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Today in Rolling Stones history: February 15

February 15 isn’t just another date in rock history—it’s a recurring snapshot of Mick Jagger’s evolving legacy. From the glittering 1974 opening of The Bottom Line in New York City, where Jagger mingled with Stevie Wonder, Carly Simon, and Elton John, to electrifying Rolling Stones performances in Las Vegas (1998) and Minnesota (1999), the day traces a fascinating arc through decades of music culture. Whether shaking a photographer’s hand outside a limo or commanding arenas, Jagger embodies rock’s shifting eras. February 15 reveals not just concerts, but defining moments of connection, charisma, and enduring stage power.

February 15, 1963: Red Lion Pub, Sutton, England

February 15, 1964: Odeon Theatre, Rochester, England (2 shows)

February 15, 1974: Mick Jagger, along with Stevie Wonder, Carly Simon and a host of other music-world names, turned up for the opening of The Bottom Line in New York City. The launch of the intimate Greenwich Village venue quickly became a scene in itself — part concert, part industry gathering, and pure downtown buzz. With so many heavy hitters in one room, the night felt less like a simple club opening and more like a snapshot of a golden era in music, where rock, soul, and pop royalty casually mingled under one roof.
Photographer Peter Cunningham: “It was the opening night of The Bottom Line February 11, 1974. I was asked my Allan and Stanley, the proprietors, to photograph the celebrities in attendance. This gave me the creeps, the hebejibees, aka, existential dread. I was trained as an anthropologist, the role of paparazzi runs exactly counter to everything I stand for. But that night, it was my professional assignment…

…With great inner turmoil, I did my job, I got pictures of Stevie Wonder, Dr.John, Elton John (no relation), Pete Townshend, and Mick Jagger. When Mick got up to leave I dutifully followed hoping to get an image of him with the club name for press the next day. After this picture happened, Mick went to the door of him waiting limo and didn’t get in. Instead he turned to three of us photographers and pointedly shook each one of our hands, saying a sincere ‘thank you’. That was a big lesson. I believe he was saying that we had a symbiotic relation, photographer and celebrity, that the he needed to be photographed by us as much as we needed to photograph him.”

February 15, 1998: The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Satisfaction/You Got Me Rocking/Flip The Switch/Gimme Shelter/Saint Of Me/Already Over Me/I Just Want To Make Love To You/Out Of Control/Little Queenie/Miss You/Band introduction/Thief In The Night/Wanna Hold You/ It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Tumbling Dice/Honky Tonk Women/Start Me Up/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Like A Rolling Stone/Brown Sugar
*With special guest Sheryl Crow on vocals

February 15, 1999: Target Center, Minnesota, MN, USA
Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Live With Me/Respectable/You Got Me Rocking/ Honky Tonk Women/Moonlight Mile/Sweet Virginia/Some Girls/ Paint It Black/Band introduction/Before They Make Me Run/Thief In The Night/Out Of Control/Route 66/Just My Imagination/Midnight Rambler/ Tumbling Dice/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Start Me Up/Brown Sugar/Sympathy For The Devil

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