| Steel Wheels Tour/Urban Jungle Tour | ||||
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| Tour by The Rolling Stones | ||||
| Associated album | Steel Wheels | |||
| Start date | 31 August 1989 | |||
| End date | 25 August 1990 | |||
| Legs | 3 | |||
| Shows | 115 | |||
| The Rolling Stones tour chronology | ||||
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The Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels Tour was a concert tour which 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. These would be the last live concerts for the band with original member Bill Wyman on bass guitar.
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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A Steel Wheels pre-tour 'surprise show' took place on the 12th of August 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.[1] The official Steel Wheels Tour kicked off later that month at the now-demolished Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the opening show in Philadelphia, the power went out during "Shattered", and caused a slight delay in the show. Jagger came out and spoke to the crowd during the delay. The Stones returned to Vancouver, B.C. in Canada and played two sold out concerts at B.C. Place Stadium. Fan reaction for tickets was unprecedented. 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 and Mick Jagger. Lighting design was by Patrick Woodroffe.
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 the tour were documented on the album Flashpoint, and the video Live at the Max, both released in 1991.
Opening acts for the tour included Living Colour, Dan Reed Network and Guns N' Roses.
Additional musicians:
For the opening night of the Steel Wheels Tour the setlist was as follows (all songs composed by Jagger/Richards unless otherwise noted):
For the final night of the Urban Jungle Tour (the last Rolling Stones concert with Bill Wyman) the band played:
Other songs played on the tour:
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | |||
| 12 August 1989 | New Haven, Connecticut | United States | Toad's Place |
| 31 August 1989 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Veterans Stadium | |
| 1 September 1989 | |||
| 3 September 1989 | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | CNE Stadium |
| 4 September 1989 | |||
| 6 September 1989 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States | Three Rivers Stadium |
| 8 September 1989 | East Troy, Wisconsin | Alpine Valley | |
| 9 September 1989 | |||
| 11 September 1989 | |||
| 14 September 1989 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Riverfront Stadium | |
| 16 September 1989 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Carter-Finley Stadium | |
| 17 September 1989 | St. Louis, Missouri | Busch Stadium | |
| 19 September 1989 | Louisville, Kentucky | Cardinal Stadium | |
| 21 September 1989 | Syracuse, New York | Carrier Dome | |
| 22 September 1989 | |||
| 24 September 1989 | Washington, D.C. | Robert F. Kennedy Stadium | |
| 25 September 1989 | |||
| 27 September 1989 | Cleveland, Ohio | Municipal Stadium | |
| 29 September 1989 | Foxboro, Massachusetts | Sullivan Stadium | |
| 1 October 1989 | |||
| 3 October 1989 | |||
| 5 October 1989 | Birmingham, Alabama | Legion Field | |
| 7 October 1989 | Ames, Iowa | Cyclone Field | |
| 8 October 1989 | Kansas City, Missouri | Arrowhead Stadium | |
| 10 October 1989 | New York City, New York | Shea Stadium | |
| 11 October 1989 | |||
| 18 October 1989 | Los Angeles, California | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |
| 19 October 1989 | |||
| 21 October 1989 | |||
| 22 October 1989 | |||
| 25 October 1989 | New York City, New York | Shea Stadium | |
| 26 October 1989 | |||
| 28 October 1989 | |||
| 29 October 1989 | |||
| 1 November 1989 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | BC Place Stadium |
| 2 November 1989 | |||
| 4 November 1989 | Oakland, California | United States | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum |
| 5 November 1989 | |||
| 8 November 1989 | Houston, Texas | Astrodome | |
| 10 November 1989 | Dallas, Texas | Cotton Bowl | |
| 11 November 1989 | |||
| 13 November 1989 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Louisiana Superdome | |
| 15 November 1989 | Miami, Florida | Orange Bowl | |
| 16 November 1989 | |||
| 18 November 1989 | Tampa, Florida | Tampa Stadium | |
| 21 November 1989 | Atlanta, Georgia | Grant Field | |
| 25 November 1989 | Jacksonville, Florida | Gator Bowl | |
| 26 November 1989 | Clemson, South Carolina | Death Valley Stadium | |
| 29 November 1989 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | |
| 30 November 1989 | |||
| 3 December 1989 | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | Sky Dome |
| 4 December 1989 | |||
| 6 December 1989 | Indianapolis, Indiana | United States | Hoosier Dome |
| 7 December 1989 | |||
| 9 December 1989 | Pontiac, Michigan | Silverdome | |
| 10 December 1989 | |||
| 13 December 1989 | Montreal, Quebec | Canada | Olympic Stadium |
| 14 December 1989 | |||
| 17 December 1989 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | United States | Convention Center |
| 19 December 1989 | |||
| 20 December 1989 | |||
| Asia | |||
| 14 February 1990 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome |
| 16 February 1990 | |||
| 17 February 1990 | |||
| 19 February 1990 | |||
| 20 February 1990 | |||
| 21 February 1990 | |||
| 23 February 1990 | |||
| 24 February 1990 | |||
| 26 February 1990 | |||
| 27 February 1990 | |||
| Europe | |||
| 18 May 1990 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | De Kuip |
| 19 May 1990 | |||
| 21 May 1990 | |||
| 23 May 1990 | Hanover | West Germany | Niedersachsenstadion |
| 24 May 1990 | |||
| 26 May 1990 | Frankfurt | Waldstadion | |
| 27 May 1990 | |||
| 30 May 1990 | Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | |
| 31 May 1990 | |||
| 2 June 1990 | Munich | Olympiastadion | |
| 3 June 1990 | |||
| 6 June 1990 | West Berlin | Olympiastadion | |
| 10 June 1990 | Lisbon | Portugal | Estádio José Alvalade |
| 13 June 1990 | Barcelona | Spain | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc |
| 14 June 1990 | |||
| 16 June 1990 | Madrid | Estadio Vicente Calderon | |
| 17 June 1990 | |||
| 20 June 1990 | Marseille | France | Stade Velodrome |
| 22 June 1990 | Paris | Parc des Princes | |
| 23 June 1990 | |||
| 25 June 1990 | |||
| 27 June 1990 | Basel | Switzerland | St. Jakob Stadium |
| 4 July 1990 | London | England | Wembley Stadium |
| 6 July 1990 | |||
| 7 July 1990 | |||
| 9 July 1990 | Glasgow | Scotland | Hampden Park |
| 16 July 1990 | Cardiff | Wales | Cardiff Arms Park |
| 18 July 1990 | Newcastle upon Tyne | England | St James' Park |
| 20 July 1990 | Manchester | Maine Road | |
| 21 July 1990 | |||
| 25 July 1990 | Rome | Italy | Stadio Flaminio |
| 26 July 1990 | |||
| 28 July 1990 | Turin | Stadio Delle Alpi | |
| 31 July 1990 | Vienna | Austria | Praterstadion |
| 3 August 1990 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Eriksberg |
| 4 August 1990 | |||
| 6 August 1990 | Oslo | Norway | Valle Hovin Stadium |
| 7 August 1990 | |||
| 9 August 1990 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Idrætsparken |
| 13 August 1990 | East Berlin | East Germany | Radrennbahn Weißensee |
| 14 August 1990 | |||
| 16 August 1990 | Gelsenkirchen | West Germany | Parkstadion |
| 18 August 1990 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | Strahov |
| 24 August 1990 | London | England | Wembley Stadium |
| 25 August 1990 | |||