| Continental tour byThe Rolling Stones | |
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| Location | Europe |
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| Start date | 4 March 1971 |
| End date | 26 March 1971 |
| Legs | 1 |
| No. of shows | 18 |
| The Rolling Stones concert chronology | |
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The Rolling Stones'1971 UK Tour was a briefconcert tour ofEngland andScotland 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 becomingtax exiles and decamping to theSouth of France, which they did shortly after finishing the tour. As a result, this tour was also called theGood-Bye Britain Tour or formulations thereof.
The tour was not lengthy, but audience numbers were enlarged by playing two shows on almost every night. AlthoughSticky Fingers was still not released, the group expanded the number of selections from it played compared with the previous Fall'sEuropean Tour; "Wild Horses" and "Bitch" were among those added.Nicky Hopkins took over fromIan 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 theBBC. A stereo version of theChuck Berry cover "Let It Rock" from the same concert was officially released on the Spanish edition ofSticky 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 singerMick 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 ofGet Your Leeds Lungs Out! (a reference to the Rolling Stones official live recordGet Yer Ya-Ya's Out! made by Mick Jagger during that concert, just before beginning the performance of "Honky Tonk Women"). All of these bootleg recordings however omitted the concert's first two songs, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Live with Me", and most of them were released in mono. The 2015 re-release of the albumSticky Fingers has seen an inclusion of the Leeds performance in stereo, remastered and complete (comprehending the two missed tracks, thus making a total of 13 songs) under the name ofGet Yer Leeds Lungs Out, as a release exclusively attached to the super deluxe edition.
The Marquee Club and Roundhouse Gigs have also surfaced on various bootleg records. Whilst the bonus material from the 2015 re-release ofSticky Fingers contains five tracks from the performance at the Roundhouse (as well as studio outtakes from the album). 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.
Set List:
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) |
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| 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[a] | Marquee Club[a] |
