No Security Tour

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No Security Tour 1999
Tour by The Rolling Stones
Associated album	No Security
Start date	25 January 1999
End date	20 April 1999
Legs	1
Shows	33 in United States 1 in Canada 34 in total
The Rolling Stones tour chronology
Bridges to Babylon Tour (1997-1998) No Security Tour (1999) Licks Tour (2002-2003)

The No Security Tour was a Rolling Stones concert tour encompassing 25 cities in North America in 1999. It was in support of their concert album No Security and recent studio album Bridges to Babylon.

History

The tour began on 25 January 1999 in Oakland, California, and played 34 shows across Canada and the United States. It was the first Rolling Stones tour in twenty years where they played only at indoor arenas.

The No Security Tour was the brainchild of Mick Jagger and especially Keith Richards. They decided to do an arena-only tour with crowds less than 20,000 after the world wide enormous Bridges to Babylon Tour with crowds of up to 100,000. The band insisted on smaller venues, with fewer special effects, concentrating on the music and band. The tour supported their new album No Security - a live album of Bridges to Babylon Tour recordings.

After rehearsing for twelve days in San Francisco, the No Security Tour began on 25 January 1999 at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California. The band played 33 shows in the US and one at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. They played to a total of 574,300 people; the largest crowd (20,100) was at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, and the smallest (12,600) was at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The final show played at the San Jose Arena on 20 April.

After this tour, the Rolling Stones commenced a brief tour of Europe which was billed as a continuation of their Bridges to Babylon Tour.

The show

The stage was a stripped-down basic structure compared to the Bridges to Babylon Tour stage. The production was designed by Mark Fisher, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Patrick Woodroffe.^[1] It allowed 360 degree views from ticket holders. There were no light shows and few fireworks, but more music and interaction with the band.

Most shows ran from roughly 9:00pm to 11:00pm. Warm up acts included: Bryan Adams, Jonny Lang, Wide Mouth Mason, Big Sugar, The Flys, The Corrs, Goo Goo Dolls, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Sugar Ray. Tickets were less expensive than previous tours. Gold Seating tickets (Front section) were as little as $75 and general admission as low as $40.

Tour band

• Mick Jagger: lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Keith Richards: guitar, backing vocals
• Ronnie Wood: guitar, backing vocals
• Charlie Watts: drums, percussion

Additional musicians:

• Darryl Jones: bass
• Chuck Leavell: keyboards
• Bobby Keys: saxophone
• Tim Ries: saxophone
• Michael Davis: trombone
• Kent Smith: trumpet
• Lisa Fischer: vocals
• Bernard Fowler: vocals
• Blondie Chaplin: vocals

Tour set lists

The set list of songs played on The No Security Tour changed at every arena. However, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" opened all of the concerts and most ended with a two song encore usually including "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Midnight Rambler". The tour featured older tracks from the Rolling Stones' large catalogue and several played at each arena were not famous or even released. The band also played songs from their recent studio album Bridges to Babylon such as "Saint Of Me" and "Out Of Control".

The following songs were played across the tour and how many times they were played in the brackets.^[2]

• (34) Jumpin' Jack Flash
• (34) You Got Me Rocking
• (34) Honky Tonk Women
• (34) Some Girls
• (34) Paint It Black
• (34) Out of Control
• (34) Route 66
• (34) Midnight Rambler
• (34) It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
• (34) Start Me Up
• (34) Brown Sugar
• (34) Sympathy for the Devil
• (32) Tumbling Dice
• (31) Saint of Me
• (29) Respectable
• (23) You Got the Silver
• (23) Before They Make Me Run
• (19) Live With Me
• (14) Moonlight Mile
• (13) Bitch
• (13) Memory Motel
• (13) Thief in the Night
• (11) Get Off of My Cloud
• (11) Just My Imagination
• (11) When the Whip Comes Down
• (9) You Don't Have to Mean It
• (8) Sweet Virginia
• (6) Gimme Shelter
• (4) I Got the Blues
• (2) Undercover of the Night
• (2) Fool to Cry
• (2) Shine a Light
• (1) All Down the Line
• (1) Ruby Tuesday
• (1) Dead Flowers
• (1) I Just Wanna Make Love to You

On the opening night at the Oakland Arena (25 January 1999) the band played:

1. "Jumping Jack Flash"
2. "Live With Me"
3. "Respectable"
4. "You Got Me Rocking"
5. "Undercover of the Night"
6. "Moonlight Mile"
7. "Shine a Light"
8. "Some Girls"
9. "Paint It Black"
10. "-- Introductions --"
11. "You Got The Silver (Keith)"
12. "Before They Make Me Run (Keith)"
13. "Out Of Control"
14. "Route 66 (B-stage)"
15. "I Just Wanna Make Love to You (B-stage)"
16. "Honky Tonk Women (B-stage)"
17. "Saint of Me"
18. "It's Only Rock'n Roll"
19. "Start Me Up"
20. "Brown Sugar"
21. "Midnight Rambler (encore)"
22. "Sympathy for the Devil (encore)"

Tour dates

External links

• Official Website
• setlist.fm tour statistics
• iorr tour reviews

References