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March 4 isn’t just another date in The Rolling Stones history — it’s a snapshot of their restless evolution. In 1967, Ruby Tuesday climbs to No.1 in the U.S. after Let’s Spend the Night Together faces radio bans, proving controversy could fuel chart glory. That same day, the band’s offstage saga stretches from Toulouse to Tangier, blending rock myth with bohemian escape. A decade later, the raw 1977 El Mocambo gig in Toronto resets their live reputation. Fast forward to global stages in Brisbane, Las Vegas, and Tokyo, and March 4 keeps echoing. From Highwire politics to stadium anthems, this date captures the Stones in constant motion.
March 4, 1964: Gaumont Theatre, Bradford, England (2 shows)
March 4, 1967: The Stones go straight to No.1 on the US singles chart with Ruby Tuesday, the group’s fourth US No.1 single. The original A side was Let’s Spend The Night Together but since the song ended up being banned by radio stations because of its “suggesting” lyrics Ruby Tuesday became the A side.
March 4, 1967: Anita Pallenberg flies back to Toulouse to meet Brian, while Keith and his driver Tom Keylock ferry to North Africa and then drive to Tangier, Morocco, where they meet some friends, among them Michael Cooper, Robert Fraser and Christopher Gibbs.
March 4, 1977: El Mocambo Tavern, Toronto, Canada. The set included: Route 66/Honky Tonk Women/Hand Of Fate/Fool To Cry/Crazy Mama/Crackin’ Up/Around and Around/ Melody/Star Star/Worried About You/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Band introduction/Little Red Rooster/ Luxury/Brown Sugar and Jumpin’ Jack Flash
March 4, 1991: Release of the Highwire / 2,000 Light Years from Home (live in Barcelona, June 13 1990) 7″ single in the US (Rolling Stones Records 38-73742) Mick on Highwire(1991): “It’s not about the war. It’s about how it started.”
March 4, 2003: Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia Street Fighting Man/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/If You Can’t Rock Me/Don’t Stop/Start Me Up/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Bitch/Can’t You Hear Me Knocking/Tumbling Dice/Band introduction/Slipping Away/ Before They Make Me Run/Sympathy For The Devil/Gimme Shelter/Honky Tonk Women/Jack Fl’ash/You Got Me Rocking/Like A Rolling Stone/Brown Sugar/Satisfaction
March 4, 2006: MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA Jumpin’ Jack Flash/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Oh No, Not You Again/Tumbling Dice/Beast Of Burden/Bitch/Midnight Rambler/Gimme Shelter/Band introduction/This Place Is Empty/ Happy/Miss You/Rough Justice/You Got Me Rocking/Honky Tonk Women/Sympathy For The Devil/Start Me Up/Brown Sugar/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Satisfaction
March 4, 2014: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan Start Me Up/You Got Me Rocking/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Tumbling Dice/Angie/Doom And Gloom/Silver Train/ Honky Tonk Women/Band introduction/Slipping Away/Happy/Midnight Rambler/Miss You/Paint It Black/ Gimme Shelter/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Sympathy For The Devil/Brown Sugar/You Can’t Always Get What You Want*/Satisfaction *With special guests the Senzoku Freshman Singers choir
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