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April 14 stands as a snapshot of evolution in The Rolling Stones history, where chance encounters, bold releases, and pivotal lineup shifts collide. From The Beatles catching an early Crawdaddy performance to the arrival of Ronnie Wood and the chart impact of Tumbling Dice, this date threads together defining moments across decades. It also reflects the band’s enduring adaptability, from intimate club stages to global tours and uncertain comebacks. Seen together, these milestones reveal not just a timeline, but a living, shifting narrative of rock history still unfolding.
April 14, 1963: 2 shows: Studio 51, Ken Colyer Jazz Club, London and Station Hotel, Crawdaddy Club (first show at the Crawdaddy, Richmond, England (with all four members of the Beatles attending) The Beatles had a rare night off so, invited by (then) Stones’ manager Giorgio Gomelsky, after their third appearance on the TV show Thank Your Lucky Stars, they drove to Richmond to see “a new group” called The Rolling Stones perform. “It was a match made in heaven, rampant youth colliding”, wrote Andrew Loog Oldham.
April 14, 1967: Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland The Last Time/Paint It Black/19th Nervous Breakdown/Lady Jane/Get Off Of My Cloud-Yesterday’s Papers/Ruby Tuesday/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Goin’ Home-Satisfaction
April 14, 1972: Release of the Tumbling Dice / Sweet Black Angel 7″ single (Rolling Stones Records RS 19103) Tumbling Dice, first known as Good Time Women, was shaped by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards into a gambling-inspired hit, released ahead of Exile on Main St. with strong commercial impact, while Sweet Black Angel is a gentle protest piece inspired by Angela Davis, blending Caribbean influences and acoustic sounds to express support with subtlety rather than direct confrontation.
April 14, 1975: After lots of press rumours that saying that Steve Marriott, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or Chris Spedding could replace Mick Taylor as guitarist in the Stones, a press release confirmed that Ronnie Wood (still a member of The Faces) would be joining the band for their new American tour.
Apr. 14, 1997: Release of Black Cat Bone‘s CD Taylormade, with Mick Taylor as guest on four tracks: 1. Wake Up Call/ 2. The Stumble/ 3. Blind Willie McTell/ 4. Mick’s Song/ 5. Slow Blues
Apr. 14, 2002: Keith performs with Willie Nelson at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Three songs: Dead Flowers/ The Worst/ Move It On Over
Apr. 14, 2005: Release of The valeie Masters‘ CD Live, with Ronnie as guest on two tracks: 1. Concrete Jungle/ 2. Seven Days
April 14, 2012: Ronnie performs onstage with The Faces at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio, and the group is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (all minus Rod Stewart, who has cancelled because he was ill)
April 14, 2021: Mick Jagger suggests The Rolling Stones plan to resume their postponed 2020 North American tour later this year.
Mick Jagger: “It’s a big guess when we perform again, isn’t it? I think people are hoping that in some countries… each country is going to be slightly different. We’re going to find this in football, aren’t we? In the Euros. That we’re going to have audiences in some countries, crowds in some countries and not in others. Maybe in England, at the end of the summer, beginning of the autumn might be good?… Definitely we’ll do it if we have the opportunity. In a way, we kind of have to ‘cause we’d (laughs) signed up we were going to do an American tour, you know, last year, and we sold the tickets… People didn’t give them all – I mean some people gave them back but not everyone. And I don’t think we can do that exact tour because it won’t be the exact time. But I think we’re pretty much committed to having to do something like that. So I think… things will be somewhere near normal by the end of the summer. Let’s hope anyway…I’ve got to get in shape ‘cause the tour could be anytime, you know. It could be sooner than I think so I’ve got to be ready for that. And keep the songs coming.”
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