No Filter Tour

For the 2014 concert tour by Danity Kane, see Danity Kane.

The No Filter Tour was a European/North American concert tour by the Rolling Stones which began on 9 September 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. The tour was scheduled to conclude in 2020 but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour resumed in September 2021.^[4] A few weeks after that announcement, the Stones announced that drummer Charlie Watts underwent an unspecified medical procedure and that he would likely be unable to join the tour due to a lengthy recovery. Watts ultimately died on 24 August 2021.^[5] The band announced on 5 August that longtime Stones associate Steve Jordan would fill in as drummer for the 2021 dates.^[6]

No Filter Tour

Tour by The Rolling Stones
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	Blue & Lonesome
Start date	9 September 2017
End date	23 November 2021
Legs	4
No. of shows	58
Attendance	2,867,799[1][2][3]
Box office	$546.5 million[1][2][3]
The Rolling Stones concert chronology

Overview

The No Filter Tour was announced on 9 May 2017, with fourteen shows in twelve different venues across Europe in September and October of the same year.^[7] On 26 February 2018, fourteen new dates were added throughout Europe and the UK.^[8][9] The Stones logo was redesigned for the European leg by French designer Millinsky.^[10] With an overall attendance of 1,506,259 fans grossing $237.8 million,^[1][2] the tour was one of the most commercially successful concert tours of 2017 and 2018. The North American leg of the tour was officially announced on 19 November 2018 and was set to play 17 shows across the United States and one in Canada, beginning on 20 April 2019 in Miami, Florida.

On 30 March 2019, it was announced that Mick Jagger would be receiving treatment for an unspecific medical condition, which forced the Stones to postpone the 17-date North American leg of the tour.^[11] The procedure took place in April 2019 at a New York City hospital.^[12][13][14] As a result, the band's headline performance at the New Orleans Jazz Festival had to be cancelled.^[15] It was initially announced that Fleetwood Mac would headline in place of the Stones, but they were also forced to cancel due to Stevie Nicks contracting influenza. The slot was filled by Widespread Panic.^[16]

On 4 April 2019, it was announced that Jagger's procedure was successful.^[13] On 16 May, the Rolling Stones announced that No Filter Tour would resume on 21 June with the 17 postponed dates rescheduled up to the end of August.^[17]

On 6 February 2020, fifteen additional North American dates were announced.^[18]

On 17 March 2020, the fifteen North American dates for May–July 2020 were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[19][20] The tour was rescheduled and resumed in September 2021, without Charlie Watts who had to undergo a medical procedure and died before the final leg of the tour.^[21] The band confirmed on 26 August that the tour will continue as planned.^[22] Steve Jordan will take his place in the lineup for the remainder of the tour.^[23][24]

Stage design

Stage at Hamburg Stadtpark shortly before the concert.

The stage was designed by Stufish Entertainment Architects^[25] and built by Stageco^[26] and WIcreations.^[27] The stage consists of four LED video columns measuring 22 metres (72 ft) tall and 11 metres (36 ft) wide. Two metres (6.5 ft) below the top of the LED screens is an 8-metre (26.2 ft) wide gap to accommodate a row of nine moving spotlights with a transparent rain cover. A transparent roof structure covers the main stage to offer protection from weather. The main stage measures 60 metres (196.9 ft) wide. In 2017 and 2018, there was a 28-metre-long (26.2 ft) T-shaped catwalk and B-stage. For the 2019 leg of the tour, the B-stage was changed to a round design and the far ends of the main stage were extended into the crowd.

Set list

These setlists were performed at the 19 October 2017 concert held at the U Arena, Nanterre, the 22 May 2018 concert at London Stadium, London, and at the 5 August 2019 concert at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford. These do not represent all shows throughout the tour.

2017

1. "Sympathy for the Devil"
2. "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
3. "Tumbling Dice"
4. "Just Your Fool"
5. "Ride 'Em On Down"
6. "Under My Thumb"
7. "Let's Spend the Night Together"
8. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
9. "Paint It Black"
10. "Honky Tonk Women"
11. "Happy"
12. "Slipping Away"
13. "Miss You"
14. "Midnight Rambler"
15. "Street Fighting Man"
16. "Start Me Up"
17. "Brown Sugar"
18. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
19. "Gimme Shelter"
20. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

2018

1. "Street Fighting Man"
2. "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
3. "Tumbling Dice"
4. "Paint It Black"
5. "Ride 'Em On Down"
6. "Under My Thumb"
7. "Fool To Cry"
8. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
9. "Honky Tonk Women"
10. "Before They Make Me Run"
11. "Slipping Away"
12. "Sympathy for the Devil"
13. "Miss You"
14. "Midnight Rambler"
15. "Start Me Up"
16. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
17. "Brown Sugar"
18. "Gimme Shelter"
19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

2019

1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
2. "You Got Me Rocking"
3. "Tumbling Dice"
4. "Harlem Shuffle"
5. "Monkey Man"
6. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
7. "Let It Bleed" (B-stage acoustic)
8. "Dead Flowers" (B-stage acoustic)
9. "Sympathy for the Devil"
10. "Honky Tonk Women"
11. "You Got the Silver"
12. "Before They Make Me Run"
13. "Miss You"
14. "Midnight Rambler"
15. "Paint It Black"
16. "Start Me Up"
17. "Brown Sugar"
18. "Gimme Shelter"
19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act and tickets sold

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance	Gross
Europe
9 September 2017	Hamburg	Germany	Hamburg Stadtpark	Kaleo	81,193 / 81,193	$11,954,300
12 September 2017	Munich		Olympiastadion		72,637 / 72,637	$11,792,289
16 September 2017	Spielberg	Austria	Red Bull Ring	Kaleo John Lee Hooker Jr.	95,004 / 95,004	$11,202,349
20 September 2017	Zürich	Switzerland	Letzigrund	The Struts	48,963 / 48,963	$10,304,275
23 September 2017	Lucca	Italy	Mura Storiche		55,604 / 55,604	$7,618,277
27 September 2017	Barcelona	Spain	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	Los Zigarros	58,622 / 58,622	$8,769,703
30 September 2017	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena	De Staat	54,791 / 54,791	$8,762,079
3 October 2017	Copenhagen	Denmark	Telia Parken	Rival Sons	47,002 / 47,002	$8,510,736
9 October 2017	Düsseldorf	Germany	Esprit Arena		43,295 / 43,295	$8,487,199
12 October 2017	Stockholm	Sweden	Friends Arena	Hellacopters	53,770 / 53,770	$7,880,697
15 October 2017	Arnhem	Netherlands	GelreDome	Leon Bridges	35,338 / 35,338	$6,146,461
19 October 2017	Nanterre	France	U Arena	Cage the Elephant	109,126 / 109,126	$18,529,324
22 October 2017
25 October 2017
Europe
17 May 2018	Dublin	Republic of Ireland	Croke Park	The Academic	64,823 / 64,823	$8,771,102
22 May 2018	London	England	London Stadium	Liam Gallagher	137,475 / 137,475	$20,496,695
25 May 2018				Florence and the Machine
29 May 2018	Southampton		St Mary's Stadium	The Vaccines	26,582 / 26,582	$3,676,860
2 June 2018	Coventry		Ricoh Arena	The Specials	31,599 / 31,599	$4,120,042
5 June 2018	Manchester		Old Trafford	Richard Ashcroft	46,898 / 46,898	$7,321,969
9 June 2018	Edinburgh	Scotland	BT Murrayfield Stadium		54,221 / 54,221	$8,187,100
15 June 2018	Cardiff	Wales	Principality Stadium	Elbow	48,716 / 48,716	$6,635,778
19 June 2018	London	England	Twickenham Stadium	James Bay	55,000 / 55,000	$11,105,252
22 June 2018	Berlin	Germany	Olympiastadion	The Kooks	67,295 / 67,295	$12,113,470
26 June 2018	Marseille	France	Orange Vélodrome	The Glorious Sons	53,409 / 53,409	$9,591,041
30 June 2018	Stuttgart	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena	The Kooks	43,291 / 43,291	$8,785,685
4 July 2018	Prague	Czech Republic	Letňany	Gotthard Prazsky vyber	65,250 / 65,250	$8,674,940
8 July 2018	Warsaw	Poland	PGE Narodowy	Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue	52,355 / 52,355	$8,364,676
North America[a]
21 June 2019	Chicago	United States	Soldier Field	St. Paul and the Broken Bones	98,228 / 98,228	$21,741,564
25 June 2019				Whiskey Myers
29 June 2019	Oro-Medonte	Canada	Burl's Creek Event Grounds	The Beaches The Glorious Sons Sloan Dwayne Gretzky[29]	—	—
3 July 2019[b]	Landover	United States	FedExField	Ghost Hounds	39,082 / 39,082	$9,257,202
7 July 2019[c]	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium	Gary Clark Jr	49,669 / 49,669	$11,675,732
15 July 2019[d]	New Orleans		Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk The Soul Rebels	35,023 / 35,023	$7,163,692
19 July 2019[e]	Jacksonville		TIAA Bank Field	The Revivalists	50,358 / 50,358	$10,198,392
23 July 2019[f]	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field	Des Rocs	51,115 / 51,115	$11,741,373
27 July 2019[g]	Houston		NRG Stadium	Bishop Gunn	45,958 / 45,958	$11,068,397
1 August 2019[h]	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium	The Wombats	104,964 / 104,964	$25,510,438
5 August 2019[h]				Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
10 August 2019[i]	Denver		Broncos Stadium at Mile High	Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats	58,846 / 58,846	$13,494,183
14 August 2019[j]	Seattle		CenturyLink Field	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	53,363 / 53,363	$11,835,818
18 August 2019[k]	Santa Clara		Levi's Stadium	Vista Kicks	47,578 / 47,578	$11,496,719
22 August 2019[l]	Pasadena		Rose Bowl	Kaleo	56,974 / 56,974	$13,113,319
26 August 2019[m]	Glendale		State Farm Stadium		52,726 / 52,726	$9,747,170
30 August 2019[n]	Miami Gardens		Hard Rock Stadium	Juanes	40,768 / 40,768	$9,762,771
United States[32][33]
20 September 2021[o]	Foxborough	United States	Gillette Stadium	—	—	—
26 September 2021[p]	St. Louis		The Dome at America's Center	The Revivalists	38,669 / 38,669	$7,203,265
30 September 2021[q]	Charlotte		Bank of America Stadium	Ghost Hounds	42,577 / 42,577	$9,074,182
4 October 2021[r]	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field		43,702 / 43,702	$8,781,607
9 October 2021[s]	Nashville		Nissan Stadium		42,964 / 42,964	$8,947,952
14 October 2021	Los Angeles		SoFi Stadium		81,676 / 81,676	$18,887,679
17 October 2021				The Glorious Sons
24 October 2021[t]	Minneapolis		U.S. Bank Stadium	Black Pumas	38,727 / 38,727	$8,039,757
29 October 2021[u]	Tampa		Raymond James Stadium	Ghost Hounds	52,075 / 52,075	$11,378,033
2 November 2021[v]	Dallas		Cotton Bowl	Juanes	42,469 / 42,469	$8,965,725
6 November 2021	Las Vegas		Allegiant Stadium	Måneskin	42,600 / 42,600	$14,804,562
11 November 2021[w]	Atlanta		Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Zac Brown Band	49,915 / 49,915	$11,125,641
15 November 2021[x]	Detroit		Ford Field	Ayron Jones	40,250 / 40,250	$8,289,779
20 November 2021[y]	Austin		Circuit of the Americas	Ghost Hounds	54,854 / 54,854	$10,078,193
23 November 2021	Hollywood		Hard Rock Live		6,725 / 6,725	$5,330,360
Total					2,867,799	$546,515,799

North America 2019 – Cancelled show
Date	City	Country	Venue
2 May 2019	New Orleans	United States	New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
North America 2020 – Cancelled Shows[34]
8 May 2020	San Diego	United States	SDCCU Stadium
12 May 2020	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place
6 June 2020	Buffalo	United States	New Era Field
14 June 2020	Louisville		Cardinal Stadium
19 June 2020	Cleveland		FirstEnergy Stadium
North America 2021 – Cancelled Shows
13 October 2021	New Orleans	United States	New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion
• Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals
• Ronnie Wood – guitars
• Charlie Watts – drums (2017-2019)

Additional musicians

• Darryl Jones – bass
• Steve Jordan – drums (2021, replacing Charlie Watts)^[23]
• Chuck Leavell – musical director, keyboards, backing vocals
• Sasha Allen – backing vocals
• Karl Denson – saxophone
• Tim Ries – saxophone, keyboards
• Matt Clifford – keyboards, percussion, French horn, show introduction voice
• Bernard Fowler – backing vocals, percussion

See also

• The Rolling Stones concerts
• List of highest-grossing concert tours

Notes

1. All the North American dates were postponed from their original events due to Mick Jagger recovering from a heart procedure^[28]
2. The concert in Landover on 3 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2019.
3. The concert in Foxborough on 7 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 8 June 2019.
4. The concert in New Orleans on 15 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 14 July 2019, but postponed due to the Hurricane Barry.
5. The concert in Jacksonville on 19 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 24 April 2019.
6. The concert in Philadelphia on 23 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 4 June 2019.
7. The concert in Houston on 27 July 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 28 April 2019.
8. The concerts in East Rutherford on 1 and 5 August 2019 were originally scheduled to take place on 13 and 17 June 2019 respectively.
9. The concert in Denver on 10 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 26 May 2019.
10. The concert in Seattle on 14 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 22 May 2019.
11. The concert in Santa Clara on 18 August 2019was originally scheduled to take place on 18 May 2019.
12. The concert in Pasadena on 22 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 11 May 2019.
13. The concert in Glendale on 26 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 7 May 2019.
14. The concert in Miami on 31 August 2019 was originally scheduled to take place on 20 April 2019. Ultimately, due to the weather forecast, the concert was moved forward ahead of the impending hurricane to the day before i.e. on 30 August 2019.^[30][31] This concert was the last public performance of the band with Charlie Watts.
15. The concert in Foxborough on 20 September 2021 was a private show hosted by Robert Kraft.
16. The concert in St. Louis on 26 September 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 27 June 2020.
17. The concert in Charlotte on 30 September 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 1 July 2020.
18. The concert in Pittsburgh on 4 October 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 23 June 2020.
19. The concert in Nashville on 9 October 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 20 May 2020.
20. The concert in Minneapolis on 24 October 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 16 May 2020.
21. The concert in Tampa on 29 October 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 5 July 2020.
22. The concert in Dallas on 2 November 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 29 May 2020.
23. The concert in Atlanta on 11 November 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 9 July 2020.
24. The concert in Detroit on 15 November 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 10 June 2020.
25. The concert in Austin on 20 November 2021 was originally scheduled to take place on 24 May 2020.

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External links

• Official website