Rolling Stones 2003 Forty Licks Tour Program

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THE ROLLING STONES 2003 FORTY LICKS TOUR PROGRAM
The Rolling Stones 2003 tour program for the Forty Licks tour.
In fine condition
The Rolling Stones
are an English
rock
band formed in
London
in 1962. As a diverging act to the popular
pop rock
of the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, heavier-driven sound that came to define
hard rock
.
[1]
The band's first stable line-up consisted of bandleader
Brian Jones
(guitar, harmonica, keyboards),
Mick Jagger
(lead vocals, harmonica),
Keith Richards
(guitar, vocals),
Bill Wyman
(bass guitar),
Charlie Watts
(drums), and
Ian Stewart
(piano), the last of whom was removed from the official line-up in 1963, but continued to work with the band as a contracted musician until his death in 1985. The band's primary songwriters, the
partnership of Jagger and Richards
, assumed leadership after
Andrew Loog Oldham
became the group's manager. Jones left the band less than a month before his death in 1969, having already been replaced by
Mick Taylor
, who in turn left in 1974 and was replaced in 1975 by
Ronnie Wood
, who has since remained. Since Wyman's departure in 1993,
Darryl Jones
has served as bassist. The Stones have not had an official keyboardist since Stewart's departure in 1963, but have employed several musicians in that role, including
Jack Nitzsche
(1965–71),
Nicky Hopkins
(1967–82),
Billy Preston
(1971–81),
Ian McLagan
(1978–81), and
Chuck Leavell
(1982–present).
Rooted in
blues
and early
rock and roll
, the Rolling Stones started out playing covers and established themselves at the forefront of the
British Invasion
of bands that became popular in the United States in 1964, also being identified with the youthful and rebellious
counterculture of the 1960s
. The band found more success with their own material; songs such as "
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
" and "
Paint It Black
" became international hits, and
Aftermath
(1966) – their first entirely original album – has been considered the most important of the band's formative records.
[2]
After a short period of experimentation with
psychedelic rock
in the mid-1960s, the Stones returned to their 'bluesy' roots with
Beggars Banquet
(1968),
Let It Bleed
(1969),
Sticky Fingers
(1971) and
Exile on Main St.
(1972). In 1969 they were first introduced on stage as
'The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World'
.
The band continued to release commercially successful albums through the 1970s and early 1980s, including
Some Girls
(1978) and
Tattoo You
(1981), the two best-sellers in their discography. During the 1980s, infighting curtailed their output; as a result, they only released two more under-performing albums, and did not tour for the rest of the decade. Their fortunes changed at the end of the decade, when they released
Steel Wheels
(1989), promoted by a large stadium and arena tour, the
Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour
. Since the 1990s, new material has been less frequent. Despite this, The Rolling Stones continue to be a huge attraction on the live circuit. By 2007, the band had four of the top five
highest-grossing concert tours
of all time:
Voodoo Lounge Tour
(1994–95),
Bridges to Babylon Tour
(1997–98),
Licks Tour
(2002–03) and
A Bigger Bang
(2005–07).
[3]
In 2012, the band celebrated their 50th anniversary. Their latest album,
Blue & Lonesome
(2016), became their
twelfth UK number-one album
. The group continues to sell out venues, with their recent
No Filter Tour
running for two years and concluding in August 2019.
The Rolling Stones's estimated record sales of 240 million makes them one of the
best-selling music artists of all time
. The band have been awarded three
Grammy Awards
and a
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
. They were inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1989 and the
UK Music Hall of Fame
in 2004. They have
released
30 studio albums, 23 live albums and numerous compilations.
Let It Bleed
(1969) marked the first of five consecutive No. 1 studio and live albums in the UK.
Sticky Fingers
(1971) was the first of eight consecutive No. 1 studio albums in the US. In 2008, the Stones were listed 10th on the
Billboard
Hot 100
All-Time Top Artists chart, and in 2019
Billboard
magazine ranked them second in their list of the "Greatest Artists of All Time" based on US chart success.
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