The tour: Bang just gets bigger
AUGUST
SUN,TUE 8/21,23 Boston Fenway Park
*As they kicked off their tour, the Stones joined Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffet as the only musicians to perform a concert at Fenway Park.
FRI 8/26 Hartford, CT Rentschler Field
SUN 8/28 Ottawa Frank Clair Stadium
WED 8/31 Detroit Comerica Park
SEPTEMBER
SAT 9/3 Moncton, NB Magnetic Hill
*For those unfamiliar with Canadian geography, "New Brunswick" is the full name of the province, just over the border from Maine.
TUE 9/6 Minneapolis Xcel Energy Center
THU 9/8 Milwaukee Bradley Center
SAT 9/10 Chicago Soldier Field
TUE 9/13 New York City Madison Square Garden
*Two days after the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Stones spread some love in midtown Manhattan. This is also the largest indoor venue they played on this leg of the tour.
THU 9/15 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium
SAT 9/17 Albany, NY Pepsi Arena
SAT 9/24 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
MON 9/26 Toronto Rogers Centre
WED 9/28 Pittsburgh PNC Park
OCTOBER
SAT 10/1 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Stadium
MON 10/3 Washington, DC MCI Center
THU 10/6 Charlottesville, VA Scott Stadium
SAT 10/8 Durham Wallace Wade Stadium
*The decision to play this date came after the initial announcement of the tour itinerary, and some say the date was because of the strong ticket sales in a certain other southern college town.
MON, WED 10/10 & 12 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
SAT 10/15 Atlanta Philips Arena
MON 10/17 Miami American Airlines Arena
WED 10/19 Tampa St. Petersburg Times Forum
FRI 10/21 Charlotte Charlotte Arena
*Bid now for your chance to put your company's name on the side of this state-of-the-art facility!
FRI 10/28 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
SUN 10/30 Seattle Key Arena
NOVEMBER
TUE 11/1 Portland Rose Garden
FRI 11/4 Anaheim, CA Angels Stadium
SUN, TUE 11/6 & 8 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
FRI 11/11 San Diego Petco Park
SUN, TUE 11/13 & 15 San Francisco, CA SBC Park
FRI 11/18 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
SUN 11/20 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
TUE 11/22 Salt Lake City Delta Center
THU 11/24 Denver Pepsi Center
*Denver is the second stop on the tour where the Stones will play in an arena named for the cola in the blue can– also known as "Brown Sugar"
SAT 11/27 Phoenix Glendale Arena
MON 11/29 Dallas American Airlines Arena
*This date marks the first time Mick, Keith and company will play in President Bush's home state of Texas since the release of their anti-Dubya song, "Sweet Neo Con." Check the reviews the next day and see if it made the setlist and how it was received.
DECEMBER
THU 12/1 Houston, Toyota Center
MON 12/3 Memphis FedEx Forum
JANUARY
TUE 1/10 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
FRI 1/13 Boston TD Banknorth Garden
*The site of many a Bruins and Celtics game. You might know this venue by its original name, the Fleet Center, or as Bostonians call it "That Wicked Huge Arena That Replaced the GAH-den."
WED, FRI 1/18 & 20 New York City Madison Square Garden
MON, WED 1/23, 25 Chicago United Center
FRI 1/27 St. Louis Savvis Center
SUN 1/29 Omaha Qwest Center
FEBRUARY
WED 2/1 Baltimore First Mariner Arena
*Charlottesville residents have a second chance to see the Stones three hours north at the venue formerly known as simply Baltimore Arena.
SAT 2/11 San Juan Coliseo de Puerto Rico
SAT 2/18 Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Beach
*No word yet on whether they'll cover Barry Manilow for the occasion.
TUE, THU 2/21,23 Buenos Aires River Plate Stadium
SUN 2/26 Mexico City Foro Sol
MARCH
THU 3/6 Los Angeles The Great Western Forum
THU 3/9 Little Rock Alltel Center
SUN 3/12 Ft. Lauderdale Bank Atlantic Cener