Licks Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:Licks Tour 2002–2003
Artist:The Rolling Stones
Start Date:3 September 2002
End Date:9 November 2003
Album:Forty Licks
Number Of Legs:5
Number Of Shows:117
Gross:US$311 million ($ in dollars)
Last Tour:No Security Tour
(1999)
This Tour:Licks Tour
(2002–03)
Next Tour:A Bigger Bang Tour
(2005–07)

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.[1]

Background

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.[2] [3]

The production was designed by Mark Fisher, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, and Patrick Woodroffe.[4] The design included a 60m (200feet) 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.[5]

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.[6] Finally, on 7–9 November 2003, the band played its first ever concerts in Hong Kong, as part of the Harbour Fest celebration.[7] The tour was sponsored by E-Trade.[8]

In Chicago, U2 frontman Bono joined the Stones for "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)" while Dr. John guested on piano during "I Just Want To Make Love To You."[9]

In January, American cable network HBO broadcast a concert from Madison Square Garden in New York.[10]

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

Set list

Typical set list
  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
  1. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Set list on 4 November 2002 at Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA[11]
  1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
  2. "Live With Me"
  3. "Neighbours"
  4. "Hand of Fate"
  5. "No Expectations"
  6. "Beast of Burden"
  7. "Stray Cat Blues"
  8. "Dance, Part 1"
  9. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (with Solomon Burke)
  10. "That's How Strong My Love Is"
  11. "Going To A Go-Go"
  12. "Thru And Thru"
  13. "You Don't Have To Mean It"
  14. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
  15. "Rock Me Baby"
  16. "Bitch"
  17. "Honky Tonk Women"
  18. "Start Me Up"
  19. "Brown Sugar"
Encore
  1. "Tumbling Dice"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening act(s)
North America
16 August 2002 Canada Danko Jones
3 September 2002 United States The Pretenders
5 September 2002 Gillette Stadium
8 September 2002 Boston Buddy Guy
10 September 2002 The Pretenders
13 September 2002 Comiskey Park
16 September 2002 Dr. John
18 September 2002 The Pretenders
20 September 2002 First Union Center
22 September 2002
26 September 2002 New York City The Pretenders
28 September 2002 Giants Stadium
30 September 2002 New York City Jonny Lang
4 October 2002 The Strokes
5 October 2002 Hartford Civic Center
12 October 2002 No Doubt
14 October 2002 Elvis Costello
16 October 2002 Toronto Canada The White Stripes
18 October 2002 No Doubt
20 October 2002 United States The White Stripes
22 October 2002 Shaggy
23 October 2002 American Airlines Arena
26 October 2002 No Doubt
31 October 2002 Los Angeles Sheryl Crow
2 November 2002 Edison International Field
4 November 2002 Los Angeles Solomon Burke
6 November 2002 Sheryl Crow
8 November 2002
9 November 2002
12 November 2002
14 November 2002 San Diego Sports Arena
16 November 2002 The Joint
(Private show hosted by David Bonderman – no public admission)
John Mellencamp
23 November 2002 Lifehouse
25 November 2002 Gaylord Entertainment Center
29 November 2002 Las Vegas The Joint Solomon Burke
30 November 2002 Lifehouse
8 January 2003 Canada
10 January 2003 United States
12 January 2003 Boston FleetCenter
16 January 2003 New York City Madison Square Garden
18 January 2003 Ryan Adams (The Stones broadcast live on HBO Tonight)
21 January 2003 Chicago United Center Ryan Adams
22 January 2003
25 January 2003 Reliant Stadium
28 January 2003 Ford Center
30 January 2003 Jonny Lang
1 February 2003 Pepsi Center
4 February 2003 Susan Tedeschi
6 February 2003 Los Angeles Staples Center
8 February 2003 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
Australia
18 February 2003 Australia Jet
20 February 2003 Sydney Super Dome
22 February 2003
25 February 2003 Rod Laver Arena
27 February 2003
1 March 2003
4 March 2003 rowspan="2"
5 March 2003
Asia
10 March 2003 Tokyo Japan rowspan="10"
12 March 2003 Yokohama Arena
15 March 2003 Tokyo Tokyo Dome
16 March 2003
20 March 2003 Osaka Dome
21 March 2003
24 March 2003 Singapore Indoor Stadium
26 March 2003
4 April 2003 India Palace Grounds
7 April 2003 Brabourne Stadium
Europe
4 June 2003 Germany The Cranberries
6 June 2003 Olympiastadion
8 June 2003
10 June 2003 Italy The Cranberries
13 June 2003 Germany O-Vision Zukunftspark AC/DC
The Cranberries
15 June 2003 Berlin The Cranberries
18 June 2003 Austria The Cranberries
20 June 2003 Germany Festwiese AC/DC
22 June 2003 AC/DC
The Pretenders
25 June 2003 Spain rowspan="9"
27 June 2003 Estadio Vicente Calderón
29 June 2003 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
5 July 2003 France Stade Vélodrome
7 July 2003 Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
9 July 2003 Stade de France
11 July 2003 L’Olympia
13 July 2003 Denmark Parken Stadium
16 July 2003 Finland Helsinki Olympic Stadium
18 July 2003 Sweden The Hives
20 July 2003 rowspan="3"
22 July 2003 Cirkus
24 July 2003 Germany AOL-Arena
27 July 2003 Brainstorm
Olympic
North America
30 July 2003 Toronto Canada
Europe
8 August 2003 Germany EXPO-Gelaende Messe Ost rowspan="23"
11 August 2003 Netherlands Feijenoord Stadion
13 August 2003
15 August 2003 Rotterdam Ahoy
16 August 2003 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
19 August 2003 Amsterdam ArenA
24 August 2003 London England Twickenham Stadium
27 August 2003 Astoria
29 August 2003 Wembley Arena
1 September 2003 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
3 September 2003
5 September 2003 England Manchester Evening News Arena
7 September 2003 Belgium Rock Werchter
9 September 2003 Ireland Point Theatre
11 September 2003
13 September 2003 London England Wembley Arena
15 September 2003
20 September 2003 Twickenham Stadium
22 September 2003 Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam ArenA
25 September 2003 Spain Estadio Municipal Foietes
27 September 2003 Portugal Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
29 September 2003 Spain Feria de Muestras
2 October 2003 Switzerland Letzigrund Stadion
Asia
7 November 2003 Hong Kongrowspan="2"
9 November 2003

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

Additional musicians

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3244294.stm "Stones tour licks up $300m"
  2. Web site: Setlist.fm tour statistics. setlist.fm . 2008-11-07 .
  3. Web site: Rolling Stones Plan 'Drastically Different' Shows for Different Venues . 2006-08-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061117074549/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12054473 . 17 November 2006 .
  4. Web site: Stufish | Mark Fisher Studio | Concerts |The Rolling Stones | Licks Outdoor | 2002 . 2009-11-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100710191144/http://www.stufish.com/the-rolling-stones/licks-outdoor/reality.html . 10 July 2010 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Stones Roll Out Licks Tour in Boston . 2006-08-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070106120224/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12054484 . 6 January 2007 .
  6. Web site: Toronto Rocks. Bret Adams. AllMusic.
  7. News: BBC NEWS – Entertainment – Stones HK Sars show row resolved. 13 October 2003.
  8. Web site: Hard-core Thursday has a soft spot. philly-archives.
  9. Web site: Stones 'Rock and Roll' with Bono at Chicago Show . 2006-08-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061217125305/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12056775 . 17 December 2006 .
  10. Web site: The Rolling Stones News on Yahoo! Music . 2006-08-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061109213216/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12056759 . 9 November 2006 .
  11. Web site: Rolling Stones Announce 'Live at the Wiltern' DVD and CD . Gallucci . Michael . 9 January 2024 . 4 May 2024 . en-US . News.