ROCKS OFF

ROLLING STONES GIGOGRAPHY

By Gary Galbraith (Gazza)

“Much more than setlists”

Created in 1999, last update January 2, 2025

Edition, transfer, conversions, images, sounds, animation, coke, tea, sympathy, and occasional comments by Gerardo Liedo (Voodoo Chile in Wonderland)

Note: From 2024 onwards by Voo

This setlists page was first compiled in June 1999, with subsequent updates and revisions made in 2006 and 2014.  This is a freshly researched version of the page and supersedes the previous editions.

 

In nearly all cases, the source of each listing comes from my own personal audio collection which accounts for almost all the available shows since 1969.  (Note – this isn’t a sale or trade list – the lists are provided for information purposes only).

 

Where the information is unavailable or the shows not completely recorded, I have referred to the following sources for information. Some of them occasionally differ from each other in information and accuracy but they have been an invaluable help in crosschecking sources and are all highly recommended.  Nico Zentgraf and Felix Aeppli’s pages are the most definitive and exhaustive websites on the internet for detailing the band’s career and have been especially useful.  Bill Wyman’s ‘Rolling With The Stones’ book  has been very helpful in tracking down the songs played by the band in their early years and in finding details of additional shows that were undocumented in previous editions of this page.  A thank you also to the various fans and collectors who have helped with bits of information on various internet forums and YouTube channels.

 

Online sources:

 

·         ‘The Complete Works Of The Rolling Stones’ by Nico Zentgraf at www.nzentgraf.de/books/zent.htm

·         ‘The Ultimate Guide To The Rolling Stones’ by Felix Aeppli at www.aeppli.ch/tug.htm

·         ‘Time Is On Our Side’ by Ian McPherson at www.timeisonourside.com

·         ‘Rocks Off – The Rolling Stones Message Board’ at http://rocksoff.org/cgi-bin/messageboard/YaBB.pl?board=general

·         ‘It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll’ by Bjornulf Vik at www.iorr.org

·         ‘The Rolling Stones Bootleg Database’ by ‘dbboots’   at www.dbboots.com

·         ‘The Rolling Stones Complete Recording Sessions’ by Martin Elliott at www.stonessessions.com

·         ‘Bootlegpedia’ at www.bootlegpedia.com

·         ‘Second Hand Songs’ at www.secondhandsongs.com

·         ‘Steve Hoffman Music Forum’ at www.stevehoffman.tv

·         ‘Revelations On The Rolling Stones’ by Chris M. at www.rollingstonesnet.com/Stones.htm

·         ‘Through The Frames, Brightly Chasing The Rolling Stones Across America with Microfilm’ by Harold Colson at http://www.stoneslib.homestead.com

·         ‘The Tvdb.com’ source for ‘Ready Steady Go’ episodes at https://www.thetvdb.com/series/ready-steady-go/allseasons/official

 

Print sources used in the various versions of this page :

 

·         Aeppli, Felix: "The Rolling Stones 1962 - 1995: The Ultimate Guide" (R.I.S., 1996)

·         Hoffmann, Dieter (editor): "Basement News" Magazine, (1991 onwards)

·         Hoffmann, Dieter: "Rolling Stones: Das Weissbuch" (NMR, 1991)

·         Hoffmann, Dieter & Winterstein, Peter: "Rolling Stones: Schwarzbuch" (1997)

·         Karnbach, James & Bernson, Carol: "The Complete Recording Guide To The Rolling Stones" (Aurum, 1997)

·         Kluge, Volker & Hoffmann, D.: "The Rolling Stones: Bootleg Bible" (RS Fan Production For Fans, 1984)

·         Stember, Wilfried: "The Rolling Stones Collectors File" (2nd edition) (Private, 1984)

·         Wyman, Bill (with Coleman, Ray): "Stone Alone" (Viking, 1990)

·         Wyman, Bill : ‘Rolling With The Stones’  (DK, 2002)

·         Zentgraf, Nico: "The Complete Works Vol.1 1962 - 1975 (Stoneware Pub.1993)

·         Zentgraf, Nico: "The Complete Works Vol.2 1976 - 1986 (Stoneware Pub.1995)

 

The setlists are compiled on a year-by-year basis and in sub-sections for each tour leg for easy reference.  There are also separate sub-sections for each decade showing a list of all concerts and an alphabetical list of songs performed in each year. Separate pages are listed for TV guest appearances which featured a live performance (lipsynched appearances are not included), radio sessions and miscellaneous non-tour live performances. For the latter category, where such a show has taken place during a tour (eg the Pepsi corporate gig in Hawaii in January 1998), it is simply listed as part of that tour. Similarly a concert which was recorded for television or radio but which was not a guest appearance on a show is also listed as part of that tour (eg, the MTV ‘Live at The Ten Spot’ concert in October 1997 is listed as part of the 1997 tour whereas the band’s guest appearance at the VH-1 Fashion Awards the same month is listed in the ‘TV appearances’ section. Don’t worry, it’s not as complex as it sounds!).

 

Other pages will detail debuts and last appearances of each song, sources used for official live releases (audio and video) (only complete songs are listed), cover versions performed live,  songs that have never been performed live, data regarding the number of shows played by the various line-ups and shows (since 1969) that have still not circulated (as far as is known) amongst collectors.

 

Obviously, in a 62-year career consisting of over 2,283 concerts and numerous TV appearances, there will be a few gaps.  I can’t claim that these listings are definitive. For the period prior to 1969, there are very few circulating recordings and hardly any eyewitnesses have kept notes of what songs were played. For shows since 1969, where the setlist is not known or incomplete, I have stated this. In some cases, I have indicated what may have been a probable setlist based on other setlists for the period. 

 

And that’s where you readers come in! Any corrections are welcome and if anyone can help with missing lists (or recordings) I’ll update the list and give credit.

 

Gary Galbraith

Belfast, UK

6/6/2024

e-mail: gazza@rocksoff.org

MASTER INDEX

Note: Link takes you to the first page of each tour, once you’re there click on “NEXT” to go to the next parts of that tour, if you reach the last page of that tour and click “NEXT” once more you’ll enter the first page of the next tour and so on. In fact you can enter 1962 and navigate till 2024 just clicking NEXT, not coming back to this index.

 

Don’t forget to visit the visual summary of the Stones gigography, just click the image and enjoy!

 

 

^©Gary Galbraith 1999-2025