A concert tour (or simply tour ) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often, concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific tour with a particular album or product. Especially in the popular music world, such tours can become large-scale enterprises that last for several months or even years, are seen by hundreds of thousands or millions of people, and bring in millions of dollars in ticket revenues. A performer who embarks on a concert tour is called a touring artist .
58-565: The Hackney Diamonds Tour was a concert tour by English rock band the Rolling Stones , in support of their 2023 studio album Hackney Diamonds , their first studio album of original material in 18 years. The shows were sponsored by the AARP , an American non-profit that represents the interests of those over the age of fifty. The tour grossed $ 235,000,000 with 848,000 tickets sold. The Stones teamed up with Roblox to introduce
116-574: A 1968 anti-war rally at London's US embassy, during which mounted police attempted to control a crowd of 25,000. He also found inspiration in the rising violence among student rioters on Paris ' Left Bank , the precursor to a period of civil unrest in May 1968 . Jagger explained how the inspiration for "Street Fighting Man" came from movements outside of his native United Kingdom in a 1995 interview with Jann Wenner in Rolling Stone : Yeah, it
174-487: A Philips with no limiters. Brian is playing sitar, it twangs away. He's holding notes that wouldn't come through if you had a board, you wouldn't be able to fit it in. But on a cassette if you just move the people, it does. Cut in the studio and then put on a tape. Started putting percussion and bass on it. That was really an electronic track, up in the realms. Released as Beggars Banquet ' s lead single in August 1968 in
232-456: A highlight of the album. Colin Larkin , in his Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2006), wrote that Beggars Banquet was "a return to strength" which included "the socio-political 'Street Fighting Man'. Bruce Springsteen would comment in 1985, after including "Street Fighting Man" in the encores of some of his Born in the U.S.A. Tour shows: "That one line, 'What can a poor boy do but sing in
290-458: A little suitcase, and there were wire brackets you put the drums in; they were like small tambourines with no jangles ... The snare drum was fantastic because it had a really thin skin with a snare right underneath, but only two strands of gut ... Keith loved playing with the early cassette machines because they would overload, and when they overload they sounded fantastic, although you weren't meant to do that. We usually played in one of
348-423: A million." Jagger said he was told they thought the record was subversive, to which he snapped: "Of course it's subversive! It's stupid to think you can start a revolution with a record. I wish you could." Despite Jagger's statements, the ban and general aversion to the song among radio programmers was likely a factor in its commercial underperformance relative to other Stones singles. Keith Richards weighed into
406-783: A new form of theatrical entertainment, a fusion of song, performance art, innovative stage craft, and state-of-the-art technology. She managed to popularize the Las Vegas residency as a desirable way for top artists to essentially tour in place, letting their fans come to them. American singer Lady Gaga , who cancelled the 2018 European leg of her Joanne World Tour , signed for a Las Vegas residency to help manage her fibromyalgia illness, which can be exacerbated by touring. The 2015 study by charity Help Musicians found that over 60% of musicians suffered from depression or other psychological issues, with touring an issue for 71% of respondents. Street Fighting Man " Street Fighting Man "
464-495: A reworked " Get Off Of My Cloud " and a ramshackle " Rocks Off " felt curious rather than robust – Jagger compensated with his riveting presence and still-supple vocals". She also opined that "this is still Jagger's circus, and whether he’s bobbing like a jittery prizefighter or wiggling his shoulders like the world's most slender Chippendales dancer, he is an octogenarian who captivates". In May, at their performance at MetLife Stadium , The New York Times Lindsay Zoladz praised
522-583: A rock and roll band?' is one of the greatest rock and roll lines of all time ... [The song] has that edge-of-the-cliff thing when you hit it. And it's funny; it's got humour to it." When asked about the songs relevance in Rolling Stone magazine thirty years following its release, Mick Jagger said "I don't know if it [has any]. I don't know whether we should really play it. I was persuaded to put it [on Voodoo Lounge Tour ] because it seemed to fit in, but I'm not sure if it really has any resonance for
580-470: A swarm of unseen mosquitoes". She also noted that "Jagger, Richards and Wood all still emanate a palpable joy for what they are doing onstage ... but those joys also feel noticeably personal and siloed, rarely blending to provide much intra-band chemistry". Todd Inoue of The San Francisco Chronicle applauded their performance at their July leg of the tour in Santa Clara . He declared that "as one of
638-453: A tour are denoted in different ways, dependent on the artist and type of tour, but the most common means of separating legs are dates (especially if there is a long break at some point), countries and/or continents, or different opening acts. In the largest concert tours, it has become more common for different legs to employ separate touring production crews and equipment, local to each geographical region. Concert tours are often administered on
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#1732794150131696-718: A wrap on the Stones Tour ’24! A huge thank you to everyone that has come to see a show! And special thanks to all the outstanding musicians that join the Stones onstage, plus every crew member that works so hard to make this happen. The following set list was performed at the concert held at NRG Stadium in Houston , on 28 April 2024. Encore Personnel adapted from USA Today . The Rolling Stones Additional musicians Concert tour Different segments of longer concert tours are known as "legs". The different legs of
754-485: Is Taylor Swift 's Eras Tour , with $ 2.089 billion earned from 125 shows. In 2024, Coldplay 's Music of the Spheres World Tour became the second tour to gross $ 1 billion in revenue. In third place is Elton John 's Farewell Yellow Brick Road , with a total gross of $ 939 million from 2018–2023. On fourth place is Ed Sheeran 's ÷ Tour , with a gross of $ 776.2 million. On fifth place
812-400: Is U2 's 360° Tour , with $ 736.4 million. Global touring revenue reported to Billboard Boxscore exceeded $ 5.5 billion in 2016. Due to the collapse of record sales in the 21st century, concert tours have become a major source of income for recording artists. Besides the tickets, touring also generates money from the sales of merchandise and meet-and-greet packages. However,
870-443: Is a concert tour intended to signal the retirement of a singer, the disbanding of a band, or the end of a show's run. Many of the tours end up not being the last tour, with frequent regroupings, or revivals of shows. Luciano Pavarotti 's 2004 tour and Kenny Rogers 's 2015–2017 tour are examples of farewell tours which were the last to be staged before their deaths. As of October 2024, the highest-grossing concert tour of all time
928-439: Is a peculiar thing, it doesn't suit me particularly well. I'm a real homebody and I get so much joy in the small things." A concert residency concept is offered as an alternative to performers who just need to stay in one venue and the fans come to see them. The concept has been revitalized in the 21st century by Canadian superstar Céline Dion with the success of her A New Day... residency (2003–2007). Her residency introduced
986-437: Is a retrospective of her career to that point, where each act of the concert represents one of her albums . In another case, artists embark on a concert tour to celebrate the anniversary of their past albums, such as U2 's 2017 tour to mark the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree (1987) and Janet Jackson 's 2019 tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). A farewell tour
1044-463: Is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones , written by the songwriting team of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards . Considered one of the band's most popular and most controversial songs, it features Indian instrumentation contributed by Brian Jones , which has led to it being characterized as a raga rock song. It also features controversial and ambiguous lyrics about armed revolution . In
1102-526: Is the mainstay of the verses. Mick Jagger's typically half-buried lyrics seem at casual listening like a call to revolution." Unterberger continues, "Perhaps they were saying they wished they could be on the front lines, but were not in the right place at the right time; perhaps they were saying, as John Lennon did in the Beatles ' " Revolution ", that they didn't want to be involved in violent confrontation. Or perhaps they were even declaring indifference to
1160-410: The "core trio", stating; "Ronnie Wood still shreds on the guitar with a grinning, impish verve ... and eternally cool Keith Richards pairs his bluesy licks with a humble demeanor that seems to say 'I can’t believe I’m still here, either' ... and Jagger is somehow still the indefatigable dynamo he always was, slithering vertically like a charmed snake, chopping the air as if he’s in a kung fu battle against
1218-413: The "dry, crisp" sound that he wanted by strumming a guitar with an open tuning in front of a portable Philips cassette recorder microphone, leading to notable distortion in the sound. According to Richards, the melody was influenced by the sound of police sirens , despite the song not having acquired its final, politically conscious lyrics at this stage of its evolution. Following the composition of
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#17327941501311276-460: The "political correctness" of "Street Fighting Man", particularly the lyrics "What can a poor boy do/'Cept sing in a rock and roll band", sparked intense debate in the underground media. The song opens with a strummed acoustic guitar riff. In his review, Richie Unterberger says of the song, "[I]t's a great track, gripping the listener immediately with its sudden, springy guitar chords and thundering, offbeat drums. That unsettling, urgent guitar rhythm
1334-444: The Stones were in. Now he may have missed the previous four sessions. We'd be doing let's say, a blues thing. He'd walk in with a sitar, which was totally irrelevant to what we were doing, and want to play it. I used to try to accommodate him. I would isolate him, put him in a booth and not record him onto any track that we really needed. And the others, particularly Mick and Keith, would often say to me, 'Just tell him to piss off and get
1392-562: The US London picture sleeves are rare and collectable, the sleeve for this single is particularly scarce and is considered their most valuable. The album version of the song has been included on the compilations Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969), Hot Rocks 1964-1971 (1971), 30 Greatest Hits (1977), Singles Collection: The London Years (1989 edition), Forty Licks (2002), and GRRR! (2012). The US single version
1450-496: The US, "Street Fighting Man" was popular on release, but did not reach the Top 40 (reaching number 48) of the US charts in response to many radio stations' refusal to play the song based on what were perceived as subversive lyrics. " No Expectations ", also from Beggars Banquet , was used as the single's B-side. As usual with Stones' album tracks in the 60s, the single did not see a release at
1508-612: The United States upon release, with many radio stations boycotting the song and refusing to play it. As a result of this, the song peaked only at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 , after the previous Stones single " Jumpin' Jack Flash " reached the top three in America. "Street Fighting Man" thus became the lowest-charting Rolling Stones A-side since their American single debut " Not Fade Away ", four years prior. Despite
1566-662: The United States, it was released as a single in August 1968, while it was not released in the United Kingdom until four months later on the Beggars Banquet album, where it opened side two. The B-side of the American single featured " No Expectations ", considered one of the final Stones tracks in which founding member Jones played a significant role in its construction. And it was the final Rolling Stones single on which Jones performed. While "Street Fighting Man"
1624-450: The album, mostly due to the infrequent presence of Brian Jones . When he did show up at the sessions, Jones behaved erratically due to his drug use and emotional problems. Miller said that Jones would "show up occasionally when he was in the mood to play, and he could never really be relied on: When he would show up at a session—let's say he had just bought a sitar that day, he'd feel like playing it, so he'd look in his calendar to see if
1682-477: The ambiguity in Jagger's lyrics, "Street Fighting Man" was perceived to be supportive of a radical agenda. As a result of the contrasts drawn between the Beatles and Stones, French film director Jean-Luc Godard publicly attacked John Lennon and the Beatles for their apolitical stance, while praising the Stones. Lennon accused Godard of being insincere in his criticism, and alleged his true motivation for his attacks
1740-404: The bedrooms on tour. Keith would be sitting on a cushion playing a guitar and the tiny kit was a way of getting close to him. The drums were really loud compared to the acoustic guitar and the pitch of them would go right through the sound. You'd always have a great backbeat. Richards commented on the recording: The basic track of that was done on a mono cassette with very distorted recording, on
1798-518: The debate when he said that the fact a couple of radio stations in Chicago banned the record "just goes to show how paranoid they are". At the same time they were still requested to do live appearances and Richards said: "If you really want us to cause trouble, we could do a few stage appearances. We are more subversive when we go on stage." Since its inclusion on the Stones' album Beggars Banquet , "Street Fighting Man" has been traditionally seen as
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1856-549: The group to the Universal Music Group virtual Roblox world "Beat Galaxy". Players could participate in interactive games featuring the band's songs and obtain "exclusive virtual...merchandise". “Bringing our music to the virtual world of Beat Galaxy is an innovative way to connect with our new and existing fans,” the band said in a statement. According to Billboard Boxscore, the tour earned $ 235 million and sold 848,000 tickets. Billboard stated that "every market on
1914-420: The hell out of here'. Even given this, Jones contributes to every track on Beggars Banquet except the final two, playing sitar and tanpura on "Street Fighting Man". Other personnel on the song include Jagger on vocals, Richards plays the song's acoustic guitar parts as well as the bass guitar, the only electric instrument featured on the recording. Charlie Watts plays drums while Nicky Hopkins performs
1972-430: The initial poor chart reception and controversy, "Street Fighting Man" was praised by the music press upon its release, and played a role in elevating the Rolling Stones' reputation as a culturally subversive group. Retrospectively, the song has been praised for its lyrics and production, and is viewed by some commentators as one of the greatest and most important songs of the 1960s. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked
2030-507: The lead guitar duties while Richards lent burnished rhythmic touches, eliciting a roar of recognition during famous intro riffs". At the final performance of their North American tour at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale , Andy Greene from Rolling Stone commented "there were no huge surprises in the setlist, but it was a rare show that featured both " Whole Wide World " and " Mess It Up " from Hackney Diamonds ... and " Angry "
2088-434: The local level by concert promoters or by performing arts presenters . Usually, small concert tours are managed by a road manager whereas large concert tours are managed by a tour manager . The main challenge in concert tours is how to move the performance's logistics from one venue to another venue, especially for a transcontinental tour. Tour logistics should be very organized and everything has to happen on time and in
2146-441: The music for the song, a set of lyrics were written that differed significantly from the final song. Originally the song was entitled "Did Everyone Pay Their Dues?", and featured a set of lyrics about adult brutality, The finalized version of "Street Fighting Man" is known as one of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' most politically inclined works. Jagger allegedly wrote a new set of lyrics to the song about Tariq Ali after he attended
2204-545: The original leader of the Rolling Stones, became an important creative force within the band due to his contributions on multiple instruments during the sessions for Aftermath , Between the Buttons , and Their Satanic Majesties Request . "Street Fighting Man" became one of the final songs recorded by the Stones for which Brian Jones played a major role in the final arrangement, alongside its B-side "No Expectations", for which he contributed an acclaimed slide guitar part. It
2262-605: The past, and he went and sort of locked himself in his house in the country. And so the government was almost inactive. And the French riot police were amazing. Richards said, only a few years after recording the track in a 1971 Rolling Stone interview with Robert Greenfield , that the song had been "interpreted thousands of different ways". He mentioned how Jagger went to the Grosvenor Square demonstrations in London and
2320-410: The right order as planned. Autoweek magazine estimated 30 to 50 trucks were required by Taylor Swift 's The 1989 World Tour to bring all the stage, sound equipment, instruments, props, and clothes. When Beyoncé visited the United Kingdom with her 2016 The Formation World Tour , it took seven Boeing 747 air freighters and a fleet of more than 70 trucks to get her stage set and other gear to
2378-437: The song number 295 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time , while Pitchfork ranked it the 62nd best song of the 1960s. Throughout 1965 and 1966, the Stones moved further from their traditional blues-based sound and experimented more and more with Indian timbres in their music, with prominent examples of this trend in their work including " Mother's Little Helper " and " Paint It Black " Additionally, Brian Jones,
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2436-491: The song's piano which is largely buried in the mix, but is most distinctly heard during the coda . Shehnai is performed on the track by Dave Mason . On the earlier, unreleased "Did Everybody Pay Their Dues" version, Rick Grech played a very prominent electric viola . Watts said in 2003: "Street Fighting Man" was recorded on Keith's cassette with a 1930s toy drum kit called a London Jazz Kit Set, which I bought in an antiques shop, and which I've still got at home. It came in
2494-556: The time in the UK. It was released in 1971 backed with " Surprise, Surprise ", the closing track from the Stones' American-only album The Rolling Stones, Now , previously released in the UK only on the various artists Decca LP compilation 14 in 1965. The US single version was released in mono with an additional vocal overdub on the choruses, and thus is different from the Beggars Banquet album's stereo version. While many of
2552-420: The tour delivered an eight-figure gross, with the lone exception of Glendale, Arizona ". They also further noted that this is their "sixth tour to earn more than $ 200 million and tenth to gross more than $ 100 million". In her review for their first performance at NRG Stadium , Melissa Ruggieri of USA Today said that "while the band needed a couple of songs to fully find their groove – the striding cadence of
2610-499: The touring business suffered in the early 2020s because of the COVID-19 pandemic . Pollstar estimated the total lost revenue for the industry in 2020 at more than $ 30 billion. The mobility of concert tours requires a lot of costs, time, and energy. It is very common for musicians to not see family members for over a year during their touring. British singer Adele expressed her unhappiness of concert tours, saying "Touring
2668-522: The tumult." Music journalist Greil Marcus , who was demonstrating in Berkeley during the weekend of the convention in Chicago, contrasted "Street Fighting Man" to the contemporary Beatles b-side "Revolution". In his words, "[The Beatles] were ordering us to pack up and go home, but the Stones seemed to be saying that we were lucky if we had a fight to make and a place to take a stand." The far left contrasted "Revolution" with "Street Fighting Man", Despite
2726-577: The venues. The logistics phase of that tour did not include transportation of the backstage staff, musicians, performers, and the singer herself. The majority of concert tours are part of a promotional campaign to support an album release. Hence, new songs from the respective album are included on its tour's setlist . Some tours are known as "greatest hits tours" or "reunion tour" without any new material or specific album release, such as Fleetwood Mac 's 2009 Unleashed tour and No Doubt 's 2009 Summer Tour . Taylor Swift 's The Eras Tour (2023–2024)
2784-402: The world's greatest bands, the Stones remain a comforting thread in the fabric of life ... the extended warranty on their steel wheels expired long ago ... but the Stones continue to chug along, proving they still have a lot of gas-gas-gas left in the tank". He stated "it was clear the stadium is where Mick Jagger thrives, and his voice sounded strong and well-preserved ... Wood assumed the bulk of
2842-538: Was a direct inspiration, because by contrast, London was very quiet ... It was a very strange time in France. But not only in France but also in America, because of the Vietnam War and these endless disruptions ... I thought it was a very good thing at the time. There was all this violence going on. I mean, they almost toppled the government in France; de Gaulle went into this complete funk, as he had in
2900-414: Was even charged by the police, yet on the topic of the song's meaning, he ultimately claims, "it really is ambiguous as a song". Recording on "Street Fighting Man" took place at Olympic Sound Studios from April until May 1968, as part of the Beggars Banquet sessions. Jimmy Miller , the Rolling Stones' producer during this period described guitarist Keith Richards as "a real workhorse" while recording
2958-669: Was included on the 2002 edition of Singles Collection: The London Years and on Stray Cats , a collection of singles and rarities released as part of the box set The Rolling Stones in Mono (2016). A staple at Rolling Stones live shows since the band's American Tour of 1969 , concert recordings of the song have been captured and released for the live albums Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (recorded 1969, released 1970), Stripped (1995; rereleased on Totally Stripped in 2016), Live Licks (recorded 2003, released 2004), and Hyde Park Live (2013). According to music journalist Anthony DeCurtis ,
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#17327941501313016-408: Was originally written with an entirely different set of lyrics, growing violence at political events throughout 1968 inspired Mick Jagger to alter the song to directly address such topics. With its release coming after a highly politically charged and publicized summer of violence, and the release of the Beatles ' " Revolution ", a song with similar themes, "Street Fighting Man" sparked controversy in
3074-464: Was released within a week of the violent confrontations between the police and anti-Vietnam War protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Worried about the possibility of the song inciting further violence, Chicago radio stations refused to play the song. This was much to the delight of Mick Jagger, who stated: "I'm rather pleased to hear they have banned (the song). The last time they banned one of our records in America, it sold
3132-475: Was the "keynote, with its teasing admonition to do something and its refusal to admit that doing it will make any difference; as usual, the Stones were more correct, if also more faithless, philosophers than any of their peers." In fact, the second line of the first verse alludes to "Dancing in the Street"; a similar line had been present in the aforementioned song, where "fighting" instead was "dancing". The song
3190-478: Was the 20th show of the tour, included a performance of the band’s classic 1968 song " Street Fighting Man ", which was played only one other time on the tour, at the concert in Vancouver, Canada". He also observed that after the end of the tour, Jagger and Wood posted messages to Instagram which "seemed to hint that The Stones may be planning more shows", while the band posted on their Instagram account: That’s
3248-525: Was the Beatles' choice to decline working with him on his film One Plus One , while the Stones agreed to participate . In the years since the song's release, writers' interpretations have varied widely. In 1976, Roy Carr assessed it as a "great summer street-corner rock anthem on the same echelon as ' Summer in the City ', ' Summertime Blues ', and ' Dancing in the Street '." In 1979, Dave Marsh wrote that as part of Beggars Banquet , "Street Fighting Man"
3306-514: Was the only song from their new album they broke out all 20 nights of the tour". Greene said " Let It Bleed " won the fan vote, and also noted that "Richards had some brief guitar issues before " Paint It Black ", forcing him to swap in a new instrument while Ron Wood and Steve Jordan killed time with a quick jam". Matt Friedlander of American Songwriter said the July 21 show in Ridgedale, which
3364-409: Was their final A-side to feature him and last to be released before his death. While the final version of "Street Fighting Man" featured Indian musical elements like earlier Stones songs, the song's creation did not result from these influences. In an interview with Marc Myers , Keith Richards said that he wrote most of the music for the song in late 1966 or early 1967 on the acoustic guitar, and got
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