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Today in Rolling Stones history: June 28

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Forget the carefully curated PR myths; if you look at the Rolling Stones’ history through the lens of June 28, you’ll find a wild cocktail of courtroom drama, blues-soaked collaborations, and political cease-and-desists. From the band’s high-stakes legal battles against U.S. president Donald Trump over You Can’t Always Get What You Want to Mick Jagger trading stadium lights for raw, unplugged blues nights, the Stones have never been one to play by the rules—or stay out of trouble. Whether they’re facing prison time or redefining what a rock box set looks like with Five Guys Walk Into A Bar…, their journey is anything but predictable.

June 28, 1963: Ricky Tick Club, Star And Garter Pub, Windsor, England

June 28, 1966: War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, USA (The Rolling Stones American Tour 1966)

June 28, 1967: The day ends with a heavy atmosphere as Keith Richards stays trial for allowing his home to be used for cannabis consumption. Before the proceedings began, Mick Jagger and Robert Fraser were escorted back to the courthouse, only to be held in a grim cell directly beneath the courtroom throughout the day. By the time the gavel fell on an unfinished trial, the legal saga remained unresolved. As the day concluded, Keith was granted release, while Mick and Robert were transported back to the confines of Lewes Prison to await the next steps in their case.

June 28, 1972: Memorial Coliseum, University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 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

June 28, 1974: Bill Wyman steps away from the stadium chaos to join blues titans Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at the Montreux Jazz Festival. It wasn’t just a jam; it was pure, grit-soaked electricity. Released in 1981 as Drinkin’ TNT ‘N’ Smokin’ Dynamite, this record remains a masterclass in raw, unfiltered blues.

June 28, 1978: Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (The Rolling Stones U.S. Tour 1978)
Let It Rock/All Down The Line/Honky Tonk Women/Star Star/When The Whip Comes Down/Miss You/ Lies/Beast Of Burden/Just My Imagination/Respectable/Far Away Eyes/Love In Vain/Shattered/Hound Dog/Tumbling Dice/Happy/Sweet Little Sixteen/ Brown Sugar/Jumpin’ Jack Flash

June 28, 1984: Release of The Jacksons‘ 7“ single State of Shock / Your Ways, with Mick as guest on side A (Mick and Michael Jackson duet) Also release of The Jacksons’ LP Victory, once again, with Mick as guest on one track: State of Shock

June 28, 1992: Mick Jagger performs at the Celebration of the Blues event as part of England’s National Music Day at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, as also do the Charlie Watts Quintet and Ronnie Wood with Buddy Guy. The All Star Band also featured Gary Moore and and Jimmy Rogers, among others. The show was issued later on the bootleg A Celebration To The Blues (Live Autumn 1992)

Mick: “National Music Day is a celebration of music they have in France and other countries and we did one in England. My contribution musically was to do this blues evening, which I did with the Gary Moore Blues Band as house band. We had Pops Staples, who’s not really thought of a s a blues performer at all, but going way back he really was… And we had Buddy Guy and Jimmy Rogers who used to play with Muddy Waters and Otis Rush. And Ronnie Wood, of course, the famous blues guitarist… It was quite a good evening all in all. I did a short set with Gary Moore. We did numbers by Sonny Boy Williamson, Z.Z. Hill, we did Who Do You Love by Bo Diddley. It was a really good evening. I hadn’t done anything like that for a while.”

June 28, 2004: Release of The Faces’ 4-CD box set Five Guys Walk Into A Bar…
When Five Guys Walk Into A Bar… arrived it immediately set the gold standard for classic rock box sets. This sprawling four-disc collection, put together by keyboardist Ian McLagan, perfectly bottles the band’s rowdy, bar-room energy. Beyond just cementing their legacy, the set serves as a definitive reminder that The Faces were a powerhouse unit in their own right. It’s widely considered essential listening and one of the most infectious anthologies ever released.

June 28, 2007: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain (A Bigger Bang Tour, European leg)
Start Me Up/Let’s Spend The Night Together/She’s So Cold/All Down The Line/Monkey Man/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Sway/Night Time/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

June 28, 2014: ‘TW Classic’, Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium (14 On Fire tour, European leg)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash/You Got Me Rocking/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Tumbling Dice/Wild Horses/Doom And Gloom/It’s All Over Now/Out Of Control/Honky Tonk Women/Band introduction/You Got The Silver/Can’t Be Seen/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 Dekoor Close-Harmony choir on You Can’t Always Get What You Want

June 28, 2015: Download-only album Sticky Fingers Live (recorded live at the Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, May 20 2015)
1. Sway/ 2. Dead Flowers/ 3. Wild Horses/ 4. Sister Morphine/ 5. You Gotta Move/ 6. Bitch/ 7. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/ 8. I Got The Blues/ 9. Moonlight Mile/ 10. Brown Sugar

June 28, 2020: The Stones didn’t mince words when they threatened legal action against Donald Trump for using their music at his rallies. Frustrated that their 1969 classic You Can’t Always Get What You Want kept soundtracking events, the band warned that any further unauthorized use would be a direct breach of their licensing agreement. Mick Jagger even publicly mocked the choice, calling it a “drowsy ballad about drugs” that made no sense for a political campaign. Despite repeated requests to cut the track, the band was eventually forced to escalate to formal legal threats to protect their music and stance.

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