marseille France Stade Vélodrome
7 July 2003 Paris Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
9 July 2003 Saint-Denis Stade de France
11 July 2003 Paris L’Olympia
13 July 2003 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium
16 July 2003 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Olympic Stadium
18 July 2003 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Olympic Stadium The Hives
20 July 2003 Stockholm Globe Arena —
22 July 2003 Cirkus
24 July 2003 Hamburg Germany AOL-Arena
27 July 2003 Prague Czech Republic Letná Brainstorm
Olympic
North America
30 July 2003TorontoCanada SARSstock Concert
Downsview Park 		—
Europe
8 August 2003 Hanover GermanyEXPO-Gelaende Messe Ost—
11 August 2003 Rotterdam Netherlands Feijenoord Stadion
13 August 2003
15 August 2003 Rotterdam Ahoy
16 August 2003 Utrecht Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
19 August 2003 Amsterdam Amsterdam ArenA
24 August 2003LondonEngland Twickenham Stadium
27 August 2003 Astoria
29 August 2003 Wembley Arena
1 September 2003 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
3 September 2003
5 September 2003 Manchester England Manchester Evening News Arena
7 September 2003 Werchter Belgium Rock Werchter
9 September 2003 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
11 September 2003
13 September 2003LondonEnglandWembley Arena
15 September 2003
20 September 2003Twickenham Stadium
22 September 2003AmsterdamNetherlandsAmsterdam ArenA
25 September 2003 Benidorm SpainEstadio Municipal Foietes
27 September 2003 Coimbra Portugal Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
29 September 2003 Zaragoza SpainFeria de Muestras
2 October 2003 Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund Stadion
Asia
7 November 2003Hong Kong Tamar Festival Site —
9 November 2003

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

Additional musicians

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ On 16 August 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Rolling Stones performed a surprise gig (in front of 1,000 lucky fans) with an unusual setlist: "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)", "Sad Sad Sad", "If You Can't Rock Me", "Stray Cat Blues", "Hot Stuff", "Don't Stop", "Honky Tonk Women", "Torn and Frayed", "Wild Horses", "Happy", "I Can't Turn You Loose", "Heart Of Stone", "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", encore: "Brown Sugar". [13]

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