The Rolling Stones UK Tour 1971

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = The Rolling Stones UK Tour 1971


image_caption =
artist = The Rolling Stones
start_date = 4 March 1971
end_date = 14 March 1971
number_of_legs = 1
number_of_shows = 17
last_tour = European Tour 1970
this_tour = UK Tour 1971
next_tour = American Tour 1972

The Rolling Stones' 1971 UK Tour was a brief concert tour of England and Scotland that took place over two weeks in March 1971. The tour commenced on March 4 and concluded on March 14, 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 [Wyman, Bill (2002); "Rolling with the Stones"] , 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 2006). 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 - vocals, guitar
*Keith Richards - guitar, vocals
*Mick Taylor - guitar
*Bill Wyman - bass
*Charlie Watts - drumsAdditional musicians
*Nicky Hopkins - piano
*Bobby Keys - saxophone
*Jim Price - trumpet

Tour set list

In Newcastle the set was:

#"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
#"Live With Me"
#"Dead Flowers"
#"Stray Cat Blues"
#"Love In Vain"
#"Prodigal Son"
#"Midnight Rambler"
#"Bitch"
#"Can't You Hear Me Knockin'"
#"Wild Horses"
#"Honky Tonk Women"
#"Satisfaction"
#"Little Queenie"
#"Brown Sugar"
#"Street Fighting Man"Encore:
#"Sympathy For The Devil"
#"Let It Rock"

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

Tour dates

*04/03/1971 flagicon|England City Hall - Newcastle upon Tyne, England (2 shows)
*05/03/1971 flagicon|England Free Trade Hall - Manchester, England (2 shows)
*06/03/1971 flagicon|England Coventry Theatre - Coventry, England, (2 shows)
*08/03/1971 flagicon|Scotland Green’s Playhouse - Glasgow, Scotland (2 shows)
*09/03/1971 flagicon|England Colston Hall - Bristol, England (2 shows)
*10/03/1971 flagicon|England Big Apple - Brighton, England (2 shows)
*12/03/1971 flagicon|England Empire Theatre - Liverpool, England (2 shows)
*13/03/1971 flagicon|England University of Leeds - Leeds, England
*14/03/1971 flagicon|England Roundhouse - London, England (2 shows)

References

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

External links

* [http://rocksoff.org/1971.htm 'Rocks Off' 1971 tour setlists]
* [http://www.frayed.org/stones/index.html 'Frayed' 1971 tour pages]