1999
We don't wanna go home
1999
We don't wanna go home
January 11-20, 1999: The Rolling
Stones hold tour rehearsals at the Fillmore in San Francisco,
California
for the upcoming No Security tour.
January 12, 1999: Following (accurate) reports that Brazilian model Luciana
Morad is carrying Mick Jagger's child,
Jerry Hall finally gets serious and files for divorce in London's High
Court, thus ending their 22-year-relationship.
January 21-23, 1999: The Rolling
Stones' rehearsals continue in Oakland, before winding up again at
the Fillmore.
January 25, 1999: The Rolling
Stones open their 1999 No Security North American Tour at the Oakland
Arena in California.
The more intimate, arena-only tour features significantly higher-priced
tickets
then the previous
year and a redesigned set based on the No Security theme. The setlist is
also
overhauled
as the Rolling Stones kick off the concerts with Jumpin' Jack Flash
and feature rarer and
never-before-performed
songs such as You Got the Silver, Route 66, Moonlight
Mile, I Got the Blues,
Get Off
of My Cloud and the timely Some Girls.
| Keith Richards
(1999): Casanova Mick
I find it quite easy to detach myself from Mick's private life but then it's ludicrous because it's not private at all. I sometimes see what the old bugger wants in life, he's intent on being Casanova or Don Juan. He's always looking for it, which is a little cruel on his loved ones. But he's always been like that. I don't talk to Mick about his love life, because it's like Whoops! You've skidded on another banana skin! |
January 27, 1999: The Rolling
Stones perform at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California.
January 29-30, 1999: For the third
time in a year, Mick Jagger catches laryngitis and the Rolling Stones'
two concerts
in San Jose are postponed.
February 2-4, 1999: The Rolling
Stones resume their tour, performing in Denver and Salt Lake City.
February 6-11, 1999: The Rolling
Stones return to California, playing another show at the Arco Arena in
Sacramento
and two at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim near Los Angeles.
February 15-17, 1999: The Rolling
Stones head out for the midwest and perform in Minneapolis,
followed by
their first ever appearance in the state of North Dakota in Fargo.
February 19-22, 1999: The Rolling
Stones play a concert at Milwaukee's Bradley Center, then perform
for the first
time in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
February 25, 1999: The Rolling
Stones perform the only Canadian concert of the tour at the Air Canada
Center in
Toronto, before a week's rest.
March 3-5, 1999: The Rolling Stones
perform two concerts in Florida, first in Miami, followed by, for
the first
time, Fort Lauderdale.
March 7-11, 1999: The Rolling
Stones perform two concerts at Washington D.C.'s MCI Arena, followed
by a show
in Pittsburgh.
March 13, 1999: Keith Richards attends the heavyweight championship boxing
match between Evander Holyfield
and Lennox Lewis at Madison Square Garden in New York.
March 15-16, 1999: The Rolling
Stones play two concerts at Philadelphia's First Union Center.
March 20-23, 1999: The Rolling
Stones perform a concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, followed by two
at the Fleet
Center in Boston.
March 26-29, 1999: The Rolling
Stones play the United Center in Chicago, followed by a two concerts at
Hartford's
Civic Center.
April 1-3, 1999: The Rolling Stones
swing through Ohio and perform in Cleveland and Columbus.
| Keith Richards
(1999): Onstage workout
I never exercise. I would say that if you tried two and a half hours with the Stones three or four times a week with a guitar round your neck, that would do it for you. Just about. You sweat maybe a pound and a half every show. |
April 6-8, 1999: The Rolling Stones
head south and perform in Kansas City and Memphis.
April 10-12, 1999: The Rolling
Stones perform their first ever concert in Oklahoma City at the Myriad
Arena, then
make a return visit to Chicago's United Center.
April 16, 1999: The Rolling Stones
play the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
April 19-20, 1999: The Rolling
Stones end their 1999 No Security North American Tour with their two
rescheduled
concerts at the San Jose Arena in California.
May 17, 1999: In New York, Luciana Morad gives birth to Lucas Jagger, Mick
Jagger's second son and seventh child.
May 18-24, 1999: The Rolling Stones
gather together again and conduct tour rehearsals at Focus
Studios in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands for their upcoming return to Europe.
May 22, 1999: Mick Jagger takes a day off from the Rolling Stones' rehearsals
and flies to London, England, to
catch a cricket match. Ron Wood returns to Ireland to receive a prize from
the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders
Association.
May 26-27, 1999: The Rolling Stones'
rehearsals continue in Stuttgart, Germany.
May 29, 1999: The Rolling Stones
kick off their 1999 Bridges to Babylon/No Security European Tour
at
Cannstatter
Wasen in Stuttgart, Germany. The month-long tour, centered on the postponed
British
shows from
1998 but padded by additional concerts on the Continent, is made up of
stadium gigs
based on the
Bridges
to Babylon tour but with added elements from the recent
No Security
setlist/
staging reshuffle.
May 31-June 2, 1999: The Rolling
Stones perform their first ever concerts in Imst, Austria and
Groningen,
The Netherlands.
June 4-6, 1999: The Rolling Stones
perform their first British shows of the world tour in Edinburg,
Scotland and
Sheffield, England.
June 8, 1999: The Rolling Stones
perform a special, club-size concert at Shepherds Bush Empire in
London, performing
rare material such as Moon Is Up and Melody. The audience
includes among
others Pete
Townshend, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Sir Bob Geldof, Marianne Faithfull,
Dave
Stewart, Emma
Bunton of the Spice Girls, Aerosmith, Jon Bon Jovi, Elizabeth Hurley and
Lenny
Kravitz.
June 11-12, 1999: The Rolling
Stones perform their last ever concerts at Wembley Stadium in London.
June 15, 1999: The Rolling Stones
head to Spain and perform for the first time in Santiago de
Compostela.
June 18, 1999: The Rolling Stones
return to the Netherlands and perform in Landgraaf.
June 20, 1999: After nearly two
years, the Rolling Stones close their longest ever world tour performing
at Müngersdorfer
Stadium in Cologne, Germany. Theodora and Alexandra Richards do backup
vocals
on Sympathy
for the Devil, just as Leah Wood had sang backup during Keith's segment
on many gigs
throughout
1998. The Rolling Stones have toured in six calendar years of the decade,
compared to
three in the
1980s.
July 1999: Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall's divorce is finalized.
July 23, 1999: Keith Richards appears onstage with Willie Nelson at a concert
in Westport, Connecticut.
| Keith Richards
(2003): Getting back to Connecticut time
There's a certain period of adjustment required between the last show of a tour finishing and suddenly finding yourself back home, where there's no motorcycle escort and you still forget that the red lights mean Stop. Usually I don't go straight back home, but take off by myself or with the family, maybe to Jamaica for a month or so, where I can kick back. At the end of the Bridges to Babylon tour, for example, I made a conscious effort to be back at home, and instead of getting up at three or four in the afternoon, I'd get up at seven in the morning and drive the kids to school, readjusting my schedule. Family's family, and it's good just to be in the same time synch. When you're living at home, especially with three women, you'd better snap to. |
July 26, 1999: Mick Jagger throws a party for his birthday in the south
of France, attended by Ron Wood, Bono,
Elton John and Jonny Lang among others.
Late July-early August 1999: Mick Jagger holidays in Iceland.
August 11, 1999: Keith and Patti Richards attend the premiere of the film
Mickey
Blue Eyes in New York City.
August 14, 1999: Charlie Watts is in Poland purchasing horses.
August 18, 1999: Keith and Patti Richards attend the premiere of the Albert
Brooks movie The Muse in New York City.
September 1999: Mick Jagger starts work on his next solo album at his home
studio in France.
September 8, 1999: Keith Richards attends the tennis U.S. Open in New York.
September 14, 1999: Keith Richards performs with Sheryl Crow at a huge
concert in Central Park, New York.
September 27, 1999: Keith Richards attends a Tom Waits concert at the Beacon
Theatre in New York City.
October 14, 1999: Mick Jagger attends a party at Armani's in New York City
for D'Angelo.
| Keith Richards
(1999): Stones crossing the millennium
People reach creative peaks at different times and you never know when it's going to come again. Especially with a team, with a band. So, in a way, I suppose the quest is: Let's find out how long a rock & roll band can go. Nobody knows because the music's not been around for that long. There's a certain missionary sense that goes unspoken amongst us. |
October 19, 1999: Keith Richards shows up for the premiere of Martin Scorcese's
Bringing
Out the Dead in New York.
October 21, 1999: Mick Jagger attends a party for film director Billy Wilder
in Los Angeles.
November 1, 1999: Mick Jagger attends actress-singer Milla Jovovich's concert
at New York City's Arlene Grocery.
November 3, 1999: At the Q Awards at Park Lane Hotel in London,
England, Ron Wood presents an award and
Keith Richards receives one (the Special Merit award).
November 11, 1999: In Dublin, Ireland, Mick Jagger gives an award to Bono
at the MTV European Music Awards.
November 1999: Mick Jagger continues demo work on Goddess in the Doorway,
helped by Matt Clifford, at his
home in France.
November 16, 1999: Ron Wood joins Marianne Faithfull onstage at her concert
in Shepherds Bush Empire in London,
England.
November 19, 1999: Chosen by the BBC as the song of the Millennium, It's
Only Rock 'n Roll, re-recorded by various
artists for charity, including Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, starts airing
as a videoclip.
December 5, 1999: Ron Wood joins Jamiroquai onstage in London at Shepherds
Bush Empire on their cover of Miss
You.
December 6-8, 1999: Ron Wood performs in London studios for a BBC TV music
special, along with Van Morrison,
Jools Holland, Lonnie Donegan and others.