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Were you there? Awesome photos of The Rolling Stones' 1973 NZ gig at Western Springs resurface

If you caught the Rolling Stones at Western Springs in 1973, you might be able to see yourself in these incredible photos that have recently resurfaced. 

The pictures are part of the Auckland Libraries Heritage collection and were shared on Facebook by ‘Timespanner’, a page that posts loads of historic photos from around New Zealand. 

The Rolling Stones’ famous concert at the venue back in 1973 has it's fair share of photos, with plenty of Mick lookalikes in the audience, 

Fleetwood Mac's 1977 gig at the venue has loads of photos. It looked like a scorching day in Auckland when Stevie Nicks and co took the stage at a packed Western Springs. Many in the crowd were shirtless as the sun was beating down on them. 

That didn’t stop them from smiling or dancing away though (I bet the TipTop ice cream truck helped as well!). 

It’s also interesting to see the minimal stage decorations and enhancements compared to nowadays. The band simply had a big gazebo for shade, their instruments, and a bunch of speakers. 

Western Springs must have had a busy 1977 as Rod Stewart also performed there that year, and there are pictures to prove it. 

You can tell from the wheels and the fashion in these photos that it really was the ‘70s!

Just a year later, David Bowie took the stage at Western Springs - talk about a great run of concerts!

The folk that were lucky enough to see Bowie in the flesh look like they are having an absolute ball of a time with grins from ear to ear. 

Of course, the place was full to the brim with music lovers, and there doesn’t seem to be much security around the edges. Imagine living in the house right that overlooks the gig, it would be loud but you’d have a free view of David Bowie!

If you love looking back on the good ol' days of all time great live music in the sun in our very own country, I highly recommend having a scroll through the 'Timespanner' Facebook page. 

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The Rolling Stones Confirm New Zealand Concert

The Rolling Stones have confirmed one New Zealand date next year as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations which they began in 2012. Promoters Frontier Touring announced one Australian date last month with the promise of more to come including a New Zealand leg of the '14 On Fire Tour'.  The one-off concert will be taking place at Mt Smart Stadium in April - here are the details...

The Rolling Stones - 14 On Fire Tour Saturday 5th April, Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Tickets available from Ticketmaster with a pre-sale starting 2pm next Monday 9th December and any remaining tickets on sale from Monday 16th December - see below for more details.

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THE ROLLING STONES ANNOUNCE 14 ON FIRE ONE NIGHT ONLY CONCERTS SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE, PERTH, HANGING ROCK & AUCKLAND

Hot on the heels of the news that The Rolling Stones will open Adelaide Oval, comes confirmation of another five spectacular Rolling Stones shows for Australia and New Zealand. Frontier Touring & AEG Live today unveil a string of very special ONE NIGHT ONLY shows in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland and Victoria’s iconic Hanging Rock as part of the 14 ON FIRE Tour.

Tickets for all shows go on sale to the general public on Monday 16 December, with a pre-sale via frontiertouring.com/rollingstones from Monday 9 December.

Mick Jagger commented: “Can't wait to reconnect with all our friends in Australia & New Zealand. It's been a while since we've played to you all, so we are looking forward to being back on stage & playing your favourite songs.”

Keith Richards added: “We all had such a ball this year and so we wanted to keep it going! The energy between the band is better than ever and we’re all looking forward to coming back Down Under. I can’t wait to get back on the stage with the boys”

The 14 ON FIRE tour of Australia and New Zealand will take place in March 2014 and will see The Rolling Stones return to the road after a mammoth run of touring through the States in 2013, an exhilarating and critically acclaimed celebration of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood bringing their iconic music and ground-breaking stage shows to audiences around the globe.

A limited selection of “lucky dip” seats from each venue will also be available to purchase at a very special price of just $99 via www.rollingstones.com on Monday 16 December (from 9am local time), ensuring that some of even the best tickets can be snapped up for a bargain by genuine fans.

Mick Taylor, who was a member of The Rolling Stones from 1969-1974, will be a special guest for this tour.

The band will treat their generations of fans to a set of classic Stones hits like “Gimme Shelter,” “Paint It Black,” “Jumping Jack Flash,” “Tumbling Dice,” and “It’s Only Rock and Roll,” curated with lesser known gems, and a cover or two.

Known for their groundbreaking sets and use of cutting-edge technology, the Stones’ set design will feature video screens and special effects that will enhance the high-octane experience of attending a live Stones show.

Promoter Frontier Touring’s Michael Gudinski said “It’s been a life long ambition of mine to bring the legendary Stones back down under and I cannot say how excited I am about their 2014 tour. With just one night only confirmed for each city plus a very special one-off concert at Hanging Rock, this tour will be talked about for decades to come.”

On 30 March 2014 The Rolling Stones will join a highly prestigious group of artists to have performed at Victoria’s iconic Hanging Rock.

The Rolling Stones were last down under in 2006 on their “A Bigger Bang” World Tour, with shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Wellington. In 2003 their “Licks” Tour saw them perform in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Adelaide and Perth last saw the band in 1995, on the “Voodoo Lounge World Tour”, which also included shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. Their first ever tour of Australia and New Zealand was in 1965. The 2014 tour will be their seventh tour of our shores.

With strictly ONE NIGHT ONLY in each location, tickets to see The Rolling Stones on their 14 ON FIRE Tour in March 2014 won’t last long. Visit frontiertouring.com/rollingstones for details.

Standby for more Rolling Stones concerts in Asia being announced today – for more information go to www.rollingstones.com.

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Rolling Stones Add Concert Dates in Australia and New Zealand

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The Rolling Stones are augmenting a concert in Adelaide, Australia, with six additional dates down under next spring, according to an itinerary the posted on the band’s mobile app this morning.

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The rockers will now begin their trek March 19th in Perth and wrap up April 5th in Auckland, New Zealand. The Stones last performed in Australia and New Zealand in 2006 on their Bigger Bang tour. The group announced last month that they would inaugurate the Oval, a new stadium in Adelaide, with a concert there on March 22nd. Tickets sold out within three hours, the band reported.

An “info” page inside the app mentions “14 On Fire one night only concerts,” suggesting that the Stones could expand their itinerary with another seven shows.

After a handful of gigs late last year in London , New York and New Jersey , the Rolling Stones performed across North America this past spring and summer on their “50 and Counting” tour. They wrapped up with performances at the Glastonbury festival in England and Hyde Park in London, capturing the latter for the DVD and Blu-ray release Sweet Summer Sun – Hyde Park Live .

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Here is the band’s expanded itinerary for Australia and New Zealand:

3/19 Perth, AU – Perth Arena 3/22 Adelaide, AU – Adelaide Oval 3/25 Sydney, AU – Allphones Arena 3/28 Melbourne, AU – Rod Laver Arena 3/30 Macedon, AU – Hanging Rock 4/2 Brisbane, AU – Entertainment Centre 4/5 Auckland, NZ – Mount Smart Stadium

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The Rolling Stones – Heading to NZ

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Unfortunately for me I was born about 30 years too late to hear and see The Rolling Stones at their greatest. But that doesn’t mean I don’t know how to appreciate great music when I hear it or realise the huge influence that The Rolling Stones have had within the music industry. I can even see it as close to home as with my Dad. Just recently he flew to Europe (with Malaysia Air, eek!), a couple of months before he even left he was looking forward to listening to the Forty Licks album, because he knew it was on the inflight entertainment system. You know a band is good when you are looking forward to doing nothing but listen to them.

They’re coming, here, to New Zealand, and they aren’t far away. The Rolling Stones have seen a few changes with the line up over the years, but the line up at the moment is made up of; Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Woods, who have all pretty much been together since 1975.

These guys are realistically what Rock ‘n Roll is all about, they helped shape what the entire Rock and Roll genre is today. You would be hard pressed to find a sole on the planet that hasn’t heard of The Rolling Stones or doesn’t recognise any of their music, they are massive. If you are a fan of Rock and Roll, you do not want to miss this concert.

Their tour is not far away from New Zealand now, after a delay due to Mick Jagger’s long-time partner L’Wren Scott unfortunately passing, they will be performing on the 22 nd of November. If you are wanting to go, you better get in quick, because tickets are running out, and fast!

It might also be worth noting that Father’s Day isn’t far away (it’s the 7 th of September) and if you’re stumped for gift ideas and your Dad is anything like mine, then you have obviously found the perfect gift!

I’ll leave you with one of their best and one of my own personal favourite Stones songs, Gimme Shelter. Enjoy!

The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter

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The Rolling Stones Announce 2024 Stadium Tour in Support of 'Hackney Diamonds' Album — See the Dates!

The Rolling Stones' upcoming 16-date run marks the U.K. rock band's first U.S. concerts since 2019's No Filter Tour

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The Rolling Stones are taking Hackney Diamonds to North America!

On Tuesday, the legendary U.K. rock band announced the Stones Tour '24 Hackney Diamonds, sponsored by AARP, a 16-date run of stadium concerts across the United States and Canada set for next year.

Kicking off April 28 in Houston, the Rolling Stones will perform shows in cities including New Orleans, Las Vegas, Seattle, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and more before wrapping on July 17 in Santa Ana, California.

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The Stones Tour '24 Hackney Diamonds marks the "Jumpin' Jack Flash" group's first time returning to the U.S. for an official string of concerts since 2019's No Filter Tour — as well as its first since the death of longtime drummer Charlie Watts in August 2021.

Tickets for the upcoming tour go on sale Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. local time, with more information available at the Rolling Stones' website .

Before releasing Hackney Diamonds last month, the band held an intimate concert at club Racket in New York City, where members Mick Jagger , Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood performed songs including such as “Shattered,” “Angry,” “Whole Wide World” and "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

The performance also included the live debut of Hackney Diamonds track "Sweet Sounds of Heaven" with a surprise appearance from Lady Gaga , who provides guest vocals on the song.

The Stones  announced  Hackney Diamonds   at a press event in London earlier this month, where Jagger, Richards and Wood took the stage to talk to  Jimmy Fallon  about the album.

"We wouldn't have put this album out if we didn't really like it," Jagger, 80, said to Fallon. "We must say that we are quite pleased with it. We’re not big-headed but we hope you like it."

In an emotional moment, the trio also touched on what it was like to record the album without Watts. "Ever since Charlie’s gone it’s different, he’s number four," Richards, 79, said. "He’s missing, he’s up there. Of course he's missed incredibly."

See below for the full list of Stones Tour '24 Hackney Diamonds dates.

April 28 - Houston, TX - NRG Stadium

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June 27 - Chicago, IL - Soldier Field

July 5 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place

July 10 - Los Angeles, CA - SoFi Stadium

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After a rousing opening set by the War and Treaty, there was the obligatory nod to dead men coming in the Stones’ opening number. (“Start Me Up” isn’t the leadoff batter on every Stones tour — in 2021, it was relegated to ninth position — it only seems like it is, or ought to be.) From there, the theme of rocking was quickly established, with “You Got Me Rocking” — a recurring “Voodoo Lounge” cut that, honestly, the band possibly loves more than the overall fandom — followed by “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll.” As is typical with a modern-day Stones set, there are a few wild-card slots, mostly in the first third of the show, and among them, besides the last two aforementioned songs, L.A. first-nighters also got . On another night, they might’ve gotten “”Let’s Spend the Night Together,” “Rocks Off,” “Bitch” or “Street Fighting Man.” The repertoire is deep when it comes to “surprise songs,” almost as deep as Taylor Swift’s.

The show highlight was “Brown Sugar”… sorry, just kidding, of course. (That choice is as firmly retired as Bill Wyman. Shed a wistful tear if you must for 2019, very likely the last time anyone will have heard that problematic pick in concert, though they could always surprise us with it again in 2027.) No one has yet parsed the possible issues of “Midnight Rambler” to the point of banishment, anyway — so that remains in its perennial spot as a great “11:00 number” (not quite literally, but in Broadway terms), extended as always with stops and starts so that Mick can get down on his knees at the end of the stage’s thrush ramp, and so that it can go into double-time with as much blowsy harmonica soloing as ever from Jagger and his apparently bottomless lungs. On this 2024 tour, “Midnight Rambler” is immediately succeeded by “Gimme Shelter,” sung as a duet on that same mid-floor ramp with Chanel Haynes, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a better classic-rock one-two punch. In fact, the whole last quintet of songs, also including “Honky Tonk Women,” “Paint It Black” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” is as exciting a five-song run as you could put in any rock show. Even if you came to it with the hope of hearing more deep cuts, that last stretch of the main set counts as some kind of peak-level scientific/visceral programming.

Another one of those “Hackney Diamonds” numbers was saved for a penultimate encore slot: the gospel-rock-flavored “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” performed as nearly a duet with Lady Gaga on record, and turned into a second duet of the night with Haynes on stage. Jagger must obviously be sweet on Haynes to bring her to the fore twice in one night, and it’s not hard to see why: She is unabashedly Tina, for all intents and purposes. You’re thinking along those lines even before you remember, or look up, that Haynes was plucked for this position from actually playing Tina Turner on the London stage. Of course Ike and Tina opened for the Stones on tour in the late ’60s, but having Haynes so overtly recreate her image now across two different spotlight appearances doesn’t feel like a cheap nostalgic trip. Lifeforce is lifeforce, and Haynes has it to match Jagger’s.

Is anything diminished here, as the Stones push the envelope (as a man of a similar age and status, Paul McCartney, is also doing) beyond what was imagined possible? We could tell you that Jagger avoids hitting the high notes on a few times, either doing them a step down — as in the chorus of “Honky Tonk Women” — or relegating a very, very occasional chorus line to Haynes and Bernard Fowler. But his vocals remain forceful as well as cocky and playful across the board. Of course, as he ages, maybe it will turn out to be useful that he started out slurring. To say that a frontman doesn’t miss a step takes on extra meaning when someone like Jagger is getting his steps in literally every moment he’s on stage, never planting himself for more than a few seconds at a time. To see him skip down the ramp — or to see him teasingly lift up his T-shirt to reveal a flash of skinny torso — is to see breezy youth personified, albeit in an admittedly somewhat gnarled package; it’s an oxymoron you can waste time trying to unpack, or just find ongoing delight in.

Richards and Wood also have some built-in advantage to always having fallen on the side of “ragged but right.” Perhaps one day one of them will be more ragged than the other, but for now, they make enjoyably equal contributions as soloist on roughly alternating selections — with “Before They Make Me Run” providing a special opportunity for some twin lead playing, even as the tune is nearly as sax-section-driven as it is powered by multiple shredding guitars.

The husband-wife duo the War and Treaty proved a perfect choice for a Stones opening act, with serious dollops of soul, country and blues. And Tanya Trotter proved to be, besides Haynes, the other Tina soundalike of the night, joined by Michael Trotter, who answers the rarely-asked musical question: What if Ike had been a nice guy and able to belt it out as gloriously as his better half?

Rolling Stones setlist, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, Calif., July 10, 2024:

Start Me Up You Got Me Rocking It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll Angry Beast of Burden Wild Horses Mess It Up Tumbling Dice You Can’t Always Get What You Want Tell Me Straight Little T&A Before They Make Me Run Sympathy for the Devil Honky Tonk Women Midnight Rambler Gimme Shelter Paint It Black Jumpin’ Jack Flash Sweet Sounds of Heaven (Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

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Rolling Stones sing classic song Out of Time live for first time to start new tour

Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones are back on tour and have just debuted a live version of one of their classic hits. Photo / Getty Images

Iconic English band The Rolling Stones gave fans a special treat last night, debuting for the first time the live version of their classic song Out of Time.

The NY Post reports the Stones launched their 60th-anniversary European tour in Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano arena where they delighted audiences with a surprise reappearance of the old hit.

It is the first and only time the single has ever been played live.

The song was originally recorded in 1966 before being added to the UK version of the Stones' album Aftermath.

The most commercially successful version of the song was a cover by Chris Farlowe that was released later that same year and produced by Mick Jagger.

After their first stop in Madrid, the band plans to visit 14 other cities as part of their European tour.

The Rolling Stones No Filter tour launched in Germany in 2017 and continuing for several years. The group had only played in just over a dozen US cities before the 2019 North American leg of the tour was put on hold for 16 months because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Group members Mick Jagger, 78, Keith Richards, 78, and Ronnie Wood, 75, resumed the tour last September without Stones drummer Charlie Watts who died in August 2021 .

However, the trio revealed to the Los Angeles Times that Watts had been able to record some new music before his death.

"If everything hadn't gotten closed down, we might've finished the damn [album]," Richards said.

Jagger added: "We have a lot of tracks done, so when the tour's finished we'll assess where we are with that and continue."

"You haven't heard the last of Charlie Watts," Richards chimed in.

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Chicago’s Soldier Field: A timeline of events since 1924, including hosting the world’s athletes, congregations, politicians and performers

Chicago’s stadium on the lakefront has hosted a variety of people — football players and circus performers, politicians and civil rights movement activists, observers of religious and cultural milestones, the Rolling Stones and Special Olympics supporters with megaphones — in its almost 100 years.

Here’s a look at many of these significant events at Soldier Field.

Dec. 3, 1919

Holabird & Roche architecture firm is chosen to design a U-shaped stadium as a memorial to U.S. soldiers who died in war .

Construction begins.

Sept. 6, 1924

Thousands of Chicago police officers compete in field events at the stadium, one of many events to dedicate the new facility.

The hammer throw event is held a day earlier “to avoid any possibility of an accident,” the Tribune reports.

Oct. 4, 1924

The stadium hosts its first football game — between Louisville Male and Austin Community Academy high schools.

Oct. 9, 1924

Hosts “Chicago Day,” marking the 53rd anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 under the name Municipal Grant Park Stadium.

Nov. 22, 1924

First college football game played at Soldier Field — Notre Dame beats Northwestern , 13-6.

April 19, 1925

Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi — who became the first athlete to win five gold medals at a single Olympics in 1924 — dominates the first Loyola Relays held at the stadium.

Aug. 16, 1925

About 70,000 people attend the first Chicago Roundup .

Nov. 11, 1925

Name changed to Soldier Field on Armistice (now Veterans) Day. Yet, the Tribune decides to call it Soldiers’ Field in its pages.

June 21-23, 1926

Approximately 300,000 people — 150,000 inside Soldier Field and 150,000 outside the stadium — attend Mass during the International Eucharistic Congress . Chicago is the first city in the United States chosen to host the religious gathering.

Nov. 11, 1926

The Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals face each other in the first professional football game played at the stadium , which is also officially dedicated. Soldier Field wouldn’t become the Bears’ home stadium until 1971.

Nov. 27, 1926

Navy is awarded the national championship despite its game against Army ending in a 21-21 tie before 110,000 fans at Soldier Field. Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne misses his own team’s game to attend.

Dec. 19, 1926

The Bears play the Green Bay Packers for the first time at Soldier Field. The game ends in a tie .

Aug. 13, 1927

“Lucky Lindy” Charles Lindbergh touches down in Chicago in his Spirit of St. Louis aircraft to promote commercial air travel several months after his historic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean .

Sept. 22, 1927

A Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney heavyweight prize fight, known as the “Long Count Fight,” becomes the first boxing match to draw $2.5 million at the gate.

Aug. 28, 1929

The Graf Zeppelin flies over Chicago, including Soldier Field, for 18 minutes as it makes its way to Lakehurst, N.J., ending its 20,000-mile trip around the world in 21 days.

Aug. 23, 1930

An estimated 150,000 show up for the Chicago Tribune-sponsored Chicagoland Music Festival .

Oct. 3, 1930

Soldier Field hosts its first night football game . Oregon defeats Drake, 14-7.

Aug. 8, 1931

Several hundred performers — including Goliath the sea elephant — arrive to perform as part of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus , which becomes a fixture of summer in Soldier Field’s parking lot for decades.

June 24, 1932

Amelia Earhart flies over Chicago then receives a medal for her trans-Atlantic flight in 1931 during a show for the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth.

May 27, 1933

Opening ceremonies for the World’s Fair are held at Soldier Field.

July 3, 1933

And estimated 125,000 people attend “The Romance of a People” Jewish pageant. Soldier Field hosts many cultural and religious events — to huge crowds — during its early years.

April 1, 1934

The first nondenominational Easter sunrise service is held at Soldier Field, in the rain.

May 19, 1935

Midwest Auto Racing Association hosts its first car race event at the stadium.

Aug. 29, 1935

A team of college All-Stars defeats the Chicago Bears, 5-0, in the Chicago College All-Star Game . The event becomes a tradition through 1976.

Feb. 16, 1936

A 13-story ski jump — the world’s highest man-made jump at the time — is constructed at Soldier Field for the U.S. Central Ski Association’s annual meet . More than 57,000 people show up to see the 1937 meet.

Aug. 23, 1938

Gates are forced open by a crowd of thousands intent upon entering Soldier Field to dance during the “Jitterbug riot.”

September 1939

The adjoining Chicago Park District administration building is completed, enclosing the stadium’s “U” shape .

Sept. 16, 1943

A war bond rally at Soldier Field features Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire, Harpo Marx and more performers who raise $200 million.

Oct. 28, 1944

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wartime visit draws more than 100,000 spectators.

July 19, 1949

Just three years after a previous visit to Soldier Field, President Harry Truman speaks at the Shriners convention, which was one of the first televised events at Soldier Field.

April 26, 1951

Gen. Douglas MacArthur , ousted from his Far Eastern command weeks earlier by President Truman, thrills a vast audience with a fighting defense of his stand on Korea.

Sept. 8, 1954

An estimated 260,000 people — 180,000 inside Soldier Field and another 80,000 outside — gather for a Mass in tribute to the Virgin Mary.

Aug. 27, 1959

Opening ceremonies of the Pan Am Games .

Nov. 29, 1959

The Chicago Cardinals play their last home game at Soldier Field . The team moves to St. Louis.

June 21, 1964

Martin Luther King Jr. is the keynote speaker at the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights held at Soldier Field. The predominantly Black crowd that gathers to hear King speak is fewer people than expected, however, due to rain.

July 10, 1966

King returns to deliver another speech at a sweltering Soldier Field, telling the 30,000 attendees, “This day we must decide to fill up the jails of Chicago, if necessary, in order to end slums.” He outlines 14 basic goals of the Chicago Freedom Movement and later in the day posts them to the LaSalle Street entrance of City Hall.

Aug. 9, 1966

Barbra Streisand performs in the rain , backed by a 35-piece orchestra.

July 20, 1968

The first Special Olympics is held at Soldier Field. A sculpture named “Eternal Flame of Hope” was placed outside the stadium in 2018, to mark the event’s 50th anniversary.

Sept. 19, 1971

After playing 50 seasons at Wrigley Field, the Bears defeat the Steelers in their first home game at Soldier Field — in the rain. Capacity is cut to 57,000.

Aug. 2, 1975

With a rock music booking ban in place since fans rioted in July 1970 when Sly and the Family Stone failed to appear for their scheduled concert , Chicago Park District officials book Marvin Gaye for Soldier Field. Only 8,500 fans show up.

June 23, 1976

The Chicago Sting beat the New York Cosmos , 4-1, in front of 28,000 fans. It’s soccer star Pele’s last match at Soldier Field.

July 8, 1978

The Rolling Stones headline Soldier Field for the first time. The stadium is filled on a steamy summer day with 80,000 fans, with opening acts Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Peter Tosh and Journey, featuring new vocalist Steve Perry. The Stones set list includes most of the songs on the quintet’s latest release, “Some Girls.” Later that night Mick Jagger drops in on a Lefty Dizz set at Kingston Mines. The band also jams with Muddy Waters while in town.

A $32-million renovation of the stadium’s north end permanently eliminates some seating and establishes the stadium’s configuration through 2002. Skyboxes and a new scoreboard are added. Capacity is 66,030.

Aug. 10-18, 1983

Hosts ChicagoFest for the last time.

Aug. 9, 1985

Bruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.” tour stop.

The playing surface is changed from artificial turf to natural grass , and more skyboxes are added.

June 17, 1994

Opening ceremonies of FIFA World Cup with President Bill Clinton in attendance. The Park District spends millions to prep the stadium for the soccer tournament.

July 9, 1995

The Grateful Dead’s last concert before Jerry Garcia’s death .

June 29, 1996

Soldier Field swelters as a crowd of 69,000 men sing and shout during the PromiseKeepers first-ever event in Chicago.

April 4, 1998

Chicago Fire plays its first ever home game at Soldier Field.

Nov. 5, 1998

Blair Kamin, Tribune’s architecture critic, suggests Mayor Richard M. Daley act quickly to “shape up the downtown lakefront” — including Soldier Field:

June 24-26, 1999

Hosts women’s FIFA World Cup .

Feb. 24, 2001

XFL Enforcers play first home game — and lose .

Feb. 21, 2003

As the stadium overhaul is more than half finished, the Illinois Supreme Court rules tax-backed bonds can pay for the project . Friends of the Parks and Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois had hoped to force the removal of the new steel-and-glass arena rising within the colonnades of the 1924 stadium Work proceeds on the overhaul project.

Sept. 29, 2003

The Packers defeat the Bears in the first game played inside the newly renovated Soldier Field. The project cost $611 million and took 20 months to complete.

Jan. 21, 2007

The 2006–2007 NFC Championship Game granted the Bears their second trip to the Super Bowl , the first in 21 years, with a 39–14 victory over the New Orleans Saints .

Aug. 7, 2007

Hosts Democratic Party debate .

Sept. 12-13, 2009

Hosts U2’s “360? tour .

June 16-17, 2012

First Spring Awakening Music Festival .

Feb. 17, 2013

Notre Dame-Miami game is the first outdoor hockey game in the history of the stadium.

March 1, 2014

Chicago Blackhawks play against the Pittsburgh Penguins as part of the 2014 NHL Stadium Series . The Blackhawks defeated the Penguins 5–1 before a sold-out crowd of 62,921.

Nov. 1, 2014

Hosts its first international rugby union test match between the United States and New Zealand .

June 18, 2015

Thousands of fans in the Soldier Field stands cheer wildly, dancing to team anthem “Chelsea Dagger” and celebrate another Stanley Cup championship for Chicago.

July 3-5, 2015

The Grateful Dead return to Soldier Field for the first time since Garcia’s death for three concerts.

Aug. 26, 2021

Kanye West appears for a listening party of his tenth studio album, “Donda.”

June 2, 2023

For the first of three sold-out shows on her Eras Tour at Soldier Field, Taylor Swift contained multitudes, presiding over a 200-minute extravaganza that often had the crowd of more than 60,000 devoted fans singing along to every word. Swift played an innocent dreamer, a spell-casting sorceress, a festive clubgoer, wounded confessor, seductive chanteuse, contemplative heartbreaker, poet, fearless woman, LGBTQ advocate, trendsetting fashionista and much more.

The epic concert took the form of nine separate mini sets, each aurally and visually connected to a certain album, letting the pop phenom explore nearly every facet of a 17-year recording career that currently knows no limits. There was also a brief solo acoustic portion highlighted by two “surprise” selections.

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Swift paired each set change with themed wardrobes and a parade of choreographed routines featuring a squadron of dancers and, frequently, members of her backup band. She also integrated projections on a mammoth, curved, high-definition screen, as well as mobile platforms whose height and shapes fluctuated during songs.

“It was a stage whose magnitude dared make Soldier Field look mid-sized,” Tribune critic Bob Gendron wrote.

April 24, 2024

The Chicago Bears unveiled plans for a new stadium project on the lakefront partly funded by the public that would give the team a facility in line with many of the NFL’s ultra-modern, fan-friendly structures.

Chicago Bears release images of a proposed new lakefront stadium

Check out the Tribune’s archives at your fingertips at Newspapers.com .

Sources: Chicago Tribune archives and reporting; Soldier Field; Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; “Soldier Field: A Stadium and Its City” by Liam T.A. Ford

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Time is still on Mick Jagger's side as the Rolling Stones thrash State Farm Stadium

Could there be a human being better suited to performing “Time Is on My Side” in 2024 than Mick Jagger at 80?

To be clear, the Rolling Stones did not include that gospel-flavored classic in the set they played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Tuesday, May 7.

But watching Jagger do what Jagger does for nearly two hours in metro Phoenix so soon after seeing those videos of him leading the Stones through “Time Is on My Side” just five days earlier as a duet with the amazing Irma Thomas, who also sounded great at age 83, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival?

You couldn’t help but marvel at the age-defying essence of what Jagger brings to a performance .

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It went beyond the sheer perpetual motion of it all. Yes, he rarely stopped moving. And there's a world of singers less than half his age who couldn't hope to match the energy he brought to State Farm Stadium.

But there’s an undeniable agility to what he does, an athleticism and a grace that invites you to imagine Mikhail Baryshnikov raised by a family of overcaffeinated roosters.

That side-to-side motion he does with his feet? The graceful swiveling of those hips that have been swiveling since the very early ‘60s? The youthful exuberance with which he glides and struts and sometimes even runs across a massive stage?

There was even a magical moment in the encore as the Stones were bringing “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” to a fevered pitch that he dropped to his knees as though he might channeling a young James Brown — at 80.

He got so into it on "Satisfaction," Keith Richards couldn't stop grinning.

The man was in total command of the stage from the time his bandmates found their footing after staggering into a looser-limbed-than-usual “Start Me Up” to the glorious pileup of iconic hits that brought their set to a breathless climax through the encore-closing “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”

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By the second song, “It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It),” the Rolling Stones were firing on all cylinders.

It wasn’t always pretty. And it damn sure wasn’t perfect. But the Rolling Stones have done as much as anyone to help define a rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic that thrives on the rawness and reckless abandon at the heart of what they do.

This is especially true of the guitars.

Founding member Richards and kindred spirit Ronnie Wood, who started playing with the Stones while still a member of the Faces in 1975, are essentially flip sides of the same Chuck Berry 45. They spent the night dialing up some of the raunchiest guitar sounds you could ever hope to hear, the volume just too loud enough.

Their guitar work was scrappy and soulful and ragged and real and all those other underrated qualities that make for an exciting night of rock 'n' roll, the kind of night the Rolling Stones have always been so brilliant at delivering.

And it was to great to see them having such a good time, Richards grinning ear to ear in his red knit cap and Wood engaging in the sort of loopy onstage antics that made him such a perfect onstage foil for Richards when he joined the fold back in the '70s.

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This was Rolling Stones’ first time in metro Phoenix since the loss of founding member Charlie Watts, who died in 2021 after encouraging his bandmates to bring in Steve Jordan on drums to finish the No Filter Tour without him when he got too sick to carry on.

Jordan has been touring with them ever since and it’s easy to see why Watts thought he was the right man for the job.

He and Darryl Jones, their touring bassist since Bill Wyman left the group in 1993, are a commanding rhythm section, a point made abundantly clear on a hard-grooving version of “Miss You” that featured a jaw-dropping solo from Jones.

Rounding out their touring band are keyboard player Chuck Leavell; Bernard Fowler on backing vocals and percussion; Matt Clifford on keyboard and the French horn on “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”; saxophonists Karl Denson and Tim Reis; and backing vocalist Chanel Haynes, who joined the fold in 2022 and stepped into the spotlight with her awe-inspiring vocal turn on “Gimme Shelter.”

They’re all extremely talented musicians more than capable of following the Stones through a variety of musical aesthetics, from the classic boogie-woogie groove of “Tumbling Dice” to the disco moves of “Miss You,” the Latin percussion of “Sympathy for the Devil,” the rock ‘n’ roll swagger of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and the soulful splendor of “Gimme Shelter” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”

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He may have flubbed the occasional lyric, and there were some notes he didn’t try to hit. But overall, Jagger’s vocal performance was as age-defying as his movements.

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It was all great, though. How many bands could even hope to bring a set to a climax by stringing together a series of songs as iconic as “Sympathy for the Devil,” “Honky Tonk Women,” “Miss You,” “Gimme Shelter,” “Paint It, Black” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”?

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It was after a spirited version of "Tumbling Dice" that Jagger took a moment to address how pleased he was with the welcome the Stones had received from the city of Glendale.

The city renamed a portion of 95th Avenue near the stadium Satisfaction Way and the mayor declared May 7 Ruby Tuesday.

"We’re very honored that you chose to name today Ruby Tuesday, though," he said.

"That is so nice. It’s never happened to us before. Ruby Tuesday. Unfortunately, we’re not gonna be able to play it tonight because we’ve forgotten that one."

As they were nearing the end of their set, after “Honky Tonk Women,” Jagger did some reminiscing.

“My goodness, this is our 11th show in Arizona,” he said. “Isn’t that something? I want to thank you so much for coming back to see us. You know, my favorite show in Arizona was in 1997 when we accidentally set fire to the Sun Devil Stadium.”

Then, after “Miss You,” he told the crowd, “We’re gonna go out to Valley Bar after, OK? So you can join us there.”

Having gone to Valley Bar and hung around until it closed at 2 a.m., I can assure you, he was joking.

By the time they signed off with a raucous thrill ride through an epic “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” Tuesday night at State Farm Stadium was everything a Stones fan could’ve hoped for, the quintessential rock ‘n’ roll survivors still going strong after 62 years, invigorated by their new music.

Carin Leon and Electric Mud opened for the Rolling Stones

Forty-five minutes before the show was scheduled to begin, a band from San Diego called Electric Mud (the title of a Muddy Waters album) took the stage and delivered a well-received set that often felt like they were channeling the Rolling Stones of an early '70s vintage, especially those Jagger-esque lead vocals.

Two members of Electric Mud — Marc and Matty Hansen — have an aunt named Patti Hansen who's been married to Keith Richards since 1983. That may be how they got the gig, but they turned out to be a perfect fit.

Electric Mud was followed by regional Mexican music star Carin Leon , whose latest effort, “Colmillo de Leche,"  picked up Best Norteño Album at last year's Latin Grammys.

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Rolling Stones setlist 2024: Every song they played in Phoenix

Here's every song the Rolling Stones performed at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ .

• “Start Me Up”
• “It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (but I Like It)” (tour debut)
• “She's So Cold”
• “Beast of Burden”
• “Monkey Man” (tour debut; fan-voted song)
• “Mess It Up”
• “Tumbling Dice”
• “You Can't Always Get What You Want” (followed by band introductions)
• “Little T&A” (Keith Richards on lead vocals)
• “Sympathy for the Devil”
• “Honky Tonk Women”
• “Gimme Shelter”
• “Paint It, Black”
• “Jumpin' Jack Flash”
• “Sweet Sounds of Heaven”
• “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”

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Los Angeles, CA 2024 Lithograph

Release date: 16 August, 2024

Featuring artwork specially created for each city on the Hackney Diamonds Tour, this 18" x 24" lithograph is the perfect piece of memorabilia for any Stones fan.

Art inspired by the July 10 and 13, 2024 tour dates in Los Angeles, CA.