50 & Counting
| Tour by The Rolling Stones | |
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| Associated album | GRRR! |
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| Start date | 25 October 2012 |
| End date | 13 July 2013 |
| Legs | 4 |
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| Box office | $148.9 million ($153.09 million in 2016 dollars) |
| The Rolling Stones concert chronology | |
50 & Counting was a concert tour by The Rolling Stones to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band, which started in October 2012 (with two secret club gigs in Paris) and ended in July 2013 (with two major shows at Hyde Park).
In late April / early May 2012, the band met up at a studio in Weehawken, NJ for some secretive, preliminary rehearsals (their 1st time playing together since 2007).
On 19 May 2012, Mick Jagger hosted and performed on the season finale of Saturday Night Live. The Rolling Stones then made their first public appearance in over four years on 12 July 2012 at the Marquee Club in London to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their first ever concert. They also published a book entitled The Rolling Stones: 50 as well as a documentary, Crossfire Hurricane, released on 15 November 2012 on HBO. The documentary included interviews from all six of the living band members.
In August 2012, the Stones gathered at a studio in Paris to record their first new material since A Bigger Bang, over seven years ago.
In October and November 2012, they conducted rehearsals for their 50th anniversary concerts. The rehearsals for the 2012 tour took place in Bondy near Paris, France (in a rehearsal studio named Planet Live) and in London, England at the Wembley Arena for the 2012 shows. On 12 November 2012, they released GRRR!, a greatest hits compilation album that included the two new songs from the August recording sessions: "Doom And Gloom" (previously released as a single on 11 October 2012) and "One More Shot".
On 15 October 2012, they announced their first shows: two at the O2 Arena in London on 25 & 29 November 2012, one at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on 8 December, and two at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on 13 & 15 December. The 15 December 2012 show was broadcast in pay-per-view in the United States and many other countries.
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