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Today in Rolling Stones history: July 5

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If you think your work week is stressful, imagine being The Rolling Stones trying to navigate July 5th. Between dodging aggressive cease-and-desists over the Some Girls cover art and explaining to an Arkansas sheriff why your tour gear includes certain “recreational” necessities, the band rarely had a dull moment. It wasn’t just about playing Jumpin’ Jack Flash to sold-out crowds; it was a constant, high-stakes collision between rock-and-roll excess and the very real consequences of global fame. Whether they were mourning ghosts in Hyde Park or fending off celebrity lawsuits, their mid-summer track record proves that living this hard is a full-time job.

July 5, 1963: Ken Colyer Jazz Club, Studio 51, London, England

July 5, 1969: The day of the landmark free concert at the Cockpit Area in Hyde Park, London, serving as both a somber tribute to Brian Jones—who died two days prior—and the high-stakes debut of guitarist Mick Taylor. This haunting, pivotal performance remains one of rock history’s most emotionally charged and culturally significant gatherings.

Adonais (Eulogy for Brian Jones, read by Mick)/I’m Yours And I’m Hers/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Mercy Mercy/ Stray Cat Blues/No Expectations/I’m Free/Down Home Girl/Love In Vain/Loving Cup/Honky Tonk Women/Midnight Rambler/Satisfaction/Street Fighting Man/Sympathy For The Devil
*Additional musicians on percussion on Sympathy For The Devil: Ginger Johnson’s African Drummers/ Rocky Dijon

Mick Jagger at the Hyde Park concert:
“Brian will be at the concert. I mean, he’ll be there! But it all depends on what you believe in. If you’re agnostic, he’s just dead, and that’s it. When we get there this afternoon, he’s gonna be there. I don’t believe in Western bereavement. You know, I can’t suddenly drape a long black veil and walk the hills. But it is still very upsetting. I want to make it so that Brian’s send-off from the world is filled with as much happiness as possible.“
Read: The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park 1969: A Memorial, A Debut and a Legend

July 5, 1972: The Scope, Norfolk, Virginia, 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 5, 1975: The chaos of the 1975 tour reached a surreal peak in Fordyce, Arkansas, when Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood were pulled over and arrested for possession. What began as a routine traffic stop spiraled into a legendary outlaw moment, perfectly capturing the reckless, high-speed energy defining the band’s mid-seventies decline and reinvention.
Read: Rolling Stones on the Road: The Full Story of Keith and Ronnie’s 1975 Fordyce Bust

July 5, 1978: The WEA pressing plant is forced to pull the original Some Girls album cover from production following legal pressure and complaints from several of the iconic women depicted—including Lucille Ball, Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe—who were none too pleased about their likenesses being used without consent.

July 5, 1982: Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, West Germany (The Rolling Stones European Tour ’82)
Under My Thumb/When The Whip Comes Down/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Shattered/Neighbours/ 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/Tumbling Dice/She’s So Cold/Hang Fire/Miss You/Honky Tonk Women/Brown Sugar/Start Me Up/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Satisfaction

July 5, 1998: Arena, Amsterdam, Holland (Bridges to Babylon Tour, European leg)
Satisfaction/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Flip The Switch/Gimme Shelter/Memory Motel/You Got Me Rocking/Saint Of Me/Out Of Control/Respectable/Miss You/Band introduction/Thief In The Night/Wanna Hold You/Little Queenie/The Last Time/Like A Rolling Stone/Sympathy For The Devil/Tumbling Dice/ Honky Tonk Women/Start Me Up/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Brown Sugar
*With special guest Dave Matthews on Memory Motel

July 5, 2003: Stade Velodrome, Marseille, France (Licks Tour, European leg)
Brown Sugar/Start Me Up/You Got Me Rocking/Don’t Stop/Wild Horses/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Midnight Rambler/Tumbling Dice/Band introduction/Slipping Away/Before They Make Me Run/ Sympathy For The Devil/I Just Want To Make Love To You/Like A Rolling Stone/Street Fighting Man/ Gimme Shelter/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Honky Tonk Women/Satisfaction/Jumpin’ Jack Flash

July 5, 2024: B.C. Place, Vancouver, Canada (Mick, Keith and Ronnie, Tour ’24 Hackney Diamonds)
Start Me Up/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Bitch/Angry/Street Fighting Man/Wild Horses/Mess It Up/Tumbling Dice/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Band introduction/Tell Me Straight/Little T & A/Before They Make Me Run/Sympathy For The Devil/Honky Tonk Women/Midnight Rambler/Gimme Shelter/Paint It Black/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Sweet Sounds Of Heaven/ Satisfaction
Al photos from IORR

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