Licks Tour

The Licks Tour was a worldwide concert tour undertaken by the Rolling Stones during 2002 and 2003, in support of their 40th anniversary compilation album Forty Licks. The tour grossed over $300 million, becoming the second-highest-grossing tour at that time, behind their own Voodoo Lounge Tour of 1994–1995.

Background

The itinerary continued the Rolling Stones' practice of mixing theatre, arena, and stadium venues. With little new music to promote, set lists were dynamic and featured a total of 80 different songs.

The production was designed by Mark Fisher, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, and Patrick Woodroffe. The design included a 60-metre (200 ft) wide digital print created by Jeff Koons and film sequences directed by Willie Williams. During the song "Honky Tonk Women", an animated video was shown of a topless woman riding the famous Rolling Stones Tongue logo before being devoured.

Planned dates in East Asia and the final date of the tour were cancelled in response to the SARS outbreak of 2002–2003. Additionally, because Toronto, Ontario, Canada was also affected, the Rolling Stones headlined the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert on 30 July 2003 to help the city recover from the effects of the epidemic. It was attended by an estimated 490,000 people. Finally, on 7–9 November 2003, the band played its first ever concerts in Hong Kong, as part of the Harbour Fest celebration. The tour was sponsored by E-Trade.

In Chicago, U2 frontman Bono joined the Stones for "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" while Dr. John guested on piano during "I Just Want to Make Love to You."

In January, American cable network HBO broadcast a concert from Madison Square Garden in New York.

In Sydney, Leipzig, Hockenheim, Oberhausen and Toronto, Angus and Malcolm Young from AC/DC played "Rock Me Baby" with the Rolling Stones. The Leipzig performance can be found on disc 2 of AC/DC's Plug Me In, while the Toronto performance was included in the Toronto Rocks DVD.

Set list

Typical set list

1. "Brown Sugar"
2. "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
3. "Start Me Up"
4. "Don't Stop"
5. "Tumbling Dice"
6. "Angie"
7. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
8. "Midnight Rambler"
9. "Monkey Man"
10. "Love Train"
11. "Little Queenie"
12. "Slipping Away"
13. "Happy"
14. "Sympathy for the Devil"
15. "You Got Me Rocking"
16. "When the Whip Comes Down"
17. "Miss You"
18. "Gimme Shelter"
19. "Honky Tonk Women"
20. "Street Fighting Man"
21. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" Encore
22. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

Set list on 4 November 2002 at Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
2. "Live with Me"
3. "Neighbours"
4. "Hand of Fate"
5. "No Expectations"
6. "Beast of Burden"
7. "Stray Cat Blues"
8. "Dance (Pt. 1)"
9. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (with Solomon Burke)
10. "That's How Strong My Love Is"
11. "Going to a Go-Go"
12. "Thru and Thru"
13. "You Don't Have to Mean It"
14. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
15. "Rock Me Baby"
16. "Bitch"
17. "Honky Tonk Women"
18. "Start Me Up"
19. "Brown Sugar" Encore
20. "Tumbling Dice"

Tour dates

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica, additional keyboards
• Keith Richards – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ronnie Wood – lead guitar
• Charlie Watts – drums

Additional musicians

• Darryl Jones – bass
• Chuck Leavell – keyboards, backing vocals
• Bobby Keys – saxophone
• Tim Ries – saxophone
• Michael Davis– trombone
• Kent Smith – trumpet
• Lisa Fischer – backing vocals
• Bernard Fowler – backing vocals
• Blondie Chaplin – backing vocals, additional guitar

See also

• List of The Rolling Stones concert tours
• List of highest grossing concert tours
• List of most-attended concert tours

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