The Rolling Stones UK Tour 1971

The Rolling Stones UK Tour 1971
Tour by The Rolling Stones
Start date	4 March 1971
End date	14 March 1971
Legs	1
Shows	17
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The Rolling Stones' 1971 UK Tour was a brief concert tour of England and Scotland that took place over two weeks in March 1971.

History

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.

Several performances were recorded by the Rolling Stones crew, most famously the Leeds show on 13 March, which later was broadcast by the BBC. A stereo version of the Chuck Berry cover "Let It Rock" from the same concert was officially released on single with the studio versions of "Brown Sugar" and "Bitch" in 1971 (also reissued on the collection Rarities in 2005). The rest of this show 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 Your Leeds Lungs Out).

Press opportunities focused on the usual banter with lead singer Mick Jagger:

Reporter: "Many remark on the tendency of Mick Jagger to be as feminine as masculine. Would you like to be a woman?"

Jagger: "If God wants me to become a woman, then a woman I will become."

The Groundhogs served as supporting act for the shows.

Tour band

• Mick Jagger - lead vocals, harmonica
• Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals
• Mick Taylor - guitar
• Bill Wyman - bass
• Charlie Watts - drums

Additional musicians

• Nicky Hopkins - piano
• Bobby Keys - saxophone
• Jim Price - trumpet

Tour set list

In Newcastle the set was:

1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
2. "Live With Me"
3. "Dead Flowers"
4. "Stray Cat Blues"
5. "Love In Vain"
6. "Prodigal Son"
7. "Midnight Rambler"
8. "Bitch"
9. "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'"
10. "Wild Horses"
11. "Honky Tonk Women"
12. "Satisfaction"
13. "Little Queenie"
14. "Brown Sugar"
15. "Street Fighting Man"

Encore:

1. "Sympathy For The Devil"
2. "Let It Rock"

For the rest of the tour some songs were dropped, at certain shows.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
4 March 1971 2 shows	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	City Hall
5 March 1971 2 shows	Manchester		Free Trade Hall
6 March 1971 2 shows	Coventry		Coventry Theatre
8 March 1971 2 shows	Glasgow	Scotland	Greens Playhouse
9 March 1971 2 shows	Bristol	England	Colston Hall
10 March 1971 2 shows	Brighton		Big Apple
12 March 1971 2 shows	Liverpool		Empire Theatre
13 March 1971	Leeds		University of Leeds
14 March 1971 2 shows	London		Roundhouse

References

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

External links

• 'Rocks Off' 1971 tour setlists
• 'Frayed' 1971 tour pages