{"id":91733,"date":"2024-07-11T18:06:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T22:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/07\/11\/every-rolling-stones-tour-ranked-critics-picks\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T18:06:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T22:06:39","slug":"every-rolling-stones-tour-ranked-critics-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/07\/11\/every-rolling-stones-tour-ranked-critics-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Rolling Stones Tour, Ranked: Critic\u2019s\u00a0Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tOn July 12, 1962, The Rolling (then Rollin\u2019) Stones<\/a> played their first show at the famed Marquee Club in London. By the fall of 1963 they were on the road in Europe, on the low end of a package with the Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tFlash forward 60-plus years, and they\u2019re filling the world\u2019s biggest stadiums \u2014 as they have been since the mid-\u201970s \u2014 with the current North American leg of their Hackney Diamonds Tour.<\/p>\n

\n\tFew acts boast the kind of road resume the Stones have built over the decades. Conservative estimates put the group\u2019s tally at more than 2,000 concerts for more than 45 million people \u2014 including an estimated 1.5 million alone on Feb. 18, 2006 at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And sometimes it seems like Mick Jagger has worn precisely that same number of outfits during all those years of performing.<\/p>\n

\n\tTwo of the Stones\u2019 treks \u2014 A Bigger Bang from 2005-2007 and No Filter from 2017-2021 \u2014 are among the top 10 grossing tours of all time, according to Billboard Boxscore<\/a>. The group\u2019s two \u201990s tours, Voodoo Lounge and Bridges to Babylon, ranked No. 1 and No. 2 for that decade, and A Bigger Bang topped the 2000s. Clearly, we like it when the Stones come to town \u2014 yes we do.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhy? So many reasons \u2014 not the least of which is a wealth of rock anthems the Stones dependably deliver most every time they hit the stage. There\u2019s also staging, which is just as dependably awesome, and a sense of seeing bona fide history on display. We can certainly marvel at (and maybe be a little jealous of) Jagger\u2019s continued vigor as he nears 81, and take comfort in the fact that Keith Richards, also 80, is still inexplicably with us despite behaviors that would take most everyone else off this mortal coil. \u201cHow do you make rock \u2018n\u2019 roll grow up? It seems to me that\u2019s a very interesting question, and we\u2019re the only answer,\u201d Richards told this writer back in 2005. \u201cWhen we finally croak, you\u2019ll find out how long we can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Hackney Diamonds Tour, which began April 28 in Houston and runs through July 17 in North America, is showing that the Stones have yet to gather any moss. Invigorated by a strong new album of the same name, the early shows have featured strong performances and changing set lists, and fans are still coming in droves.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd that has us thinking back over the group\u2019s touring history, and the enormous legacy that\u2019s been created since those Stones started rolling. Check out our ranking of the band\u2019s 17 tours below, <\/p>\n