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Today in Rolling Stones history: July 6

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If you’ve ever wondered why The Rolling Stones seem to thrive on pure, unadulterated chaos, look no further than their mid-summer performance history. Whether it’s Brian Jones turning a standard Syracuse gig into a national scandal by dragging the American flag or the band tearing through the Masonic Temple with the ferocity of a riot, July 6th has consistently been a battlefield. They don’t just play concerts; they ignite minor wars against social norms and exhaustion alike. From the gritty 1978 Detroit takeover to Hyde Park’s polished defiance, these dates prove that Satisfaction is less of a hit and more of a threat.

July 6, 1966: Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, New York, US (The Rolling Stones American Tour 1966)
While onstage, Brian stirred significant controversy after allegedly dragging an American flag across the floor—an act that was perceived by many as a calculated act of defiance against the establishment. This moment quickly spiraled into a public relations firestorm, intensifying the already palpable tension between the counterculture movement of the era and more traditionalist factions of the audience.
Read: The Rolling Stones and the Flag Incident in Syracuse 1966

July 6, 1972: Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972)
Read: The Rolling Stones Live in Charlotte 1972: A 22-Photo Retrospective

July 6, 1975: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas, USA (Rolling Stones’ Tour of the Americas ’75)

July 6, 1978: Masonic Temple Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Let It Rock/All Down The Line/Honky Tonk Women/Star Star/When The Whip Comes Down/Lies/Miss You/Beast Of Burden/Just My Imagination/Shattered/Respectable/Far Away Eyes/Love In Vain/Tumbling Dice/Happy/Sweet Little Sixteen/Brown Sugar/Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Read: 1978: The Rolling Stones Conquer Detroit (Rare Photos & Recap)

Juky 6, 1990: Wembley Stadium, London, England (Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour)
Start Me Up/Sad Sad Sad/Harlem Shuffle/Tumbling Dice/Miss You/Almost Hear You Sigh/Ruby Tuesday/Factory Girl/Rock And A Hard Place/Mixed Emotions/Honky Tonk Women/Midnight Rambler/ You Can’t Always Get What You Want/I Just Wanna Make Love To You/Before They Make Me Run/ Happy/Paint It Black/2000 Light Years From Home/Sympathy For The Devil/Street Fighting Man/Gimme Shelter/Band introduction/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Brown Sugar/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/ Satisfaction

July 6, 1998: Arena, Amsterdam, Holland (Bridges to Babylon Tour, European leg)
Satisfaction/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Flip The Switch/Gimme Shelter/Sister Morphine/Bitch/Saint Of Me/Out Of Control/ You Got Me Rocking/Fool To Cry/Miss You/Band introduction/Thief In The Night/ Wanna Hold You/Little Queenie/Crazy Mama/ Like A Rolling Stone/Sympathy For The Devil/Tumbling Dice/Honky Tonk Women/Start Me Up/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Brown Sugar

July 6, 2007: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy (A Bigger Bang Tour, European leg)
Start Me Up/You Got Me Rocking/Rough Justice/Rocks Off/She’s So Cold/Ruby Tuesday/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/I’ll Go Crazy/Tumbling Dice/Band introduction/You Got The Silver/Happy/Miss You/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Satisfaction/Honky Tonk Women/Sympathy For The Devil/Paint It Black/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Brown Sugar

July 6, 2013: ‘British Summer Time’, Hyde Park, London, England
Start Me Up/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Tumbling Dice/All Down The Line/Beast Of Burden/Doom And Gloom/ Bitch/Paint It Black/Honky Tonk Women/Band introduction/You Got The Silver/Before They Make Me Run/Miss You/Midnight Rambler/Gimme Shelter/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Sympathy For The Devil/Brown Sugar/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Satisfaction
*With special guests Gary Clark Jr. on Bitch and The Voce Choir and members of the London Youth Choir on You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Read: The Rolling Stones Return to Hyde Park: Inside Their 2013 Comeback

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