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Today in Rolling Stones history: July 12

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Some anniversaries get a cake. The Rolling Stones prefer milestone dates packed with first gigs, marathon concerts, surprise reunions, and enough backstage stories to fill another autobiography. July 12 is one of those oddly magical days where history seems to keep circling back to the band, from a tiny London club in 1962 to sold-out arenas, exclusive performances, and a long-awaited reunion that had fans wondering if the next tour announcement was already hiding behind the cameras. Coincidence? Maybe. But with the Stones, even the calendar seems to know when it’s time to make a little rock and roll history.

July 12, 1962: The Stones play their very first show, billed as “The Rollin’ Stones” at the Marquee International Jazz Club, London (without Bill & Charlie) supporting Long John Baldry’s Kansas City Blue Boys. Ads in papers, meanwhile, referred to them as “Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones”.
Unconfirmed setlist: Kansas City/ Baby What’s Wrong/ Confessin’ The Blues/ Bright Lights, Big City/ Dust My Blues/ Down The Road Apiece/ I’m A Love You/ Bad Boy/ I Ain’t Got You/ Hush-Hush/ Ride ‘Em On Down/ Back In The USA/ Kind Of Lonesome/ Blues Before Sunrise/ Big Boss Man/ Don’t Stay Out All Night/ Tell Me That You Love Me/ Happy Home
Line-up: Mick Jagger (vocals) / Keith Richard (guitar)/ Brian Jones (guitar) / Stu (piano)/ Dick Taylor (bass)/ Tony Chapman (drums)
Read: When The Rolling Stones Played Their First Show Ever

July 12, 1963: ‘Twickenham Design College Dance’, Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, England

July 12, 1964: Queens Hall, Leeds, England (2 shows)

July 12, 1966: Kiel Convention Hall, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (The Rolling Stones American Tour 1966)

July 12, 1972: Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972)
Brown Sugar/Bitch/Rocks Off/Gimme Shelter/Happy/Tumbling Dice/Love In Vain/Sweet Virginia/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/All Down The Line/Midnight Rambler/Band introduction/Bye Bye Johnny/Rip This Joint/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Street Fighting Man

July 12, 1975: Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA (Rolling Stones’ Tour of the Americas ’75)
Honky Tonk Women/All Down The Line/If You Can’t Rock Me-Get Off Of My Cloud/Star Star/Gimme Shelter/Ain’t Too Proud To Beg/You Gotta Move/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Happy/Tumbling Dice/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Band introduction/ Heartbreaker/Fingerprint File/Angie/Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa/Wild Horses/That’s Life/Outa Space/Brown Sugar/Midnight Rambler/Rip This Joint/Street Fighting Man/ Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Sympathy For The Devil
Additional musicians: Steve Madaio, Bobby Keys and Trevor Lawrence on horns

July 12, 1982: Stadio Comunale, Torino, Italy (The Rolling Stones European Tour ’82)
Under My Thumb/When The Whip Comes Down/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Neighbours/Shattered/ Black Limousine/Just My Imagination/Twenty Flight Rock/Going To A Go Go/Let Me Go/Time Is On My Side/Beast Of Burden/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Band introduction/Little T & A/Angie/ Tumbling Dice/She’s So Cold/Hang Fire/Miss You/Honky Tonk Women/ Brown Sugar/Start Me Up/ Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Satisfaction

Juy 12, 2007: Just three weeks after playing Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium on the A Bigger Bang Tour, the Rolling Stones returned to the city for one of the most exclusive performances of their career. The band staged a private, invitation-only concert in the spectacular Sala Oval of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), performing for around 700 Deutsche Bank executives and VIP clients during a lavish corporate gala.

July 12, 2012: Exactly 50 years after their first-ever performance at the Marquee Club, the Stones make their first public appearance together in four years at London’s Somerset House. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood are joined by former members Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor for the opening of The Rolling Stones: 50, a major photographic exhibition celebrating the band’s remarkable half-century. The event also marked the release of The Rolling Stones 50, the group’s official photographic autobiography, featuring hundreds of rare and iconic images chronicling their extraordinary career. Although no music was performed, the reunion of all six musicians sparked enormous excitement and fueled widespread speculation about an upcoming anniversary tour—a prediction that would soon prove correct with the announcement of the band’s celebrated 50 & Counting concerts later that year.

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