Zip Code (tour)

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Zip Code
Tour by The Rolling Stones
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America
Associated albumSticky Fingers (deluxe edition)
Start date20 May 2015
End date15 July 2015
Legs1
No. of shows17
Box office$109.7 million ($141.01 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
The Rolling Stones concert chronology

Zip Code[2] was a concert tour by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It began on 24 May 2015 in San Diego and travelled across North America before concluding on 15 July 2015 in Quebec City.[3] The tour was announced on 31 March 2015 with tickets going on sale to the general public two weeks later.[4] The name is a reference to the jeans-related artwork for Sticky Fingers, which received a special re-release in 2015,[5] and had its entire track list played during the Zip Code Tour.[6]

History

On 31 March 2015, the Rolling Stones announced the Zip Code tour, a new United States & Canada tour subtitled Tour of North America 2015.[4] The tour featured stadium concerts after extensive usage of said venues during the 14 On Fire European tour. Mick Jagger had declared that the band would extend the tour to South America "but it's kind of difficult to put together."[7] Given the tour started the same year the Sticky Fingers album received a deluxe re-release, "Zip Code" is a reference to how that album's cover features the crotch of a man wearing jeans, which in the original vinyl release had a working zipper.[5]

On 20 May 2015, the Rolling Stones performed a surprise L.A. concert at The Fonda Theatre (an intimate 1,300-person-capacity venue) in Hollywood, California, playing sixteen songs in total, including the entire ten-song track list of Sticky Fingers.[6][8][9] The show was filmed and later released on Blu-Ray, DVD, CD and LP.[10]

On 27 May 2015, the Rolling Stones performed a private show at Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, California, playing a shorter set of fifteen songs.[11][12]

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on 9 June 2015. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.[13] [14]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening act(s)[15] Attendance Revenue
North America[16]
20 May 2015 Los Angeles United States Fonda Theatre
24 May 2015 San Diego Petco Park Gary Clark Jr. 40,944 / 40,944 $8,465,082
27 May 2015 Solana Beach Belly Up Tavern
30 May 2015 Columbus Ohio Stadium Kid Rock 59,038 / 59,038 $7,911,843
3 June 2015 Minneapolis TCF Bank Stadium Grace Potter 41,517 / 41,517 $8,328,199
6 June 2015 Arlington AT&T Stadium 47,535 / 47,535 $9,294,552
9 June 2015 Atlanta Bobby Dodd Stadium St. Paul & the Broken Bones 42,320 / 42,320 $7,625,554
12 June 2015 Orlando Orlando Citrus Bowl The Temperance Movement 47,262 / 47,262 $9,367,879
17 June 2015 Nashville LP Field Brad Paisley 47,242 / 47,242 $8,416,049
20 June 2015 Pittsburgh Heinz Field Awolnation 54,136 / 54,136 $9,125,120
23 June 2015[a] Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater Buddy Guy 22,545 / 22,545 $4,939,823
27 June 2015 Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium Ed Sheeran 49,502 / 49,502 $7,187,255
1 July 2015 Raleigh Carter–Finley Stadium Avett Brothers 40,428 / 40,428 $7,947,996
4 July 2015 Speedway (Indianapolis) Indianapolis Motor Speedway Rascal Flatts
Saints of Valory
50,000 / 50,000 $6,187,966
8 July 2015 Detroit Comerica Park Walk the Moon 36,712 / 36,712 $6,282,151
11 July 2015 Orchard Park Ralph Wilson Stadium St. Paul & The Broken Bones 49,552 / 49,552 $8,634,557
15 July 2015[b] Quebec City Canada Plains of Abraham 102,000 / 102,000
Total 730,733 / 730,733 $109,714,026

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

Additional musicians

  • Darryl Jones – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Chuck Leavell – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Lisa Fischer – backing vocals, percussion
  • Karl Denson – saxophone
  • Tim Ries – saxophone, keyboards
  • Matt Clifford – French horn, show introduction voice
  • Bernard Fowler – backing vocals, percussion

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The 23 June 2015 concert in Milwaukee, United States is a part of the 2015 Summerfest.
  2. ^ The 15 July 2015 concert in Quebec City, Canada is a part of the 2015 Quebec City Summer Festival.

References

  1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Rolling Stones announce Zip Code tour and Sticky Fingers reissue". TheGuardian.com. 31 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Rolling Stones Finally Announce North American Tour – 15-Date 'Zip Code' Trek Launches May 24". Billboard. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b "New tour! ZIP CODE – 15 City North American Stadium tour". www.rollingstones.com. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b Rolling Stones Announce Summer Tour, 'Sticky Fingers' Reissue, Rolling Stone
  6. ^ a b "The Rolling Stones Setlist at The Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA". setlist.fm. May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  7. ^ Mick Jagger – 'I'm Not Thinking About Retirement', Rolling Stone
  8. ^ "Rolling Stones soar at surprise L.A. show (by George Varga)". utsandiego.com. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  9. ^ "A Rolling Stones first at 'secret' L.A. concert – All 10 songs from 'Sticky Fingers' (by Randy Lewis)". Los Angeles Times. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  10. ^ Sinclair, Paul (4 August 2017). "The Rolling Stones / From The Vault: Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre". superdeluxeedition.com. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  11. ^ "The Rolling Stones Setlist at Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA, US". setlist.fm. May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  12. ^ "The Rolling Stones perform at private event in Solana Beach (by Steve Price)". cbs8.com. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  13. ^ Ruggieri, Melissa (10 June 2015). "Concert review and photos – The Rolling Stones affirm their greatness in Atlanta". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  14. ^ "ZIP CODE – ATLANTA 30332". www.rollingstones.com (Official Rolling Stones website article).
  15. ^ Payne, Chris (20 May 2015). "Ed Sheeran, Kid Rock, Brad Paisley & More to Open Rolling Stones' U.S. Summer Tour". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  16. ^ Billboard box score: