Last year was a close call for Mick Jagger: Heart surgery forced The Rolling Stones’ highly anticipated US leg of their critically acclaimed No Filter Tour to be postponed a few months. But as we all know, Mick and Keith Richards are immortal, so their return to the stage only two months (!) following Mick’s surgery was triumphant to say the least.
Since the tour came to an end in August, Stones fans have been dying to know what’s next for the band. Well, we just might have an answer. According to international Rolling Stones fan club website IORR, the series of stadiums the Jumpin’ Jack Flash rockers blew up last summer may have just been act one.
“The Rolling Stones are working on a tour in North America lasting from May to July 2020, rumoured to be announced next week.” the site reported. “Cities rumoured for shows are San Diego, St. Louis, Atlanta, Cleveland, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Baltimore, Nashville, Charlotte, Tampa and Atlanta, all USA, and Vancouver Canada.”
The Hall Of Famers ran through Miami and Jacksonville last year, and in 2015, Orlando was given a night on the Zip Code Tour. As for Tampa, there hasn’t been any sign of the band since 2005, when they rocked the St. Pete Times Forum (now Amalie Arena) to promote their most recent album of new material, A Bigger Bang. Their last few tours haven’t had much promotion of anything new, with the very possible exception of their 2016 album comprised of covers, Blue and Lonesome. So a No Filter show mainly contains greatest hits, and a few deep cuts for the die-hards in the crowd.
So, are The Rolling Stones playing Tampa? If so, which venue would they blow up? While the most realistic answer is Raymond James Stadium, there’s no doubt that should a show be announced, no matter what capacity, there’s no doubt that resale tickets, with prices up in the thousands, would be put up for sale within the hour of sales beginning.
With all that said, there was supposed to be an AC/DC tour announcement back in July, and we still haven’t gotten anything.
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