14 On Fire was a concert tour by the Rolling Stones, which started on 21 February 2014 in Abu Dhabi. It was a follow-up to the 50 & Counting tour which celebrated the 50th anniversary of the band. The tour was very much similar to 50 & Counting just as the "Urban Jungle" portion of the Stones' Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour in 1990 was similar to the "Steel Wheels" portion in 1989. 14 On Fire had the same stage design, setlist structure, and clothing/merchandise as 50 & Counting. Also, Mick Taylor was a guest throughout this tour as in 50 & Counting.
History On 3 December 2013, the full Australian and New Zealand tour dates were announced and being billed as the 14 On Fire tour. The same day, they announced four other dates in Asia and for the first time one show in Abu Dhabi, Middle East. On 17 January 2014, they announced that they will play a one-off show at the Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Arena on 12 March 2014. On 13 February 2014, they announced that they will play a one-night only show at the Singapore Marina Bay Sands Grand Ballroom on 15 March 2014. On 12 March 2014, they announced that they will headline the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands and the TW Classic Festival in Belgium in June 2014. On 17 March 2014, they announced two one-off shows in Germany in June while more major shows in Europe in May, June and July 2014 were announced the following week.
Following L'Wren Scott's sudden death on 17 March in New York City, Mick Jagger, her life partner since 2001, flew to Los Angeles while the rest of the band returned to England. Scott's body was flown to Los Angeles where Jagger and Scott's brother, Randy Bambrough, coordinated an intimate service on 25 March with about 70 people in attendance. All the Australia and New Zealand shows were subsequently postponed with new dates to be scheduled between 25 October and 22 November 2014. Those dates were announced on 15 April 2014 while two new shows were added (1 at the Perth Arena and 1 at Hope Estate, Hunter Valley) along with the originally scheduled shows. There were to be a total of 8 shows in Australia and 1 in New Zealand. The performance on 25 October at the Adelaide Oval was the first be held at the venue since its complete redevelopment.
On 4 June 2014, the Rolling Stones performed for the first time in Israel in what was dubbed a historic appearance, the Haaretz going as far as describing the concert as being "Historic with a capital H". To an extent, the Stones' Israeli debut provided a means of closure vis-à-vis the early background of Rock n' Roll in Israel; in 1965, Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and numerous politicians in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, had believed at the time that rock performances might corrupt the minds of the Israeli youth. Accordingly, at the time, the State of Israel had cancelled scheduled performances of notable artists.
On 6 November 2014, they were forced to cancel the show at Hanging Rock scheduled for 8 November after Jagger had developed a throat infection. He was under strict doctor's orders to rest his vocal chords in order to recuperate for the remainder of the tour.
Tour rehearsals and secret warm-up show In preparation for the tour, prior to the first show, the Rolling Stones rehearsed 65 songs in Bondy near Paris from 3 to 14 February 2014 (in a rehearsal studio named Planet Live). On 14 February 2014, the 10th and last day of rehearsals, the Rolling Stones invited fans to attend an intimate show at the rehearsals studio in Bondy. Thus, the band performed an impromptu secret warm-up show playing 11 songs to the first 27 fans among a total of approximately 50 ones which were initially standing in front of the studio waiting for the band to appear. For the summer leg of the tour in Europe, the band rehearsed in London from 14 to 22 May before moving final rehearsals to the Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway where they played their first show on 26 May 2014.
Set list This set list is representative of the opening performance in Abu Dhabi. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. "Start Me Up" "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)" "You Got Me Rocking" "Tumbling Dice" "Emotional Rescue" "Angie" "Doom and Gloom" "Out of Control" "Paint It Black" "Honky Tonk Women" "Slipping Away" "Before They Make Me Run" "Midnight Rambler" "Miss You" "Gimme Shelter" "Jumpin' Jack Flash" "Sympathy for the Devil" "Brown Sugar" "You Can't Always Get What You Want" "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue Date City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Revenue Asia21 February 2014Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emiratesdu Arenarowspan="7" 30,246 / 30,246$6,496,66326 February 2014TokyoJapanTokyo Dome147,493 / 147,493$27,946,7514 March 20146 March 20149 March 2014MacauCotaiArena10,000 / 10,000$3,079,87512 March 2014ShanghaiChinaMercedes-Benz Arena10,751 / 10,751$1,923,58015 March 2014SingaporeMarina Bay Sands5,554 / 5,554$2,168,532 Europe26 May 2014OsloNorwayTelenor ArenaBigBang22,405 / 22,405$5,177,64829 May 2014LisbonPortugalParque da Bela Vista1 June 2014ZurichSwitzerlandLetzigrundThe Temperance Movement48,622 / 48,622$10,755,9764 June 2014Tel AvivIsraelYarkon ParkRami Fortis48,167 / 48,167$8,276,7097 June 2014LandgraafNetherlandsMegaland10 June 2014BerlinGermanyWaldbühneThe Temperance Movement21,258 / 21,258$4,956,89313 June 2014Saint-DenisFranceStade de FranceThe Struts76,495 / 76,495$10,042,42616 June 2014ViennaAustriaErnst-Happel-StadionThe Temperance Movement57,708 / 57,708$9,333,99619 June 2014DüsseldorfGermanyEsprit Arena44,224 / 44,224$8,232,57222 June 2014RomeItalyCircus MaximusJohn Mayer71,527 / 71,527$7,729,18625 June 2014MadridSpainEstadio Santiago BernabéuLeiva57,416 / 57,416$8,350,68228 June 2014WerchterBelgiumWerchter Festival Grounds1 July 2014StockholmSwedenTele2 ArenaBigBangAmanda Jenssen37,009 / 37,009$5,383,9923 July 2014RoskildeDenmarkFestivalpladsen, Orange Stage OceaniaOceania box score:25 October 2014AdelaideAustraliaAdelaide OvalJimmy Barnes54,115 / 54,115 $8,906,05829 October 2014PerthPerth Arenarowspan="4" 26,923 / 26,923$9,808,5961 November 20145 November 2014MelbourneRod Laver Arena12,262 / 12,262$4,878,32912 November 2014SydneyAllphones Arena14,255 / 14,255$5,557,36615 November 2014Hunter ValleyHope EstateBritish IndiaThe Preatures20,297 / 20,297$5,116,39918 November 2014BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre10,085 / 10,085$3,821,45322 November 2014AucklandNew ZealandMount Smart StadiumHunters & Collectors37,293 / 37,293$7,250,881Total 1,159,882 / 1,159,882 $165,194,563
Personnel The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica, percussion Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals Charlie Watts – drums Ronnie Wood – guitars
Special guest Mick Taylor – guitars
Additional musicians Darryl Jones – bass guitar Chuck Leavell – keyboards Lisa Fischer – backing vocals, percussion Bobby Keys – saxophone Karl Denson – saxophone Tim Ries – saxophone, keyboards Bernard Fowler – backing vocals, percussion Matt Clifford – French horn, keyboards, introduction voice
See also The Rolling Stones concerts
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