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The Rolling Stones World Tour 2003
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This list is kept for historic reference only. You will see at what time the various changes appeared. In weeks, months and years to come, you may wonder when dates were rumoured, announced etc. This is the list of the changes, as they were made day by day in the IORR 2003 tour dates pages. For the most recent changes and updates, and for the complete tour list, please see the following:

The 2003 Licks tour - List of changes:

2003:

Sep. 12: Shanghai, China confirmed by promoter for Nov. 11.
Sep. 9: No news about arena show in Zurich; may not happen.
Sep. 5: Zurich rumoured 2nd show in arena for Oct. 5.
Sep. 5: Zurich, SWitzerland show confirmed for Oct. 2.
Sep. 5: Beijing, China show probably mid November.
Sep. 5. Shanghai and Bangkok expected new dates in Nov.
Sep. 4: Hong Kong shows Nov. 7 and 9 confirmed by promoter.
Sep. 4: American tour 2004 will probably not happen.
Sep. 2: Coimbra and Zaragoza shows confirmed.
Sep. 2: Wembley Sept. 14 rescheduled to Saturday Sept. 13.
Sep. 2: Benidorm Sept. 18 rescheduled to Thursday Sept. 25.
Sep. 2: Zurich show still not certain; Zaragoza might be the last of the European tour.
Sep. 2: Coimbra Sept. 27 and Zaragoza Sept 29 probably announced today or tomorrow.
Sep. 2: Show in Belgrade October probably a false rumour.
Aug. 30: Revised dates on rumoured shows in Zurich, Zaragoza, Portugal etc. Sept/Oct 2003.
Aug. 22: Rumoured shows in Portugal, Zaragoza/Spain and Z�rich/Switzerland late Sept.
Aug. 22: Postponed Twickenham show probably resheduled to Sept. 20.
Aug. 20: Amsterdam Arena show Aug. 20 postponed. New date may be Sept. 22.
Aug. 20: Benidorm new date still not confirmed by the Stones, still probabaly show on Sept. 18.
Aug. 7: Benidorm show re-scheduled to Sept. 18.
Aug. 5: Benidorm show postponed.
Jun. 24: Toronto show July 30 confirmed.
Jun. 12: Toronto show probably on July 30.
Jun. 12: Wembley Sept. 15 confirmed and on sale.
Jun. 12: Werchter, Belgium Sept. 7 confirmed and on sale.
Jun. 12: Benidorm show on sale.
Jun. 8: Rumoured shows in Buenos Aires, Argentina Oct or Dec this year.
Jun. 8: Wembley 2nd Sept show might happen Sept. 15 or 16.
Jun. 8: Benidorm probably, but still not confirmed by RS, tickets still not on sale?
May 19: Benidorm Aug. 5 confirmed and on sale now.
May 17: Belgrade and Zagreb shows pulled off the list.
May 2: Glasgow 2nd show Sept. 3 confirmed and on sale now.
May 2: Dublin 2nd show Sept. 11 confirmed and on sale now.
Apr. 30: Werchter, Belgium shows rumoured for Aug. 2-3.
Apr. 28: Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin and Wembley September shows confirmed.
Apr. 28: Glasgow and Manchester first of possibly two shows per city on pre-sales today.
Apr. 14: Benidorm date supposed to be Aug. 5, not Aug. 2.
Apr. 13: Benidorm rumoured for Aug. 2 show.
Apr. 13: Rumoured Brussels show removed.
Apr. 13: Rumoured shows in Dublin, Manchester, Wembley listed for Sept. 2003.
Apr. 13: Cancelled shows in China and Thailand plus more India rumoured for Oct. 2003.
Apr. 13: Rumoured shows in America 2004.
Apr. 10: Bangkok show cancelled.
Mar. 28: Re-sheduled shows - Bangalore April 4, Mumbai April 7 and Bangkok April 10.
Mar. 28: Shanghai and Beijing shows cancelled; said to be re-scheduled later.
Mar. 27: Hong Kong shows cancelled; said to be re-scheduled later.
Mar. 17: Bilbao show in Spain confirmed.
Mar. 14: Barcelona and Madrid shows in Spain confirmed.
Mar. 14: Glasgow shows confirmed. Wembley may not get more shows.
Mar. 10: Two shows in Glasgow Sept 1 and 3 probably.
Mar. 7: Prague show July 27 confirmed.
Mar. 4: Bangkok, Thailand show confirmed for April 8.
Mar. 3: Prague, Belgrade, Zagreb dates set.
Mar. 3: Budapest, Warsaw and Nuremberg rumoured dates removed.
Mar. 3: Spain dates in Bilbao, Madrid and Barcelona set, Benidorm removed.
Mar. 2: Shanghai April 1 and Beijing April 4 confirmed.
Feb. 21: Bangalore April 11 and Mumbai (=Bombay), India April 14 confirmed.
Feb. 21: Yokohama, Japan show March 12 confirmed.
Feb. 21: Bangalore April 11 and another city, probably Mumbai (=Bombay) in India April 14.
Feb. 21: Dubai is not on the list anymore.
Feb. 20: Singapore shows confirmed and on sale today.
Feb. 16: Hong Kong shows March 28-29 confirmed.
Feb. 13: Yokohama probably March 12.
Feb. 13: Dubai date corrected to April 17; still rumoured.
Feb. 7: Budokan, Tokyo show confirmed for Mar. 10.
Feb. 6: Bilbao, Spain rumoured for June 25.
Jan. 28: Milan, Italy show confirmed for June 10.
Jan. 27: Asian rumoured dates added; India, China, Dubai etc.
Jan. 27: Slane Castle rumoured show removed, may not happen.
Jan. 27: Glasgow arena shows in Sept. rumoured.
Jan. 24: HMH rumoured club show A.dam removed, may not happen.
Jan. 24: Amsterdam ArenA 2nd show on Aug. 20 confirmed.
Jan. 22: Spanish tour updates according to Spanish radio and TV news.
Jan. 17: Twickenham 2nd show Sunday June 24 probably.
Jan. 17: Brisbane Wednesday March 5 confirmed.
Jan. 15: Switzerland will get no show according to local press.
Jan. 15: Milan, Italy may change from June 10 into July 31.
Jan. 15: Rumoured Athens show removed, may not happen.
Jan. 14: Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand rumoured for Asian tour.
Jan. 12: Rumoured shows in Seoul, Korea March/April
Jan. 12: Rumored shows in Hong Kong on Mar. 28 and 27th or 29th.
Jan. 9: Melbourne third show on March 1 confirmed.

2002:

Dec. 16: Ernst Happel Stadium show in Vienna, Austria, June 18 confirmed. Pre-sales of tickets at Dec. 20 9am from �sterreichTicket.
Dec. 14: Amsterdam ArenA Aug. 20 delayed, might be pulled back.
Dec. 13: Rumoured shows in Singapore and India March 2003.
Dec. 13: Amsterdam ArenA Aug. 20 confirmed and on sale Saturday Dec. 14 at 10:00.
Dec. 11: Sydney Feb. 22 and Melbourne Feb. 27 confirmed.
Dec. 10: German dates in addition to Munich conformed - Oberhausen, Berlin, Leipzig, Hockenheim, Hamburg, Hannover.
Dec. 10: Copenhagen show confirmed.
Dec. 10: Japanese dates confirmed this morning; Tokyo Dome Mar 15/16 and Osaka Dome Mar 20/21.
Dec. 10: Additional Australian dates included.
Dec. 10: San Siro Italy date rumoured to be June 10.
Dec. 9: Verona show probably replaced by San Siro Milan.
Dec. 9: German shows confirmed, ticket sales tomorrow Dec. 10?
Dec. 9: Helsinki Finland July 16 confirmed. Ticket sales Monday Dec. 16 at 9am.
Dec. 7: Amsterdam ArenA Aug. 19 confirmed and on sale Saturday Dec. 14 at 10:00.
Dec. 7: Hamburg AOL-Arena confirmed; ticket sales Saturday Dec. 14 at 9:00.
Dec. 6: Rumoured dates for Japan added.
Dec. 5: Feyenoord Stadion Rotterdam NL Aug 13 confirmed and on sale Saturday Dec. 7.
Dec. 5: Hamburg show probably at AOL-Arena, Cologne show may be moved to Oberhausen. not Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld.
Dec. 5: Letenska Plan (field) with capacity 200,000++ in Prague might replace uncertain Budapest show.
Dec. 4: China and India shows may be not.
Dec. 4: Australian dates confirmed, also Sydney club show.
Dec. 2: Prague confirmed city in Czech Republic.
Dec. 2: Milan confirmed city in Italy.
Dec. 2: Olympia Paris should be July 11, even if the official press releases say July 10...
Dec. 2: Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
Dec. 2: Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Rotterdam, Utrecht, London confirmed.