Rolling Stones: 'We knew about the tour last year'
Mick Jagger reveals tour was planned around time of anniversary gigs - but that band kept quiet
- The Rolling Stones then.
by Michael Baggs | Photos by WENN.com
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Despite refusing to make any comments about tour plans in 2013 until recently, The Rolling Stones have claimed that they knew they would tour in 2012.
The band will tour America in May and June this year, before returning to the UK to headline Glastonbury and perform two huge shows in London's Hyde Park. The band announced their touring plans in April 2013, but the rock legends were already planning the gigs when they celebrated their half century together with gigs in London and New York last year.
"I thought we should continue doing this when the 50th anniversary came around," says Jagger in a new video premiered on US website Radio.com. "I kept hedging when people asked me, but I knew, the year before.
"Personally I start preparing about two months before the tour," adds Jagger. "I have to up my fitness level, start singing every day and doing some dancing. I practice in front of mirrors if I can in a dance studio."
Watch the video interview below
Tickets for the Hyde Park show are on sale now. For more information visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.
The full US tour dates are as follows:
TBA - LA, Staples Centre
May 5 - Oakland, Oracle Arena
May 8 - San Jose, HP Pavillion
May 11 - Las Vegas, MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 15 - Anaheim, Honda Centre
May 25 - Toronto, Air Canada Centre
May 28 - Chicago, Unbited Centre
June 12 - Boston, TD Garden
June 18 - Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Centre
Below: then and now - 50 years of The Rolling Stones
