STONES BRING EURO-TOUR RUCKUS
JUNE 2
Releasing the live Still Life LP the day before, The Rolling Stones’ European tour kicks off at Rotterdam’s Feyenoord Stadion, with balloons, fireworks and support slots from George Thorogood & The Destroyers and The J. Geils Band. There is, however, industry upset that the tour’s sponsors are blank tape manufacturers TDK. The German branch of music biz trade body the IFPI issue a statement calling it “a betrayal”, adding, “these artists… are cooperating with the gravediggers of the music business.” Industry figures including Quincy Jones are also agitating for a cassette levy to offset losses from home taping. July 25’s date at Leeds’ Roundhay Park is the Stones’ last public show for seven years and their final performance with keyboardist Ian Stewart.