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And I wish I'd been out in California
When the lights on all the Christmas trees went out
- Winter

 


San Diego        Balboa Park Bowl                                            Nov. 1, 1964
                        Community Concourse                                    May 17, 1965
                        Community Concourse                                    Dec. 5, 1965
                        Sports Arena                                                    Nov. 10, 1969
                        International Sports Arena                              June 13, 1972
                        Jack Murphy Stadium                                      Oct. 7, 1981

[San Diego, October 7, 1981.]  The Stones were anything but weary on their western swing. By all accounts the most professional and calmest of the band's career, the tour has also produced some of the best music the Stones have played onstage in some time - fiery, 2-hour sets that belied early tour reports of shaky performances...
- Steve Pond, Rolling Stone magazine, 1981

                                                Jack Murphy Stadium                              Oct. 17, 1994
                                                Qualcomm Stadium                                  Feb. 3, 1998
                                                Sports Arena                                             Nov. 14, 2002
                                                Petco Park                                                Nov. 11, 2005
 

...San Bernardino
Won't you get hip to this kindly tip
And go take that California trip?
- Route 66


 San Bernardino                      Swing Auditorium                                      June 5, 1964

[San Bernardino, June 5, 1964.]  Actually (our first ever American) gig was in San Bernardino. It was a straight gas, man. They all knew the songs and they were all bopping. It was like being back home. Ah, love these Americans and Route 66 mentioned San Bernardino, so everybody was into it.
- Keith Richards

                                                Swing Auditorium                                     Oct. 31, 1964
                                                Swing Auditorium                                     May 15, 1965

Anaheim (near Los Angeles)          Anaheim Stadium                                      July 23, 1978
                                                Anaheim Stadium                                     July 24, 1978

  USA, 1978

                                                Arrowhead Pond                                       Feb. 9, 1999
                                                Arrowhead Pond                                       Feb. 11, 1999
                                                Edison International Field                         Nov. 2, 2002
                                                Angel Stadium of Anaheim                        Nov. 4, 2005

Long Beach                              Civic Auditorium                                       Nov. 1, 1964
                                                Civic Auditorium                                       May 16, 1965

[Long Beach, May 16, 1965.]  We tried to get out through a narrow passage. But the kids roared down on us. Without exaggeration there must have been a hundred piled on top of the car and we could hear the roof creaking and cracking. Inside, panicking like mad, we stood up and tried to hold up the roof. But the kids were everywhere. Outside, trying to force the doorhandles, trying to smash in the windows. We couldn't get moving, otherwise someone would have been killed. It was definitely the most frightening thing of my whole life.
- Keith Richards, commenting on fans jumping
on the band's limousine after the concert

                                                 Pacific Terrace Center                              June 10, 1972

Pasadena (near Los Angeles)        Rose Bowl                                                  Oct. 19, 1994
                                                 Rose Bowl                                                  Oct. 21, 1994
 

I know you're moving out to Hollywood
With your can of tasty foam
- Star Star


 Los Angeles                             Sports Arena                                              Dec. 5, 1965
                                                 Hollywood Bowl                                        July 25, 1966
                                                 Forum                                                        Nov. 8, 1969

[L.A., November 8, 1969.]  Street Fighting Man was the last song. I'll kill the king and rail at all his servants, Mick sang, he and Keith facing Charlie, giving him the boogaloo beat, Charlie pounding it out, the whole place vibrating, Mick running around the stage throwing from a basket rose petals...
- Stanley Booth, The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones

                                                Forum                                                         Nov. 20, 1969
                                                Hollywood Palladium                                 June 9, 1972
                                                Forum                                                         June 11, 1972

  Forum, Los Angeles, California, June 11, 1972

                                                Forum                                                        Jan. 18, 1973
                                                Forum                                                        July 9, 1975
                                                Forum                                                        July 10, 1975
                                                Forum                                                        July 11, 1975
                                                Forum                                                        July 12, 1975
                                                Forum                                                        July 13, 1975
                                                The Coliseum                                             Oct. 9, 1981
                                                The Coliseum                                             Oct. 11, 1981


The Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, October 1981

[L.A., October 9-11, 1981.]  Prince has to find out what it means to be a prince. That's the trouble with conferring a title on yourself before you've proved it. That was his attitude when he opened for us on the tour, and it was insulting to our audience. You don't try to knock off the headline like that when you're playing a Stones crowd. You'd be much better off just being yourself and protecting that. He's a prince who thinks he's a king already. Good luck to him.
- Keith Richards, 1983, commenting on Prince getting
booed after opening for the Stones in L.A.

                                                The Coliseum                                            Oct. 18, 1989
                                                The Coliseum                                            Oct. 19, 1989
                                                The Coliseum                                            Oct. 21, 1989
                                                The Coliseum                                            Oct. 22, 1989
                                                Dodger Stadium                                        Nov. 9, 1997

(I)t's always slightly more difficult to perform in Los Angeles and New York because the first night there the audience behaves as if it's the first night of the tour, whether it is or not. Each place has its own personality. Small towns get more swept up in the whole event than say a big town like Los Angeles.
- Mick Jagger, 1997

                                                               Staples Center, Los Angeles, October 31, 2002

                                          Dodger Stadium                                    Nov. 10, 1997
                                          Staples Center                                       Oct. 31, 2002
                                          Wiltern Theater                                     Nov. 4, 2002
                                          Staples Center                                       Feb. 6, 2003
                                          Hollywood Bowl                                    Nov. 6, 2005
                                          Hollywood Bowl                                    Nov. 8, 2005
                                          Forum                                                   Mar. 6, 2006
                                          Dodger Stadium                                    Nov. 22, 2006

Santa Monica                     Civic Auditorium                                  Oct. 28, 1964
                                          Civic Auditorium                                  Oct. 29, 1964
 

I was driving home early Sunday morning through Bakersfield...
- Far Away Eyes


 Bakersfield                        Civic Auditorium                                   July 24, 1966
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Northern California
 


 
 

Fresno                                      Convention Hall                                    May 22, 1965
                                                 Save Mart Center                                 Nov. 20, 2005
 
 
 

From San José down to Santa Fe
Kiss me quick, baby, won't you make my day?
- Rip This Joint


 San José                                  Civic Auditorium                                   May 21, 1965
                                                 Municipal Auditorium                            Dec. 4, 1965
                                                 San José Arena                                      Apr. 19, 1999
                                                 San José Arena                                      Apr. 20, 1999

San José Arena, San José, California, April 1999

                                                 HP Pavilion                                           Feb. 4, 2003

San Francisco                          New Civic Auditorium                            May 14, 1965
                                                Cow Palace                                            July 26, 1966
                                                Winterland Arena                                   June 6, 1972
                                                Winterland Arena                                   June 8, 1972
                                                Cow Palace                                            July 15, 1975
                                                Cow Palace                                            July 16, 1975
                                                Candlestick Park                                    Oct. 17, 1981
                                                Candlestick Park                                    Oct. 18, 1981
                                                Pac Bell Park                                          Nov. 8, 2002
                                                Pac Bell Park                                          Nov. 9, 2002
                                                SBC Park                                                Nov. 13, 2005
                                                SBC Park                                                Nov. 15, 2005

Livermore (near San Francisco)     Altamont Speedway                                 Dec. 6, 1969


 
 
 
 
 

Altamont Speedway, Livermore,  California, December 6, 1969

[Livermore, December 6, 1969.]  I didn't see any killings. If I see any killing going on, I shout Murder... Altamont, it could only happen to the Stones, man. Let's face it. It wouldn't happen to the Bee Gees...
- Keith Richards, 1971

Oakland                                   Coliseum                                                 Nov. 9, 1969
                                                Coliseum                                                 July 26, 1978
                                                Alameda County Stadium                       Nov. 4, 1989
                                                Alameda County Stadium                       Nov. 5, 1989
                                                Alameda County Stadium                       Oct. 26, 1994
                                                Alameda County Stadium                       Oct. 28, 1994
                                                Alameda County Stadium                       Oct. 29, 1994
                                                Alameda County Stadium                       Oct. 31, 1994

I don't need to dress up. Halloween's every night of my life.
- Keith Richards, onstage in Oakland, October 31, 1994

                                                Oakland Stadium                                    Nov. 14, 1997
                                                Oakland Stadium                                    Nov. 15, 1997
                                                Oakland Stadium                                    Nov. 18, 1997
                                                Oakland Stadium                                    Nov. 19, 1997

One of the stops on the tour so far in (Oakland), we did 4 shows with Pearl Jam and I enjoyed each show. It always threatened to rain every night but in the end, it never did and moonlight rained instead.
- Mick Jagger, 1997

                                                Oakland Arena                                         Jan. 25, 1999


 
 
 
 
 
 

Oakland Arena, Oakland, California, January 25, 1999
 

                                                Oakland Arena                                         Nov. 12, 2002
                                                McAfee Coliseum                                     Nov. 6, 2006

Sacramento                              Memorial Auditorium                               Oct. 26, 1964
                                                Municipal Auditorium                               May 22, 1965
                                                Memorial Auditorium                               Dec. 3, 1965
                                                Memorial Auditorium                               July 22, 1966
                                                ARCO Arena                                             Jan. 27, 1999
                                                ARCO Arena                                             Feb. 6, 1999
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oregon
 


Portland                  Memorial Coliseum                                                  July 21, 1966
                               Rose Garden                                                             Jan. 30, 1998
                               Rose Garden                                                             Jan. 31, 1998
                               Rose Garden                                                             Nov. 1, 2005
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Idaho
 

   Boise                                        Idaho Center                                      Nov. 14, 2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Washington
 


Tacoma                                    Tacoma Dome                                          Nov. 6, 2002

Seattle                                     Coliseum                                                    Dec. 2, 1965
                                                Coliseum                                                   July 20, 1966
                                                Coliseum                                                   June 4, 1972

[Seattle, June 4, 1972.]  I nearly saw Mick and Keith have a fight in a seafood restaurant in Seattle. Keith was really pissed off 'cause Jagger had thrown this beautiful leather jacket into the audience at the end of the gig. At the dinner table they were yelling across at each other. After that I don't think Keith lent Mick anything to wear onstage.
- Mick Taylor

                                                Coliseum                                                    July 18, 1975
                                                Kingdome                                                   Oct. 14, 1981
                                                Kingdome                                                   Oct. 15, 1981
                                                Kingdome                                                   Dec. 15, 1994
                                                Kingdome                                                   Nov. 28, 1997
                                                Key Arena                                                  Oct. 30, 2005
                                                Qwest Field                                                Oct. 17, 2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Southern Hawaii
 


 
 
 
 

Hawaii Island                                 The Pepsi Tent                                                 Jan. 21, 1998
 

(M)y family, Jo, Leah, and Tyrone loved (Hawaii) so much they want me to buy a house there. I am considering it.
- Ron Wood, 1998

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Northern Hawaii
 


Honolulu                                International Sports Center                                July 28, 1966
                                             Honolulu International Center                            Jan. 21, 1973
                                             Honolulu International Center                            Jan. 22, 1973
                                             Aloha Stadium                                                     Jan. 23, 1998
                                             Aloha Stadium                                                     Jan. 24, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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