I spent some time trying to find out how many gigs the Stones have played since 62. I found 1963 until Nice 8. aug.
Her is my list of countrys they hav played.(got the citys to)

Argentina 14, Australia 64, Austria 14,
Belgium 11, Brazi 11,
Canada 158, China 3, Czech Republic 4,
Denmark 19, Estonia 1,
Finland 5, France 38,
Germany 107, Greece 2, Holland 38,
Hungary 1, India 2,
Ireland 9, Italy 18, Japan 36,
Jugoslavia 3,
Luxembourg 1,
Mexico 8,
New Zealand 17, Norway 6,
Poland 3, Portugal 2, Puerto Rico 1,
Russia 1,
Singapore 4,
South Africa 2, Spain 16, Sweden 29, Switzerland 12,
Turkey 1,
UK (815 ..512 of them before the first international tour).
USA 589,

Thanks to Rocksoff and Iorr + some books.
Does anybody know exactly?

In Portugal they played 3 shows:
1990
1995
2003

yeah germany is stones land #4

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I'd say counted population-wise:
UK is no 1
Canada 2
Sweden 3
US 4... ?
(not counting such phenomenon as "Luxenburg 1 gig")

Stein, you are doing a life-sized work! It is fascinating to observe the number of gigs. No musician in the world has made more concerts than the Stones.
I guess Bill Wyman may know the exact figure of gigs. He is a great historian too.

What about Netherlands, they played here at least a dozen times

Techincally they have only played 1 show in China, the show in Shanghai this year. Hong Kong is not actually a part of China until 2047, as it's currently an administrative region. It's similar in a way to not considering the Puerto Rico show a U.S. show, even though it was held in a U.S. territory.



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Georges Wrote:
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> Stein, you are doing a life-sized work! It is
> fascinating to observe the number of gigs. No
> musician in the world has made more concerts than
> the Stones.
> I guess Bill Wyman may know the exact figure of
> gigs. He is a great historian too.

Many musicians have played more concerts than the Rolling Stones, amongst them B.B. King and Bob Dylan.

Techincally the Stones played 37 and a 1/2, the first show in '64 only lasted 1/2 the concert.

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the show next week in El Ejido, Spain will be the Stones' 2000th concert



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Georges Wrote:
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> Stein, you are doing a life-sized work! It is
> fascinating to observe the number of gigs. No
> musician in the world has made more concerts than
> the Stones.
>

Bob Dylan has probably played more shows in the last 25 years alone than the Stones have in their entire career

There are many more, without a doubt as there are lots of artists older than the Stones and who tour every year.

BB King,for example, even in his 70's was averaging well over 200 shows a year. I would also imagine that the Grateful Dead played more shows than the Stones.

Halup Wrote:
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> Georges Wrote:
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> > Stein, you are doing a life-sized work! It is
> > fascinating to observe the number of gigs. No
> > musician in the world has made more concerts
> than
> > the Stones.
> > I guess Bill Wyman may know the exact figure of
> > gigs. He is a great historian too.
>
> Many musicians have played more concerts than the
> Rolling Stones, amongst them B.B. King and Bob
> Dylan.

don't forget the Dead.

Gazza, How was Nice, Honestly?

Hi Frank

I thought the show was solid enough, although it was a bit rough to begin with (poor sound and Ronnie seemed a bit off the pace). Certainly got better as it went along, though. As tears go by, Midnight Rambler and Paint It Black were all very good. Even Brown Sugar - a song I'm normally bored to death with - was enjoyable, just as it had been in Berlin.

stonesfrk Wrote:
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> Gazza, How was Nice, Honestly?

Honestly? :-)

In Spain they made 17 shows:
1 11th June 1976: Barcelona, Plaza De Toros Monumental
2 7th July 1982: Madrid, Estadio Vicente Calderón
3 9th July 1982: Madrid, Estadio Vicente Calderón
4 13th June 1990: Barcelona, Olimpic Stadium
5 14th June 1990: Barcelona, Olimpic Stadium
6 16th June 1990: Madrid, Estadio Vicente Calderón
7 17th June 1990: Madrid, Estadio Vicente Calderón
8 22th July 1995: Gijón, El Molinón
9 16th July 1998: Málaga, Puerto De Málaga
10 18th July 1998: Vigo, Balaídos
11 20th July 1998: Barcelona, Olimpic Stadium
12 15th June 1999: Santiago De Comp, Monte Do Gozo
13 25th June 2003: Bilbao, San Mamés
14 27th June 2003: Madrid, Estadio Vicente Calderón
15 29th June 2003: Barcelona, Olimpic Stadium
16 25th Sept 2003: Benidorm, Estadio Municipal Foietes
17 29th Sept 2003: Zaragoza, Feria De Muestras

Using the list of shows of THE "ROCKS OFF" ROLLING STONES SETLISTS PAGE BY GARY GALBRAITH:
year NUMBER OF
SHOWS
1962 40
1963 296
1964 322
1965 240
1966 84
1967 28
1968 2
1969 29
1970 21
1971 15
1972 49
1973 56
1974 -NO TOUR
1975 47
1976 42
1977 2
1978 25
1979 2
1980 -NO TOUR
1981 51
1982 36
1983 -NO TOUR
1984 -NO TOUR
1985 -NO TOUR
1986 1
1987 -NO TOUR
1988 -NO TOUR
1989 61
1990 45
1991 -NO TOUR
1992 -NO TOUR
1993 -NO TOUR
1994 61
1995 75
1996 -NO TOUR
1997 36
1998 71
1999 45
2000 -NO TOUR
2001 -NO TOUR
2002 37
2003 81
2004 -NO TOUR
2005 43
2006 43
TOTAL: 1986 -till' 08/08/2006

Also Felix Aeppli in his book of 1995 (The Ultimate Guide) said something about 638 venues (where the Stones played 1629 live shows) and this means today something like 812 venues (where they played 1984 live shows until 08/0872006)

So Nice could be show 1986 or 1984 or .... nobody knows!!

In Poland only two shows: '67 and '98

>> In Poland only two shows: '67 and '98 <<

in 67 they played two shows, so it is indeed three all together.


"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

"in 67 they played two shows, so it is indeed three all together"

yes, you're right

Ricky Wrote:
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>> So Nice could be show 1986 or 1984 or .... nobody
> knows!!



I'm in the process of updating the setlists page which youve quoted above, and making a few corrections. see this link for the breakdown of total shows up to the end of 2005 - [rocksoff.org]

The total number of shows as of the end of the 2003 tour, based on info provided from other excellent sources such as Aeppli, Zentgraf and Karnbach was 1,910.

Its important to define first of all what a 'concert' is. I simply define it as a Rolling Stones concert or a concert/festival where the Stones were part of the bill. For the purposes of that list, I dont count guest appearances on TV/radio shows, so stuff like the MTV Awards and even the Superbowl dont count. The performance at Juilliard last year does, however. Ive decided not to count video shoots where they jammed between takes such as Bagleys Warehouse 1995, St Marks Bar and Grill 1981, Bains Douches, Paris 1983 etc.

So, the 90th concert of the Bigger Bang tour will be concert #2,000 IF those figures are correct (and obviously one has to allow for some margin of error as its conceivable that some shows - especially in the early days - may have been unaccounted for, or even announced but did not take place)

The 2005 leg of the tour featured 44 shows, including Juilliard and the warm-up show in Toronto. The North & South American leg in 2006 consisted of 22 shows (excluding the Superbowl) followed by ten more shows in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, bringing the total to 1,986 prior to the European leg.

So, the 14th show in Europe should be #2,000 - which is El Ejido on August 16th, unless my maths are a bit off!



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but i think rocksoff notice the rock 'n roll circus recording as a gig, right ?

yes - because it was the Stones own show as opposed to a guest TV appearance. Some of the areas are a bit 'grey' to say the least.

I also included the NME Pollwinners show for that year because it wasnt a show specifically filmed as a TV guest appearance and it doesnt really fit into the 'broadcast' category.

Well Gaz. Do you know how many they have done if you do count those shows (Like the Superbowl) in? 2020???

JumpingKentFlash

well, youd have to add all the TV appearances then where they played live, I suppose, so I would guess its around that

By including those, it opens up a new can of worms. Do you include only performances where the whole band played live, or do you count the early TV shows where they sang live to a backing track (Ed Sullivan show, etc). Then youd have to figure whether or not there was an audience or not (defining whether its a 'concert' or not) - its gets a bit too pedantic and crazy to keep track of!

One could just say that it's the shows, no matter when and where, where they play live and have the full group playing. That means R 'n R Circus counts but the playback Sullivan shows doesn't. You're right though. It's hard to find out... And how would we classify sing-backs? Jagger live vocal to the recorded studio track...

JumpingKentFlash

Nice was realy good. Great show, great sound, just I feel Keith a little tired and loosign his tuch some time.
I was also in Milan. The problem in MIlan was the orrible sound in the first 4-5 songs. I thinck they perform better in Nice.