Rolling Stones announce Summer tour

The Rolling Stones will return to North American stadiums this summer for the 15-city Zip Code tour. The tour will kick off May 24th at San Diego's Petco Park, criss-crossing the country before ending July 15th at Quebec's Le Festival D'Été de Québec. The tour name plays off the jeans-focused cover of the group's classic 1971 album, “Sticky Fingers”, which it will be reissuing in a deluxe format on May 26th.

The band will play hits-filled sets, as well as selections of what it's calling “special gems” from its catalog. The last time the group toured US stadiums was in 2007.

The group intends to elevate its stadium performances with a stage that will extend deep into the audience, as well as video screens and special effects. “We are excited to be back in North America playing stadiums this summer,” Mick Jagger said in a statement. “We are looking forward to being back onstage and playing your favorite songs.” The singer added in a promo video for the tour, “People say, 'How come you're still doing this?' but I can't believe I did this when I was 20.”

“We love being out on the road and it is great to come back to North America,” Keith Richards added. “I can't wait to get back on the stage!”

The deluxe reissue of “Sticky Fingers”, which is home to concert favorites “Brown Sugar”, “Wild Horses”, “Dead Flowers”, “B--ch” and “Can't You Hear Me Knocking”, will be released in a variety of formats. The band is promising “a generous selection of previously unreleased Stones audio outtakes” from the album's sessions for the release, as well as live recordings from the time.

Looking back on “Sticky Fingers” – known for its Andy Warhol–designed cover, drummer Charlie Watts once claimed its distinct sound came from Jagger's unique interest in playing guitar at the time. “He plays very strange rhythm guitar…very much how Brazilian guitarists play, on the upbeat,” he said. “It is very much like the guitar on a James Brown track – for a drummer, it's great to play with.”

The shows mark the band's first North American dates since concluding their 50 & Counting run in 2013. Since then, the group played a number of concerts in Europe, Asia and Australia, some of which had been rescheduled following the death of Jagger's girlfriend, L'Wren Scott last March.

Source: Yahoo! News