THE "ROCKS OFF" ROLLING
STONES SETLISTS PAGE
BY GARY GALBRAITH (with Gerardo
Liedo)
1970 EUROPEAN TOUR
With Stephen
Still during the performance of “Dead Flowers” - Rai-Halle, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. Last show of the tour - 9th October 1970
© Picture by
Henry Diltz (see below for more information and visit
his website for GREAT images)
European Tour 1970 overview
After the
chaos of 1969, the first year of the new decade seemed anti-climactic by
comparison. The Stones spent much of
1970 recording tracks for ‘Sticky Fingers’, which would be, when released in
April 1971, their first album on their own record label.
In between
sessions and various legal wrangles with ABKCO and Decca, the band spent six
weeks on the road in continental Europe, performing 25 shows in eight countries
in what was a somewhat bizarre itinerary which included no less than five
concerts in Denmark. The setlists for
the tour were pretty static with the band performing
13-15 songs per show, except for the opening two concerts which featured
sixteen songs apiece. The format
remained similar to the 1969 US tour, with three
different songs being added, the newly recorded but still unreleased ‘Dead
Flowers’ and two Chuck Berry covers – ‘Let It Rock’ (which they’d never played
before) and ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ (back in the set after a six-year hiatus).
Indeed, with ‘Little Queenie’ still being performed nightly, this made it three
Berry songs in the regular setlist and a total of six covers from the 16 songs
performed during the course of the tour. With the band regularly featuring ‘Brown
Sugar’, ‘You Gotta Move’ and ‘Dead Flowers’ from the
upcoming album, it resulted in a show which featured a lot of unfamiliar
material to the European audiences. A
major change from the previous year’s tour was that for the first time, the
Stones’ onstage personnel was supplemented by the addition of a horn section,
with Bobby Keys on sax and Jim Price on trombone being added to the line-up.
This remains
something of a ‘lost tour’. None of the
shows have ever been released officially in audio or visual format, and most of
what circulates does so in relatively primitive audience recordings by today’s
standards, with many of them being incomplete. The first Paris show was broadcast live on
French radio, albeit from an audience source with a bloody annoying DJ talking over
the start of each song (although someone did manage to edit a decent recording
together which omits the voiceovers). The second night in Paris does circulate
as a nice mono soundboard (albeit just the first 11 songs) and that one is
probably the show from the tour that I’d recommend most. It’s a pity that there are no pristine
recordings from this run of shows because it does find the band in top form
throughout. Hopefully someday the 1970
European Tour will get an archive release that does it
justice.
·
Number of shows: 25
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Number of shows in
circulation: 20
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Recommended show – Paris 23rd September.
Personnel –
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts
and Bill Wyman with Ian Stewart (piano), Bobby Keys (sax), Jim Price (trombone)
Concert listing
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No. |
Date |
City |
Country |
Venue |
Notes |
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1 |
30-Aug |
Malmo |
Sweden |
Baltiska Hallen |
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2 |
2-Sep |
Helsinki |
Finland |
Helsingen Olympiastadion |
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3 |
4-Sep |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
Rasunda Stadion |
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4 |
6-Sep |
Gothenburg |
Sweden |
Liseberg |
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5 |
9-Sep |
Aarhus |
Denmark |
Vejlby-Risskov Hallen |
early show |
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6 |
9-Sep |
Aarhus |
Denmark |
Vejlby-Risskov Hallen |
late show |
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7 |
11-Sep |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
Forum |
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8 |
12-Sep |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
Forum |
early show |
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9 |
12-Sep |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
Forum |
late show |
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10 |
14-Sep |
Hamburg |
West Germany |
Ernst-Merck-Halle |
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11 |
16-Sep |
Berlin |
West Germany |
Deutschlandhalle |
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12 |
18-Sep |
Cologne |
West Germany |
Sporthalle |
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13 |
20-Sep |
Stuttgart |
West Germany |
Hoehenpark Killesberg, Halle 6 |
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14 |
22-Sep |
Paris |
France |
Palais des
Sports |
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15 |
23-Sep |
Paris |
France |
Palais des
Sports |
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16 |
24-Sep |
Paris |
France |
Palais des
Sports |
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17 |
26-Sep |
Vienna |
Austria |
Stadthalle |
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18 |
29-Sep |
Rome |
Italy |
Palazzo dello Sport |
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19 |
1-Oct |
Milan |
Italy |
Palalido Palazzo
dello Sport |
early show |
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20 |
1-Oct |
Milan |
Italy |
Palalido Palazzo
dello Sport |
late show |
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21 |
3-Oct |
Lyon |
France |
Palais des
Sports |
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22 |
5-Oct |
Frankfurt |
West Germany |
Festhalle |
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23 |
6-Oct |
Frankfurt |
West Germany |
Festhalle |
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24 |
7-Oct |
Essen |
West Germany |
Grugahalle |
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25 |
9-Oct |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
RAI Amstelhal |
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Setlists
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30-August |
2-September |
4-September |
6-September |
9-September (early
show) |
9-September (late show) |
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Malmo, Sweden |
Helsinki, Finland |
Stockholm,Sweden |
Gothenburg,Sweden |
Aarhus, Denmark |
Aarhus, Denmark |
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1 |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
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2 |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
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3 |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
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4 |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
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5 |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
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6 |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
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7 |
You Gotta Move |
You Gotta Move |
You Gotta Move |
You Gotta Move |
You Gotta Move |
You Gotta Move |
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8 |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
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9 |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
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10 |
Gimme Shelter |
Gimme Shelter |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
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11 |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Let It Rock |
Let It Rock |
Let It Rock |
Let It Rock |
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12 |
Let It Rock |
Let It Rock |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
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13 |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
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14 |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
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15 |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
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16 |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
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Live debuts for songs
8 & 12 |
Probable setlist. |
Probable setlist. |
Probable setlist. |
Unverified setlist. |
Unverified setlist. |
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First performance
of song 2 |
Only songs 1-9 are in |
Only songs 2-10 are in |
Only songs 1-14 are in |
No circulating recording. |
No circulating recording. |
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since April
1964 |
circulation |
circulation. |
circulation (14
is incomplete). |
Possible setlist
based on the pattern |
Possible setlist
based on the pattern |
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of setlists
around this time. |
of setlists
around this time. |
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11-September |
12-September (early
show) |
12-September (late show) |
14-September |
16-September |
18-September |
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Copenhagen, Denmark |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
Hamburg, West
Germany |
Berlin, West
Germany |
Cologne, West
Germany |
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1 |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
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2 |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
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3 |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
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4 |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
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5 |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
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6 |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
Dead Flowers |
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7 |
You Gotta Move |
You Gotta Move |
You Gotta Move |
You Gotta Move |
You Gotta Move |
Midnight Rambler |
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8 |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Live With Me |
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9 |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Let It Rock |
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10 |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Little Queenie |
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11 |
Let It Rock |
Let It Rock |
Let It Rock |
Let It Rock |
Let It Rock |
Brown Sugar |
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12 |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Honky Tonk Women |
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13 |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Street Fighting Man |
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14 |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
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15 |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
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Unverified setlist. |
Probable setlist. |
Probable setlist |
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No circulating recording. |
Only songs 1-11 and 13-14 |
No circulating recording |
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Possible setlist
based on the pattern |
are in circulation. |
The recording of
the early show |
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of setlists
around this time. |
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may come from
this show. |
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20-September |
22-September |
24-September |
26-September |
29-September |
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Stuttgart, West Germany |
Paris, France |
Paris, France |
Paris, France |
Vienna, Austria |
Rome, Italy |
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1 |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
Jumpin’ Jack
Flash |
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2 |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Roll Over Beethoven |
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3 |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
Sympathy For The Devil |
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4 |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
Stray Cat
Blues |
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5 |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
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6 |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Prodigal Son |
Prodigal Son |
Dead Flowers |
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7 |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Dead Flowers |
Dead Flowers |
Midnight Rambler |
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8 |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Midnight Rambler |
Midnight Rambler |
Live With Me |
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9 |
Let It Rock |
Little Queenie |
Let It Rock |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Let It Rock |
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10 |
Little Queenie |
Let It Rock |
Little Queenie |
Let It Rock |
Let It Rock |
Little Queenie |
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11 |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Brown Sugar |
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12 |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Honky Tonk Women |
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13 |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Honky Tonk Women |
Honky Tonk Women |
Street Fighting Man |
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14 |
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Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
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Audience recording broadcast |
Mono soundboard available |
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Probable setlist |
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live on Radio
Europe 1 in |
of songs 1-11. Full show |
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Only songs 1-11 are in |
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France, with DJ voiceover. |
available from audience source |
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circulation |
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