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BY GARY GALBRAITH (with Gerardo Liedo)

1978 USA TOUR

Playing "Far Away Eyes"
Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH - July 1, 1978 © scanned from a slide with special thanks to our regular Moyette Meyran (moy)

1978 US Tour Overview

The Stones opened 1977 by deciding to play a series of five club dates at Toronto’s El Mocambo Tavern in March 1977, which were to be recorded for the upcoming live album. Plans were thrown into disarray when rehearsal time was reduced by Keith arriving in Canada a few days late and made even worse when a couple of days later he and Anita Pallenberg were busted in their hotel suite by the Mounties who found enough heroin to charge him not only with possession but trafficking, a charge which saw him facing several years in jail and which would almost certainly spell the end of the Stones as a band. Released on bail, he re-joined the band for rehearsals for the shows which were now reduced in number to just a couple of dates. Somehow amidst all the chaos, the band managed to rise to the occasion and delivered two superb performances – the four covers included on ‘Love You Live’ are the highlights of the entire double album and the surviving partial soundboard of one of those shows (almost certainly the second night – rumour has it, the tapes from the first show were unusable) shows the band at their ragged best. On fan forums over the years, these shows seem to be at the top of fans’ Wishlist for a vault release. Hopefully someday the Stones organisation will see sense and put them out officially.

With Keith’s day in court looming ominously on the horizon for 1978, the band spent two months either side of Christmas in Paris working on over 40 new songs which would be whittled down to the ten that would be released on ‘Some Girls’ in June 1978 as well as stockpiling others for future use. Their finest work in years, it would become their biggest selling studio album. The band promoted it with a relatively short summer tour around the US (Canada was unsurprisingly left off the schedule) which took in 25 shows, all but one of them one nighters, in what seemed a random mix of theatres, arenas and stadiums. It made for a strange schedule with the sole New York date being a show at the Palladium in front of 3,500 whereas a few weeks later they played to 60,000 in the small university town of Boulder, Colorado.

The shows saw a return to a stripped-down pure rock ‘n’ roll sound which saw Mick added on guitar for several songs as the Stones ran through a high-octane set which was usually around 18-19 songs, clocking in around 85-90 minutes and which on most nights featured up to eight songs from the new album, most of them played back-to-back around the middle of the concert. Other than four performances of ‘Satisfaction’, the shows featured no Stones songs that pre-dated 1968 and the previous three studio albums were ignored entirely save for ‘Starfucker’ from Goat’s Head Soup. Two Chuck Berry songs were performed regularly, with a raucous performance of ‘Hound Dog’ being added in Memphis (naturally) and Lexington. The remainder of the set consisted of half a dozen numbers from the ‘Golden Era’ of 1968-72 plus an occasional ‘Street Fighting Man’ as an encore. Audience recordings vary from awful to very good, but fortunately the tour is well represented in the form of the 2011 archive release of the ‘Some Girls Live in Texas’ DVD and CD from the show in Fort Worth as well as a few astounding King Biscuit Flower Hour FM broadcasts showcasing excerpts from the concerts in Memphis, Lexington, Detroit and Houston. Additionally, there is a superb soundboard from the Capitol Theatre show in Passaic near the start of the tour which is complete apart from the last couple of minutes of the final song (legend has it, that the taper was ‘caught in the act’ but managed to pull his c-90 cassette out of the mixing desk just in time before hotfooting it out of the theatre).

Number of shows – 25

Number of shows in circulation – 25 (most of them complete)

Recommended shows – other than the officially released show from Fort Worth (18^th July), any bootleg release which includes the KBFH (King Biscuit Flower Hour) FM performances mentioned above (“Gorgeous Girls Redux” and “Handsome Girls” are two of the best known titles) are essential, as is the soundboard from Passaic (14^th June). Of the audience recordings, the best one is Oakland (26^th July).

Personnel - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood and Bill Wyman with Ian Stewart on piano and Ian McLagan on keyboards. Bill Graham was the tour promoter and manager.

Concert Listing

No.	Date	City	State	Venue
1	10-Jun	Lakeland	Florida	Civic Center
2	12-Jun	Atlanta	Georgia	Fox Theater
3	14-Jun	Passaic	New Jersey	Capitol Theatre
4	15-Jun	Washington	District of Columbia	Warner Theatre
5	17-Jun	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	JFK Stadium
6	19-Jun	New York City	New York	Palladium
7	21-Jun	Hampton Roads	Virginia	Hampton Roads Coliseum
8	22-Jun	Myrtle Beach	South Carolina	Convention Center
9	26-Jun	Greensboro	North Carolina	War Memorial Coliseum
10	28-Jun	Memphis	Tennessee	Mid-South Coliseum
11	29-Jun	Lexington	Kentucky	Rupp Arena
12	1-Jul	Cleveland	Ohio	Municipal Auditorium
13	4-Jul	Buffalo	New York	Rich Stadium
14	6-Jul	Detroit	Michigan	Masonic Temple
15	8-Jul	Chicago	Illinois	Soldier Field
16	10-Jul	St. Paul	Minnesota	Civic Center
17	11-Jul	St. Louis	Missouri	Kiel Opera House
18	13-Jul	New Orleans	Louisiana	Superdome
19	16-Jul	Boulder	Colorado	Folsom Field
20	18-Jul	Fort Worth	Texas	Will Rogers Auditorium
21	19-Jul	Houston	Texas	Sam Houston Coliseum
22	21-Jul	Tucson	Arizona	Community Center
23	23-Jul	Anaheim	California	Anaheim Stadium
24	24-Jul	Anaheim	California	Anaheim Stadium
25	26-Jul	Oakland	California	Alameda County Coliseum

SETLISTS

	10-Jun	12-Jun	14-Jun	15-Jun	17-Jun
	Lakeland, Fl	Atlanta, Ga	Passaic, NJ	Washington, DC	Philadelphia, Pa
1	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	1
2	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	2
3	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	3
4	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	4
5	When The Whip Comes Down	Lies	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	5
6	Miss You	Miss You	Miss You	Just My Imagination	Miss You	6
7	Beast Of Burden	When The Whip Comes Down	Just My Imagination	Miss You	Just My Imagination	7
8	Respectable	Beast Of Burden	Lies	Respectable	Respectable	8
9	Far Away Eyes	Just My Imagination	Beast Of Burden	Far Away Eyes	Beast Of Burden	9
10	Love In Vain	Respectable	Respectable	Love In Vain	Far Away Eyes	10
11	Shattered	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Shattered	Love In Vain	11
12	Tumbling Dice	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Sweet Little Sixteen	Shattered	12
13	Happy	Shattered	Shattered	Tumbling Dice	Satisfaction	13
14	Brown Sugar	Tumbling Dice	Sweet Little Sixteen	Happy	Sweet Little Sixteen	14
15	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Happy	Tumbling Dice	Brown Sugar	Tumbling Dice	15
16	Street Fighting Man	Brown Sugar	Happy	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Happy	16
17		Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Brown Sugar		Brown Sugar	17
18			Jumpin’ Jack Flash		Jumpin’ Jack Flash	18
19			Street Fighting Man			19
	Live debuts for songs 5-9 and 11	Live debuts for songs 5 & 9.	Song 14 last performed in 1963, although
	Secret warm-up gig, with the Stones being	Secret warm-up gig, with the Stones being	this is the first performance where audio
	billed as “The Great South-East Stoned-Out	billed as “The Cockroaches”	exists of it
	Wrestling Champions”
	19-Jun	21-Jun	22-Jun	26-Jun	28-Jun
	New York City, NY	Hampton Roads, Va	Myrtle Beach, SC	Greensboro, NC	Memphis, Tn
1	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	1
2	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	2
3	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	3
4	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	4
5	When The Whip Comes Down	Lies	Lies	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	5
6	Respectable	Miss You	Miss You	Miss You	Miss You	6
7	Miss You	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	Lies	Lies	7
8	Just My Imagination	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	8
9	Far Away Eyes	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	9
10	Love In Vain	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	10
11	Beast Of Burden	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	11
12	Shattered	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	12
13	Sweet Little Sixteen	Shattered	Shattered	Shattered	Shattered	13
14	Tumbling Dice	Sweet Little Sixteen	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Hound Dog	14
15	Happy	Tumbling Dice	Happy	Happy	Tumbling Dice	15
16	Brown Sugar	Happy	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	Happy	16
17	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Sweet Little Sixteen	17
18		Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Brown Sugar	18
19					Jumpin’ Jack Flash	19
	Mick Jagger also guested on ‘Don’t Look	Mick Jagger also guested on ‘Don’t Look	Mick Jagger also guested on ‘Don’t Look	Circulating recording does not include	Live debut for song 14
	Back’ on opening act Peter Tosh’s set	Back’ on opening act Peter Tosh’s set	Back’ on opening act Peter Tosh’s set	songs 1-2.	Songs 13 & 14 aired on various KBFH FM
					radio broadcasts taken from the tour.
	29-Jun	1-Jul	4-Jul	6-Jul	8-Jul
	Lexington, Ky	Cleveland, Ohio	Buffalo, NY	Detroit, Mi	Chicago, Il
1	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	1
2	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	2
3	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	3
4	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	4
5	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	5
6	Miss You	Miss You	Lies	Lies	Lies	6
7	Lies	Lies	Miss You	Miss You	Miss You	7
8	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	8
9	Shattered	Shattered	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	9
10	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Shattered	Shattered	Shattered	10
11	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	11
12	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	12
13	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	13
14	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	14
15	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy	15
16	Hound Dog	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	16
17	Sweet Little Sixteen	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	17
18	Brown Sugar	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	18
19	Jumpin’ Jack Flash				Satisfaction	19
	Songs 6-12 and 17-19 aired on various KBFH			Song 5 released (in edited form) on
	FM radio broadcasts taken from the tour.			“Sucking In The Seventies” in March 1981.
	With special guest Eddie Money (sax) on			Songs 1,5,7,9,13-15 aired on various KBFH
	song 6.			FM radio broadcasts taken from the tour.
	10-Jul	11-Jul	13-Jul	16-Jul	18-Jul
	St. Paul, Mn	St Louis, Mo	New Orleans, La	Boulder, Co	Fort Worth, Tx
1	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	1
2	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	2
3	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	3
4	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	4
5	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	5
6	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	6
7	Lies	Lies	Lies	Lies	Miss You	7
8	Miss You	Miss You	Miss You	Miss You	Just My Imagination	8
9	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Shattered	9
10	Shattered	Shattered	Shattered	Shattered	Respectable	10
11	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	Far Away Eyes	11
12	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Love In Vain	12
13	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Tumbling Dice	13
14	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Happy	14
15	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy	Sweet Little Sixteen	15
16	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	Brown Sugar	16
17	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	17
18	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash		18
19			Street Fighting Man	Satisfaction		19
	Probable setlist. Circulating recordings	Probable setlist. Circulating recordings		Probable setlist. Circulating recordings	with special guest Doug Kershaw (fiddle)
	only include songs 1-17	only includes songs 1-14.		only includes songs 6-19	on song 11
	Mick Jagger also guested on ‘Don’t Look	Mick Jagger also guested on ‘Don’t Look			Full show released on “Some Girls Live
	Back’ on opening act Peter Tosh’s set	Back’ on opening act Peter Tosh’s set			In Texas” movie, October 2011 and then on
					“Some Girls Live In Texas ‘78” DVD & CD,
					nov 2011
	19-Jul	21-Jul	23-Jul	24-Jul	26-Jul
	Houston, Tx.	Tucson, Az.	Anaheim, Ca.	Anaheim, Ca.	Oakland, Ca.
1	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	Let It Rock	1
2	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	All Down The Line	2
3	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	Honky Tonk Women	3
4	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	Star Star	4
5	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	When The Whip Comes Down	5
6	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	Beast Of Burden	6
7	Lies	Lies	Lies	Lies	Lies	7
8	Miss You	Miss You	Miss You	Miss You	Miss You	8
9	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	Just My Imagination	9
10	Shattered	Shattered	Shattered	Shattered	Shattered	10
11	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	Respectable	11
12	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	Far Away Eyes	12
13	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	Love In Vain	13
14	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	Tumbling Dice	14
15	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy	Happy	15
16	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	Sweet Little Sixteen	16
17	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	Brown Sugar	17
18	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Jumpin’ Jack Flash	18
19					Satisfaction	19
	Songs 2-4, 6-7, 11, 14-18 aired on various	With special guest Linda Ronstadt (vocals)	With special guests Nicky Hopkins (piano)	With special guests Nicky Hopkins (piano)	With special guests Bobby Keys (sax)
	KBFH FM radio broadcasts taken from the tour.	on song 14.	on songs 8 & 18.	and Bobby Keys (sax) on songs 8 & 18.	on songs 6 & 8
	Mick Jagger also guested on ‘Don’t Look	Circulating recordings only include songs			“Day on the Green” Billed as the "Very
	Back’ on opening act Peter Tosh’s set	1-17			Special Day On The Green”

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