Roughly 2,5 million attended the concerts. It grossed $50 million in ticket sales when the average ticket price was $16. The tour was the largest-grossing tour of 1981, and for several years to come. Two of the three opening bands, George Thorogood, and The J Geils Band, were received well, but the third – a still somewhat unknown Prince – barely got through three songs before being booed off.
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As a televised football game, viewers could see the full stage set-up and often field goals would land on stage at the East end zone. During the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum stops on the tour, the band played a Friday and Sunday show and USC had a football game in between on Saturday. Most shows later in the tour featured a cherry picker and the release of hundreds of balloons at the show's end. and we had these enormous images of a guitar, a car and a record-an Americana idea-which worked very well for afternoon shows." So we had the bright, bright primary colors. "Most concerts that took place outdoors at the time were played during the day," recalled Jagger, "probably because it was cheaper, I don't know. The tour's elaborate and colorful stage was the work of Japanese designer Kazuhide Yamazaki. Jagger is not necessarily in the public interest." White stopped the notion of further public rehearsals, saying, "The appearance here of Mr. Although they were billed as Little Boy Blue & The Cockroaches, word got out and some 11,000 fans pushed and shoved outside the 300-capacity venue. and played a warm-up show at the Sir Morgan's Cove club in Worcester, Massachusetts on 14 September. The band rehearsed at Long View Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts, from 14 August to 25 September 1981.
Īs with previous tours, the American Tour 1981 was promoted by Bill Graham. Initially, singer Mick Jagger was not interested in another tour, but guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood were, as were elements of the press and public. The 5 December show in New Orleans set an indoor concert attendance record which stood for 33 years. Roughly 2,5 million concert goers attended the concerts, setting various ticket sales records. It was the largest grossing tour of 1981 with $50 million in ticket sales. The Rolling Stones' American Tour 1981 was a concert tour of stadiums and arenas in the United States to promote the album Tattoo You.
Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, certain eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover rates over various periods.The Rolling Stones American Tour 1981 Tour by The Rolling Stones 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. Geils Band’s top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, through the April 22, 2017, ranking. Rank, Title, Hot 100 Peak Position, Peak Dateġ. Geils Band’s top 10 biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits: 1 on the band’s top 10 biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits, followed by “Freeze-Frame.” The 1975 hit “Must of Got Lost” rounds out their top three tunes. 5 on Billboard’s year-end Top Pop Albums chart, while “Centerfold” was the year’s No. Geils Band was so popular in 1982, the Freeze-Frame album finished at No.
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