THE "ROCKS OFF" ROLLING
STONES SETLISTS PAGE
BY GARY GALBRAITH (with Gerardo
Liedo)
Last show of the tour… Roundhouse, London – 14th March 1971 - © Hulton-Deutsch
Collection/CORBIS
1971 GOODBYE BRITAIN - UK TOUR
‘Goodbye Britain’ 1971 Tour overview
By early 1971,
the Stones’ finances were in serious disarray and faced with the punitive 98%
‘supertax’ imposed on high earners by the Conservative government, the only
logical alternative was to leave the UK, with the entire band decamping to the
south of France. Before the tax year ended however, they went back on the road
again with a brief trek around England (plus one night in Scotland) ominously
titled as the ‘Goodbye Britain’ tour. A
sixteen-date itinerary was crammed into eleven days with seven of the nine
cities visited being treated to a matinee and an evening set. All of the shows took
place in small theatres or dance halls with an average capacity of around 2,000
where the Stones usually played sets of around 12-14 songs, showcasing a few
songs from the ‘Sticky Fingers’ album, which would be released the month after
the tour.
Twelve days after
the tour ended, the Stones filmed a TV special at the Marquee Club in London.
Dissatisfied with the results, the band only allowed the broadcast to be aired
in continental Europe. It would eventually be released officially on CD and DVD
in 2015. As it’s not a tour show, it’s documented in the ‘Miscellaneous
Non-Tour Concerts’ section.
This tour is a
bit of a nightmare to document accurately. Of the 16 shows, there are only
verified audio recordings three of them (Coventry, Leeds, and London) and even
contemporary reviews of the shows and subsequent biographies provide conflicting
evidence regarding the setlists. Whilst
there are no circulating performances of ‘Wild Horses’, ‘Sympathy for the
Devil’, ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ and ‘I Got The Blues’, there are eyewitness reports which indicate that
each of them were played even if only a couple of times apiece. Therefore, the setlists page for this tour
contains a lot of educated guesses. I’m indebted to the users on iorr.org for
their research and first-hand accounts which helped those guesses to be better
than they could have been!
Of the available
shows, Coventry is a mediocre audience recording albeit a good performance,
Leeds has long circulated as a radio broadcast/soundboard of all but the two
opening numbers and the final show at the tour at the London Roundhouse is a
decent recording of most of the gig.
In June 2015, the
‘Sticky Fingers’ deluxe reissue featured five songs culled from the two
Roundhouse concerts (two of them from the previously uncirculated early show)
which turned out to be somewhat frustrating as the performances are outstanding
and makes one salivate at the thought that the full shows must be available
(it’s known that the Stones had the shows in Brighton, Liverpool, Leeds and London recorded on multi-track). The Super Deluxe reissue included an extra disc
which consisted of the full Leeds show in excellent stereo.
Number of shows:
16 (excluding the Marquee TV special)
Number of shows
in circulation: 3
Recommended shows:
Leeds 13th March, London 14th March
Personnel – Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts and
Bill Wyman with Nicky Hopkins (piano), Bobby Keys (sax), Jim Price
(trumpet/trombone)
Concert listing
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No. |
Date |
City |
Country |
Venue |
Notes |
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1 |
4-March |
Newcastle |
United
Kingdom |
City Hall |
early
show |
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2 |
4-March |
Newcastle |
United
Kingdom |
City Hall |
late show |
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3 |
5-March |
Manchester |
United
Kingdom |
Free Trade Hall |
early
show |
|
4 |
5-March |
Manchester |
United
Kingdom |
Free Trade Hall |
late show |
|
5 |
6-March |
Coventry |
United
Kingdom |
Coventry Theatre |
early
show |
|
6 |
6-March |
Coventry |
United
Kingdom |
Coventry Theatre |
late show |
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7 |
8-March |
Glasgow |
United
Kingdom |
Green’s
Playhouse |
early
show |
|
8 |
8-March |
Glasgow |
United
Kingdom |
Green’s
Playhouse |
late show |
|
9 |
9-March |
Bristol |
United
Kingdom |
Colston
Hall |
early
show |
|
10 |
9-March |
Bristol |
United
Kingdom |
Colston
Hall |
late show |
|
11 |
10-March |
Brighton |
United
Kingdom |
Big Apple |
|
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12 |
12-March |
Liverpool |
United
Kingdom |
Empire
Theatre |
early
show |
|
13 |
12-March |
Liverpool |
United
Kingdom |
Empire
Theatre |
late show |
|
14 |
13-March |
Leeds |
United
Kingdom |
Leeds University |
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15 |
14-March |
London |
United
Kingdom |
Roundhouse |
early
show |
|
16 |
14-March |
London |
United
Kingdom |
Roundhouse |
late show |
|
17 |
26-March |
London |
United
Kingdom |
Marquee
Club |
TV special (*) |
(*) See ‘Miscellaneous Non-Tour Appearances’
for details
Setlists
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04-March (early show) |
04-March (late show) |
05-March (early show) |
05-March (late show) |
06-March (early show) |
06-March (late show) |
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Newcastle, UK |
Newcastle, UK |
Manchester, UK |
Manchester, UK |
Coventry, UK |
Coventry, UK |
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1 |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
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Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
1 |
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2 |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
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Live With Me |
Live With Me |
2 |
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3 |
Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
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Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
3 |
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4 |
Stray
Cat Blues |
Love In Vain |
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Stray
Cat Blues |
Stray
Cat Blues |
4 |
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5 |
Love In Vain |
Prodigal
Son |
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Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
5 |
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6 |
Prodigal
Son |
Midnight
Rambler |
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Midnight
Rambler |
Prodigal
Son |
6 |
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7 |
Midnight
Rambler |
Can’t You
Hear Me Knockin’ |
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Bitch |
Midnight
Rambler |
7 |
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8 |
Bitch |
Bitch |
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Honky
Tonk Women |
Bitch |
8 |
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9 |
Wild Horses |
Honky
Tonk Women |
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Satisfaction |
Honky
Tonk Women |
9 |
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10 |
Honky
Tonk Women |
Little Queenie |
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Little Queenie |
Satisfaction |
10 |
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11 |
Satisfaction |
Brown Sugar |
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Brown Sugar |
Little Queenie |
11 |
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12 |
Little Queenie |
Street Fighting Man |
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Street Fighting Man |
Brown Sugar |
12 |
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13 |
Brown Sugar |
Sympathy
For The Devil |
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Street Fighting Man |
13 |
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14 |
Street Fighting Man |
Let
It Rock |
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14 |
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15 |
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15 |
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Unverified
setlist. |
Unverified
setlist. |
Unverified
setlist. |
Unverified
setlist. |
Unverified
setlist. |
Unverified
setlist. |
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No circulating recording |
No circulating recording. |
No circulating recording. |
No circulating recording. |
No circulating recording. |
No circulating recording. |
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Above
setlist comes |
Possible
setlist – 3 of the |
It is
possible that ‘Wild |
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Possible
setlist based on the pattern of |
iorr.org user |
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from
‘Record Mirror’ |
onstage
personnel have |
Horses’ and
‘I Got The |
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setlists
around this time. |
kingbeebuzz
was |
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Review
13/3/71 (it omits |
confirmed
that the band |
Blues’ may have
been |
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at both Coventry shows |
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'Brown
sugar’ and ‘Bitch’ but I can’t |
played
‘Can’t You Hear Me |
played at at least one of the |
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and confirmed that |
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imagine the Stones |
Knockin’. |
Manchester shows. |
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'Prodigal Son’ was
only |
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would not
have played them). |
If so, it
was the song’s live debut |
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played at
the late show |
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The review
dated 5/3/71 in ‘The |
Some
sources mention a 15-song |
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It’s unsure
if it was played |
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Guardian’
mentions 'four new songs’ |
setlist. |
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as an
additional song or |
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which would
fit with this setlist. |
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instead
of another song |
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Live debut for songs
8 & 9 |
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08-March (early show) |
08-March (late show) |
09-March (early show) |
09-March (late show) |
10-March |
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Glasgow, UK |
Glasgow, UK |
Bristol, UK |
Bristol, UK |
Brighton, UK |
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1 |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
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2 |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
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3 |
Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
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4 |
Stray
Cat Blues |
Stray
Cat Blues |
Stray
Cat Blues |
Stray
Cat Blues |
Stray
Cat Blues |
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5 |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
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6 |
Midnight
Rambler |
Midnight
Rambler |
Midnight
Rambler |
Midnight
Rambler |
Midnight
Rambler |
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7 |
Bitch |
Bitch |
Bitch |
Bitch |
Bitch |
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8 |
Honky
Tonk Women |
Honky
Tonk Women |
Honky
Tonk Women |
Honky
Tonk Women |
Honky
Tonk Women |
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9 |
Satisfaction |
Satisfaction |
Satisfaction |
Satisfaction |
Satisfaction |
|
10 |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
|
11 |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
|
12 |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
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Unverified
setlist. |
Unverified
setlist. |
No circulating recording |
No circulating recording |
Unverified
setlist. |
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No circulating recording. |
No circulating recording. |
Unconfirmed
setlist |
Unconfirmed
setlist |
No circulating recording. |
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Possible
setlist based on the pattern of |
Possible
setlist based on the pattern of |
from at
least one of the |
from at
least one of the |
Possible
setlist based on the pattern of |
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setlists
around this time. |
setlists
around this time. |
Bristol shows |
Bristol shows |
setlists
around this time. |
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12-March (early show) |
12-March (late show) |
13-March |
14-March (early show) |
14-March (late show) |
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Liverpool, UK |
Liverpool, UK |
Leeds, UK |
London, UK |
London, UK |
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1 |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
Jumpin’
Jack Flash |
1 |
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2 |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
Live With Me |
2 |
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3 |
Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
Dead
Flowers |
3 |
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4 |
Stray
Cat Blues |
Stray
Cat Blues |
Stray
Cat Blues |
Stray
Cat Blues |
Stray
Cat Blues |
4 |
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5 |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
Love In Vain |
5 |
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6 |
I Got The Blues |
Prodigal
Son |
Midnight
Rambler |
Prodigal
Son |
Prodigal
Son |
6 |
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7 |
Midnight
Rambler |
Midnight
Rambler |
Bitch |
Midnight
Rambler |
Midnight
Rambler |
7 |
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8 |
Bitch |
Bitch |
Honky
Tonk Women |
Bitch |
Bitch |
8 |
|
9 |
Honky
Tonk Women |
Honky
Tonk Women |
Satisfaction |
Honky
Tonk Women |
Honky
Tonk Women |
9 |
|
10 |
Satisfaction |
Satisfaction |
Little Queenie |
Satisfaction |
Satisfaction |
10 |
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11 |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
Brown Sugar |
Little Queenie |
Little Queenie |
11 |
|
12 |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
Street Fighting Man |
Brown Sugar |
Brown Sugar |
12 |
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13 |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
Let
It Rock |
Street Fighting Man |
Street Fighting Man |
13 |
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14 |
Let
It Rock |
Let
It Rock |
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Let
It Rock |
Let
It Rock |
14 |
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Unverified
setlist. |
No circulating recording |
Full show released
on |
Unverified
setlist. |
Probable setlist. |
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No circulating recording. |
above
setlist according |
'Sticky Fingers
Super |
No circulating recording. |
Circulating
audience |
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setlist
unconfirmed although |
to iorr.org
user georgie48 |
Deluxe Edition’ (
Jun 2015) |
Songs
2 & 4 released on |
recording
features songs 1-10. |
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according
to some reports |
who
attended the show |
Song
13 released on UK |
'Sticky Fingers’
deluxe & |
Songs
5,7 & 9 released on |
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they
may have played |
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B-side of
‘Brown Sugar’ |
super deluxe editions |
'Sticky Fingers’
deluxe & |
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'I Got The Blues’ |
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(April 1971) and on the |
(Jun 2015) |
super deluxe editions
( Jun 2015) |
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Spanish
release of ‘Sticky |
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Fingers’
(replacing the |
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banned
‘Sister Morphine’) |
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Songs
3-13 broadcast on |
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BBC Radio,30 May 1971 |
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(Mono) |
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For the show on March 26, go to ‘Miscellaneous Non-Tour Appearances’
for details
©GARY GALBRAITH 1999 -2022 ROCKS OFF