USA: The North Atlantic Seaboard

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UNITED STATES

Massachusetts

Worcester Memorial Auditorium Apr. 30, 1965
Sir Morgan's Cove Sep. 15, 1981

Sir Morgan's Cove, Worcester, Massachusetts, September 15, 1981

Lynn Manning Bowl June 24, 1966

And when I asked her where she headed for
"Back up to Boston, I'm singing in a bar"
-Memory Motel

Boston                                    Boston Garden                             Nov. 5, 1965
                                                Boston Garden                             Nov. 29, 1969
                                                Boston Garden                             July 18, 1972
                                                Boston Garden                             July 19, 1972
                                                Boston Garden                             June 11, 1975
                                                Boston Garden                             June 12, 1975
                                                Fleet Center                                 Mar. 22, 1999
                                                Fleet Center                                 Mar. 23, 1999
                                                Fleet Center                                 Sep. 3, 2002
                                                Orpheum Theatre                         Sep. 8, 2002
                                                Fleet Center                                 Jan. 12, 2003
                                                Fenway Park                                Aug. 21, 2005

                                                Fenway Park                                Aug. 23, 2005
                                                TD Banknorth Garden                 Jan. 13, 2006
                                                TD Banknorth Garden                 Jan. 15, 2006
                                                TD Garden                   June 12, 2013
                                                TD Garden                   June 14, 2013

Foxborough (*near Boston)          Sullivan Stadium                          Sep. 29, 1989
                                                Sullivan Stadium                          Oct. 1, 1989
                                                Sullivan Stadium                          Oct. 3, 1989
                                                Foxboro Stadium                         Sep. 4, 1994
                                                Foxboro Stadium                         Sep. 5, 1994
                                                Foxboro Stadium                         Oct. 20, 1997
                                                Foxboro Stadium                         Oct. 21, 1997
                                                Gillette Stadium                           Sep. 5, 2002
                                                Gillette Stadium                           Sep. 20, 2006
                                                Gillette Stadium (tent)                  Oct. 25, 2016
                                                Gillette Stadium                           July 7, 2019
                                                Gillette Stadium (tent)                 Sep. 20, 2021
                                                Gillette Stadium                   May 30, 2024          Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts, August 21, 2005

Rhode Island

Providence Loews Theatre Nov. 4, 1964
Public Auditorium Nov. 3, 1965

Connecticut

Hartford                               Dillon Stadium                               June 27, 1966
                                             Civic Center                                    Nov. 9, 1981
                                             Civic Center                                    Nov. 10, 1981
                                             Civic Center                                    Mar. 28, 1999
                                             Civic Center                                    Mar. 29, 1999
                                             Civic Center                                    Oct. 5, 2002
                                             Rentschler Field                              Aug. 26, 2005

New Haven Loew's State Theater Nov. 4, 1965
Toad's Place Aug. 12, 1989

Toad's Place, New Haven, Connecticut, August 12, 1989

Western New York

Dig that sound on the radio,
then slip it right across into Buffalo
- Rip This Joint

Buffalo War Memorial Auditorium June 28, 1966
War Memorial Auditorium June 15, 1975

Orchard Park (*near Buffalo)      Rich Stadium                                Aug. 8, 1975
                                                Rich Stadium                                July 4, 1978
                                                Rich Stadium                                Sep. 27, 1981

Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York, September 27, 1981

Rich Stadium Oct. 8, 1997
Ralph Wilson Stadium July 11, 2015

Rochester Memorial Auditorium Nov. 1, 1965

Syracuse                                  War Memorial Auditorium           Oct. 30, 1965
                                                War Memorial Auditorium           July 6, 1966
                                                The Carrier Dome                        Nov. 27, 1981
                                                The Carrier Dome                        Nov. 28, 1981
                                                The Carrier Dome                        Sep. 21, 1989
                                                The Carrier Dome                        Sep. 22, 1989
                                                The Carrier Dome                        Dec. 8, 1994
                                                The Carrier Dome                        Apr. 17, 1998

Ithaca Cornell University Oct. 30, 1965

Eastern New York

Albany Palace Theatre Apr. 29, 1965
Pepsi Arena Sep. 17, 2005

Pepsi Arena, Albany, New York, September 17, 2005

Port Chester Capitol Theatre Oct. 25, 1997

Go ahead, bite the Big Apple
Don't mind the maggots
- Shattered

New York City Carnegie Hall June 20, 1964

[New York City, June 20, 1964.] (Carnegie Hall) was just screaming with kids. We'd almost forgotten what it was like, 'cause we were used to that every night, every time we played (in England), and suddenly (on our first American tour) we were brought down, bang, everybody saying, What a fuckup, we've blown it. America was still very much into Frankie Avalon. There wasn't any thought of long-haired kids, we were just entertainment-business freaks, with long hair, just like a circus show. And we get to New York and suddenly we realize that maybe we... that it's just starting.

- Keith Richards

                                         Academy of Music                             Oct. 24, 1964
                                         Academy of Music                             May 1, 1965
                                         Academy of Music                             May 29, 1965
                                         Academy of Music                             Nov. 6, 1965
                                         Forest Hills Tennis Stadium              July 2, 1966
                                         Madison Square Garden                   Nov. 27, 1969

[New York City, November 27, 1969.] (O)ut of the stillness a disembodied cockney voice mused, Everyone seems to be ready, are you ready? Yesss, the crowd answered in a snow-slide's whisper-roar, Yesss. For the first time in 3 years, Sam Cutler said, getting louder, the greatest rock and roll band in the word, the Rolling Stones! The big yellow-blue-white spot bleached out Jagger as he came onstage, twirling overhead his Uncle Sam hat, not smiling, gaze fixed on fate. In a breathless rush of silence the Stones came out, Charlie settling onto the drums, the others, quick and businesslike, plugging their guitars into the amplifiers, twisting dials, setting levels, until Keith hit the opening chords of Jumpin' Jack Flash, Mick started to howl about being born in a crossfire hurricane, and the kids all stood up and screamed.

- Stanley Booth, The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones

                                         Madison Square Garden                   Nov. 28, 1969
                                         Madison Square Garden                   July 24, 1972
                                         Madison Square Garden                   July 25, 1972
                                         Madison Square Garden                   July 26, 1972

[New York City, July 26, 1972.] I'm all against slapstick humor on a Rolling Stones tour. But I mean there was a good excuse for it... the only noticeable point being that with all that crap flying around the stage, I didn't get hit by a single thing if you noticed. We have a film of it. Yeah, I was like... (calmly and menacingly) You dare throw one thing, ONE thing at me, baby, and that's the end of the show. (laughs) And... miraculously all these things flying around and nothing hit me and I was real happy. So I thought it was a great laugh, you know.

- Keith Richards, commenting on a custard cream pie fight
that erupted onstage to celebrate Mick's birthday

flatbed truck, 5th Avenue May 1, 1975

5th Avenue, New York City, May 1, 1975

                                          Madison Square Garden                  June 22, 1975
                                          Madison Square Garden                  June 23, 1975
                                          Madison Square Garden                  June 24, 1975
                                          Madison Square Garden                  June 25, 1975
                                          Madison Square Garden                  June 26, 1975
                                          Madison Square Garden                  June 27, 1975
                                          The Palladium                                  June 19, 1978

The Palladium, New York City, June 19, 1978

[New York City, June 19, 1978.] I mean, we realized we'd just blown the biggest market in America and played a 3000-seat (laughs) theatre. But that was what we wanted to do and we felt that we needed to do it and that people who dug us would understand it too, you know. I mean, OK, it's a one-shot... We ain't dead yet, we'll be back, you know. We've always been good in the small halls. I mean (laughs), 'cause we did 'em for so long and, I guess, in a way, we kind of tested ourselves by doing it.

- Keith Richards

Madison Square Garden Nov. 12, 1981
Madison Square Garden Nov. 13, 1981

Madison Square Garden, New York City, November 1981

                                              Shea Stadium                                 Oct. 10, 1989
                                              Shea Stadium                                 Oct. 11, 1989
                                              Shea Stadium                                 Oct. 25, 1989
                                              Shea Stadium                                 Oct. 26, 1989
                                              Shea Stadium                                 Oct. 28, 1989
                                              Shea Stadium                                 Oct. 29, 1989

Shea Stadium, New York City, October 1989

                         Madison Square Garden                          Jan. 14, 1998
                         Madison Square Garden                          Jan. 16, 1998
                         Madison Square Garden                          Jan. 17, 1998
                         Madison Square Garden                          Sep. 26, 2002
                         Roseland Ballroom                                   Sep. 30, 2002
                         Madison Square Garden                          Jan. 16, 2003
                         Madison Square Garden                          Jan. 18, 2003

Madison Square Garden, New York City, September 26, 2002

Juilliard School of Music May 10, 2005

Juilliard School of Music, New York City, May 10, 2005

                         Madison Square Garden                          Sep. 13, 2005
                         Madison Square Garden                          Jan. 18, 2006
                         Madison Square Garden                          Jan. 20, 2006
                         Radio City Music Hall                              Mar. 14, 2006
                         Beacon Theatre                                        Oct. 29, 2006
                         Beacon Theatre                                        Nov. 1, 2006
                         Barclays Center                                       Dec. 8, 2012
                         Madison Square Garden                          Dec. 12, 2012
                         Racket                                                    Oct. 19, 2023

Northern New Jersey

Passaic Capitol Theatre June 14, 1978

East Rutherford                      Meadowlands Arena                                Nov. 5, 1981
(*near New York City, NY)             Meadowlands Arena                                Nov. 6, 1981
                                               Meadowlands Arena                                Nov. 7, 1981
                                               Giants Stadium                                        Aug. 12, 1994
                                               Giants Stadium                                        Aug. 14, 1994
                                               Giants Stadium                                        Aug. 15, 1994
                                               Giants Stadium                                        Aug. 17, 1994
                                               Giants Stadium                                        Oct. 16, 1997
                                               Giants Stadium                                        Oct. 17, 1997
                                               Giants Stadium                                        Sep. 28, 2002
                                               Giants Stadium                                        Sep. 15, 2005
                                               Giants Stadium                                        Sep. 27, 2006
                                               MetLife Stadium                                      Aug. 1, 2019
                                               MetLife Stadium                                      Aug. 5, 2019
                                               MetLife Stadium                                      May 23, 2024
                                               MetLife Stadium                                      May 26, 2024

Newark                                   Symphony Hall                                        Nov. 7, 1965
                  Prudential Center                                    Dec. 13, 2012
                  Prudential Center                                    Dec. 15, 2012

Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, December 13, 2012

Southern New Jersey

Asbury Park Convention Hall July 3, 1966

Atlantic City                           Marine Ballroom                                     July 1, 1966
                                               Convention Center                                   Dec. 17, 1989
                                               Convention Center                                   Dec. 19, 1989
                                               Convention Center                                   Dec. 20, 1989
                                               Boardwalk Hall                                        Nov. 17, 2006

Western Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh                              Westview Park                                         June 17, 1964
                                              Civic Center Arena                                  Nov. 24, 1965
                                              Civic Center Arena                                  June 25, 1966
                                              Civic Center Arena                                  July 22, 1972
                                              Three Rivers Stadium                               Sep. 6, 1989
                                              Three Rivers Stadium                               Sep. 29, 1994
                                              Civic Center Arena                                  Mar. 11, 1999
                                              Mellon Arena                                           Jan. 10, 2003
                                              PNC Park                                                Sep. 28, 2005
                                              Heinz Field                                              June 20, 2015
                                              Heinz Field                                              Oct. 4, 2021

Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 20, 2015

Eastern Pennsylvania

Harrisburg Farm Show Arena June 19, 1964

Hershey Hersheypark Stadium Oct. 1, 2005

Philadelphia                         Convention Hall                                           May 1, 1965
                                             Convention Hall                                           Nov. 6, 1965
                                             Spectrum                                                      Nov. 25, 1969
                                             Spectrum                                                      July 20, 1972
                                             Spectrum                                                      July 21, 1972
                                             Spectrum                                                      June 29, 1975
                                             Spectrum                                                      June 30, 1975
                                             JFK Stadium                                                June 17, 1978

JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1978

JFK Stadium Sep. 25, 1981

JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1981

[Philadelphia, September 25, 1981.] Suddenly, they're here. Live. In person. Onstage. They're introduced and it doesn't quite work. It never has. Their stage set, designed in pastel colors and enormous broadly-drawn sketchwork, is a vast cartoon. They're produced out of it like other cartoon characters, not quite real. And you can tell it in the way everyone reacts, the first cheer sounding rock-concert obligatory (Yeah!!! Get it on!), then the second, richer, more thrilling and obviously more deeply felt coming when it was understood exactly who the first cheer was all about (It really it, I mean, it's them, the Stones!). There's the low rumble of Bill Wyman's bass falling down the minor scale ladder of notes beginning Under My Thumb. Keith Richards and Ron Wood ride this bass line down, adding the backbeat, and suddenly there's Jagger, shouting lyrics at the crowd...

- Peter Goddard, The Last Tour

                                                  JFK Stadium                                             Sep. 26, 1981
                                                  Veterans Stadium                                      Aug. 31, 1989
                                                  Veterans Stadium                                      Sep. 1, 1989
                                                  Veterans Stadium                                      Sep. 22, 1994
                                                  Veterans Stadium                                      Sep. 23, 1994
                                                  Veterans Stadium                                      Oct. 12, 1997
                                                  First Union Center                                   Mar. 15, 1999
                                                  First Union Center                                   Mar. 16, 1999
                                                  Veterans Stadium                                      Sep. 18, 2002
                                                  First Union Center                                    Sep. 20, 2002
                                                  Wachovia Center                                       Oct. 10, 2005
                                                  Wachovia Center                                     Oct. 12, 2005
                                                  Wells Fargo Center                                June 18, 2013
                                                  Wells Fargo Center                                June 21, 2013
                                                  Lincoln Financial Field                            July 23, 2019
                                                  Lincoln Financial Field                            June 11, 2024

Upper Darby (*near Philadelphia) Tower Theatre Sep. 22, 2002

Maryland

Baltimore                          Civic Center                                                Nov. 13, 1965
                                          Civic Center                                               June 26, 1966
                                          Civic Center                                               Nov. 26, 1969
                                          1st Mariner Arena                                      Feb. 1, 2006

Dick and Pat in ol' D.C.
Well they're going to hold some shit for me

Washington D.C.                Coliseum                                                    Nov. 13, 1965
                                           Coliseum                                                    June 26, 1966
                                           RFK Stadium                                             July 4, 1972

[Washington, July 4, 1972.] Whether it's New York or Tuscaloosa, Norfolk or L.A., one factor is contant: The dressing room of the Rolling Stones is always Groove City - the juice flows, smoke rises, crystals crumble, poppers pop, teenies hang in and Mick knifes through like a ballet-dancing matador... all to the funky wail of Keith's guitar tuning up, and sometimes the honking sax of a solid, down-home pickup sideman, like Texas Bobby Keys. And in Buddha repose, Charlie sits twirling his sticks Sid Catlett-style. Scene of good karma... Outside in the Washington, D.C., stadium, 50 000 fans are stomping it up to the screams of Stevie Wonder... while they wait it out.

- Terry Southern, journalist, 1972

                                             Warner Theatre                                        June 15, 1978
                                             RFK Stadium                                            Sep. 24, 1989
                                             RFK Stadium                                            Sep. 25, 1989
                                             RFK Stadium                                            Aug. 1, 1994
                                             RFK Stadium                                            Aug. 3, 1994

RFK Stadium, Washington D.C., August 1994

                                              MCI Arena                                                 Mar. 7, 1999
                                              MCI Arena                                                 Mar. 8, 1999
                                              MCI Center                                                Oct. 3, 2005
                                              Verizon Center                                           June 24, 2013

Largo                                     Capitol Center                                          July 1, 1975
(*near Washington D.C.)            Capitol Center                                        July 2, 1975
                                              Capitol Center                                          Dec. 7, 1981
                                              Capitol Center                                          Dec. 8, 1981
                                              Capitol Center                                          Dec. 9, 1981

Raljon Jack Kent Cooke Stadium Oct. 23, 1997
(*near Washington D.C.)

Landover FedExField Oct. 4, 2002
(*near Washington D.C.) FedExField July 3, 2019

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