Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour
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Steel Wheels Tour/Urban Jungle Tour | ||
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Tour by The Rolling Stones | ||
Start date | 31 August 1989 | |
End date | 25 August 1990 | |
Legs | 3 | |
Shows | 115 | |
The Rolling Stones tour chronology | ||
European Tour 1982 | Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour | Voodoo Lounge Tour |
The Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels Tour was launched in North America in August 1989 to promote the band's album Steel Wheels; it continued to Japan in February 1990, with ten shows at the Tokyo Dome. The European leg of the tour, which featured a different stage and logo, was called the Urban Jungle Tour; it ran from May to August 1990.
The tour was an enormous financial success, cementing The Rolling Stones' return to full commercial power after a seven-year hiatus in touring marked by well-publicized acrimony among band members.
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[edit] History
A Steel Wheels pre-tour 'surprise show' took place on August 12, 1989 at Toad's Place in New Haven, Connecticut with a local act, Sons of Bob, opening the show for an audience of only 700 people who had purchased tickets for $3.01 apiece.[citation needed] The official Steel Wheels Tour kicked off later that month at the now demolished Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Stones returned to Vancouver, B.C. in Canada and played two sold out concerts at B.C. Place Stadium.The fans went crazy for tickets.One local radio station 99.3 The Fox even had a man (Andrew Korn) sit in front of the station in a bath tub filled with brown sugar and water for free tickets to the concert.
The stage was designed by Mark Fisher with participation of Charlie Watts as well as Mick Jagger.
Canadian promoter Michael Cohl made his name buying the concert, sponsorship, merchandising, radio, television, and film rights to the Steel Wheels Tour. It became the most financially successful rock tour in history up to that time. Rival promoter Bill Graham, who also bid on the tour, later wrote that "Losing the Stones was like watching my favourite lover become a whore."
Performances from both parts of the tour were documented on the concert album Flashpoint, released in 1991.
Opening acts for the tour included Living Color and Guns N' Roses.
[edit] Tour Set Lists
For the opening night of the Steel Wheels Tour the setlist was:
- "Start Me Up"
- "Bitch"
- "Shattered"
- "Sad Sad Sad"
- "Undercover Of The Night"
- "Harlem Shuffle"
- "Tumbling Dice"
- "Miss You"
- "Ruby Tuesday"
- "Play With Fire"
- "Dead Flowers"
- "One Hit (To The Body)"
- "Mixed Emotions"
- "Honky Tonk Women"
- "Rock And A Hard Place"
- "Midnight Rambler"
- "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
- "Little Red Rooster"
- "Before They Make Me Run"
- "Happy"
- "Paint It, Black"
- "2000 Light Years From Home"
- "Sympathy For The Devil"
- "Gimme Shelter"
- "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Brown Sugar"
- "Satisfaction"
- "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (encore)
For the final night of the Urban Jungle Tour (and the last show with Bill Wyman) the band played:
- "Start Me Up"
- "Sad Sad Sad"
- "Harlem Shuffle"
- "Tumbling Dice"
- "Miss You"
- "Ruby Tuesday"
- "Angie"
- "Rock And A Hard Place"
- "Mixed Emotions"
- "Honky Tonk Women"
- "Midnight Rambler"
- "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
- "Little Red Rooster"
- "Before They Make Me Run"
- "Happy"
- "Paint It, Black"
- "2000 Light Years From Home"
- "Sympathy For The Devil"
- "Street Fighting Man"
- "Gimme Shelter"
- "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Brown Sugar"
- "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
- "Satisfaction" (encore)
Songs played
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction {Jagger/Richards}
- 2000 Light Years From Home {Jagger/Richards}
- Almost Hear Your Sigh {Jagger/Richards}
- Angie {Jagger/Richards}
- Before They Make Me Run {Jagger/Richards}
- Bitch {Jagger/Richards}
- Blinded By Love {Jagger/Richards}
- Boogie Chillen {Hooker}
- Brown Sugar {Jagger/Richards}
- Can't Be Seen {Jagger/Richards}
- Dead Flowers {Jagger/Richards}
- Factory Girl {Jagger/Richards}
- Gimme Shelter {Jagger/Richards}
- Happy {Jagger/Richards}
- Harlem Shuffle {Jagger/Richards}
- Honky Tonk Women {Jagger/Richards}
- I Just Want To Make Love To You {Dixon}
- It's Only Rock'N'Roll (But I Like It) {Jagger/Richards}
- Jumpin' Jack Flash {Jagger/Richards}
- Little Red Rooster {Dixon}
- Midnight Rambler {Jagger/Richards}
- Miss You {Jagger/Richards}
- Mixed Emotions {Jagger/Richards}
- One Hit (To The Body) {Jagger/Richards}
- Paint It Black {Jagger/Richards}
- Play With Fire {Jagger/Richards}
- Rock And A Hard Place {Jagger/Richards}
- Ruby Tuesday {Jagger/Richards}
- Sad Sad Sad {Jagger/Richards}
- Salt Of The Earth {Jagger/Richards}
- Shattered {Jagger/Richards}
- Start Me Up {Jagger/Richards}
- Street Fighting Man {Jagger/Richards}
- Sympathy For The Devil {Jagger/Richards}
- Terrifying {Jagger/Richards}
- Tumbling Dice {Jagger/Richards}
- Undercover Of The Night {Jagger/Richards}
- You Can't Always Get What You Want {Jagger/Richards}
[edit] Tour Dates
[edit] North America
- 12/08/1989 Toad's Place - New Haven, CT (Surprise club show)
- 31/08/1989 Veterans Stadium - Philadelphia, PA
- 01/09/1989 Veterans Stadium - Philadelphia, PA
- 03/09/1989 CNE Stadium - Toronto, ON
- 04/09/1989 CNE Stadium - Toronto, ON
- 06/09/1989 Three Rivers Stadium - Pittsburgh, PA
- 08/09/1989 Alpine Valley - East Troy, WI
- 09/09/1989 Alpine Valley - East Troy, WI
- 11/09/1989 Alpine Valley - East Troy, WI
- 14/09/1989 Riverfront Stadium - Cincinnati, OH
- 16/09/1989 Carter-Finley Stadium - Raleigh, North Carolina
- 17/09/1989 Busch Stadium - St. Louis, MO
- 19/09/1989 Cardinal Stadium - Louisville, KY
- 21/09/1989 Carrier Dome - Syracuse, NY
- 22/09/1989 Carrier Dome - Syracuse, NY
- 24/09/1989 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium - Washington, DC
- 25/09/1989 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium - Washington, DC
- 27/09/1989 Municipal Stadium - Cleveland, OH
- 29/09/1989 Sullivan Stadium - Foxboro, MA
- 01/10/1989 Sullivan Stadium - Foxboro, MA
- 03/10/1989 Sullivan Stadium - Foxboro, MA
- 05/10/1989 Legion Field - Birmingham, AL
- 07/10/1989 Cyclone Field - Ames, IA
- 08/10/1989 Arrowhead Stadium - Kansas City, MO
- 10/10/1989 Shea Stadium - New York, NY
- 11/10/1989 Shea Stadium - New York, NY
- 18/10/1989 Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles, CA
- 19/10/1989 Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles, CA
- 21/10/1989 Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles, CA
- 22/10/1989 Memorial Coliseum - Los Angeles, CA
- 25/10/1989 Shea Stadium - New York, NY
- 26/10/1989 Shea Stadium - New York, NY
- 28/10/1989 Shea Stadium - New York, NY
- 29/10/1989 Shea Stadium - New York, NY
- 01/11/1989 BC Place - Vancouver, BC
- 02/11/1989 BC Place - Vancouver, BC
- 04/11/1989 Oakland-Alameida County Coliseum - Oakland, CA
- 05/11/1989 Oakland-Alameida County Coliseum - Oakland, CA
- 08/11/1989 Astrodome - Houston, TX
- 10/11/1989 Cotton Bowl - Dallas, TX
- 11/11/1989 Cotton Bowl - Dallas, TX
- 13/11/1989 Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans, LA
- 15/11/1989 Orange Bowl - Miami, FL
- 16/11/1989 Orange Bowl - Miami, FL
- 18/11/1989 Tampa Stadium - Tampa, FL
- 21/11/1989 Grant Field - Atlanta, GA
- 25/11/1989 Gator Bowl - Jacksonville, FL
- 26/11/1989 Death Valley Stadium - Clemson, SC
- 29/11/1989 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN
- 30/11/1989 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN
- 03/12/1989 Sky Dome - Toronto, ON
- 04/12/1989 Sky Dome - Toronto, ON
- 06/12/1989 Hoosier Dome - Indianapolis, IN
- 07/12/1989 Hoosier Dome - Indianapolis, IN
- 09/12/1989 Silverdome - Pontiac, MI
- 10/12/1989 Silverdome - Pontiac, MI
- 13/12/1989 Stade Olympique - Montreal, QB
- 14/12/1989 Stade Olympique - Montreal, QB
- 17/12/1989 Convention Center - Atlantic City, NJ
- 19/12/1989 Convention Center - Atlantic City, NJ
- 20/12/1989 Convention Center - Atlantic City, NJ
[edit] Japan
- 14/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 16/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 17/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 19/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 20/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 21/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 23/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 24/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 26/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
- 27/02/1990 Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
[edit] Europe
- 18/05/1990 De Kuip - Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 19/05/1990 De Kuip - Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 21/05/1990 De Kuip - Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 23/05/1990 Niedersachsenstadion - Hannover, Germany
- 24/05/1990 Niedersachsenstadion - Hannover, Germany
- 26/05/1990 Waldstadion - Frankfurt, Germany
- 27/05/1990 Waldstadion - Frankfurt, Germany
- 30/05/1990 Mungersdorferstadion - Cologne, Germany
- 31/05/1990 Mungersdorferstadion - Cologne, Germany
- 02/06/1990 Olympiastadion - Munich, Germany
- 03/06/1990 Olympiastadion - Munich, Germany
- 06/06/1990 Olympiastadion - Berlin, Germany
- 10/06/1990 Estadio Avalade - Lisbon, Portugal
- 13/06/1990 Estadio Olimpico de Montjuic - Barcelona, Spain
- 14/06/1990 Estadio Olimpico de Montjuic - Barcelona, Spain
- 16/06/1990 Estadio Vicente Calderon - Madrid, Spain
- 17/06/1990 Estadio Vicente Calderon - Madrid, Spain
- 20/06/1990 Stade Velodrome - Marseille, France
- 22/06/1990 Parc des Princes - Paris, France
- 23/06/1990 Parc des Princes - Paris, France
- 25/06/1990 Parc des Princes - Paris, France
- 27/06/1990 St Jakob Stadion - Basle, Switzerland
- 04/07/1990 Wembley Stadium - London, England
- 06/07/1990 Wembley Stadium - London, England
- 07/07/1990 Wembley Stadium - London, England
- 09/07/1990 Hampden Park - Glasgow, Scotland
- 16/07/1990 Cardiff Arms Park - Cardiff, Wales
- 18/07/1990 St James' Park - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- 20/07/1990 Maine Road - Manchester, England
- 21/07/1990 Maine Road - Manchester, England
- 25/07/1990 Stadio Flaminio - Rome, Italy
- 26/07/1990 Stadio Flaminio - Rome, Italy
- 28/07/1990 Stadio Delle Alpi - Turin, Italy
- 31/07/1990 Praterstadion - Vienna, Austria
- 03/08/1990 Eriksberg Stadium - Gothenburg, Sweden
- 04/08/1990 Eriksberg Stadium - Gothenburg, Sweden
- 06/08/1990 Valle Hovin Stadium - Oslo, Norway
- 07/08/1990 Valle Hovin Stadium - Oslo, Norway
- 09/08/1990 Valby Idrætspark - Copenhagen, Denmark
- 13/08/1990 Radrennbahn Weißensee, Berlin, Germany
- 14/08/1990 Radrennbahn Weißensee, Berlin, Germany
- 16/08/1990 Parkstadion - Gelsenkirchen, Germany
- 18/08/1990 Strahov Stadium - Prague, Czechoslovakia
- 24/08/1990 Wembley Stadium - London, England
- 25/08/1990 Wembley Stadium - London, England