Rolling Stones

On the way down to Mexico, and beyond...

1997 shows

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1998 shows

Ajax ArenA Ali Sami Yen Aloha Stadium Amsterdam april Argentina Athens Athinai Atletico Bilbao august Austria Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez

Bahrenfeld Bailados Barcelona Basque Belgium Berlin Bilbao Brazil Bremen British Columbia BC Place Stadium Brussels Bruxelles Buenos Aires

CA Campo San Mames Canada Carrier Dome Catalonia Chicago Chorzow Ciudad de Mexico Colisee de Quebec Compaq Center Copenhagen Croatia Czech republic

Denmark Don Valley Stadium Düsseldorf

Edinburgh England Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic Estadio du Ibirapuera Estadio Municipal Bailados Estadio River Plate Estadio San Mames Estonia Expo Gelände Hanover Expo Site Lyon

february Festival Site Frauenfeld Festival Site Tallinn Festival Site Werchter Festwiese am Zentralstadion Finland Flughafen Wiener Neustadt France Frauenfeld

Gelsenkirchen Gijon Germany Globe Arena Gothenburg Great Britain Greece Grosse Allmend Pferderennbahn Göteborg

den Haag the Hague Hamburg Hannover Hanover HI Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Helsingfors Helsinki Hermanos Rodriguez Autodromo Holland Honolulu Houston Hyppodrome

Ibirapuera Idrætsparken IL Istanbul Italy

january Japan The Joint june july

Katowice Kona Korakuen København

Las Vegas Lauluväljak Leipzig London Lufthaven Wiener Neustadt Luzhniki Lyon

Madison Square Garden Maimarktgelände Malaga Malieveld Mannheim march Marseilles may Meazza Mexico Mexico City Milan El Molinon Molson Centre Montreal Moscow Munich Murrayfield Stadium München

The Netherlands NV NY New York City Norway Nuremberg Nya Ullevi Stadion Nürnberg

Olympiastadion Athens Olympiastadion Berlin Olympiastadion Helsinki Olympiastadion Munich Ontario OR Osaka Osaka Dome Oslo Out in the Green

Paris Parken Parkstadion Pepsi centennial tent Pferderennbahn Pista de Atletismo du Ibirapuera Poland Portland Praca da Apoteose Prague Praha Puerto de Malaga

Qualcomm Stadium Quebec Quebec Colisee

Rheinstadion Rio de Janeiro River Plate Rodriguez Autodromo Rose Garden Russia

St. Denis Sambodromo San Diego San Mames San Siro Sao Paolo Scotland september Sheffield SkyDome Slaski Stadion Spain Sportovni Hala Praha Stade Velodrome Jean Bouin Stade de France Stadio Comunale San Siro Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Stockholm The Summit Sweden Switzerland Syracuse

Tallinn TX Tokyo Toronto Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld Turkey

Ullevi United Center UK USA

Valle Hovin Stadion Vancouver Vienna Vigo

Waikoloa Waldbühne Wembley Stadium Werchter Weserstadion Wiener Neustadt

Zagreb Zentralstadion Zeppelinfeld Zürich

5 Jan
Quebec Colisee

Quebec, Quebec, ca

preponed from 13-14 Jan

Bridges to Babylon 34

opening act: Our Lady Peace

11,993 (sellout). Set: 20 songs

7 Jan
Carrier Dome

Syracuse, New York, us

Preponed from 16 Jan and postponed to 17 Apr due to illness

9 Jan
SkyDome

Toronto, Ontario, ca

Postponed to 26 Apr due to illness

11 Jan
Stade Olympique, Olympic Stadium

Montreal, Quebec, ca

Postponed until 19 and 20 Apr and moved to Molson Centre due to extreme weather damage

Previous shows:

13, 14 Dec 1989
Rolling Stones, Living Colour
123,962 (two sellouts)

5, 6 Dec 1994
Rolling Stones, Spin Doctors
82,089 (two sellouts)

13, 14 Jan
Quebec Colisee

Quebec, Quebec, ca

postponed from 10 Oct 1997, Hippodrome de Quebec
preponed to 5 Jan 1998

14, 16, 17 Jan
Madison Square Garden

New York City, New York, us

Bridges to Babylon 35-37

opening act: Fiona Apple

53,626 (three sellouts with 22-song sets)

many of the songs from the current album are debuted:

Lowdown and How Can I Stop on the 14th, Already Over Me on the 16th, plus Might As Well Get Juiced and Thief in the Night on the 17th

Previous shows:

27, 28, 28 Nov 1969
Rolling Stones, Ike and Tina Turner
(three sellouts)

24, 25, 25, 26 Jul 1972
Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder
68,000 (four sellouts)

22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 Jun 1975
Rolling Stones, Steel Bands Association
(six sellouts)

7 May 1979
New Barbarians

12, 13 Nov 1981
Rolling Stones, Screaming Jay Hawkins
39,200 (two sellouts)

16 Jan
Carrier Dome

Syracuse, New York, us

preponed to 7 Jan, then postponed to 17 Apr

21 Jan

23, 24 Jan
Aloha Stadium

Honolulu, Hawaii, us

Bridges to Babylon 38-39

opening act: Jonny Lang

54,006 (Cap. 60,000, no sellouts). Two 22-song sets

28 Jan
British Columbia Place Stadium

Vancouver, British Columbia, ca

Bridges to Babylon 40

opening act: Jonny Lang

37,058 (Cap. 40,000). Set: 22 songs

Previous shows:

1, 2 Nov 1989
Rolling Stones, Living Colour
110,591 (two sellouts)

17, 18 Dec 1994
Rolling Stones, Spin Doctors
93,273 (two sellouts)

30, 31 Jan
Rose Garden

Portland, Oregon, us

Bridges to Babylon 41-42

opening act: Jonny Lang

35,059 (two sellouts with 21-song sets)

3 Feb
Qualcomm Stadium

San Diego, California, ca

Bridges to Babylon 43

opening act: Santana

55,507 (sellout). Set: 20 songs

Previous shows with former name Jack Murphy Stadium:

7 Oct 1981
Rolling Stones, J. Geils Band, George Thorogood and the Destroyers
70,000 (sellout)

17 Oct 1994
Rolling Stones, Seal
49,139 (sellout)

7, 9 Feb
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

Mexico City, Mexico, mx

Bridges to Babylon 44-45

opening act: El Tri

88,700 (two sellouts). Songs in the sets: 21, 22

Previous shows:

14, 16, 18, 20 Jan 1995
Rolling Stones, Caifanes
204,020 (four sellouts)

12, 13 Feb
Compaq Center, The Summit

Houston, Texas, us

Bridges to Babylon 46-47

opening act: Jonny Lang

23,612 (two sellouts with 22-song sets)

15 Feb
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint

Las Vegas, Nevada, us

Bridges to Babylon 48

opening act: Sheryl Crow

1,400 (sellout). Set: 19 songs

see also:MGM Grand Garden Arena 1997, 16 Apr 1999

12, 14, 16, 17 Mar
Korakuen

Tokyo, jp

Bridges to Babylon 49-52

130,020 (four sellouts with 22 song-sets)

Previous shows:

1988
Mick Jagger
22 Mar 55,000 (sellout)
23 Mar

14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27 Feb 1990
Rolling Stones
550,000 (ten sellouts)

6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17 Mar 1995
Rolling Stones
285,294 (seven sellouts)

20, 21 Mar
Osaka Dome

Osaka, jp

Bridges to Babylon 53-54

69,427 (two sellouts with 22 song-sets)

29, 30 Mar, 2, 4, 5 Apr
Estadio River Plate

11 Apr
Praca da Apoteose

13 Apr
Pista de Atletismo du Ibirapuera

17 Apr
Carrier Dome

Syracuse, New York, us

postponed from 7 Jan

Bridges to Babylon 62

opening act: Our Lady Peace

26,047 (28,000 tickets available). 22-song set

Previous shows:

27, 28 Nov 1981
Rolling Stones, Molly Hatchet
86,000

21, 22 Sep 1989
Rolling Stones, Living Colour
73,828 (two sellouts)

8 Dec 1994
Rolling Stones, Spin Doctors
36,038 (sellout)

19, 20 Apr
Molson Centre

23 Apr
United Center

Bridges to Babylon 65

opening act: Buddy Guy

18,672 (sellout with a 21 song-set)

see also: 26 Mar 1999, 12 Apr 1999

26 Apr
SkyDome

Toronto, Ontario, ca

Postponed from 9 Jan

Bridges to Babylon 66

opening act: Wide Mouth Mason

54,986 (sellout with a 22 song-set)

see also:Horseshoe 1997

Previous shows:

3, 4 Dec 1989
Rolling Stones, Living Colour
117,446 (two sellouts)

3 Dec 1994
Rolling Stones, Spin Doctors
49,129 (sellout)

22 May
Olympiastadion

postponed until 26 August due to injury

24 May
Olympiastadion

Munich, de

postponed until 13 July due to injury

26 May
Parkstadion

Gelsenkirchen, de

postponed until 27 July due to injury

28 May
Hyppodrome

Zagreb, hr

postponed until 20 August due to injury

30 May
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

Milan, it

postponed, first until 16 June due to injury, then until september due to illness

1 June
Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic

postponed until 20 July due to injury

5 June
Expo Site

postponed until 12 September due to injury

13 June
Zeppelinfeld

Bridges to Babylon 67

opening act: Jonny Lang

91,590 (sellout with a 21-song set)

16 June
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza

postponed, first until 24 August, then due to tax reasons until 4 June 1999

18 June
Campo San Mames

20, 21 June
Festival Site

24 June
Rheinstadion

Düsseldorf, de

Bridges to Babylon 70

opening act: Dave Matthews Band

59,022 (sellout with a 21-song set)

26 June
Expo Gelände

Bridges to Babylon 71

opening act: Dave Matthews Band

89,963 (sellout with a 21-song set)

29 June, 1, 2, 5, 6 July
Ajax ArenA

Amsterdam, nl

Bridges to Babylon 72-76

opening act: Dave Matthews Band

261,277 (five sellouts)

songs in the sets: 21, 21, 21, 21, 22

9 July
Grosse Allmend Pferderennbahn

11 July
Wiener Flughafen

13 July
Olympiastadion

16 July
Puerto de Malaga

18 July
Estadio Municipal Bailados

20 July
Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic

22 July
Stade Velodrome Jean Bouin

25 July
Stade de France

St. Denis, fr

Bridges to Babylon 83

opening act: Jean-Louis Aubert

76,716 (sellout with a 21-song set)

26 July
Stade de France

St. Denis, fr

canceled due to slow ticket sales

opening act: Jean-Louis Aubert

27 July
Parkstadion

Gelsenkirchen, de

Bridges to Babylon 84

opening act: Hothouse Flowers

postponed from 26 May due to injury

34,610 (Cap. 40,000)

21-song set

Previous show:

16 Aug 1990
Rolling Stones, Dan Reed Network

29 July
Parken

31 July
Ullevi

2 August
Valle Hovin Stadion

5 August
Olympiastadion

Helsinki, fi

Bridges to Babylon 88

opening act: Seahorses

45,236 (sellout with a 21-song set)

Previous shows:

2 Sep 1970
Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells
5,000

6 Jun 1995
Rolling Stones, Robert Cray band
52,607 (sellout)

8 August
Lauluväljak

11 August
Luzhniki

Moscow, ru

Bridges to Babylon 90

opening act: Spleen

45,304 (sellout with a 21-song set)

Stones first time live in Russia

14 August
Slaski Stadion

20 August
Hyppodrome

20, 22 August
Wembley Stadium

postponed until 11 and 12 June 1999 due to tax reasons

22 August
Sportovni Hala

24 August
Murrayfield Stadium

Edinburgh, Scotland, gb

first postponed from 16 June, then due to tax reasons until 4 June 1999

26 August
Olympiastadion

26 August
Don Valley Stadium

postponed until 6 June 1999 due to tax reasons

28 August
Festwiese am Zentralstadion

15 Aug 1995
Rolling Stones, Big Country
83,105 (sellout)

30 August
Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld

Bridges to Babylon 96

opening act: Big Country

90,000 (sellout with a 21-song set)

2 September
Weserstadion

5 September
Malieveld

Bridges to Babylon 98

opening act: Big Country

86,000 (sellout with a 20-song set)

8 September
Globe Arena

10 September
Waldbühne

12 September
Maimarktgelände

Bridges to Babylon 101

postponed from 8 June due to injury

opening act: Corrs

85,913 (sellout with a 21-song set)

Previous show:

22 Aug 1995
Rolling Stones, Big Country
78,034 (sellout)

16 September
Olympiastadion

19 September
Ali Sami Yen

To be continued in 1999...

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