By David Ball

Having already conquered most of Europe, Australia and New Zealand earlier in the year, The Rolling Stones kicked off their landmark first North American tour with a sold-out concert at Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal on April 23, 1965. The highly anticipated tour was supported by their 1965 American studio album, The Rolling Stones, Now!, and highlighted by one of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ early compositions, the Top 20 hit “Heart of Stone.” Not surprisingly, each night’s set list relied heavily on the band’s early era blues and R&B influences, and the short-but-sweet 10-song Montreal show was no exception: two originals – “Off the Hook” and “The Last Time” – placed nicely among eight covers, including the Solomon Burke opener “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love,” Chuck Berry’s “Carol,” Howlin’ Wolf’s “Little Red Rooster” and set closer Bo Diddley’s “I’m Aright.” Unfortunately, given the madness surrounding the British Invasion, incessant screaming from hormonal girl-fans marred most of the recordings.


Brian Jones, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger with fans in Montreal in April of 1965.

After their quick visit to La Belle Province, the burgeoning rock superstars played three Ontario gigs in three straight days beginning on April 24 at the nation’s capital, followed by a stop in Toronto the following evening and a final stop in London before crossing the border on April 29 to play two shows in Albany, N.Y. In total, Jagger, Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts performed 24 concerts in 21 days, ending their gruelling schedule with a threefer on May 29 at New York City’s Academy of Music. Note: The Rolling Stones’ second American tour also began in Montreal, on October 10, 1965.

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Great image, LOL those girls look unhappy... probably daughters of a millionaire and they don't know who da fuck are those British bastards

I remember seeing this pic for the first time a number of years ago on the BJ fan club web site. I love it! So neat to see just "regular" people getting the chance to pose with our rock icons.

does Mick have chiba face?

great story gimmekeef.

gimmekeef wrote on Apr 26^th, 2012 at 8:13am:


LOL..I forgot about my sister in all this.....she was one of the school "hot chicks".....2 years younger than me and blew off the ticket I gave her in the 30th row as she scored a front row seat for the afternoon show in 72 on July 15th. Bill Wyman passed a bottle of wine down to her group and I guy I know still has the bottle. My parents actually tried to force her to let me have the front row seat but I said no.....she wouldnt have listened anyway!..we laugh to this day about all that

Man remember the excitement as you entered the old Church Street entrance?....and after 3 days on the street finally getting in to buy the tickets...and in those days they were all printed out in stacks behind the windows....I was yelling at the old guy serving me to run and hurry to the stacks to get better seats!.......lmao....wild times EH?