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BY GARY GALBRAITH

(With Gerardo Liedo)

2003 LICKS TOUR - North American Leg.

Mick using a hat provided by our dear Daryl Ferraiolo (RIP) from Rocks Off

Centre Bell, Montreal, Quebec, Canada © Luxury (Daryl Ferraiolo)

On this tour, the Stones played 3 types of setlists according to the type of venue, sometimes with all three in the same city. The setlists are therefore colour coded thus:

Arena shows (white) :

Stadium shows (red) :

Theatre / club shows (yellow) :

Songs performed on a b-stage at the arena and stadium shows are asterisked (‘*’)

2003 North American ‘Licks’ tour overview

Following a five week break over the Christmas season, the Stones returned to North America for the second leg of the Licks tour, a one month long 14-show jaunt all of which save for a stadium gig in Houston would take place in arenas. The two shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden were filmed professionally with the second night broadcast live on HBO as a pay per view event. The penultimate date of this tour leg at Los Angeles’ Staples Center was a benefit to raise awareness of Global Warming with two-thirds of the tickets being distributed free and with the Stones’ set being preceded by a speech by ex-President Clinton. Presumably after the event ended, everyone flew home……

Both of the New York shows circulate as pro shot videos. 17 of the 21 songs played at the 18^th January show would be released on ‘Four Flicks’ DVD later in the year with a few numbers getting an audio release on ‘Live Licks’ in 2004. In 2022, Mercury Studios Media released the full show in video and audio format, as ‘Licked Live In NYC’. It’s a great gig and the most recommended document of this tour leg although the first night at Madison Square Garden (16^th January) is worth tracking down too. Other recommended shows would be San Jose plus the two in Chicago.

Number of shows – 14.

Number in circulation – 14.

Personnel – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood with Darryl Jones (bass), Chuck Leavell (keyboards), Bernard Fowler and Lisa Fischer (backing vocals & percussion), Blondie Chaplin (backing vocals, percussion & occasional guitar), Bobby Keys (tenor sax) and The New West Horns – Tim Ries (sax , Michael Davis (trombone) and Kent Smith (trumpet).

Concert Listing (this part)

No.	Date	City	State / Province / Country	Venue	Notes
1	8-Jan	Montreal	Quebec	Centre Bell
2	10-Jan	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Mellon Arena
3	12-Jan	Boston	Massachussetts	Fleet Center
4	16-Jan	New York City	New York	Madison Square Garden
5	18-Jan	New York City	New York	Madison Square Garden
6	21-Jan	Chicago	Illinois	United Center
7	22-Jan	Chicago	Illinois	United Center
8	25-Jan	Houston	Texas	Reliant Stadium
9	28-Jan	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Ford Center Arena
10	30-Jan	Phoenix	Arizona	America West Arena
11	1-Feb	Denver	Colorado	Pepsi Center
12	4-Feb	San Jose	California	HP Pavilion
13	6-Feb	Los Angeles	California	Staples Center	NRDC Benefit Concert
14	8-Feb	Las Vegas	Nevada	MGM Grand Garden Arena

Setlists

	8-Jan	10-Jan	12-Jan	16-Jan	18-Jan
	Montreal, Que.	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Boston, Ma.	New York City, NY.	New York City, NY.
1	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	You Got Me Rocking	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	1
2	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll	Start Me Up	Start Me Up	Start Me Up	Start Me Up	2
3	If You Can’t Rock Me	If You Can’t Rock Me	If You Can’t Rock Me	If You Can’t Rock Me	If You Can’t Rock Me	3
4	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	4
5	Monkey Man	Monkey Man	Monkey Man	Monkey Man	Monkey Man	5
6	Sweet Virginia	Angie	No Expectations	Angie	Angie	6
7	All Down The Line	Live With Me	Stray Cat Blues	Let It Bleed	Let It Bleed	7
8	Rocks Off	Let It Bleed	Sympathy For The Devil	Live With Me	Midnight Rambler	8
9	Tumbling Dice	Midnight Rambler	Bitch	Midnight Rambler	Tumbling Dice	9
10	Slipping Away	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Thru and Thru	10
11	Before They Make Me Run	Slipping Away	Thru and Thru	Slipping Away	Happy	11
12	Start Me Up	Happy	Before They Make Me Run	Before They Make Me Run	Gimme Shelter	12
13	You Got Me Rocking	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	You Got Me Rocking	13
14	Honky Tonk Women	You Got Me Rocking	All Down The Line	You Got Me Rocking	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	14
15	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	Midnight Rambler	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	Honky Tonk Women	15
16	Satisfaction	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Satisfaction	16
17	Mannish Boy *	Satisfaction	Street Fighting Man	Satisfaction	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	17
18	When The Whip Comes Down *	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	Satisfaction	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	When The Whip Comes Down *	18
19	Brown Sugar *	Like A Rolling Stone *	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	When The Whip Comes Down *	Brown Sugar *	19
20	Sympathy For The Devil	Brown Sugar *	Like A Rolling Stone *	Brown Sugar *	Sympathy For The Devil	20
21	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Brown Sugar *	Sympathy For The Devil	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	21
22			Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash		22
				With special guest Hubert	With special guest Sheryl Crow
				Sumlin (guitar) on song 7	(vocals) on song 15
					Full show broadcast live by HBO
					(US) as a Pay-Per-View Special.
					Songs 1, 3–8, 10–11, 13-19 & 21
					released on ‘Four Flicks’ DVD
					(Nov 2003)
					Songs 2, 5-6, 11-12 and 15-19
					released on ‘Live Licks’ (Nov 2004)
					Songs 2-3, 5-6, 11-12 and 15-19
					released on ‘Live Licks’ (Nov 2004)
					(Japan)
					Song 10 released on ‘Rarities
					1971 – 2003’ (Nov 2005)

	21-Jan	22-Jan	25-Jan	28-Jan	30-Jan
	Chicago, Il	Chicago,Il	Houston, Tx	Oklahoma City, Ok.	Phoenix, Az.
1	You Got Me Rocking	Street Fighting Man	Brown Sugar	You Got Me Rocking	Street Fighting Man	1
2	Street Fighting Man	You Got Me Rocking	Start Me Up	Street Fighting Man	Start Me Up	2
3	If You Can’t Rock Me	If You Can’t Rock Me	If You Can’t Rock Me	If You Can’t Rock Me	Bitch	3
4	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	4
5	Live With Me	Monkey Man	All Down The Line	Live With Me	All Down The Line	5
6	Wild Horses	Bitch	Angie	Monkey Man	Wild Horses	6
7	Sweet Virginia	Waiting On A Friend	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	Sweet Virginia	Let It Bleed	7
8	Rocks Off	Neighbours	Monkey Man	Loving Cup	Live With Me	8
9	Tumbling Dice	Start Me Up	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	Rocks Off	Midnight Rambler	9
10	Slipping Away	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	10
11	Before They Make Me Run	Thru and Thru	Slipping Away	Slipping Away	Thru and Thru	11
12	Gimme Shelter	Happy	Before They Make Me Run	Happy	Before They Make Me Run	12
13	Start Me Up	Sympathy For The Devil	Sympathy For The Devil	Sympathy For The Devil	Sympathy For The Devil	13
14	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	Gimme Shelter	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	Start Me Up	You Got Me Rocking	14
15	Honky Tonk Women	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll	Little Red Rooster *	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	Gimme Shelter	15
16	Satisfaction	Satisfaction	Midnight Rambler *	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	16
17	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	When The Whip Comes Down *	Gimme Shelter	Satisfaction	Satisfaction	17
18	Midnight Rambler *	Like A Rolling Stone *	Honky Tonk Women	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	18
19	Brown Sugar *	Brown Sugar *	Street Fighting Man	Like A Rolling Stone *	Like A Rolling Stone *	19
20	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Brown Sugar *	Brown Sugar *	20
21			Satisfaction	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	21
			With special guest Johnnie Johnson
			(piano) on song 18

	1-Feb	4-Feb	6-Feb	8-Feb
	Denver, Co.	San Jose, Ca.	Los Angeles, Ca.	Las Vegas, Nv.
1	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Start Me Up	Start Me Up	1
2	You Got Me Rocking	You Got Me Rocking	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	2
3	Start Me Up	If You Can’t Rock Me	You Got Me Rocking	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll	3
4	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	Don’t Stop	4
5	Rocks Off	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll	All Down The Line	Monkey Man	5
6	Dead Flowers	No Expectations	Wild Horses	Let It Bleed	6
7	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	Sweet Virginia	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	7
8	Monkey Man	All Down The Line	Bitch	Midnight Rambler	8
9	Gimme Shelter	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	9
10	Rock Me Baby	Thru and Thru	Slipping Away	Thru and Thru	10
11	Tumbling Dice	Before They Make Me Run	Happy	Before They Make Me Run	11
12	Slipping Away	Start Me Up	Sympathy For The Devil	Sympathy For The Devil	12
13	Happy	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	13
14	Sympathy For The Devil	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	14
15	Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	15
16	Honky Tonk Women	Satisfaction	Satisfaction	Satisfaction	16
17	Satisfaction	When The Whip Comes Down *	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	You Got Me Rocking *	17
18	Mannish Boy *	Like A Rolling Stone *	Midnight Rambler *	Like A Rolling Stone *	18
19	It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll *	Brown Sugar *	Brown Sugar *	Brown Sugar *	19
20	Brown Sugar *	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	20
21	Jumpin’ Jack Flash				21
	With special guest Jonny Lang		With special guest Remy Kabaka
	(guitar) on song 10.		(percussion) on songs 12 – 15.
			This was a concert to raise awareness
			for global warming organised by
			Steve Bing on behalf of the NRDC
			(Natural Resources Defense Council)
			12,000 of the approximately 20,000
			tickets were given away free via a
			sweepstake.
			Ex-President Bill Clinton gave a short
			speech on global warming before
			introducing the Stones’ set.

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