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Today in Rolling Stones history: June 4

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Some days in Rolling Stones history are packed with concert setlists. Others feel like entire chapters squeezed into 24 hours. June 4 is one of those dates. From first encounters that would shape the band’s studio sound to the chaotic creativity behind Sympathy for the Devil, the day keeps resurfacing at pivotal moments across decades. Add in landmark tours, unexpected collaborations, the release of a rare version of I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now), and even a few detours into rock mythology, and you get a date that proves the Stones rarely did anything the ordinary way. Not that anyone expected them to.

June 4, 1964: While in the USA the Stones visit RCA Recording Studios in Los Angeles and meet arranger Jack Nitzsche, who would go on to collaborate with the band many times over the years helping shape some of their most distinctive studio work.
Nitzsche, on meeting the Stones: “The first time I met the Stones was when they walked into RCA Studios, and the session just stopped because no one had ever seen anyone who looked like that…”

June 4-10, 1968: The Stones record sessions for their upcoming album Beggars Banquet at Olympic Sound Studios in London, including Sympathy for the Devil and other early versions of key tracks. During the same period, they were also being filmed by French director Jean-Luc Godard for his experimental film One Plus One, capturing the band in the middle of one of their most intense creative phases.

June 4, 1972: Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, USA (2 shows, The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972)
1st show: Brown Sugar/Bitch/Rocks Off/Gimme Shelter/Happy/Tumbling Dice/Love In Vain/Sweet Virginia/Band introduction/ Loving Cup/All Down The Line/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Midnight Rambler/Bye Bye Johnny/Rip This Joint/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Street Fighting Man

2nd show: Brown Sugar/Bitch/Rocks Off/Gimme Shelter/The Loveliest Night Of The Year (Charlie Watts and Nicky Hopkins only)/Happy/Tumbling Dice/Love In Vain/Sweet Virginia/Loving Cup/Band introduction/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/All Down The Line/Midnight Rambler/Bye Bye Johnny/Rip This Joint/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Street Fighting Man

June 4, 1975: The Stones do a photo shoot at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, capturing them during their time in the U.S. with that mix of rock ‘n’ roll attitude and iconic history in the background.
Read: The Rolling Stones at The Alamo (1975): Rare U.S. Photo Shoot and Rock History Moment

June 4, 1975: Release of Leslie West‘s LP The Great Fatsby, with Mick Jagger as guest (on guitar) on one track: High Roller
Released on the RCA Phantom label, this is one of West’s two releases that year, featuring bluesy highlights, guest stars, and standout guitar work.

June 4, 1976: Keith and Anita Pallenberg’s two-and-a-half-month-old baby, Tara (named after Tara Browne, the Guinness heir and Brian’s close friend whose tragic car accident was immortalized in The Beatles’ A Day in the Life)—dies of respiratory failure in Switzerland.
Anita, aboutlosing Tara: “Keith was very calm and very protective and very normal and loving. He just said, Forget it. And everybody else told me the same thing. They all said, Forget it. Look after your other children. I am sure that the drugs had something to do with it. And I always felt very, very bad about the whole thing.”

June 4, 1976: Pavillon De Paris (Les Abattoirs), Paris, France (Rolling Stones Tour of Europe ’76)
Honky Tonk Women/If You Can’t Rock Me-Get Off Of My Cloud/Hand Of Fate/Hey Negrita/Ain’t Too Proud To Beg/Fool To Cry/Hot Stuff/Star Star/You Gotta Move/Angie/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Band introduction/Happy/Tumbling Dice/Nothing From Nothing/Outa Space/Midnight Rambler/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Brown Sugar/Jumping Jack Flash/Street Fighting Man

June 4, 1980: Release of the German compilation LP Collector’s Only featuring rare and sought-after tracks, including the original studio version of I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) without the added “live” overdubs, offering a more stripped-down and authentic listening experience.

June 4, 1982: Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Holland (Rolling Stones European Tour 1982)
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 4, 1999: Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland (Bridges to Babylon Tour, European leg)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash/You Got Me Rocking/Live With Me/Respectable/Gimme Shelter/Honky Tonk Women/Angie/Saint Of Me/Out Of Control/Paint It Black/Band introduction/All About You/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

June 4, 2003: Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany (first show of the European leg of the Licks Tour)
Street Fighting Man/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/If You Can’t Rock Me/Don’t Stop/Heartbreaker/Love In Vain/Live With Me/Monkey Man/ Midnight Rambler/Tumbling Dice/Band introduction/Slipping Away/Before They Make Me Run/Start Me Up/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/Honky Tonk Women/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/ Mannish Boy/Neighbours/Brown Sugar/Satisfaction

June 4, 2004: Ron Wood joins The Charlatans onstage at the Carling Hammersmith Apollo, in London, making a special guest appearance during the band’s performance.

June 4, 2011: Keith Richards accepts the Brass Balls Award for his contributions to the music industry at the 5th Annual Guys’ Choice Awards in Culver City, California, delivering his trademark laid-back humor and attitude while being honored for decades of influence on rock music. On the same day Ron Wood makes a guest appearance onstage with the Jones Gang and Roger Taylor at the Wintershall Estate in Bramley, England.
Read: Keith Richards Gets Brass Balls (from the Phoenix New Times)

June 4, 2014: Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel (14 On Fire tour, Asian leg)
Start Me Up/You Got Me Rocking/It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll/Tumbling Dice/Angie/Doom And Gloom/Get Off Of My Cloud/Paint It Black/Honky Tonk Women/Band introduction/You Got The Silver/Can’t Be Seen/Midnight Rambler/Miss You/Gimme Shelter/ Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Sympathy For The Devil/Brown Sugar/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Satisfaction
*With guests the Buchmann-Mehta School Swiss Friends Chamber Choir on You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Read: The Rolling Stones Rock Tel Aviv in 2014: Historic First Show in Israel

June 4, 2023: Ron Wood takes part in a special concert celebrating legendary guitarist James Burton (“James Burton & Friends”) at the London Palladium joining an all-star lineup that includes Van Morrison, Brian May, Jeff Baxter, Paul Shaffer and other renowned musicians. The event pays tribute to Burton’s remarkable career and lasting influence on generations of guitarists.

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