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February 13 stands out as a surprisingly rich date in Rolling Stones history, tracing the band’s evolution from gritty UK club performers to global cultural icons. Across decades, this single day captures pivotal moments: early British theatre shows, a defining American album release, explosive U.S. television appearances, personal trials under media glare, marathon stadium sets, and emotional late-career tributes. Seen together, these February 13 milestones reveal how The Rolling Stones repeatedly reinvented themselves while staying rooted in blues, defiance, and raw performance power—proving that even one date on the calendar can tell a much bigger rock ’n’ roll story.
February 13, 1964: Granada Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames, England
February 13, 1965: Release of The Rolling Stones Now!, the band’s third American studio album (London PS 420), which marked a key moment in 1965, capturing their growing confidence, harder edge, and deep immersion in Chicago blues, while helping cement their explosive presence in the U.S. market. SIDE A: 1. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love/ 2. Down Home Girl/ 3. You Can’t Catch Me/ 4. Heart Of Stone/ 5. What A Shame/ 6. Mona (I Need You Baby) SIDE B: 1. Down The Road Apiece/ 2. Off The Hook/ 3. Pain In My Heart/ 4. Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’)/ 5. Little Red Rooster/ 6. Surprise, Surprise
February 13, 1966: The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show (US TV), reaching a massive mainstream audience and accelerating their breakthrough in America despite controversy over lyrics and image. Satisfaction/ As Tears Go By/ 19th Nervous Breakdown
Feb. 13-20, 1987: Mick attends Jerry Hall’s trial in Barbados, where she is ultimately found not guilty after the alleged “drug smuggling” charges are ruled a set-up, a case that drew intense media attention and briefly overshadowed the Stones’ ongoing work.
February 13, 1998: The Summit, Houston, TX, 1998 Satisfaction/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Flip The Switch/Gimme Shelter/ Ruby Tuesday/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Saint Of Me/Out Of Control/Dead Flowers/Miss You/Band introduction/You Don’t Have To Mean It/Wanna Hold You/ Little Queenie/Under My Thumb/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 *With special guest Ian McLagan on keyboards
February 13, 2011: At the 53rd Grammy Awards at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, Mick pays tribute to the late Solomon Burke with a soulful performance of Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, honoring the R&B legend’s influence and delivering one of the night’s most heartfelt moments.
February 13, 2016: Estadio Unico, La Plata, Argentina Start Me Up/It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll/Tumbling Dice/Out Of Control/Beast Of Burden/Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Mick & Chuck Leavell only, one line)/You Got Me Rocking/Paint It Black/Honky Tonk Women/ Band introduction/You Got The Silver/Happy/Midnight Rambler/Miss You/Gimme Shelter/Brown Sugar/ Sympathy For The Devil/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/You Can’t Always Get What You Want*/Satisfaction *With guests Grupo De Canto Coral choir
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