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The Evening Independent (FL)
September 5th 1981
The Telegraph (NH)
September 26th 1981
Leeuwarder Courant (The Netherlands)
September 26th 1981
Hamburger Abendblatt (Germany)
September 28th 1981
[yesterdayspapersoftherollingstones.blogspot.fr]
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photos taken on September 24, 1981, Philadelphia Journal
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I have to agree. Jagger doesn't look like a football player. Why he wore football pants? I think it's a question that was never asked.
I never read anything about those pants in any interview.
People have asked why Mick picked Philadelphia Eagles #21 John Sciarra's jersey. He didn't.
The football jersey wasn't part of the original outfit. A fan in Philadelphia through it up on stage on September 25, 1981,
the first official show of the tour. Jagger put on the jersey. I remember it. The guy who threw the football jersey to Mick
was very close to me in front of the stage.
1981 Michael Halsband photos
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Philly Psyched for Stones
By STEPHEN J. MORGAN | UPI | Sept. 23, 1981
PHILADELPHIA -- The Rolling Stones kick off their first U.S. tour in three years this week in the City of Brotherly Love and the police, concert promoter and 180,000 fans are doing their part to get ready.
All tickets for the outdoor shows Friday and Saturday at cavernous John F. Kennedy Stadium were bought within hours after going on sale several weeks ago. Each concert begins at 11 a.m., with gates opening at 7 a.m.
The Stones are expected to take the stage in mid-afternoon following performances by George Thorogood and Journey.
The appearance of a band with the Stone's drawing power places special logistical demands on the promoter, Electric Factory Concerts, and the police.
Both said Wednesday they anticipate little trouble from the 90,000 fans who will attend each performance, but precautions have been taken - 500 security guards and 150 ushers will be inside the stadium and about 120 police officers on the streets and in subways to direct traffic and control crowds.
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against bootleg peddlers of Stones and Journey T-shirts and memorabilia at the concerts. M. Kelly Tillery, an attorney for the bands, said the bootleggers were 'a multi-million dollar operation.'
The suit, similar to actions filed in Chicago and New York, names specific printers and organizations in the Delaware Valley as defendants. Tillery said suits are filed regularly before big concerts to stop bootleggers.
Police Inspector John McHugh of the Special Patrol Bureau said his biggest fear was not rowdiness, but traffic jams.
'The only one thing that's rather new to us with this Friday concert,' he said, 'is the fact that any large event prior to this was on a Saturday and Sunday when we weren't involved with normal traffic.'
Julie Hittner, spokeswoman for Electric Factory, said concerts at JFK offered a unique challenge because 'the stadium show is more than four times the capacity' of the Spectrum, where most major concerts in Philadelphia are staged.
'Then there's the catering for the band and building the stage,' she said. 'They have to get the stage up pretty quickly and it has to go down over the weekend.'
'They have the ability to bridge all of the generation gap,' said Alex DeMers, program director at Philadelphia rock station WIOQ-FM. 'They're referred to as the best rock and roll band in the world but a lot of people like to refer to them as the best bar band in the world.
'Mick Jagger is still sexy. Their music is still basic enough to have universal appeal.'
By STEPHEN J. MORGAN | UPI | Sept. 23, 1981
PHILADELPHIA -- The Rolling Stones kick off their first U.S. tour in three years this week in the City of Brotherly Love and the police, concert promoter and 180,000 fans are doing their part to get ready.
All tickets for the outdoor shows Friday and Saturday at cavernous John F. Kennedy Stadium were bought within hours after going on sale several weeks ago. Each concert begins at 11 a.m., with gates opening at 7 a.m.
The Stones are expected to take the stage in mid-afternoon following performances by George Thorogood and Journey.
The appearance of a band with the Stone's drawing power places special logistical demands on the promoter, Electric Factory Concerts, and the police.
Both said Wednesday they anticipate little trouble from the 90,000 fans who will attend each performance, but precautions have been taken - 500 security guards and 150 ushers will be inside the stadium and about 120 police officers on the streets and in subways to direct traffic and control crowds.
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against bootleg peddlers of Stones and Journey T-shirts and memorabilia at the concerts. M. Kelly Tillery, an attorney for the bands, said the bootleggers were 'a multi-million dollar operation.'
The suit, similar to actions filed in Chicago and New York, names specific printers and organizations in the Delaware Valley as defendants. Tillery said suits are filed regularly before big concerts to stop bootleggers.
Police Inspector John McHugh of the Special Patrol Bureau said his biggest fear was not rowdiness, but traffic jams.
'The only one thing that's rather new to us with this Friday concert,' he said, 'is the fact that any large event prior to this was on a Saturday and Sunday when we weren't involved with normal traffic.'
Julie Hittner, spokeswoman for Electric Factory, said concerts at JFK offered a unique challenge because 'the stadium show is more than four times the capacity' of the Spectrum, where most major concerts in Philadelphia are staged.
'Then there's the catering for the band and building the stage,' she said. 'They have to get the stage up pretty quickly and it has to go down over the weekend.'
'They have the ability to bridge all of the generation gap,' said Alex DeMers, program director at Philadelphia rock station WIOQ-FM. 'They're referred to as the best rock and roll band in the world but a lot of people like to refer to them as the best bar band in the world.
'Mick Jagger is still sexy. Their music is still basic enough to have universal appeal.'
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The Rolling Stones, headed for Philadelphia to kick off...
Sept. 24, 1981
UPI
WORCESTER, Mass. -- The Rolling Stones, headed for Philadelphia to kick off their first U.S. concert tour in three years, said they were disappointed at being unable to hold a concert in Boston.
Four of the Stones, including lead singer Mick Jagger, met with reporters about 15 minutes in a closed press conference at the Worcester Airport before jetting to Pennsylvania on a private plane.
There was little security at the airport -- apparently because few people knew the Stones would be there. Band members arrived at the airport in separate cars.
The British rock group has spent the last month secluded at Longview Farm in North Brookfield, practicing for the tour which begins Friday in Philadelphia.
They gave a spur-of-the-moment concert before a small, but appreciative, audience in Worcester earlier this month.
The musicians said they were sorry that plans to hold a pre-Philadelphia concert in Boston fell through because Mayor Kevin White was concerned about security at the downtown Orpheum Theater.
Asked his opinion of White, Jagger replied: 'I don't know him very well ... I read about him in the newspapers, but you can't believe what you read.'
White, during last week's unsuccessful wrangling to arrange a Boston concert for the group, was quoted several times as being 'a big fan' of the Stones.
The Stones' first concert, in Philadelphia Friday, was expected to draw 180,000 fans. All tickets for two outdoor shows Friday and Saturday at John F. Kennedy Stadium were bought within hours after going on sale several weeks ago.
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Sept. 24, 1981
UPI
WORCESTER, Mass. -- The Rolling Stones, headed for Philadelphia to kick off their first U.S. concert tour in three years, said they were disappointed at being unable to hold a concert in Boston.
Four of the Stones, including lead singer Mick Jagger, met with reporters about 15 minutes in a closed press conference at the Worcester Airport before jetting to Pennsylvania on a private plane.
There was little security at the airport -- apparently because few people knew the Stones would be there. Band members arrived at the airport in separate cars.
The British rock group has spent the last month secluded at Longview Farm in North Brookfield, practicing for the tour which begins Friday in Philadelphia.
They gave a spur-of-the-moment concert before a small, but appreciative, audience in Worcester earlier this month.
The musicians said they were sorry that plans to hold a pre-Philadelphia concert in Boston fell through because Mayor Kevin White was concerned about security at the downtown Orpheum Theater.
Asked his opinion of White, Jagger replied: 'I don't know him very well ... I read about him in the newspapers, but you can't believe what you read.'
White, during last week's unsuccessful wrangling to arrange a Boston concert for the group, was quoted several times as being 'a big fan' of the Stones.
The Stones' first concert, in Philadelphia Friday, was expected to draw 180,000 fans. All tickets for two outdoor shows Friday and Saturday at John F. Kennedy Stadium were bought within hours after going on sale several weeks ago.
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Rolling Stones give 'Satisfaction' to 90,000 fans
By LESLEY TAYLOR | Sept. 25, 1981
UPI
PHILADELPHIA -- A massive roar -- 90,000 voices strong - welcomed Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones to Philadelphia Friday for the start of their first U.S. tour in three years.
The young crowd, hungry for hard-driving rock and the free spirit of the 1960s, went wild as Jagger, suspended above them in a cherry picker, sang 'Jumpin' Jack Flash,' threw flowers, doused them with water and stripped to white knickers and sneakers.
Jagger, who started the performance wearing a yellow sweater, white pants and white sneakers, opened the concert with the song 'Under My Thumb,' one which has raised the hackles of feminists who picketed outside the jammed stadium.
Shortly after the song, a plane circled the John F. Kennedy stadium trailing a banner that said, 'Black and blue hurts women.'
The Britain rock group, considered by many to be the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band, responded to wild cheers at the end of the set by coming back to perform 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' as an encore while a volley of fireworks exploded.
Authorities said only a handful of people were drinking beer and smoking marijuana in the stadium. Security was tight with guards checking bags and coats as people entered the stadium.
Most fans were in their teens and early 20s. It appeared that the only middle-aged rockers on hand were the Stones themselves. Drummer Charlie Watts, at age 43, may have been the oldest person in the stadium.
'I've never seen kids so well-behaved,' said George Fowler, a volunteer at one of six Red Cross stations set up in the stadium.
Fowler said about 50 people were sent to hospitals because they felt ill due to excessive drinking combined with other medical problems. There were no drug-related medical problems during the center, he said.
Another 100 fans were treated for headaches and minor cuts.
Performing on a 200-foot-long purple and orange stage, the Stones played for slightly more than two hours, opening and closing with some of their most popular songs of the 1960s, including 'Let's Spend the Night Together' and 'Brown Sugar.'
In his last song, 'Street Fightin' Man,' a song the Stones seldom do in concert, Jagger drenched the crowd with a bucket of water, a trademark of his from the 60s.
For the encore, Jagger stripped off his yellow jacket and red sleeveless T-shirt and wore a cape made from the Union Jack and lined with the American flag.
The 90,000 fans generally were cooperative, but about 20 minutes before the Stones appeared -- nearly an hour late -- the restless crowd began to boo every announcement and record played. The last warm-up band had finished playing two hours before the main event began.
However, by the second song, 180,000 hands applauded in rhythm and everyone was on his feet.
Before the Stones appeared, a 20-foot high pink curtain with a pale blue mouth and tongue covering it was pulled across the stage. The mouth and tongue is Jagger's symbol taken from his nickname 'The Lips.'
Scalpers apparently had a tough time selling the $15 tickets to the show. One was trying to dump his for $5.
Thousands of people arrived outside the stadium in the early hours for a chance to be among the first admitted when gates opened at 7 a.m. Equipped with sleeping bags, radios, musical instruments and food, they took part in a vigil as much a part of big-time rock concerts as the music.
'I'm here to have a good time. I'm going to get up and dance,' said T.J. Johnson, 28, of Mount Holly, N.J., as he and his girlfriend, Sharon Herbert, sat in wheelchairs. Both were left paralyzed by a motorcycle accident several years ago.
Johnson called the Stones the 'founding fathers of rock 'n' roll. This is good, old-fashioned rock 'n' roll and there aren't many (such bands) left.'
Ms. Herbert, 20, who saw the Stones in 1978, said the group 'brings all the memories back from the '60s. Nobody else can do it the way they can.'
Candy Carver, 17, of suburban Yardley, Pa., said she arrived at 3 a.m. and partied the night away.
'The old groups are great,' said Ms. Carver, who wasn't even born when the Stones began playing together. 'They have the right kind of image.'
The main stage, which promoters called the largest ever built for a rock concert, was 50 feet high and 200 feet long. It was bedecked with purple and orange streamers and highly stylized 1950s representations of a racing car, an electric guitar, four LP-type records and an American flag.
Two television news helicopters hovered above and a number of planes towed advertisements across the sky above the crowds, which filled the bleachers and football field to capacity.
'They hired young security guards which is good,' said security guard Suzanne Femia. 'I'm not going to get upset by that guy over there throwing up on his shoes.'
When the Stones last played at JFK in 1978, Jagger performed with a 105 degree fever and the band quit after 45 minutes without coming back for an encore. The fans responded by tearing the stage apart.
Dr. Fred Goldstein, who was manning the main Red Cross station, said they had treated only 30 people with minor medical problems since the crowd arrived.
'We've had no real drug problems,' Goldstein said.
'This is a lot mellower than the last Stones concert,' Hampel said. 'We had drug oevrdoses then but we've seen no sign of drugs now.'
Paul Stevens, another security guard, said he heard of no drug-related arrests.
By LESLEY TAYLOR | Sept. 25, 1981
UPI
PHILADELPHIA -- A massive roar -- 90,000 voices strong - welcomed Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones to Philadelphia Friday for the start of their first U.S. tour in three years.
The young crowd, hungry for hard-driving rock and the free spirit of the 1960s, went wild as Jagger, suspended above them in a cherry picker, sang 'Jumpin' Jack Flash,' threw flowers, doused them with water and stripped to white knickers and sneakers.
Jagger, who started the performance wearing a yellow sweater, white pants and white sneakers, opened the concert with the song 'Under My Thumb,' one which has raised the hackles of feminists who picketed outside the jammed stadium.
Shortly after the song, a plane circled the John F. Kennedy stadium trailing a banner that said, 'Black and blue hurts women.'
The Britain rock group, considered by many to be the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band, responded to wild cheers at the end of the set by coming back to perform 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' as an encore while a volley of fireworks exploded.
Authorities said only a handful of people were drinking beer and smoking marijuana in the stadium. Security was tight with guards checking bags and coats as people entered the stadium.
Most fans were in their teens and early 20s. It appeared that the only middle-aged rockers on hand were the Stones themselves. Drummer Charlie Watts, at age 43, may have been the oldest person in the stadium.
'I've never seen kids so well-behaved,' said George Fowler, a volunteer at one of six Red Cross stations set up in the stadium.
Fowler said about 50 people were sent to hospitals because they felt ill due to excessive drinking combined with other medical problems. There were no drug-related medical problems during the center, he said.
Another 100 fans were treated for headaches and minor cuts.
Performing on a 200-foot-long purple and orange stage, the Stones played for slightly more than two hours, opening and closing with some of their most popular songs of the 1960s, including 'Let's Spend the Night Together' and 'Brown Sugar.'
In his last song, 'Street Fightin' Man,' a song the Stones seldom do in concert, Jagger drenched the crowd with a bucket of water, a trademark of his from the 60s.
For the encore, Jagger stripped off his yellow jacket and red sleeveless T-shirt and wore a cape made from the Union Jack and lined with the American flag.
The 90,000 fans generally were cooperative, but about 20 minutes before the Stones appeared -- nearly an hour late -- the restless crowd began to boo every announcement and record played. The last warm-up band had finished playing two hours before the main event began.
However, by the second song, 180,000 hands applauded in rhythm and everyone was on his feet.
Before the Stones appeared, a 20-foot high pink curtain with a pale blue mouth and tongue covering it was pulled across the stage. The mouth and tongue is Jagger's symbol taken from his nickname 'The Lips.'
Scalpers apparently had a tough time selling the $15 tickets to the show. One was trying to dump his for $5.
Thousands of people arrived outside the stadium in the early hours for a chance to be among the first admitted when gates opened at 7 a.m. Equipped with sleeping bags, radios, musical instruments and food, they took part in a vigil as much a part of big-time rock concerts as the music.
'I'm here to have a good time. I'm going to get up and dance,' said T.J. Johnson, 28, of Mount Holly, N.J., as he and his girlfriend, Sharon Herbert, sat in wheelchairs. Both were left paralyzed by a motorcycle accident several years ago.
Johnson called the Stones the 'founding fathers of rock 'n' roll. This is good, old-fashioned rock 'n' roll and there aren't many (such bands) left.'
Ms. Herbert, 20, who saw the Stones in 1978, said the group 'brings all the memories back from the '60s. Nobody else can do it the way they can.'
Candy Carver, 17, of suburban Yardley, Pa., said she arrived at 3 a.m. and partied the night away.
'The old groups are great,' said Ms. Carver, who wasn't even born when the Stones began playing together. 'They have the right kind of image.'
The main stage, which promoters called the largest ever built for a rock concert, was 50 feet high and 200 feet long. It was bedecked with purple and orange streamers and highly stylized 1950s representations of a racing car, an electric guitar, four LP-type records and an American flag.
Two television news helicopters hovered above and a number of planes towed advertisements across the sky above the crowds, which filled the bleachers and football field to capacity.
'They hired young security guards which is good,' said security guard Suzanne Femia. 'I'm not going to get upset by that guy over there throwing up on his shoes.'
When the Stones last played at JFK in 1978, Jagger performed with a 105 degree fever and the band quit after 45 minutes without coming back for an encore. The fans responded by tearing the stage apart.
Dr. Fred Goldstein, who was manning the main Red Cross station, said they had treated only 30 people with minor medical problems since the crowd arrived.
'We've had no real drug problems,' Goldstein said.
'This is a lot mellower than the last Stones concert,' Hampel said. 'We had drug oevrdoses then but we've seen no sign of drugs now.'
Paul Stevens, another security guard, said he heard of no drug-related arrests.
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World News Summary
Sept. 25, 1981
PHILADELPHIA -- Thousands of rock 'n' roll fans equipped with sleeping bags, radios and food kept an
all-night vigil outside John F. Kennedy Stadium for today's opening of the Rolling Stones' first U.S. concert tour in three years.
Police said the first 15 fans gathered at 4 p.m. Thursday -- nearly 24 hours before the Stones concert -- and by midnight,
more than 4,000 concertgoers were camped outside the cavernous stadium. No disturbances or arrests were reported, but extra
police cruisers and footmen were sent to the site for the night.
Sept. 25, 1981
PHILADELPHIA -- Thousands of rock 'n' roll fans equipped with sleeping bags, radios and food kept an
all-night vigil outside John F. Kennedy Stadium for today's opening of the Rolling Stones' first U.S. concert tour in three years.
Police said the first 15 fans gathered at 4 p.m. Thursday -- nearly 24 hours before the Stones concert -- and by midnight,
more than 4,000 concertgoers were camped outside the cavernous stadium. No disturbances or arrests were reported, but extra
police cruisers and footmen were sent to the site for the night.
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Delirious fans mob first concert of Stones U.S. tour
By LESLEY TAYLOR | Sept. 26, 1981
PHILADELPHIA -- The Rolling Stones opened their first U.S. tour in three years to the thunderous welcome of 90,000 rock 'n' rollers who cheered wildly as Mick Jagger swung above the crowd in a yellow cherry picker, threw flowers and drenched fans with buckets of water - his 1960s trademark.
As soon as the concert ended Friday, the first of another 90,000 fans expected to fill John F. Kennedy stadium for today's show began massing. By dawn, the second-day throng had swelled to more than 7,000 people.
Police, who reported two drug arrests since midnight, said the crowd was remarkably orderly.
On Friday, police poured buckets of water on fans crowding around the bottom of the 200-foot-long stage to clear the area so people could reach water fountains located near the 50-foot-high stage, decked in purple-and-orange trim.
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The Rolling Stones stomped and shouted through their second...
By MARY ELLEN HASKETT | Sept. 26, 1981
PHILADELPHIA -- The Rolling Stones stomped and shouted through their second U.S. concert in three years Saturday, and 90,000 fans screamed their devotion as Mick Jagger showered flowers on them from the lofty heights of a cherry picker at the close the show.
The Stones performed for two hours at John F. Kennedy Stadium, giving a repeat performance of their Friday opening of a 30-city U.S. tour.
Jagger, wearing orange slacks and shirt, a yellow quilted jacket and white shoes, opened the show with 'Under My Thumb.' The song's violent lyrics has drawn the protests of feminist groups, who hired a plane to fly a banner over the stadium declaring 'Black and Blue Hurts Women.'
The 25 songs performed by the Stones were a mixture of 1960s classics such as 'Brown Sugar,' 'Honky Tonk Woman,' and 'Jumpin' Jack Flash,' and numbers from the group's latest album including 'Start Me Up,' 'Hang Fire,' and 'Black Limousine.'
Red Cross officials said about 250 people were treated for minor medical problems, mostly caused by over drinking.
Philadelphia police said 29 arrests were made at the stadium Saturday -- a 'very small' number for the size of the crowd. Twenty-three of the arrests were for drug-related offenses; the other six for disorderly conduct, assault or attempted theft.
Security guards, fearful the 90,000 fans would crowd too close to the stage, sprayed hundreds with water hoses, but the audience jammed into the sun-drenched stadium with temperatures in the mid-80s reached for the cooling water with outstretched arms.
Jagger pranced across the stage, stopping often to throw frisbees that littered the floor back to the audience. Midway through the concert, he doffed his shirt, sang bare-chested for several numbers, then came back on stage wearing a green Philadelphia Eagles jersey.
During 'Jumpin' Jack Flash,' which closed the concert, Jagger climbed onto a cherry picker that hovered over the crowd while the singer threw red and white flowers. Returning to the stage, he tossed buckets of water at his audience -- a traditional Jagger trademark.
For 'Street Fightin' Man' -- the sole encore number -- Jagger wore an American flag cape lined with the Union Jack.
The flamboyant singer was driven away as red and white fireworks popped in the air above the darkening stadium.
The stage, at 50 feet high and 200 feet wide, has been called 'the largest concert stage ever' by tour organizers. It will be used throughout the Stones' U.S. tour.
Highly stylized 1950s representations of a red race car and a red guitar flanked one side, with a bizarre pink and blue U.S. flag and record discs on the other, jumped out from a purple background. The stage platform and a ramp were pink with pale blue highlights.
Fans with tickets for Saturday's concert began arriving at the stadium before Friday's performance had ended, and the crowd eager to get good seats had swelled to 7,000 by dawn.
Don Stryker, 24, of Horsham, Pa., was camped in the parking lot with a keg of beer, a grill and hamburgers. He planned to boycott the concert, but stay close enough to hear the music.
'The Stones are longevity,' said Stryker. 'They're an excellent group, but the price of the tickets is too high.'
Tickets went for $17 each, although some desperate scalpers loaded with tickets were dropping prices as low as $5 before the concert.
UPI
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By LESLEY TAYLOR | Sept. 26, 1981
PHILADELPHIA -- The Rolling Stones opened their first U.S. tour in three years to the thunderous welcome of 90,000 rock 'n' rollers who cheered wildly as Mick Jagger swung above the crowd in a yellow cherry picker, threw flowers and drenched fans with buckets of water - his 1960s trademark.
As soon as the concert ended Friday, the first of another 90,000 fans expected to fill John F. Kennedy stadium for today's show began massing. By dawn, the second-day throng had swelled to more than 7,000 people.
Police, who reported two drug arrests since midnight, said the crowd was remarkably orderly.
On Friday, police poured buckets of water on fans crowding around the bottom of the 200-foot-long stage to clear the area so people could reach water fountains located near the 50-foot-high stage, decked in purple-and-orange trim.
+++++++++++++++++++++
The Rolling Stones stomped and shouted through their second...
By MARY ELLEN HASKETT | Sept. 26, 1981
PHILADELPHIA -- The Rolling Stones stomped and shouted through their second U.S. concert in three years Saturday, and 90,000 fans screamed their devotion as Mick Jagger showered flowers on them from the lofty heights of a cherry picker at the close the show.
The Stones performed for two hours at John F. Kennedy Stadium, giving a repeat performance of their Friday opening of a 30-city U.S. tour.
Jagger, wearing orange slacks and shirt, a yellow quilted jacket and white shoes, opened the show with 'Under My Thumb.' The song's violent lyrics has drawn the protests of feminist groups, who hired a plane to fly a banner over the stadium declaring 'Black and Blue Hurts Women.'
The 25 songs performed by the Stones were a mixture of 1960s classics such as 'Brown Sugar,' 'Honky Tonk Woman,' and 'Jumpin' Jack Flash,' and numbers from the group's latest album including 'Start Me Up,' 'Hang Fire,' and 'Black Limousine.'
Red Cross officials said about 250 people were treated for minor medical problems, mostly caused by over drinking.
Philadelphia police said 29 arrests were made at the stadium Saturday -- a 'very small' number for the size of the crowd. Twenty-three of the arrests were for drug-related offenses; the other six for disorderly conduct, assault or attempted theft.
Security guards, fearful the 90,000 fans would crowd too close to the stage, sprayed hundreds with water hoses, but the audience jammed into the sun-drenched stadium with temperatures in the mid-80s reached for the cooling water with outstretched arms.
Jagger pranced across the stage, stopping often to throw frisbees that littered the floor back to the audience. Midway through the concert, he doffed his shirt, sang bare-chested for several numbers, then came back on stage wearing a green Philadelphia Eagles jersey.
During 'Jumpin' Jack Flash,' which closed the concert, Jagger climbed onto a cherry picker that hovered over the crowd while the singer threw red and white flowers. Returning to the stage, he tossed buckets of water at his audience -- a traditional Jagger trademark.
For 'Street Fightin' Man' -- the sole encore number -- Jagger wore an American flag cape lined with the Union Jack.
The flamboyant singer was driven away as red and white fireworks popped in the air above the darkening stadium.
The stage, at 50 feet high and 200 feet wide, has been called 'the largest concert stage ever' by tour organizers. It will be used throughout the Stones' U.S. tour.
Highly stylized 1950s representations of a red race car and a red guitar flanked one side, with a bizarre pink and blue U.S. flag and record discs on the other, jumped out from a purple background. The stage platform and a ramp were pink with pale blue highlights.
Fans with tickets for Saturday's concert began arriving at the stadium before Friday's performance had ended, and the crowd eager to get good seats had swelled to 7,000 by dawn.
Don Stryker, 24, of Horsham, Pa., was camped in the parking lot with a keg of beer, a grill and hamburgers. He planned to boycott the concert, but stay close enough to hear the music.
'The Stones are longevity,' said Stryker. 'They're an excellent group, but the price of the tickets is too high.'
Tickets went for $17 each, although some desperate scalpers loaded with tickets were dropping prices as low as $5 before the concert.
UPI
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The Rolling Stones in concert at Philadelphia. PA USA
September 25, 1981. AP Photos Bill Ingraham
The Rolling Stones in concert at Philadelphia. PA USA
September 25, 1981. AP Photos Bill Ingraham
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PHILADELPHIA
Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones in concert at John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia. PA., on September 26, 1981. (above photos by Clem Murray)
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Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on
stage on the first date of their 1981 US tour
at John F Kennedy Stadium, Philladelphia,
25th September 1981.
photo by Michael Putland
The Evening Independent (FL)
September 5th 1981
The Telegraph (NH)
September 26th 1981
Leeuwarder Courant (The Netherlands)
September 26th 1981
Hamburger Abendblatt (Germany)
September 28th 1981
[yesterdayspapersoftherollingstones.blogspot.fr]
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Stones Arrive in Philadelphia!
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Date: June 10, 2017 19:16
photos taken on September 24, 1981, Philadelphia Journal
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Date: June 12, 2017 19:02
PHILADELPHIA
September 25, 1981 Philadelphia Journal
September 25, 1981 Philadelphia Journal
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Date: June 13, 2017 10:19
I do wonder what it was that convinced Jagger do take on that look for the 81 tour. He had to say at one point "I will go out looking like a Football player". It's kind of an odd direction. Not necessarily bad.
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Date: June 14, 2017 18:50
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Palace Revolution 2000
It's kind of an odd direction. Not necessarily bad.
I have to agree. Jagger doesn't look like a football player. Why he wore football pants? I think it's a question that was never asked.
I never read anything about those pants in any interview.
People have asked why Mick picked Philadelphia Eagles #21 John Sciarra's jersey. He didn't.
The football jersey wasn't part of the original outfit. A fan in Philadelphia through it up on stage on September 25, 1981,
the first official show of the tour. Jagger put on the jersey. I remember it. The guy who threw the football jersey to Mick
was very close to me in front of the stage.
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Date: June 18, 2017 18:21
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photo by Philip Kamin
Originally Posted by: Rockman
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photo by Philip Kamin
Originally Posted by: Rockman
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Date: June 22, 2017 18:52
PHILADELPHIA
Mitchel Levy 09/25/1981
Mitchel Levy 09/25/1981
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Date: June 22, 2017 18:55
It’s funny thinking about the Rolling Stones sticking to a schedule – especially in the darkest days of the ’70s when Keith Richards was at his most strung out. And yet, the Stones always toured North America every three years. Starting with 1966, then ’69, ’72, ’75, ’78… it was like clockwork.
But a 1981 tour met with some resistance from Mick Jagger. Although a newly clean (if not sober) Richards was raring to go on the road in 1980 to promote Emotional Rescue, the frontman had thwarted any notion of a tour that year. Keef got his way in ’81, but he had to personally guarantee (and insure) that Ronnie Wood would not upset the band’s plans. Woody was freebasing cocaine at the time, and some of the band members were worried it could derail the tour.
“Anything to get the Stones on the road,” Richards recalled in his memoir, Life. “I figured I could handle him.”
In ’80, the Stones had an album, but no tour. A year later, it was the other way around. With Richards and Jagger not getting along creatively at the moment, and precious little time, the “new” album Tattoo You was cobbled together from scraps of leftovers, then given some needed structure and a quick polish. When released in August, it ended up delivering one of the Stones’ biggest hits in “Start Me Up.”
Amidst the album’s release, the Stones started practicing for the fall tour, which Jagger formally announced at a Philadelphia press conference. Following a small, warm-up gig in Worcester, Mass., the band launched its 1981 American Tour with two shows at Philly’s JFK Stadium on Sept. 25 and 26, 1981.
Although most of the songs were familiar and the Stones’ lineup – Jagger, Richards, Wood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts – remained intact, this tour displayed a new evolution for the band. Gone were the dark and dangerous days of ’70s, replaced by the bright colors and arena spectacle of the ’80s. When Philly fans arrived to the concert, they were greeted by a stage flanked by giant cartoon drawings. Goodbye “Memory Motel,” hello Romper Room.
“We worked with a Japanese designer, Kazuhide Yamazari [on the stage set],” Jagger recalled in 2003. “Those were daytime tours; there were no night-time shows… So we had the bright, bright primary colors, which were designed by Kazuhide and we had these enormous images of a guitar, a car and a record – an Americana idea – which worked very well for the afternoon shows.”
Watch a Report About the Rolling Stones’ Philadelphia Concerts
The concerts also featured Jagger in a cherry picker tossing out flowers during “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and a massive balloon launch. As for the music, fans remain divided over the merits of the Stones’ ’81 sound. Some see this era of the band as a wiry outfit’s last gasp, before big horn sections and a row of background singers joined up. But others disliked the Stones’ “thin” sound and Jagger’s “barking” delivery of the band’s classic tunes.
Either way, the group’s opening shows didn’t earn high marks from critics or even the band members themselves. Writing for Rolling Stone, Kurt Loder described a couple of messy concerts with bad sound (which was marginally improved for the second gig) that annoyed the Stones. He also noticed that the fans didn’t seem to mind. Once the tour was over, Jagger confessed the difficulties the band had at the tour’s start.
“I was a bit nervous at first because we went straight from doing one club gig to Philadelphia, which is in front of all those people. Yeah, I was a little nervous until I got on the stage and realized that although it was a little sloppy we got away with it,” Mick said in 1982. “It took us a few gigs to get with it – like… five, which were all huge gigs.”
Almost all of the ’81 shows were huge, played in domes, arenas and stadiums, with the exception of a lone stop at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. As a live entity, the Stones were getting bigger, playing to more people in larger spaces. 180,000 people saw the first two Philadelphia shows, about 3 million attended the 50-date tour, which set multiple records for event attendance.
The Stones also made more money this time around. Rolling Stone reported the band’s gross income from the ’81 tour to be in the neighborhood of $50 million. Much of that came from tickets and merchandise, but a $1 million-plus sponsorship from Jovan Musk also helped. The perfume manufacturer paid to put the company name on Stones tickets in the first major tour sponsorship in rock ’n’ roll history. Former London School of Economics student Jagger oversaw every financial detail.
The Stones made even more coin on recordings from the tour, including a pay-per-view broadcast on Dec. 18, the 1982 live album Still Life and a Hal Ashby-directed concert film, Let’s Spend the Night Together. After the ’81 trek ended on Dec. 19 in Hampton, Va, the Stones took the show to Europe in ’82.
But mounting friction between the Glimmer Twins would prevent the band from sticking to its “every three years” U.S. touring schedule. Although the Stones would release more albums in the ’80s, they wouldn’t tour again until 1989, in support of Steel Wheels.
Read More: 35 Years Ago: The Rolling Stones Start 'Tattoo You' Tour | [ultimateclassicrock.com]
But a 1981 tour met with some resistance from Mick Jagger. Although a newly clean (if not sober) Richards was raring to go on the road in 1980 to promote Emotional Rescue, the frontman had thwarted any notion of a tour that year. Keef got his way in ’81, but he had to personally guarantee (and insure) that Ronnie Wood would not upset the band’s plans. Woody was freebasing cocaine at the time, and some of the band members were worried it could derail the tour.
“Anything to get the Stones on the road,” Richards recalled in his memoir, Life. “I figured I could handle him.”
In ’80, the Stones had an album, but no tour. A year later, it was the other way around. With Richards and Jagger not getting along creatively at the moment, and precious little time, the “new” album Tattoo You was cobbled together from scraps of leftovers, then given some needed structure and a quick polish. When released in August, it ended up delivering one of the Stones’ biggest hits in “Start Me Up.”
Amidst the album’s release, the Stones started practicing for the fall tour, which Jagger formally announced at a Philadelphia press conference. Following a small, warm-up gig in Worcester, Mass., the band launched its 1981 American Tour with two shows at Philly’s JFK Stadium on Sept. 25 and 26, 1981.
Although most of the songs were familiar and the Stones’ lineup – Jagger, Richards, Wood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts – remained intact, this tour displayed a new evolution for the band. Gone were the dark and dangerous days of ’70s, replaced by the bright colors and arena spectacle of the ’80s. When Philly fans arrived to the concert, they were greeted by a stage flanked by giant cartoon drawings. Goodbye “Memory Motel,” hello Romper Room.
“We worked with a Japanese designer, Kazuhide Yamazari [on the stage set],” Jagger recalled in 2003. “Those were daytime tours; there were no night-time shows… So we had the bright, bright primary colors, which were designed by Kazuhide and we had these enormous images of a guitar, a car and a record – an Americana idea – which worked very well for the afternoon shows.”
Watch a Report About the Rolling Stones’ Philadelphia Concerts
The concerts also featured Jagger in a cherry picker tossing out flowers during “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and a massive balloon launch. As for the music, fans remain divided over the merits of the Stones’ ’81 sound. Some see this era of the band as a wiry outfit’s last gasp, before big horn sections and a row of background singers joined up. But others disliked the Stones’ “thin” sound and Jagger’s “barking” delivery of the band’s classic tunes.
Either way, the group’s opening shows didn’t earn high marks from critics or even the band members themselves. Writing for Rolling Stone, Kurt Loder described a couple of messy concerts with bad sound (which was marginally improved for the second gig) that annoyed the Stones. He also noticed that the fans didn’t seem to mind. Once the tour was over, Jagger confessed the difficulties the band had at the tour’s start.
“I was a bit nervous at first because we went straight from doing one club gig to Philadelphia, which is in front of all those people. Yeah, I was a little nervous until I got on the stage and realized that although it was a little sloppy we got away with it,” Mick said in 1982. “It took us a few gigs to get with it – like… five, which were all huge gigs.”
Almost all of the ’81 shows were huge, played in domes, arenas and stadiums, with the exception of a lone stop at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. As a live entity, the Stones were getting bigger, playing to more people in larger spaces. 180,000 people saw the first two Philadelphia shows, about 3 million attended the 50-date tour, which set multiple records for event attendance.
The Stones also made more money this time around. Rolling Stone reported the band’s gross income from the ’81 tour to be in the neighborhood of $50 million. Much of that came from tickets and merchandise, but a $1 million-plus sponsorship from Jovan Musk also helped. The perfume manufacturer paid to put the company name on Stones tickets in the first major tour sponsorship in rock ’n’ roll history. Former London School of Economics student Jagger oversaw every financial detail.
The Stones made even more coin on recordings from the tour, including a pay-per-view broadcast on Dec. 18, the 1982 live album Still Life and a Hal Ashby-directed concert film, Let’s Spend the Night Together. After the ’81 trek ended on Dec. 19 in Hampton, Va, the Stones took the show to Europe in ’82.
But mounting friction between the Glimmer Twins would prevent the band from sticking to its “every three years” U.S. touring schedule. Although the Stones would release more albums in the ’80s, they wouldn’t tour again until 1989, in support of Steel Wheels.
Read More: 35 Years Ago: The Rolling Stones Start 'Tattoo You' Tour | [ultimateclassicrock.com]
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Date: June 23, 2017 18:24
North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Keith Richards enjoys a swig of Jack Daniels Tennessee whiskey during rehearsals for the 1981 US Tour.
6th September, 1981 photo by Bill Wyman
The Master Tape labeled artist Keith Richards and the songs he sang/takes etc.
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Keith Richards enjoys a swig of Jack Daniels Tennessee whiskey during rehearsals for the 1981 US Tour.
6th September, 1981 photo by Bill Wyman
The Master Tape labeled artist Keith Richards and the songs he sang/takes etc.
[garyrocks.wordpress.com]
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Date: June 25, 2017 05:30
1981 Michael Halsband photos
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Date: June 25, 2017 10:01
Love the thread - but this page 42 just won't give up.
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Date: June 26, 2017 20:09
This has evolved into a Philly 81 thread. Let's move on to Buffalo!
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