Zip Code (tour)

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]

Zip Code

Tour by The Rolling Stones
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	North America
Associated album	Sticky Fingers (deluxe edition)
Start date	20 May 2015
End date	15 July 2015
Legs	1
No. of shows	17
Box office	$109.7 million ($141.01 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
The Rolling Stones concert chronology

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]}

1. "Start Me Up"
2. "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
3. "All Down the Line"
4. "Tumbling Dice"
5. "Doom and Gloom"
6. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
7. "You Gotta Move"
8. "Some Girls"
9. "Honky Tonk Women"
10. "Before They Make Me Run"
11. "Happy"
12. "Midnight Rambler"
13. "Miss You"
14. "Gimme Shelter"
15. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
16. "Sympathy for the Devil"
17. "Brown Sugar"

    Encore

18. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
19. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

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[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	Quebec City	Canada	Plains of Abraham	—	102,000 / 102,000	—
Total					730,733 / 730,733	$109,714,026

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitars, harmonica, percussion
• Keith Richards – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
• Charlie Watts – drums
• Ronnie Wood – lead guitars

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

• The Rolling Stones concerts

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. "New tour! ZIP CODE – 15 City North American Stadium tour". www.rollingstones.com. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
5. Rolling Stones Announce Summer Tour, 'Sticky Fingers' Reissue, Rolling Stone
6. "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:

    • "Billboard Boxscore : – Current Scores". Billboard. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015.
    • "Billboard Boxscore : – Current Scores". Billboard. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015.
    • "Billboard Boxscore : – Current Scores". Billboard. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
    • "Billboard Boxscore : – Current Scores". Billboard. 29 July 2015. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015.

External links

• Official website