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BY GARY GALBRAITH (with Gerardo Liedo)

North American Tour 1972 – Part 1 of 2

Billboard ad for both, the “Exile on Main Street” Album and the 1972 Tour (left) and with Stevie Wonder on the last show of the tour, Madison Square Garden – 26^th July 1972

© Robert Landau (Left) and Bettmann (Right)

1972 North American Tour Overview

The Stones spent late 1971 and early 1972 finishing the sprawling double album ‘Exile on Main St’ which was released in the spring and was followed by their biggest tour to date, an almost two-month trek around North American arenas consisting of 51 concerts. The band are widely regarded as having peaked with this album and this tour, and the audio evidence makes for a very strong case on both fronts. The opening show in Vancouver saw an 18-song set, half of which consisted of songs from the new album, although by the time the band settled on a regular setlist of around 15 songs, that was pared down to half a dozen. This tour also marked the first time where Keith took over on lead vocals for one song (‘Happy’), a trend that would continue until it was increased to two from 1989. Stevie Wonder served as the opening act for the whole tour and the two acts combined for a medley of ‘Uptight’ and ‘Satisfaction’ as an encore for half a dozen shows in Philadelphia and New York at the end of the tour, which finished on Mick Jagger’s 29^th birthday.

The tour was documented in two movies. One of them, Robert Frank’s ‘Cocksucker Blues’ concentrated more on the offstage debauchery than the music and for that reason as well as the title it remains officially unreleased, although bootleg copies circulate. It’s not as dramatic or outrageous as the title suggests. The four shows in Fort Worth and Houston on June 24-25 were filmed and edited together for a concert movie ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones’ which briefly appeared in cinemas in March 1974 and was eventually released on DVD in 2010 as part of a programme of archive releases to tie in with the deluxe reissue of ‘Exile on Main St’. The movie’s soundtrack was eventually released on CD in 2017.

The shows in Fort Worth and Philadelphia were edited for a live album which ended up being scrapped due to contractual issues with ABKCO regarding the pre-1971 material, although soundboards of the shows circulate.

Number of shows – 51

Number of shows in circulation - 41

Recommended shows – the soundboard recordings from Fort Worth, Philadelphia, and the 8-song ‘Welcome to New York’ bootleg from the final show in New York (26/7/72). The best run of shows on the tour for me are the run of gigs in early July especially Norfolk and Charlotte although these only circulate as audience recordings.

Personnel – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman with Nicky Hopkins (piano), Bobby Keys (sax), Jim Price (trumpet/trombone) and occasionally Ian Stewart (piano)

Concert listing and venues

No.	Date	City	State/Province	Venue	Notes
1	3-Jun	Vancouver	British Columbia	Pacific Coliseum
2	4-Jun	Seattle	Washington	Center Coliseum	Early Show
3	4-Jun	Seattle	Washington	Center Coliseum	Late Show
4	6-Jun	San Francisco	California	Winterland	Early Show
5	6-Jun	San Francisco	California	Winterland	Late Show
6	8-Jun	San Francisco	California	Winterland	Early Show
7	8-Jun	San Francisco	California	Winterland	Late Show
8	9-Jun	Hollywood	California	Hollywood Palladium
9	10-Jun	Long Beach	California	Pacific Terrace Center
10	11-Jun	Los Angeles	California	The Forum	Early Show
11	11-Jun	Los Angeles	California	The Forum	Late Show
12	13-Jun	San Diego	California	International Sports Arena
13	14-Jun	Tucson	Arizona	Community Center
14	15-Jun	Albuquerque	New Mexico	University of New Mexico
15	16-Jun	Denver	Colorado	Coliseum	Early Show
16	16-Jun	Denver	Colorado	Coliseum	Late Show
17	18-Jun	Bloomington	Minnesota	Metropolitan Sports Center
18	19-Jun	Chicago	Illinois	International Ampitheater
19	20-Jun	Chicago	Illinois	International Ampitheater	Early Show
20	20-Jun	Chicago	Illinois	International Ampitheater	Late Show
21	22-Jun	Kansas City	Missouri	Municipal Auditorium
22	24-Jun	Fort Worth	Texas	Tarrant County Convention Center	Early Show
23	24-Jun	Fort Worth	Texas	Tarrant County Convention Center	Late Show
24	25-Jun	Houston	Texas	Hofheinz Pavilion	Early Show
25	25-Jun	Houston	Texas	Hofheinz Pavilion	Late Show
26	27-Jun	Mobile	Alabama	Municipal Auditorium
27	28-Jun	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	Memorial Coliseum, University of Alabama
28	29-Jun	Nashville	Tennessee	Municipal Auditorium
29	4-Jul	Washington	District of Columbia	RFK Stadium
30	5-Jul	Norfolk	Virginia	The Scope
31	6-Jul	Charlotte	North Carolina	Coliseum
32	7-Jul	Knoxville	Tennessee	Civic Arena
33	9-Jul	St Louis	Missouri	Kiel Auditorium	Early Show
34	9-Jul	St Louis	Missouri	Kiel Auditorium	Late Show
35	11-Jul	Akron	Ohio	Rubber Bowl
36	12-Jul	Indianapolis	Indiana	Convention Center
37	13-Jul	Detroit	Michigan	Cobo Hall
38	14-Jul	Detroit	Michigan	Cobo Hall
39	15-Jul	Toronto	Ontario	Maple Leaf Gardens	Early Show
40	15-Jul	Toronto	Ontario	Maple Leaf Gardens	Late Show
41	17-Jul	Montreal	Quebec	Forum
42	18-Jul	Boston	Massachussetts	Boston Garden
43	19-Jul	Boston	Massachussetts	Boston Garden
44	20-Jul	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Spectrum
45	21-Jul	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Spectrum	Early Show
46	21-Jul	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Spectrum	Late Show
47	22-Jul	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Civic Arena
48	24-Jul	New York City	New York	Madison Square Garden
49	25-Jul	New York City	New York	Madison Square Garden	Early Show
50	25-Jul	New York City	New York	Madison Square Garden	Late Show
51	26-Jul	New York City	New York	Madison Square Garden

Part 1: June 3^rd to June 27th

	03-Jun	04-Jun (early show)	04-Jun (late show)	06-Jun (early show)
	Vancouver, BC	Seattle, WA	Seattle, WA	San Francisco, Ca

1	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar
2	Rocks Off	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch
3	Gimme Shelter	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off
4	Bitch	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter
5	Tumbling Dice	Happy	Happy	Happy
6	Happy	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice
7	Honky Tonk Women	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain
8	Loving Cup	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia
9	Torn And Frayed	Loving Cup	Loving Cup	Loving Cup
10	Ventilator Blues	All Down The Line	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want
11	Sweet Virginia	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	All Down The Line	Midnight Rambler
12	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	All Down The Line
13	Midnight Rambler	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny
14	All Down The Line	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint
15	Bye Bye Johnny	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash
16	Rip This Joint	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man
17	Jumpin’ Jack Flash
18	Street Fighting Man

	Live debuts for songs 2,5,6,9,10,11,14		'Happy’ preceded by a few bars of	Unverified setlist.
	& 16. First documented performance		The Loveliest Night Of The Year’	Circulating recording only features
	of song 15 since March 1964.		played by Nicky Hopkins and Charlie.	Songs 1-8 and 9-11

	06-Jun (late show)	08-Jun (early show)	08-Jun (late show)	09-Jun
	San Francisco, Ca	San Francisco, Ca	San Francisco, Ca	Hollywood, Ca

1	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar
2	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch
3	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off
4	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter
5	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy
6	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice
7	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain
8	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia
9	Loving Cup	Loving Cup	Loving Cup	You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	All Down The Line
11	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	Midnight Rambler
12	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Bye Bye Johnny
13	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Rip This Joint
14	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Jumpin’ Jack Flash
15	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Street Fighting Man
16	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man
17			Honky Tonk Women

	Unverified setlist.	Unverified setlist.		Unverified setlist.
	No circulating recording.	Circulating recording only features		Circulating recording only features
	One source mentions that ‘Let It Rock’	songs 15-16.		songs 1-6, 8-11 and 14.
	was performed but as it wasnt played	Possible setlist based on the pattern
	anywhere else my guess is that	of setlists around this time.
	someone misidentified ‘Bye Bye Johnny’

	10-Jun	11-Jun (early show)	11-Jun (late show)	13-Jun
	Long Beach, Ca	Los Angeles, Ca	Los Angeles, Ca	San Diego, Ca

1	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar
2	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch
3	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off
4	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter
5	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy
6	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice
7	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain
8	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia
9	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line
11	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler
12	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny
13	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint
14	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash
15	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man
16		Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women

				Unverified setlist.
				No circulating recording.
				Possible setlist based on the pattern
				of setlists around this time.

	14-Jun	15-Jun	16-Jun (early show)	16-Jun (late show)
	Tucson, Az	Albuquerque, NM	Denver, Co	Denver, Co.

1	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar
2	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch
3	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off
4	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter
5	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy
6	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice
7	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain
8	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia
9	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line
11	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler
12	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny
13	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint
14	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash
15	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man

			Unverified setlist.	Unverified setlist.
			No circulating recording.	No circulating recording.
			Possible setlist based on the pattern	Possible setlist based on the pattern
			of setlists around this time.	of setlists around this time.

	18-Jun	19-Jun	20-Jun (early show)	20-Jun (late show)	22-Jun
	Bloomington, MN	Chicago, Il	Chicago, Il	Chicago, Il	Kansas City, Mo.

1	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar
2	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch
3	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off
4	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter
5	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy
6	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice
7	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain
8	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia
9	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line
11	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler
12	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny
13	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint
14	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash
15	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man

	Unverified setlist.	Probable setlist	Unverified setlist.
	No circulating recording.	Circulating recording only features	No circulating recording.
	Possible setlist based on the pattern	songs 1-11 and 14-15.	Possible setlist based on the pattern
	of setlists around this time.		of setlists around this time.

	24-Jun (early show)	24-Jun (late show)	25-Jun (early show)	25-Jun (late show)	27-Jun
	Fort Worth, Tx	Fort Worth, Tx	Houston, Tx	Houston, Tx	Mobile, Al.

1	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar
2	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch	Bitch
3	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off	Rocks Off
4	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter	Gimme Shelter
5	Dead Flowers	Don’t Lie To Me	Happy	Happy	Happy
6	Sweet Black Angel	Love In Vain	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice
7	Happy	Sweet Virginia	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain
8	Tumbling Dice	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia	Sweet Virginia
9	Love In Vain	Tumbling Dice	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	You Can’t Always Get What You Want
10	Sweet Virginia	Happy	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line
11	You Can’t Always Get What You Want	All Down The Line	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler	Midnight Rambler
12	All Down The Line	Midnight Rambler	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny	Bye Bye Johnny
13	Midnight Rambler	Bye Bye Johnny	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint
14	Rip This Joint	Rip This Joint	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash
15	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man
16	Street Fighting Man	Street Fighting Man

	Live debut for "Sweet Black Angel"	Song 5 last played summer 1963	Unverified setlist.	Unverified setlist.
	Songs 4,5,7 & 10 released in the movie	Songs 2 & 4 released in the movie	No circulating audience recording,	No circulating audience recording.
	'Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling	'Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling	although songs 5 & 10 circulate as	Songs 1,10-11 and 15 released in the
	Stones’ (Mar 1974). Released on DVD in	Stones’ (Mar 1974). Released on DVD in	soundboard recordings & proshot video.	movie 'Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling
	Oct 2010 and on CD in Jun 2017	Oct 2010 and on CD in Jun 2017	Songs 6-7, 9, 12 and 14 released in the	Stones’ (Mar 1974). Released on DVD in
			movie 'Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rolling	Oct 2010 and on CD in Jun 2017
			Stones’ (Mar 1974). Released on DVD in
			Oct 2010 and on CD in Jun 2017

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