THE "ROCKS OFF" ROLLING
STONES SETLISTS PAGE
BY GARY GALBRAITH
(With Gerardo Liedo)
ON-STAGE TOUR
Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, UK – August 27, 2006 © David Moffitt
2006 North and South American ‘A Bigger
Bang’ Spring Tour Overview
As per usual, the Stones took a month off over the holiday season
before returning to North America to resume the Bigger Bang tour. Kicking things off in Montreal, the band
played 11 arena dates in addition to performing a three-song set in Detroit
before a worldwide TV audience as the prestigious Half Time Show at Superbowl
XL. It’s worth noting that whilst most
acts play at the Superbowl using a pre-recorded backing track in case things go
wrong, the Stones’ performance was totally ‘live’ – albeit with a brief time
delay so that ABC could censor a couple of words such as ‘cocks’ or ‘cum’ in
case the prime-time audience would be traumatised.
The Stones then returned to Latin America for the first time since
1998 playing six shows in Puerto Rico (their first visit there), Mexico, Brazil,
and Argentina. Economic issues were
again an issue in South America with the band’s visit to Argentina consisting
of just two stadium shows in Buenos Aires despite a demand for tickets which
would have enabled them to have sold out several nights. The sole Brazil show would be one for the
history books, however – the city of Rio de Janeiro funded a free concert on
the city’s Copacabana Beach. An estimated 1.5 million people showed up even
though the concert was broadcast live in Brazil and streamed in full (with a
slight time delay) worldwide as a webcast on AOL. Visually, the Copacabana show made for an
astonishing sight and the Stones delivered a superb performance. Indeed, this entire leg of the Bigger Bang
tour saw the best series of gigs of the whole tour. Following the second Mexican show, the Stones
returned to the US for four arena dates before closing this leg of the tour
with a benefit concert for the Robin Hood Foundation at New York’s Radio City
Music Hall. (The charity organisation to
alleviate poverty in New York is named for the mythical 13th century English
nobleman who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Tickets for the show ranged from $250 to
$7,500, hopefully the attendees saw the irony!)
There are quite a few official releases from this tour leg. The
Superbowl show was included in the official NFL DVD release of the event. Sixteen of the twenty songs from the
Copacabana concert and five songs from the first Buenos Aires show featured on
the ‘Biggest Bang’ DVD released in June 2007 with the full Copacabana show
being released in audio and visual formats on ‘Live at Copacabana Beach 2006’
in 2021.
Number of concerts – 22 (excluding the Super Bowl)
Number in circulation - 19 (missing are San Juan, Monterrey
and Little Rock)
Recommended shows – New York (both shows), Chicago (both shows),
Baltimore, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires 1st show (this concert was
broadcast on the radio and – apart from a couple of songs – on TV)
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 (full 2006 tour)
|
No. |
Date |
City |
State
/ Province / Country |
Venue |
Notes |
|
1 |
10-Jan |
Montreal |
Quebec |
Centre Bell |
|
|
2 |
13-Jan |
Boston |
Massachussetts |
TD Banknorth Garden |
|
|
3 |
15-Jan |
Boston |
Massachussetts |
TD Banknorth Garden |
|
|
4 |
18-Jan |
New York City |
New York |
Madison Square Garden |
|
|
5 |
20-Jan |
New York City |
New York |
Madison Square Garden |
|
|
6 |
23-Jan |
Chicago |
Illinois |
United
Center |
|
|
7 |
25-Jan |
Chicago |
Illinois |
United
Center |
|
|
8 |
27-Jan |
St
Louis |
Missouri |
Savvis
Center |
|
|
9 |
29-Jan |
Omaha |
Nebraska |
Qwest
Center |
|
|
10 |
1-Feb |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
First
Mariner’s Arena |
|
|
11 |
5-Feb |
Detroit |
Michigan |
Ford Field (Superbowl
XL Halftime Show – 3 song set) |
See ‘Miscellaneous Non-Tour Appearances’
for details |
|
12 |
8-Feb |
Atlanta |
Georgia |
Philips Arena |
|
|
13 |
11-Feb |
San Juan |
Puerto Rico |
Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot |
|
|
14 |
18-Feb |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Praia de Copacabana |
Free concert |
|
15 |
21-Feb |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
Estadio River Plate |
|
|
16 |
23-Feb |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
Estadio River Plate |
|
|
17 |
26-Feb |
Mexico City |
Mexico |
Autodromo
Hermanos Rodriguez |
|
|
18 |
1-Mar |
Monterrey |
Mexico |
Estadio Universito |
|
|
19 |
4-Mar |
Las Vegas |
Nevada |
MGM Grand Garden Arena |
|
|
20 |
6-Mar |
Los Angeles |
California |
The Forum |
|
|
21 |
9-Mar |
Little Rock |
Arkansas |
Alltel
Arena |
|
|
22 |
12-Mar |
Fort Lauderdale |
Florida |
Bank Atlantic Center |
|
|
23 |
14-Mar |
New York City |
New York |
Radio City Music Hall |
Benefit concert
for the Robin Hood Foundation |
|
24 |
22-Mar |
Tokyo |
Japan |
Tokyo
Dome |
|
|
25 |
24-Mar |
Tokyo |
Japan |
Tokyo
Dome |
|
|
26 |
29-Mar |
Sapporo |
Japan |
Sapporo Dome |
|
|
27 |
2-Apr |
Saitama |
Japan |
Saitama Super Arena |
|
|
28 |
5-Apr |
Nagoya |
Japan |
Nagoya Dome |
|
|
29 |
8-Apr |
Shanghai |
China |
Grand Stage |
|
|
30 |
11-Apr |
Sydney |
Australia |
Telstra
Dome |
|
|
31 |
13-Apr |
Melbourne |
Australia |
Rod
Laver Arena |
|
|
32 |
16-Apr |
Auckland |
New Zealand |
Western Springs Stadium |
|
|
33 |
18-Apr |
Wellington |
New Zealand |
Westpac
Stadium |
|
|
34 |
11-Jul |
Milan |
Italy |
Stadio
Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro Stadium) |
|
|
35 |
14-Jul |
Vienna |
Austria |
Ernst Happel Stadion |
|
|
36 |
16-Jul |
Munich |
Germany |
Olympiastadion |
|
|
37 |
19-Jul |
Hannover |
Germany |
AWD-Arena |
|
|
38 |
21-Jul |
Berlin |
Germany |
Olympiastadion |
|
|
39 |
23-Jul |
Cologne |
Germany |
Rhein-Energie Stadion |
|
|
40 |
28-Jul |
Paris |
France |
Stade
de France |
|
|
41 |
31-Jul |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
Amsterdam
ArenA |
|
|
42 |
3-Aug |
Stuttgart |
Germany |
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion |
|
|
43 |
5-Aug |
Zurich |
Switzerland |
Militarflugplatz
Dubendorf |
|
|
44 |
8-Aug |
Nice |
France |
Palais
Nikaia |
|
|
45 |
12-Aug |
Porto |
Portugal |
Estadio do Dragao |
|
|
46 |
20-Aug |
London |
United
Kingdom |
Twickenham
Stadium |
|
|
47 |
22-Aug |
London |
United
Kingdom |
Twickenham
Stadium |
|
|
48 |
25-Aug |
Glasgow |
United
Kingdom |
Hampden Park |
|
|
49 |
27-Aug |
Sheffield |
United
Kingdom |
Don Valley Stadium |
|
|
50 |
29-Aug |
Cardiff |
United
Kingdom |
Millennium Stadium |
|
|
51 |
1-Sep |
Bergen |
Norway |
Koengen |
|
|
52 |
3-Sep |
Horsens |
Denmark |
Forum |
|
|
53 |
20-Sep |
Foxborough |
Massachussetts |
Gillette Stadium |
|
|
54 |
23-Sep |
Halifax |
Nova Scotia |
Halifax Commons |
|
|
55 |
27-Sep |
East Rutherford |
New Jersey |
Giants
Stadium |
|
|
56 |
29-Sep |
Louisville |
Kentucky |
Churchill Downs Race
Track |
|
|
57 |
1-Oct |
Wichita |
Kansas |
Cessna Stadium,
Wichita State University |
|
|
58 |
4-Oct |
Missoula |
Montana |
Grizzly
Stadium |
|
|
59 |
6-Oct |
Regina |
Sasketchewan |
Mosaic Stadium
at Taylor Field |
|
|
60 |
8-Oct |
Regina |
Sasketchewan |
Mosaic Stadium
at Taylor Field |
|
|
61 |
11-Oct |
Chicago |
Illinois |
Soldier
Field |
|
|
62 |
17-Oct |
Seattle |
Washington |
Qwest
Field |
|
|
63 |
20-Oct |
El Paso |
Texas |
Sun
Bowl |
|
|
64 |
22-Oct |
Austin |
Texas |
Zilker
Park |
|
|
65 |
29-Oct |
New York City |
New York |
Beacon Theatre |
Benefit concert
for the Clinton Foundation |
|
66 |
1-Nov |
New York City |
New York |
Beacon Theatre |
|
|
67 |
6-Nov |
Oakland |
California |
McAfee Coliseum |
|
|
68 |
8-Nov |
Glendale |
Arizona |
Cardinals
Stadium |
|
|
69 |
11-Nov |
Las Vegas |
Nevada |
MGM Grand Garden Arena |
|
|
70 |
14-Nov |
Nampa |
Idaho |
Idaho Center |
|
|
71 |
17-Nov |
Atlantic City |
New Jersey |
Boardwalk
Hall |
|
|
72 |
22-Nov |
Los Angeles |
California |
Dodger
Stadium |
|
|
73 |
25-Nov |
Vancouver |
British Columbia |
BC Place |
|
Setlists
Part 1: North and south American Tour, 10th
January – 14th March
Part 2: Far East and Australasian Tour, 22nd
March – 18th April
Part 3: European Tour, 11th July – 3rd
September
Part 4: North American Fall Tour, 20th
September – 25th November
©GARY GALBRAITH 2006, 2024