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Today in Rolling Stones history: September 11

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September 11 keeps The Rolling Stones timeline unusually busy, jumping from sweaty early-’60s club dates to major European tours, solo detours, and shows that become part of the band’s sprawling road history. There’s Cardiff, Münster, Copenhagen, Manchester, East Troy, Chicago and Dublin, plus Mick Jagger’s Primitive Cool arriving during one of the Stones’ famously frosty periods. Then comes 2001, when the date suddenly carries a much heavier meaning, before the chronology wanders back into music with Peter Frampton and Anthony Thistlethwaite. In other words, September 11 is hardly just another date on the calendar. The Stones clearly never received that memo.

September 11, 1963: Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, England

Sept. 11, 1964: Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales (2 shows)

September 11, 1965: Halle Münsterland, Münster, West-Germany (2 shows)
Read: The Rolling Stones in Münster 1965: 20 Minutes of Mayhem

September 11, 1970: Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark (The Rolling Stones European Tour 1970)

September 11, 1973: Kings Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, England (The Rolling Stones European Tour 1973)

September 11, 1987: Release of Mick Jagger’s album Primitive Cool
SIDE A: 1. Throwaway/ 2. Let’s Work/ 3. Radio Control/ 4. Say You Will/ 5. Primitive Cool
SIDE B: 1. Kow Tow/ 2. Shoot Off Your Mouth/ 3. Peace For The Wicked/ 4. Party Doll/ 5. War Baby
Primitive Cool is Mick’ Jagger’s ‘s second solo studio album, arriving while the Stones are on hiatus amid considerable tension. Produced with Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart and featuring Jeff Beck’s forceful guitar work, the record mixes late-’80s dance-pop with roots-oriented pop-rock as Jagger explores a more independent musical identity. Its songs range from the upbeat, motivational Let’s Work and tongue-in-cheek Throwaway to the reflective title track, which looks nostalgically at changing cultural attitudes.

September 11, 1989: Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, Wisconsin, USA (Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour)
Start Me Up/Bitch/Sad Sad Sad/Undercover Of The Night/Harlem Shuffle/ Tumbling Dice/Miss You/Ruby Tuesday/Play With Fire/ Dead Flowers/ Rock And A Hard Place/One Hit/Mixed Emotions/Honky Tonk Women/Midnight Rambler/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Little Red Rooster/Before They Make Me Run/Happy/Paint It Black/2000 Light Years From Home/Sympathy For The Devil/Gimme Shelter/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/ Brown Sugar/Satisfaction/Jumpin’ Jack Flash

September 11, 1994: Soldier Field, Chicago, Ilinois, USA (Voodoo Lounge Tour, North American leg)
Not Fade Away/Tumbling Dice/You Got Me Rocking/Shattered/Rocks Off/ Sparks Will Fly/Satisfaction/ Beast Of Burden/Memory Motel/All Down The Line/I Go Wild/Miss You/Band introduction/Honky Tonk Women/Before They Make Me Run/The Worst/Love Is Strong/Monkey Man/Street Fighting Man/ Start Me Up/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Brown Sugar/Jumpin’ Jack Flash

September 11, 2001: As the terrorist attacks take place in the United States, Mick Jagger is in France, while Keith is at home in Connecticut recording a song at his home studio in with Ronnie Spector.
Mick Jagger: “I was in a state of shock because my daughter Elizabeth lives about 15 blocks away in New York City. We couldn’t get through. In the evening, we managed to get through via South Africa, which was really weird. What I feel from a lot of my American friends, although they’re not really able to put it into words, is a sense of violation. It’s a horrible thing to have that feeling broken – that America was this place where they all felt safe… I lived in New York City for a long time so I have a huge sympathy with the town. I identified with it perhaps more than any other city in the United States so I know it very well. Yeah, you feel a great closeness especially when there’s trouble, you do.”

September 11, 2003: The Point, Dublin, Ireland (Licks Tour, European leg)
Start Me Up/You Got Me Rocking/Don’t Stop/Rocks Off/Angie/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/It’s Only Rock’n Roll/I Can’t Turn You Loose/Street Fighting Man/Tumbling Dice/Band introduction/The Nearness Of You/Before They Make Me Run/ Sympathy For The Devil/Midnight Rambler/Paint It Black/ Honky Tonk Women/Brown Sugar/ Satisfaction/Jumpin’ Jack Flash

September 11, 2006: Release of Peter Frampton’s album Fingerprints, with Bill Wyman as guest on one track: Cornerstones
Peter Frampton’s Fingerprints is his 13th studio album and first entirely instrumental record, earning the 2007 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album. A longtime dream brought to life, it lets his guitar lead across rock, blues, jazz, soul, Latin and acoustic styles. The album also marks his return to A&M Records after 24 years and is dedicated to his father, whose encouragement helped shape his musical career.

September 11, 2011: Download-only album Stinky Fingers by Anthony Thistlethwaite, with Mick Taylor as guest on two tracks: 1. Still A Fool/ 2. Blind Willie McTell
Anthony ‘Anto’ Thistlethwaite, born August 31, 1955, in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, is a British multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as a founding member of The Waterboys, formed alongside guitarist Mike Scott, and later becomes a long-serving member of the Irish rock group The Saw Doctors

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