The Rolling Stones' Tour of Europe '76 was a concert tour of Europe that took place in Spring 1976.
History
Tickets were in high demand; on 1 April the promoters announced that they had received more than one million applications in the mail for tickets for three shows at London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre; subsequently three more dates were added there. The routing also saw two dates in Yugoslavia – the Stones' second visit to a Communist country after 1967.
The tour began a few days after the 23 April release of the group's album Black and Blue, and is documented by the 1977 concert release Love You Live. Most of the material on that album is from the shows at Les Abattoirs in Paris from 5 to 7 June. Keith Richards' 10-week-old son Tara died of sudden infant death syndrome on 6 June, but Richards elected to keep the news secret and to play the shows as scheduled.
Personnel The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboards Keith Richards – guitar, vocals Bill Wyman – bass Charlie Watts – drums, percussion Ronnie Wood – guitar, vocals
Additional musicians Billy Preston – keyboards, vocals Ollie Brown – percussion, drums Ian Stewart – piano
Guest musicians Leicester, England, Granby Hall, May 15, 1976: Eric Clapton – guitar and lead vocals on "Key to the Highway", guitar on "Jumpin' Jack Flash", and "Street Fighting Man".
Typical tour set list (Songs credited to Jagger/Richards unless otherwise noted) "Honky Tonk Women" "If You Can't Rock Me"/"Get off of My Cloud" "Hand of Fate" "Hey Negrita" "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland) "Fool to Cry" "Hot Stuff" "Star Star" "Angie" – [played some shows] "You Gotta Move" (Traditional) "You Can't Always Get What You Want" "Happy" "Tumbling Dice" "Nothing from Nothing" (sung by Billy Preston) (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) "Outa-Space" (led by Billy Preston) (Billy Preston, Joe Greene) "Midnight Rambler" "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" "Brown Sugar" "Jumpin' Jack Flash" "Street Fighting Man"
"All Down the Line" was played at the Frankfurt Festhalle. "Sympathy for the Devil" was played at Earls Court Exhibition Centre on 21–23 & 27 May. "Cherry Oh Baby" was played in Paris on 7 June.
The Rolling Stones also appeared at Knebworth Fair in August 1976, where they added "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Around and Around", "Little Red Rooster", "Stray Cat Blues", "Let's Spend the Night Together", "Dead Flowers", "Route 66", a fragment of "Country Honk," "Wild Horses," and "Rip This Joint" to the above set list.
The Rolling Stones also appeared at two club dates in 1977 at El Mocambo, Toronto, Canada. Like the Knebworth show these were not part of the 1976 tour.
Tour dates Date City Country Venue 28 April 1976 Frankfurt West Germany Festhalle 29 April 1976 30 April 19762 shows Münster Halle Münsterland 2 May 1976 Kiel Ostseehalle 3 May 1976 West Berlin Deutschlandhalle 4 May 1976 Bremen Stadthalle 6 May 1976 Brussels Belgium Forest National 7 May 1976 10 May 1976 Glasgow Scotland Apollo Theatre 11 May 1976 12 May 1976 14 May 1976 Leicester England Granby Halls 15 May 1976 17 May 1976 Stafford Bingley Hall 18 May 1976 21 May 1976 London Earls Court Exhibition Centre 22 May 1976 23 May 1976 25 May 1976 26 May 1976 27 May 1976 29 May 1976 The Hague Netherlands Zuiderpark Stadion 30 May 1976 1 June 1976 Dortmund West Germany Westfalenhalle 2 June 19762 shows Cologne Sporthalle 4 June 1976 Paris France Pavillon de Paris (Les Abattoirs) 5 June 1976 6 June 1976 7 June 1976 9 June 1976 Lyon Palais des Sports de Gerland 11 June 1976 Barcelona Spain Plaza de toros Monumental 13 June 1976 Nice France France Parc Des Sports De L’Ouest 15 June 1976 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 16 June 1976 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle 17 June 1976 19 June 1976 Stuttgart Neckarstadion 21 June 1976 Zagreb Yugoslavia Dom Sportova 22 June 1976 23 June 1976 Vienna Austria StadthalleKnebworth Fair 21 August 1976 Knebworth England Knebworth FairThis concert was not technically part of the tour.1977 Dates4 March 1977TorontoCanadaEl Mocambo5 March 1977
References
Carr, Roy. The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record. Harmony Books, 1976. Clark, Nobby. Starfucker: The Rolling Stones Live in London '76. Oberon Books, 2008. Nobby Clark (photographer)
External links 'Rocks Off' 1976 tour setlists 'Frayed' 1976 tour pages Knebworth Fair setlist