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April 19 marks a surprisingly rich date in Rolling Stones history, tracing the band’s rise from early club gigs in England to major releases decades later. On this day, they moved through key moments like the London premiere of the star-packed T.A.M.I. Show, ambitious plans to redo Rock and Roll Circus, explosive live shows in Montreal and San Jose, and the 2019 arrival of Honk. It’s a snapshot of how the Stones constantly reinvented themselves—on stage, on film, and on record. Few bands can turn one calendar date into such a powerful timeline of rock evolution and lasting legacy.
April 19, 1963: Wooden Bridge Hotel, Guildford, England
April 19, 1965: Opening in London of the T.A.M.I. Show (Teen-Age Music International) movie, filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (under the title Teenage Command Performance) on October 28 and 29, 1964, and featuring the Stones, The Supremes, Four Tops, James Brown, The Beach Boys and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
April 19, 1969: Unhappy with the original footage, The Rolling Stones reportedly planned to re-shoot their Rock and Roll Circus performance at the Coliseum in Rome in late June. The idea promised a dramatic new backdrop for the project, but in the end the proposed filming never took place, leaving the original material as it was.
April 19, 1998: Molson Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada Satisfaction/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Flip The Switch/Gimme Shelter/ Sister Morphine/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Saint Of Me/ Out Of Control/Shine A Light/Miss You/Band introduction/Thief In The Night/Wanna Hold You/ Little Queenie/You Got Me Rocking/Like A Rolling Stone/Sympathy For The Devil/Tumbling Dice/Honky Tonk Women/Start Me Up/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/ You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Brown Sugar
April 19, 1999: San Jose Arena, San Jose, CA, USA Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Bitch/You Got Me Rocking/Respectable/Honky Tonk Women/I Got The Blues/Saint Of Me/Some Girls/Paint It Black/Band introduction/You Got The Silver/Before They Make Me Run/Out Of Control/ Route 66/Get Off Of My Cloud/Midnight Rambler/Tumbling Dice/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Start Me Up/Brown Sugar/Sympathy For The Devil
April 19, 2019: Release of Honk, a comprehensive compilation covering Stones’ songs from 1971 to 2016. The album was issued in multiple formats, including a 2-CD ‘Best Of‘ edition and an expanded 3-CD deluxe version that features dynamic live performances recorded between 2013 and 2018, many of them with special guest artists. It includes classic tracks from every studio album starting with Sticky Fingers and featuring most of their timeless hits.
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