Licks Tour

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]

Licks Tour 2002–2003
Tour by The Rolling Stones
Associated albumForty Licks
Start date3 September 2002
End date9 November 2003
Legs5
No. of shows117
Box officeUS $311 million ($432.24 in 2019 dollars)[1]
The Rolling Stones concert chronology

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]

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.[4] Finally, on 7–9 November 2003, the band played its first ever concerts in Hong Kong, as part of the Harbour Fest celebration.[5] The tour was sponsored by E-Trade.[6]

Set list

The Set List for each show depended on what type of venue they were played, Stadium, Arena, or Theatre.

The Typical Stadium show looked like this

  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"

Tour happenings

In Chicago, U2 frontman Bono joined the Stones for "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)". But after the conclusion of the song, Bono left the stage without acknowledging the audience.[7] Dr. John also guested as well.

In January, American cable network HBO broadcast a concert from Madison Square Garden in New York.[8]

The Rolling Stones played "drastically different" shows depending upon the size of the venue.[9]

The production was designed by Mark Fisher, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, and Patrick Woodroffe.[10] 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.[11]

In Sydney, Leipzig, Hockenheim, Oberhausen and Toronto Angus and Malcolm Young of 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.

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

Additional musicians

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Opening Act Start Time
North America
16 August 2002[nb 1]TorontoCanadaPalais RoyaleDanko Jones10:40 PM
3 September 2002BostonUnited StatesFleetCenterThe Pretenders7:00 PM (Late at 7:15 PM)
5 September 2002FoxboroGillette Stadium7:00 PM (Late at 7:05 PM)
8 September 2002BostonOrpheum TheatreBuddy Guy7:00 PM (On Time)
10 September 2002ChicagoUnited CenterThe Pretenders7:30 PM (Late at 7:40 PM)
13 September 2002Comiskey Park8:00 PM (Late at 8:05 PM)
16 September 2002Aragon BallroomDr. John8:00 PM
18 September 2002PhiladelphiaVeterans StadiumThe Pretenders
20 September 2002First Union Center
22 September 2002Upper DarbyTower TheaterSoulive
26 September 2002New York CityMadison Square GardenThe Pretenders8:00 PM (On Time)
28 September 2002East RutherfordGiants Stadium
30 September 2002New York CityRoseland BallroomJonny Lang8:00 PM (On Time)
4 October 2002LandoverFedExFieldThe Strokes
5 October 2002HartfordHartford Civic Center
12 October 2002DetroitFord FieldNo Doubt
14 October 2002ClevelandGund ArenaElvis Costello
16 October 2002TorontoCanadaAir Canada CentreThe White Stripes
18 October 2002SkyDomeNo Doubt
20 October 2002ColumbusUnited StatesNationwide ArenaThe White Stripes
22 October 2002SunriseOffice Depot CenterShaggy
23 October 2002MiamiAmerican Airlines Arena
26 October 2002AtlantaTurner FieldNo Doubt
31 October 2002Los AngelesStaples CenterSheryl Crow
2 November 2002AnaheimEdison International Field
4 November 2002Los AngelesWiltern TheatreSolomon Burke8:00 PM (On Time)
6 November 2002TacomaTacoma DomeSheryl Crow7:30 pm (started 7:45)
8 November 2002San FranciscoPacific Bell Park
9 November 2002
12 November 2002OaklandOakland Arena
14 November 2002San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena
16 November 2002Las VegasThe Joint
(Private show hosted by David Bonderman – no public admission)		John Mellencamp
23 November 2002San AntonioSBC CenterLifehouse
25 November 2002NashvilleGaylord Entertainment Center
29 November 2002Las VegasThe JointSolomon Burke
30 November 2002MGM Grand Garden ArenaLifehouse
8 January 2003MontrealCanadaBell CentreLes Respectables
10 January 2003PittsburghUnited StatesMellon ArenaRyan 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 2003HoustonReliant Stadium
28 January 2003Oklahoma CityFord Center
30 January 2003PhoenixAmerica West ArenaJonny Lang
1 February 2003DenverPepsi Center
4 February 2003San JoseHP Pavilion at San JoseSusan Tedeschi
6 February 2003Los AngelesStaples Center
8 February 2003Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena
Australia
18 February 2003SydneyAustraliaEnmore TheatreJet8:00 PM (On Time)
20 February 2003SuperDome
22 February 2003
25 February 2003MelbourneRod Laver Arena
27 February 2003
1 March 2003
4 March 2003BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre
5 March 2003
Asia
10 March 2003TokyoJapanNippon Budokan
12 March 2003YokohamaYokohama Arena
15 March 2003TokyoTokyo Dome
16 March 2003
20 March 2003OsakaOsaka Dome
21 March 2003
24 March 2003SingaporeSingaporeSingapore Indoor Stadium
26 March 2003
4 April 2003BangaloreIndiaPalace Grounds
7 April 2003MumbaiBrabourne Stadium
Europe
4 June 2003MunichGermanyOlympiahalle
6 June 2003Olympiastadion
8 June 2003Circus Krone Bau
10 June 2003MilanItalyStadio Giuseppe Meazza
13 June 2003OberhausenGermanyO-Vision Zukunftspark
15 June 2003BerlinOlympiastadion
18 June 2003ViennaAustriaErnst Happel Stadion
20 June 2003LeipzigGermanyFestwiese AC/DC
22 June 2003HockenheimHockenheimring
25 June 2003BilbaoSpainEstadio San Mames
27 June 2003MadridEstadio Vicente Calderón
29 June 2003BarcelonaEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
5 July 2003MarseilleFranceStade Vélodrome
7 July 2003ParisPalais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
9 July 2003Stade de France
11 July 2003L’Olympia
13 July 2003CopenhagenDenmarkParken Stadium
16 July 2003HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Olympic Stadium
18 July 2003StockholmSwedenStockholm Olympic StadiumThe Hives
20 July 2003Stockholm Globe Arena
22 July 2003Cirkus
24 July 2003HamburgGermanyAOL-Arena
27 July 2003PragueCzech RepublicLetnáBrainstorm, Olympic
North America
30 July 2003TorontoCanadaSARSstock Concert
Downsview Park
Europe
8 August 2003HanoverGermanyEXPO-Gelaende Messe Ost
11 August 2003RotterdamNetherlandsFeijenoord Stadion
13 August 2003
15 August 2003Rotterdam Ahoy
16 August 2003UtrechtMuziekcentrum Vredenburg
19 August 2003AmsterdamAmsterdam ArenA
24 August 2003LondonEnglandTwickenham Stadium
27 August 2003Astoria
29 August 2003Wembley Arena
1 September 2003GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
3 September 2003
5 September 2003ManchesterEnglandManchester Evening News Arena
7 September 2003WerchterBelgiumRock Werchter
9 September 2003DublinIrelandPoint Theatre
11 September 2003
13 September 2003LondonEnglandWembley Arena
15 September 2003
20 September 2003Twickenham Stadium
22 September 2003AmsterdamNetherlandsAmsterdam ArenA
25 September 2003BenidormSpainEstadio Municipal Foietes
27 September 2003CoimbraPortugalEstádio Cidade de Coimbra
29 September 2003ZaragozaSpainFeria de Muestras
2 October 2003ZürichSwitzerlandLetzigrund Stadion
Asia
7 November 2003AdmiraltyHong KongTamar Festival Site
9 November 2003

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".[12]

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