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Today in Rolling Stones history: June 20

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On June 20, the Rolling Stones’ story reads less like a straight timeline and more like a never-ending tour bus that refuses to break down. From the explosive American Tour stop in Chicago 1972—when the band was basically rewriting what stadium rock meant in real time—to the slick, almost sly shift of Emotional Rescue in 1980, the Stones kept bending their own rules just to see if they could still snap back. And of course, things get even more chaotic in the best way possible: Mick Jagger sharing a stage with David Bowie in 1986, proving rock’s biggest egos can actually coexist when the song is good enough. Across decades, from Cologne to Pittsburgh, Leipzig to Wembley, one thing stays consistent—no matter the year, the setlist is always a flex, and the audience is always lucky to survive it.

June 20, 1963: Scene Club, London, England

June 20, 1972: International Amphitheater, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2 shows (The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972)

June 20, 1980: Release of the Emotional Rescue / Down in the Hole 7″ single (Rolling Stones Records RSR 105)
Emotional Rescue didn’t just arrive—it slipped into the band’s catalog like a curveball. Built on a pulsing groove and Mick Jagger’s unexpected falsetto, the song traded guitar-driven swagger for a sleeker, dancefloor-ready sound, signaling one of the group’s boldest stylistic shifts.
Read: The Rolling Stones ’Emotional Rescue’ (1980): When Disco, Soul, and Risk Collided

As for the B-side, the Stones drew deeply from the blues throughout their career, and Down in the Hole stands as one of their strongest tributes. Once again inspired by the blues masters, the track combines Mick Jagger’s probing lyrics, Sugar Blue’s sharp harmonica, and a haunting atmosphere.
Read: The Rolling Stones and ‘Down in the Hole’ (1980): The Dark Blues Gem Hidden on Emotional Rescue

June 20, 1982: Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden (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/Chantilly Lace/Let Me Go/ Time Is On My Side/Beast Of Burden/Let It Bleed/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

June 20, 1986: Mick Jagger appears onstage with David Bowie to perform their hit duet Dancing in the Street at the annual Prince’s Trust Concert held at Wembley Arena in London. The appearance reunited two of rock’s biggest stars for a lively rendition of the song, which had become a major hit and a memorable collaboration between Jagger and Bowie during the mid-1980s. The performance was one of the highlights of the charity event, drawing an enthusiastic response from the audience.
Read: The Day Mick Jagger and David Bowie Performed ‘Dancing in the Street’ Live

June 20, 1990: Velodrome, Marseille, France (Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour)
Start Me Up/Sad Sad Sad/Harlem Shuffle/Tumbling Dice/Miss You/ Terrifying/Ruby Tuesday/Angie/Rock And A Hard Place/ Mixed Emotions/Honky Tonk Women/Midnight Rambler/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Can’t Be Seen/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

June 20, 1994: Virgin Records reissue Tattoo You as a digitally remastered CD (CDVX 2732), giving fans an updated version of one of the band’s most successful albums. Among the highlights of the re-release was the inclusion of a longer version of Slave, featuring additional material that had not been available on previous editions. The expanded track offered listeners a deeper look into the song’s hypnotic groove and studio atmosphere, making the reissue particularly appealing to collectors and longtime Stones fans.

June 20, 1994: Release of Dead Amanda‘s EP-CD Why, with Mick Taylor as guest on one track: Turns To Gold

June 20, 1995: Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany (Voodoo Lounge Tour, European leg)
Not Fade Away/Tumbling Dice/You Got Me Rocking/It’s All Over Now/Live With Me/Sparks Will Fly/ Satisfaction/Beast Of Burden/Wild Horses/Like A Rolling Stone/Rock And A Hard Place/Monkey Man/I Go Wild/Miss You/Band introduction/Honky Tonk Women/Happy/Slipping Away/Sympathy For The Devil/ Street Fighting Man/Start Me Up/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Brown Sugar/ Jumpin’ Jack Flash

June 20, 1997: Release of Ligabue‘s 2-CD set Su E Giu’ Da Un Palco, with Mick Taylor as guest on one track: Hai Un Momento, Dio?
This is the first live album (released as a double CD and triple LP) by Italian singer-songwriter Luciano Ligabue. It serves both as a celebration and a faithful chronicle of the triumphant tour that followed the enormous success of his landmark album Buon Compleanno Elvis (1995). The record offers a raw and intimate portrait of the powerful connection between Ligabue, his band, and his audience, capturing the energy, emotion, and spirit that defined one of the most successful periods of his career.

June 20, 1998: Festival Ground, Werchter, Belgium June 13-Sept. 19 1998: (Bridges to Babylon Tour, European leg)
Satisfaction/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Flip The Switch/Gimme Shelter/Dead Flowers/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Saint Of Me/Out Of Control/Love In Vain/Miss You/Band introduction/You Don’t Have To Mean It/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

June 20, 1999: Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany (last show of the Bridges to Babylon Tour)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash/You Got Me Rocking/Live With Me/Respectable/Gimme Shelter/Honky Tonk Women/ Memory Motel/Saint Of Me/Out Of Control/Paint It Black/Band introduction/Thief In The Night/Before They Make Me Run/Route 66/Like A Rolling Stone/Midnight Rambler/Sympathy For The Devil/Tumbling Dice/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Start Me Up/Brown Sugar/Satisfaction
 With guests Theodora and Alexandra Richards (backing vocals) on Sympathy For The Devil

June 20, 2003: Festwiese, Leipzig, Germany
Brown Sugar/Start Me Up/If You Can’t Rock Me/Don’t Stop/All Down The Line/Wild Horses/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Rock Me Baby/Tumbling Dice/Band introduction/Thru And Thru/Happy/ Sympathy For The Devil/Mannish Boy/You Got Me Rocking/Street Fighting Man/Gimme Shelter/Honky Tonk Women/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Satisfaction/Jumpin’ Jack Flash
*With special guests Malcolm and Angus Young on Rock Me Baby and Chrissie Hynde on Honky Tonk Women

June 20, 2015: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (Zip Code Tour of North America 2015)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/All Down The Line/Tumbling Dice/Doom And Gloom/Bitch/ Moonlight Mile/Paint It Black/Honky Tonk Women/Band introduction/Before They Make Me Run/Happy/ Midnight Rambler/Miss You/Gimme Shelter/Start Me Up/Sympathy For The Devil/Brown Sugar/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Satisfaction
*With special guests the Penn State University Concert Choir on You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Read: The Rolling Stones in Pittsburgh 2015: A Night of Hits, Energy, and Surprises

June 20, 2024: Empower Field At Mile High, Denver, Colorado, USA (Tour ’24 Hackney Diamonds)
Start Me Up/It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll/Bitch/Angry/Let It Bleed/Wild Horses/Mess It Up/Tumbling Dice/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Band introduction/Tell Me Straight/Little T & A/Happy/Sympathy For The Devil/Honky Tonk Women/Midnight Rambler/ Gimme Shelter/Paint It Black/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Sweet Sounds Of Heaven/Satisfaction

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