Rolling Stones Tour of Europe '76

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Rolling Stones Tour of Europe '76


artist = The Rolling Stones
start_date = 28 April 1976
end_date = 23 June 1976
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 41
last_tour = Tour of the Americas '75
this_tour = Tour of Europe '76
next_tour = US Tour 1978

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

History

Tickets were in high demand; on 1 April GP Productions announced that the demand for three dates at London's Earls Court was such that they had received more than one million applications in the mail. Subsequently three more dates were added there. [cite book| last=Egan | first=Sean | title=The rough guide to the Rolling Stones | format=Paperback | accessdate=2007-08-17 | publisher=Rough Guides Ltd. | year=2006 | location=London, Great Britain| isbn=1-84353-719-2 | pages=115 ] The routing also saw two dates in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, the Stones' first time in a Communist country since an April 1967 foray to Warsaw.

The tour began a few days after the 23 April release of the group's album "Black and Blue".

The show's live performances tended to be sloppy and rushed. Mick Jagger also slurred his way through some of the numbers, which was his then new way of singing. The shows at Les Abattoirs in Paris from 5 June to 7 June formed much of the basis for the 1977 live album "Love You Live". Tragedy struck the band on the night of the 6 June performance, when Richards was informed by his common law wife, Anita Pallenberg, that their 10-week-old baby Tara had died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Tour band

*Mick Jagger - vocals, guitar, Harmonica
*Keith Richards - guitar, vocals
*Ron Wood - guitar, backing vocals
*Bill Wyman - bass guitar
*Charlie Watts - drumsAdditional musicians
*Billy Preston - piano
*Ollie Brown - percussion

Tour set list

# "Honky Tonk Women"
# "If You Can't Rock Me"
# "Get Off of My Cloud"
# "Hand of Fate"
# "Hey Negrita"
# "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
# "Fool to Cry"
# "Hot Stuff"
# "Star Star"
# "Cherry Oh Baby" - [played at some concerts]
# "Angie" - [played at some concerts]
# "You Gotta Move"
# "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
# "Happy"
# "Tumbling Dice"
# "Nothing From Nothing" - Billy Preston Spot
# "Outa Space" - Billy Preston Spot
# "Midnight Rambler"
# "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll"
# "Brown Sugar"
# "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
# "Street Fighting Man"

"All Down the Line" was played at Festhalle, Frankfurt and "Sympathy for the Devil" was played om the 21st of May at Earls Court.

Tour dates

*28/04/1976 flagicon|Germany Festhalle - Frankfurt, Germany
*29/04/1976 flagicon|Germany Festhalle - Frankfurt, Germany
*30/04/1976 flagicon|Germany Munsterlandhalle - Münster, Germany (2 shows)
*02/05/1976 flagicon|Germany Ostseehalle - Kiel, Germany
*03/05/1976 flagicon|Germany Deutschlandhalle - Berlin, Germany
*04/05/1976 flagicon|Germany Stadthalle - Bremen, Germany
*06/05/1976 flagicon|Belgium Forest Nationale - Brussels, Belgium
*07/05/1976 flagicon|Belgium Forest Nationale - Brussels, Belgium
*10/05/1976 flagicon|Scotland Apollo Theatre - Glasgow, Scotland
*11/05/1976 flagicon|Scotland Apollo Theatre - Glasgow, Scotland
*12/05/1976 flagicon|Scotland Apollo Theatre - Glasgow, Scotland
*14/05/1976 flagicon|England Granby Halls - Leicester, England
*15/05/1976 flagicon|England Granby Halls - Leicester, England
*17/05/1976 flagicon|England New Bingley Hall - Stafford, England
*18/05/1976 flagicon|England New Bingley Hall - Stafford, England
*21/05/1976 flagicon|England Earls Court Arena - London, England
*22/05/1976 flagicon|England Earls Court Arena - London, England
*23/05/1976 flagicon|England Earls Court Arena - London, England
*25/05/1976 flagicon|England Earls Court Arena - London, England
*26/05/1976 flagicon|England Earls Court Arena - London, England
*27/05/1976 flagicon|England Earls Court Arena - London, England
*29/05/1976 flagicon|Netherlands Stadion F.C. Den Haag In Het Zuiderpark - The Hague, Netherlands
*30/05/1976 flagicon|Netherlands Stadion F.C. Den Haag In Het Zuiderpark - The Hague, Netherlands
*01/06/1976 flagicon|Germany Westfalenhalle - Dortmund, Germany
*02/06/1976 flagicon|Germany Sporthalle - Cologne, Germany (2 shows)
*04/06/1976 flagicon|France Pavillon de Paris (Les Abattoirs) - Paris, France
*05/06/1976 flagicon|France Pavillon de Paris (Les Abattoirs) - Paris, France
*06/06/1976 flagicon|France Pavillon de Paris (Les Abattoirs) - Paris, France
*07/06/1976 flagicon|France Pavillon de Paris (Les Abattoirs) - Paris, France
*09/06/1976 flagicon|France Palais Des Sports - Lyon, France
*11/06/1976 flagicon|Spain Plaza Des Toros Monumental - Barcelona, Spain
*13/06/1976 flagicon|France Stade De L’Ouest - Nice, France
*15/06/1976 flagicon|Switzerland Hallenstadion - Zurich, Switzerland
*16/06/1976 flagicon|Germany Olympiahalle - Munich, Germany
*17/06/1976 flagicon|Germany Olympiahalle - Munich, Germany
*19/06/1976 flagicon|Germany Neckarstadion - Stuttgart, Germany
*21/06/1976 flagicon|Yugoslavia Sportska Dvorana - Zagreb, Yugoslavia
*22/06/1976 flagicon|Yugoslavia Sportska Dvorana - Zagreb, Yugoslavia
*23/06/1976 flagicon|Austria Stadthalle - Vienna, Austria

References

* Carr, Roy. "The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record". Harmony Books, 1976. ISBN 0-517-52641-7

External links

* [http://rocksoff.org/1976.htm 'Rocks Off' 1976 tour setlists]
* [http://www.frayed.org/1976.html 'Frayed' 1976 tour pages]