The Rolling Stones Tour of Europe '76

The Rolling Stones' Tour of Europe '76 was a concert tour of Europe that took place in Spring 1976.

The Rolling Stones Tour of Europe '76
Tour by The Rolling Stones
Associated albumBlack and Blue
Start date28 April 1976
End date23 June 1976
Legs1
No. of shows41
The Rolling Stones concert chronology

History

Tickets were in high demand; on 1 April the promoters announced that they had received more than one million applications in the mail for tickets for three shows at London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre; subsequently three more dates were added there.[1] The routing also saw two dates in Yugoslavia – the Stones' second visit to a Communist country after 1967.

The tour began a few days after the 23 April release of the group's album Black and Blue, and is documented by the 1977 concert release Love You Live. Much of the material on that album is from the shows at Les Abattoirs in Paris from 4 to 7 June. Keith Richards' 10-week-old son died of sudden infant death syndrome on 6 June, but Richards elected to keep the news secret and to play the shows as scheduled.[2] Tony Vandeputte, played two nights at Earls Court Exhibition Centre as guest of his brother-in-law Steve Marriott (of Humble Pie and formerly Small Faces).

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

Additional musicians

Typical tour set list

(Songs credited to Jagger/Richards unless otherwise noted)

  1. "Honky Tonk Women"
  2. "If You Can't Rock Me"/"Get off of My Cloud"
  3. "Hand of Fate"
  4. "Hey Negrita"
  5. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland)
  6. "Fool to Cry"
  7. "Hot Stuff"
  8. "Star Star"
  9. "Angie" – [played some shows]
  10. "You Gotta Move" (Traditional)
  11. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
  12. "Happy"
  13. "Tumbling Dice"
  14. "Nothing from Nothing" (sung by Billy Preston) (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher)
  15. "Outa-Space" (led by Billy Preston) (Billy Preston, Joe Greene)
  16. "Midnight Rambler"
  17. "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
  18. "Brown Sugar"
  19. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
  20. "Street Fighting Man"

"All Down the Line" was played at the Frankfurt Festhalle. "Sympathy for the Devil" was played at Earls Court Exhibition Centre on 21–23 & 27 May. "Cherry Oh Baby" was played in Paris on 7 June.

The Rolling Stones also appeared at Knebworth Fair in August 1976, where they added "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Around and Around", "Little Red Rooster", "Stray Cat Blues", "Let's Spend the Night Together", "Dead Flowers", "Route 66", a fragment of "Country Honk," "Wild Horses," and "Rip This Joint" to the above set list.

The Rolling Stones also appeared at two club dates in 1977 at El Mocambo, Toronto, Canada. Like the Knebworth show these were not part of the 1976 tour.

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
28 April 1976FrankfurtGermanyFesthalle
29 April 1976
30 April 1976
2 shows		MünsterHalle Münsterland
2 May 1976KielOstseehalle
3 May 1976BerlinDeutschlandhalle
4 May 1976BremenStadthalle
6 May 1976BrusselsBelgiumForest National
7 May 1976
10 May 1976GlasgowScotlandApollo Theatre
11 May 1976
12 May 1976
14 May 1976LeicesterEnglandGranby Halls
15 May 1976
17 May 1976StaffordBingley Hall
18 May 1976
21 May 1976LondonEarls Court Exhibition Centre
22 May 1976
23 May 1976
25 May 1976
26 May 1976
27 May 1976
29 May 1976The HagueNetherlandsZuiderpark Stadion
30 May 1976
1 June 1976DortmundGermanyWestfalenhalle
2 June 1976
2 shows		CologneSporthalle
4 June 1976ParisFrancePavillon de Paris (Les Abattoirs)
5 June 1976
6 June 1976
7 June 1976
9 June 1976LyonPalais des Sports de Gerland
11 June 1976BarcelonaSpainPlaza de toros Monumental
13 June 1976NiceFranceFrance Parc Des Sports De L’Ouest
15 June 1976ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
16 June 1976MunichGermanyOlympiahalle
17 June 1976
19 June 1976StuttgartNeckarstadion
21 June 1976ZagrebYugoslaviaDom Sportova
22 June 1976
23 June 1976ViennaAustriaStadthalle
Knebworth Fair
21 August 1976KnebworthEnglandKnebworth Fair
This concert was not technically part of the tour.
1977 Dates
4 March 1977 Toronto Canada El Mocambo
5 March 1977

References
  1. Egan, Sean (2006). The rough guide to the Rolling Stones (Paperback). London, Great Britain: Rough Guides Ltd. p. 115. ISBN 1-84353-719-2.
  2. Bockris, Victor (1993). Keith Richards: The Biography. Simon & Schuster. p. 247. ISBN 0-671-87590-6.
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