The No Filter Tour was a European/North American concert tour by the Rolling Stones which began on 9 September 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. The tour was scheduled to conclude in 2020 but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour resumed in September 2021.[4] A few weeks after that announcement, the Stones announced that drummer Charlie Watts underwent an unspecified medical procedure and that he would likely be unable to join the tour due to a lengthy recovery. Watts ultimately died on 24 August 2021.[5] The band announced on 5 August that longtime Stones associate Steve Jordan would fill in as drummer for the 2021 dates.[6]

No Filter Tour
Tour by The Rolling Stones
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumBlue & Lonesome
Start date9 September 2017
End date23 November 2021
Legs4
No. of shows58
Attendance2,867,799[1][2][3]
Box office$546.5 million[1][2][3]
The Rolling Stones concert chronology

Overview

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The No Filter Tour was announced on 9 May 2017, with fourteen shows in twelve different venues across Europe in September and October of the same year.[7] On 26 February 2018, fourteen new dates were added throughout Europe and the UK.[8][9] The Stones logo was redesigned for the European leg by French designer Millinsky.[10] With an overall attendance of 1,506,259 fans grossing $237.8 million,[1][2] the tour was one of the most commercially successful concert tours of 2017 and 2018. The North American leg of the tour was officially announced on 19 November 2018 and was set to play 17 shows across the United States and one in Canada, beginning on 20 April 2019 in Miami, Florida.

On 30 March 2019, it was announced that Mick Jagger would be receiving treatment for an unspecific medical condition, which forced the Stones to postpone the 17-date North American leg of the tour.[11] The procedure took place in April 2019 at a New York City hospital.[12][13][14] As a result, the band's headline performance at the New Orleans Jazz Festival had to be cancelled.[15] It was initially announced that Fleetwood Mac would headline in place of the Stones, but they were also forced to cancel due to Stevie Nicks contracting influenza. The slot was filled by Widespread Panic.[16]

On 4 April 2019, it was announced that Jagger's procedure was successful.[13] On 16 May, the Rolling Stones announced that No Filter Tour would resume on 21 June with the 17 postponed dates rescheduled up to the end of August.[17]

On 6 February 2020, fifteen additional North American dates were announced.[18]

On 17 March 2020, the fifteen North American dates for May–July 2020 were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.[19][20] The tour was rescheduled and resumed in September 2021, without Charlie Watts who had to undergo a medical procedure and died before the final leg of the tour.[21] The band confirmed on 26 August that the tour will continue as planned.[22] Steve Jordan will take his place in the lineup for the remainder of the tour.[23][24]

Stage design

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Stage at Hamburg Stadtpark shortly before the concert.

The stage was designed by Stufish Entertainment Architects[25] and built by Stageco[26] and WIcreations.[27] The stage consists of four LED video columns measuring 22 metres (72 ft) tall and 11 metres (36 ft) wide. Two metres (6.5 ft) below the top of the LED screens is an 8-metre (26.2 ft) wide gap to accommodate a row of nine moving spotlights with a transparent rain cover. A transparent roof structure covers the main stage to offer protection from weather. The main stage measures 60 metres (196.9 ft) wide. In 2017 and 2018, there was a 28-metre-long (26.2 ft) T-shaped catwalk and B-stage. For the 2019 leg of the tour, the B-stage was changed to a round design and the far ends of the main stage were extended into the crowd.

Set list

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These setlists were performed at the 19 October 2017 concert held at the U Arena, Nanterre, the 22 May 2018 concert at London Stadium, London, and at the 5 August 2019 concert at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford. These do not represent all shows throughout the tour.

2018
  1. "Street Fighting Man"
  2. "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
  3. "Tumbling Dice"
  4. "Paint It Black"
  5. "Ride 'Em On Down"
  6. "Under My Thumb"
  7. "Fool To Cry"
  8. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
  9. "Honky Tonk Women"
  10. "Before They Make Me Run"
  11. "Slipping Away"
  12. "Sympathy for the Devil"
  13. "Miss You"
  14. "Midnight Rambler"
  15. "Start Me Up"
  16. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
  17. "Brown Sugar"
  18. "Gimme Shelter"
  19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
2019
  1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
  2. "You Got Me Rocking"
  3. "Tumbling Dice"
  4. "Harlem Shuffle"
  5. "Monkey Man"
  6. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
  7. "Let It Bleed" (B-stage acoustic)
  8. "Dead Flowers" (B-stage acoustic)
  9. "Sympathy for the Devil"
  10. "Honky Tonk Women"
  11. "You Got the Silver"
  12. "Before They Make Me Run"
  13. "Miss You"
  14. "Midnight Rambler"
  15. "Paint It Black"
  16. "Start Me Up"
  17. "Brown Sugar"
  18. "Gimme Shelter"
  19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act and tickets sold
Date City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Gross
Europe
9 September 2017 Hamburg Germany Hamburg Stadtpark Kaleo 81,193 / 81,193 $11,954,300
12 September 2017 Munich Olympiastadion 72,637 / 72,637 $11,792,289
16 September 2017 Spielberg Austria Red Bull Ring Kaleo
John Lee Hooker Jr.
95,004 / 95,004 $11,202,349
20 September 2017 Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund The Struts 48,963 / 48,963 $10,304,275
23 September 2017 Lucca Italy Mura Storiche 55,604 / 55,604 $7,618,277
27 September 2017 Barcelona Spain Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Los Zigarros 58,622 / 58,622 $8,769,703
30 September 2017 Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena De Staat 54,791 / 54,791 $8,762,079
3 October 2017 Copenhagen Denmark Telia Parken Rival Sons 47,002 / 47,002 $8,510,736
9 October 2017 Düsseldorf Germany Esprit Arena 43,295 / 43,295 $8,487,199
12 October 2017 Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena Hellacopters 53,770 / 53,770 $7,880,697
15 October 2017 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome Leon Bridges 35,338 / 35,338 $6,146,461
19 October 2017 Nanterre France U Arena Cage the Elephant 109,126 / 109,126 $18,529,324
22 October 2017
25 October 2017
Europe
17 May 2018 Dublin Republic of Ireland Croke Park The Academic 64,823 / 64,823 $8,771,102
22 May 2018 London England London Stadium Liam Gallagher 137,475 / 137,475 $20,496,695
25 May 2018 Florence and the Machine
29 May 2018 Southampton St Mary's Stadium The Vaccines 26,582 / 26,582 $3,676,860
2 June 2018 Coventry Ricoh Arena The Specials 31,599 / 31,599 $4,120,042
5 June 2018 Manchester Old Trafford Richard Ashcroft 46,898 / 46,898 $7,321,969
9 June 2018 Edinburgh Scotland BT Murrayfield Stadium 54,221 / 54,221 $8,187,100
15 June 2018 Cardiff Wales Principality Stadium Elbow 48,716 / 48,716 $6,635,778
19 June 2018 London England Twickenham Stadium James Bay 55,000 / 55,000 $11,105,252
22 June 2018 Berlin Germany Olympiastadion The Kooks 67,295 / 67,295 $12,113,470
26 June 2018 Marseille France Orange Vélodrome The Glorious Sons 53,409 / 53,409 $9,591,041
30 June 2018 Stuttgart Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena The Kooks 43,291 / 43,291 $8,785,685
4 July 2018 Prague Czech Republic Letňany Gotthard
Prazsky vyber
65,250 / 65,250 $8,674,940
8 July 2018 Warsaw Poland PGE Narodowy Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue 52,355 / 52,355 $8,364,676
North America[a]
21 June 2019 Chicago United States Soldier Field St. Paul and the Broken Bones 98,228 / 98,228 $21,741,564
25 June 2019 Whiskey Myers
29 June 2019 Oro-Medonte Canada Burl's Creek Event Grounds The Beaches
The Glorious Sons
Sloan
Dwayne Gretzky[29]
3 July 2019[b] Landover United States FedExField Ghost Hounds 39,082 / 39,082 $9,257,202
7 July 2019[c] Foxborough Gillette Stadium Gary Clark Jr 49,669 / 49,669 $11,675,732
15 July 2019[d] New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
The Soul Rebels
35,023 / 35,023 $7,163,692
19 July 2019[e] Jacksonville TIAA Bank Field The Revivalists 50,358 / 50,358 $10,198,392
23 July 2019[f] Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field Des Rocs 51,115 / 51,115 $11,741,373
27 July 2019[g] Houston NRG Stadium Bishop Gunn 45,958 / 45,958 $11,068,397
1 August 2019[h] East Rutherford MetLife Stadium The Wombats 104,964 / 104,964 $25,510,438
5 August 2019[h] Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
10 August 2019[i] Denver Broncos Stadium at Mile High Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats 58,846 / 58,846 $13,494,183
14 August 2019[j] Seattle CenturyLink Field Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real 53,363 / 53,363 $11,835,818
18 August 2019[k] Santa Clara Levi's Stadium Vista Kicks 47,578 / 47,578 $11,496,719
22 August 2019[l] Pasadena Rose Bowl Kaleo 56,974 / 56,974 $13,113,319
26 August 2019[m] Glendale State Farm Stadium 52,726 / 52,726 $9,747,170
30 August 2019[n] Miami Gardens Hard Rock Stadium Juanes 40,768 / 40,768 $9,762,771
United States[32][33]
20 September 2021[o] Foxborough United States Gillette Stadium
26 September 2021[p] St. Louis The Dome at America's Center The Revivalists 38,669 / 38,669 $7,203,265
30 September 2021[q] Charlotte Bank of America Stadium Ghost Hounds 42,577 / 42,577 $9,074,182
4 October 2021[r] Pittsburgh Heinz Field 43,702 / 43,702 $8,781,607
9 October 2021[s] Nashville Nissan Stadium 42,964 / 42,964 $8,947,952
14 October 2021 Los Angeles SoFi Stadium 81,676 / 81,676 $18,887,679
17 October 2021 The Glorious Sons
24 October 2021[t] Minneapolis U.S. Bank Stadium Black Pumas 38,727 / 38,727 $8,039,757
29 October 2021[u] Tampa Raymond James Stadium Ghost Hounds 52,075 / 52,075 $11,378,033
2 November 2021[v] Dallas Cotton Bowl Juanes 42,469 / 42,469 $8,965,725
6 November 2021 Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium Måneskin 42,600 / 42,600 $14,804,562
11 November 2021[w] Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Zac Brown Band 49,915 / 49,915 $11,125,641
15 November 2021[x] Detroit Ford Field Ayron Jones 40,250 / 40,250 $8,289,779
20 November 2021[y] Austin Circuit of the Americas Ghost Hounds 54,854 / 54,854 $10,078,193
23 November 2021 Hollywood Hard Rock Live 6,725 / 6,725 $5,330,360
Total 2,867,799 $546,515,799
North America 2019 – Cancelled show
Date City Country Venue
2 May 2019 New Orleans United States New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
North America 2020 – Cancelled Shows[34]
8 May 2020 San Diego United States SDCCU Stadium
12 May 2020 Vancouver Canada BC Place
6 June 2020 Buffalo United States New Era Field
14 June 2020 Louisville Cardinal Stadium
19 June 2020 Cleveland FirstEnergy Stadium
North America 2021 – Cancelled Shows
13 October 2021 New Orleans United States New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Personnel

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The Rolling Stones

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Additional musicians

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ All the North American dates were postponed from their original events due to Mick Jagger recovering from a heart procedure[28]
  2. ^ The concert in Landover on 3 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2019.
  3. ^ The concert in Foxborough on 7 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 8 June 2019.
  4. ^ The concert in New Orleans on 15 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 14 July 2019, but postponed due to the Hurricane Barry.
  5. ^ The concert in Jacksonville on 19 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 24 April 2019.
  6. ^ The concert in Philadelphia on 23 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 4 June 2019.
  7. ^ The concert in Houston on 27 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 28 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b The concerts in East Rutherford on 1 and 5 August 2019 were originally scheduled to take place on 13 and 17 June 2019 respectively.
  9. ^ The concert in Denver on 10 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 26 May 2019.
  10. ^ The concert in Seattle on 14 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 22 May 2019.
  11. ^ The concert in Santa Clara on 18 August 2019was originally scheduled to take place on 18 May 2019.
  12. ^ The concert in Pasadena on 22 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 11 May 2019.
  13. ^ The concert in Glendale on 26 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 7 May 2019.
  14. ^ The concert in Miami on 31 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 20 April 2019. Ultimately, due to the weather forecast, the concert was moved forward ahead of the impending hurricane to the day before i.e. on 30 August 2019.[30][31] This concert was the last public performance of the band with Charlie Watts.
  15. ^ The concert in Foxborough on 20 September 2021 was a private show hosted by Robert Kraft.
  16. ^ The concert in St. Louis on 26 September 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 27 June 2020.
  17. ^ The concert in Charlotte on 30 September 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 1 July 2020.
  18. ^ The concert in Pittsburgh on 4 October 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 23 June 2020.
  19. ^ The concert in Nashville on 9 October 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 20 May 2020.
  20. ^ The concert in Minneapolis on 24 October 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 16 May 2020.
  21. ^ The concert in Tampa on 29 October 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 5 July 2020.
  22. ^ The concert in Dallas on 2 November 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 29 May 2020.
  23. ^ The concert in Atlanta on 11 November 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 9 July 2020.
  24. ^ The concert in Detroit on 15 November 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 10 June 2020.
  25. ^ The concert in Austin on 20 November 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 24 May 2020.

References

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  18. ^ Stones, The Rolling (6 February 2020). "It's a new year, a new decade & we're thrilled to announce a brand new Rolling Stones NO FILTER 2020 USA/CA tour! There is a fan presale starting on Weds Feb 12 sign up here to get access: https://the-rolling-stones.lnk.to/USACAPRESALESo Tickets go on general sale Fri Feb 14 #StonesNoFilterpic.twitter.com/nP2jtoaaVZ". @RollingStones. Retrieved 6 February 2020. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
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  23. ^ a b Greene, Andy (5 August 2021). "Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts Drops Out of U.S. Tour After Medical Procedure". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  24. ^ Aswad, Jem (5 August 2021). "Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Is 'Unlikely' to Join Group's 2021 U.S. Tour". Variety. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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  33. ^ "The Rolling Stones on Twitter: Due to demand an additional show at SoFi Stadium in LA has been added for Oct 14". Twitter. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  34. ^ "Rolling Stones, which was set to launch 2020 'No Filter' tour in San Diego, cancels SDCCU Stadium concert". San Diego Union-Tribune. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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