Licks Tour

Licks Tour 2002-2003
Tour by The Rolling Stones
Associated album	Forty Licks
Start date	3 September 2002
End date	9 November 2003
Legs	5
Shows	117
The Rolling Stones tour chronology
No Security Tour (1999) Licks Tour (2002-2003) A Bigger Bang Tour (2005-2007)

The Licks Tour was a lengthy, worldwide concert tour held during 2002 and 2003 by The Rolling Stones. Its start was somewhat concurrent with the compilation album Forty Licks, which was released on October 1, 2002.

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.^[1]

Planned dates in East Asia and the final date of tour conclusion were both made hash of by worries from the SARS outbreak of 2002-2003. Additionally, because Toronto, Ontario Canada was also under siege from the outbreak, on July 30, 2003, the band headlined the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert, to help the city recover financially and psychologically from effects of the epidemic. It was attended by an estimated 490,000 people. Finally, on November 7 and November 9, 2003, the band played its first ever concerts in Hong Kong, as part of the Harbour Fest celebration, also for revival from SARS.

The tour was sponsored by E-Trade.

Tour happenings

In Chicago, U2 frontman Bono joined the Stones for "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)". But after the conclusion of the song, Bono left the stage without acknowledging the audience.^[2] Dr. John also guested as well.

In January, American cable network HBO broadcast a concert from Madison Square Garden in New York, NY.^[3]

The Rolling Stones played "drastically different" shows depending upon the size of the venue.^[4]

The production was designed by Mark Fisher, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, and Patrick Woodroffe.^[5] The design included a 60-metre (200 ft) wide digital print created by Jeff Koons. 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.^[6]

In Sydney, Leipzig, Hockenheim, Oberhausen and Toronto Angus and Malcolm Young of 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.

Tour band

• Mick Jagger: lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Keith Richards: guitar, backing vocals
• Ronnie Wood: guitar, backing vocals
• Darryl Jones: bass
• Charlie Watts: drums, percussion

Additional musicians:

• Chuck Leavell: keyboards
• Bobby Keys: saxophone
• Tim Ries: saxophone
• Michael Davis: trombone
• Kent Smith: trumpet
• Lisa Fischer: vocals
• Bernard Fowler: vocals
• Blondie Chaplin: vocals

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
16 August 2002	Toronto	Canada	Palais Royale
3 September 2002	Boston	United States	FleetCenter
5 September 2002	Foxboro		Gillette Stadium
8 September 2002	Boston		Orpheum Theatre
10 September 2002	Chicago		United Center
13 September 2002			Comiskey Park
16 September 2002			Aragon Ballroom
18 September 2002	Philadelphia		Veterans Stadium
20 September 2002			First Union Center
22 September 2002	Upper Darby		Tower Theatre
26 September 2002	New York City		Madison Square Garden
28 September 2002	East Rutherford		Giants Stadium
30 September 2002	New York City		Roseland Ballroom
4 October 2002	Landover		FedEx Field
5 October 2002	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
12 October 2002	Detroit		Ford Field
14 October 2002	Cleveland		Gund Arena
16 October 2002	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
18 October 2002			Rogers Centre
20 October 2002	Columbus	United States	Nationwide Arena
22 October 2002	Sunrise		Office Depot Center
23 October 2002	Miami		American Airlines Arena
26 October 2002	Atlanta		Turner Field
31 October 2002	Los Angeles		Staples Center
2 November 2002	Anaheim		Edison International Field
4 November 2002	Los Angeles		Wiltern Theatre
6 November 2002	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome
8 November 2002	San Francisco		Pacific Bell Park
9 November 2002
12 November 2002	Oakland		Oakland Arena
14 November 2002	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
16 November 2002	Las Vegas		The Joint (Private show hosted by David Bonderman - no public admission)
23 November 2002	San Antonio		SBC Center
25 November 2002	Nashville		Gaylord Entertainment Center
29 November 2002	Las Vegas		The Joint
30 November 2002			MGM Grand Garden Arena
8 January 2003	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre
10 January 2003	Pittsburgh	United States	Mellon Arena
12 January 2003	Boston		FleetCenter
16 January 2003	New York City		Madison Square Garden
18 January 2003
21 January 2003	Chicago		United Center
22 January 2003
25 January 2003	Houston		Reliant Stadium
28 January 2003	Oklahoma City		Ford Center
30 January 2003	Phoenix		America West Arena
1 February 2003	Denver		Pepsi Center
4 February 2003	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose
6 February 2003	Los Angeles		Staples Center
8 February 2003	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
Australia
18 February 2003	Sydney	Australia	Enmore Theatre
20 February 2003			SuperDome
22 February 2003
25 February 2003	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
27 February 2003
1 March 2003
4 March 2003	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
5 March 2003
Asia
10 March 2003	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan
12 March 2003	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena
15 March 2003	Tokyo		Tokyo Dome
16 March 2003
20 March 2003	Osaka		Osaka Dome
21 March 2003
24 March 2003	Singapore City	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
26 March 2003
4 April 2003	Bangalore	India	Palace Grounds
7 April 2003	Mumbai		Brabourne Stadium
Europe
4 June 2003	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
6 June 2003			Olympiastadion
8 June 2003			Circus Krone Bau
10 June 2003	Milan	Italy	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
13 June 2003	Oberhausen	Germany	O-Vision Zukunftspark
15 June 2003	Berlin		Olympiastadion
18 June 2003	Vienna	Austria	Ernst Happel Stadion
20 June 2003	Leipzig	Germany	Festwiese
22 June 2003	Hockenheim		Hockenheimring
25 June 2003	Bilbao	Spain	Estadio San Mames
27 June 2003	Madrid		Estadio Vicente Calderón
29 June 2003	Barcelona		Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
5 July 2003	Marseille	France	Stade Velodrome
7 July 2003	Paris		Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
9 July 2003			Stade de France
11 July 2003			L’Olympia
13 July 2003	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium
16 July 2003	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
18 July 2003	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
20 July 2003			Stockholm Globe Arena
22 July 2003			Cirkus
24 July 2003	Hamburg	Germany	AOL-Arena
27 July 2003	Prague	Czech Republic	Letenska Plan
North America
30 July 2003	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	SARSstock Concert Downsview Park
Europe
8 August 2003	Hannover	Germany	EXPO-Gelaende Messe Ost
11 August 2003	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Feijenoord Stadion
13 August 2003
15 August 2003	Rotterdam		Ahoy Rotterdam
16 August 2003	Utrecht		Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
19 August 2003	Amsterdam		Amsterdam ArenA
27 August 2003	London	England	Astoria
29 August 2003			Wembley Arena
1 September 2003	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
3 September 2003
5 September 2003	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena
7 September 2003	Werchter	Belgium	Rock Werchter
9 September 2003	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
11 September 2003
13 September 2003	London	England	Wembley Arena
15 September 2003
20 September 2003			Twickenham Stadium
22 September 2003	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam ArenA
25 September 2003	Benidorm	Spain	Estadio Municipal Foietes
27 September 2003	Coimbra	Portugal	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
29 September 2003	Zaragoza	Spain	Feria de Muestras
2 October 2003	Zurich	Switzerland	Letzigrund Stadion
Asia
7 November 2003	Hong Kong	China	Tamar Festival Site
9 November 2003

Setlist

• "Brown Sugar"
• "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
• "Start Me Up"
• "Don't Stop"
• "Tumbling Dice"
• "Monkey Man"
• "Angie"
• "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
• "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
• "Rocks Off"
• "I Can't Turn You Loose"
• "Slipping Away"
• "Happy"
• "Sympathy for the Devil"
• "When the Whip Comes Down"
• "Little Red Rooster"
• "You Got Me Rocking"
• "Gimme Shelter"
• "Honky Tonk Women"
• "Street Fighting Man"
• "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
• "Midnight Rambler"
• "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

See also

• Rolling Stones concerts
• List of highest grossing concert tours

References

1. ^ "Setlist.fm tour statistics". http://www.setlist.fm/stats/the-rolling-stones-bd6ad22.html?tour=Licks+World+Tour. Retrieved 2008-11-07. 
2. ^ yahoo.com 12056775
3. ^ yahoo.com 12056759
4. ^ yahoo.com 12054473
5. ^ http://www.stufish.com/the-rolling-stones/licks-outdoor/reality.html
6. ^ yahoo.com 12054484

External links

• IORR on 2002 shows
• IORR on 2003 shows
• Song Statistics