| Tour by The Rolling Stones | |
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| Start date | 4 March 1971 |
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| End date | 26 March 1971 |
| Legs | 1 |
| No. of shows | 18 |
| The Rolling Stones concert chronology | |
The Rolling Stones' 1971 UK Tour was a brief concert tour of England and Scotland that took place over three weeks in March 1971.
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 exiles and decamping to the South of France, 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 was still not released, the group expanded the number of selections from it played compared with the previous Fall's European Tour; "Wild Horses" and "Bitch" were among those added. Nicky Hopkins took over from Ian Stewart the role of stage keyboardist.
The Brighton, Liverpool, Leeds and London performances were recorded with the Rolling Stones mobile studio by the Rolling Stones crew,. [1] Almost the entire Leeds show was later broadcast in mono by the BBC. A stereo version of the Chuck Berry cover "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 in the UK.
Press opportunities focused on the usual banter with lead singer Mick Jagger:
The Groundhogs were the supporting act for the shows.
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" 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" 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 BD or DVD of the performance.
The typical set was:
Encore:
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. [2] 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.
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Opening act(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 1971 (2 shows) | Newcastle upon Tyne | England | Newcastle City Hall | The Groundhogs |
| 5 March 1971 (2 shows) | Manchester | Free Trade Hall | ||
| 6 March 1971 (2 shows) | Coventry | Criterion Theatre | ||
| 8 March 1971 (2 shows) | Glasgow | Scotland | Green's Playhouse | |
| 9 March 1971 (2 shows) | Bristol | England | Colston Hall | |
| 10 March 1971 (2 shows) | Brighton | Regent Cinema | ||
| 12 March 1971 (2 shows) | Liverpool | Liverpool Empire Theatre | ||
| 13 March 1971 | Leeds | University of Leeds Refectory | ||
| 14 March 1971 (2 shows) | London | Roundhouse | ||
| 26 March 1971 [lower-alpha 1] | Marquee Club [lower-alpha 1] |
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