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February 20 traces a fascinating arc through Rolling Stones history, from sweaty pub beginnings to stadium-sized spectacle. In 1963 at the Red Lion in Sutton, they were still a hungry R&B outfit chasing a dream. A year later, they were storming British theaters. By 1973 in Adelaide their songs roared across Australia, proving the band had become a global force. Offstage, Bill Wyman’s 1988 A.I.M.S. Gala showed their philanthropic reach. Fast forward to Sydney 2003 and Rio’s Maracanã in 2016—massive crowds, timeless setlists. This February 20 chronology captures the Rolling Stones’ evolution in one unforgettable date.
February 20, 1963: Red Lion Pub, Sutton, England
February 20, 1964: Rank Theatre, Sunderland, England (2 shows)
Feb. 20, 1973: Memorial Drive Park, Adelaide, Australia Brown Sugar/Bitch/Rocks Off/Gimme Shelter/Happy/Tumbling Dice/ Love In Vain/Sweet Virginia/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/ Honky Tonk Women/All Down The Line/Midnight Rambler/Bye Bye Johnny/ Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Street Fighting Man
February 20, 1988: Bill Wyman organizes a benefit concert (The A.I.M.S. Gala) for the Great Ormond Street Hospital at the Royal Albert Hall in London with an all star band including Ronnie Wood, Ian Dury, Eddy Grant, Terence Trent D’Arby, Chrissie Hynde, Phil Collins, Chris Rea, Kenney Jones. Ray Cooper, Simon Kirke, and others. The show was later released on both VHS video and DVD as One Night Only. This after Bill formed A.I.M.S. (Ambitions, Ideas, Motivation, Success) as a project to give up and coming bands a chance to record and perform along with some of the recording artists of the time. To select the most deserving bands, he held a Europe wide Battle Of The Bands series, the finalists from which were invited to play at the Royal Albert Hall at the A.I.M.S. Gala.
February 20, 2003: Super Dome, Sydney, Australia Start Me Up/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/If You Can’t Rock Me/Don’t Stop/You Got Me Rocking/Let It Bleed/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Bitch/Tumbling Dice/Band introduction/Thru And Thru/Before They Make Me Run/Sympathy For The Devil/Gimme Shelter/Honky Tonk Women/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/ Satisfaction/When The Whip Comes Down/Like A Rolling Stone/Brown Sugar/Jumpin’ Jack Flash
February 20, 2016: Estadio Do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Start Me Up/It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll/Tumbling Dice/Out Of Control/Like A Rolling Stone/Doom And Gloom/ Angie/Paint It Black/Honky Tonk Women/Band introduction/You Got The Silver/Before They Make Me Run/ 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 Coral Da PUC-Rio choir
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