The Rolling Stones kicked off their 2013 50 and Counting tour last night (May 3) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The band were joined by Gwen Stefani during the hit-packed show. The No Doubt frontwoman sang alongside Mick Jagger on ‘Wild Horses’, wearing a vest emblazoned with the Stones’ ‘Lips’ logo.
Country musician Keith Urban later joined the band on guitar and vocals during ‘Respectable’, whilst former Rolling Stones member Mick Taylor played on ‘Midnight Rambler’ to huge cheers from the crowd, which included Muse drummer Dom Howard, actors David Hasselhoff and Pierce Brosnan and Arcadia Group CEO Philip Green.
The band took to the stage at 9pm (PT) and played a two hour long, 23 song set that included classic tracks ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’, ‘Satisfaction’, ‘Honky Tonk Women’, ‘Brown Sugar’, ‘Paint It Black’ and ‘Tumbling Dice’. Scroll down for a full setlist.
The show started with a brass performance of ‘Satisfaction’ by the UCLA Bruins marching band. Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts then entered the stage to play ‘Get Off Of My Cloud’, following it with ‘The Last Time’.
The beaming band performed ‘Emotional Rescue’ live on stage for the first time since it was released in 1980, and also gave a rare live airing to 1968 ‘Beggars Banquet’ track ‘Factory Girl’, during which Jagger played acoustic guitar.
“Good evening Los Angeles,” said Jagger to the crowd. “Or is it just Beverly Hills, Brentwood and parts of Santa Monica?” he added, jokingly referring to the posher parts of town.
Jagger also apologised to the audience for the fact that the show date was shifted from May 2 to May 3. “It’s either us or the Lakers,” he said, referring to the basketball team who usually play the downtown Los Angeles venue. “So now you got us. It doesn’t matter to Jack Nicholson, because he was coming to both of them,” he added, pointing out the Hollywood star and famous basketball fan in the crowd.
SETLIST:
‘Get Off Of My Cloud’
‘The Last Time’
‘It’s Only Rock N’ Roll’
‘Paint It Black’
‘Gimme Shelter’
‘Wild Horses’
‘Factory Girl’
‘Emotional Rescue’
‘Respectable’
‘Doom & Gloom’
‘One More Shot’
‘Honky Tonk Women’
‘Before They Make Me Run’
‘Happy’
‘Midnight Rambler’
‘Start Me Up’
‘Tumbling Dice’
‘Brown Sugar’
‘Sympathy For The Devil’
‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’
‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’
‘Satisfaction’
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