Rolling Stones announce European dates

The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour will roll into Europe next spring. The outing will begin on May 27th in Barcelona, Spain and stretch into August with dates in a dozen countries. Most of the shows will be in stadiums, which guitarist Keith Richards told us is something the band considers a challenge:
[ click here to listen if you have a Backstage Pass] "It's kind of interesting because it does sort of make it... You can play a football field or a baseball diamond, you know, or a stadium. It's always how do you change the shape of it? How do you, you know, make people feel part of it? So you're always playing with space and air and time. It seems to work. It seems all right."

They are touring the Americas through March of 2006, with dates in both North and South America, as well as a performance at the halftime show of Super Bowl XL on February 5th in Detroit, Michigan.

The Stones recently released a deluxe edition of the A Bigger Bang album, featuring a bonus DVD, as well as a Rarities 1971-2003 collection.

The tour dates are as follows:

27/05/2006 olympic stadium barcelona
29/05/2006 calderon strdium madrid
01/06/2006 Stade Roi Baudouin brussells
03/06/2006 Stade de France, Paris
06/06/2006 bergen, norway, venue TBC
08/06/2006 denmark venue TBC
10/06/2006 Ullevi, gothenburg
13/06/2006 Petrovsky, russia
16/06/2006 outdoor stadium, Brno, Czech Republic
18/06/2006 Airport Bemowo, warsaw, Poland
20/06/2006 Ernst Happel Stadion, vienna
22/06/2006 san siro milan
29/06/2006 olymopic stadium, athens
02/07/2006 belgrade
06/07/2006 zagreb,
10/07/2006 Nürnberg
12/07/2006 Leipzig
14/07/2006 Frankfurt
16/07/2006 München
19/07/2006 Hannover
23/07/2006 Köln
03/08/2006 Stuttgart
05/08/2006 switzerland tbc
08/08/2006 Palais Nikaia nice portugal
12/08/2006 Estadio do Dragao
14/08/2006 Estadio Zorrilla valloliud
18/08/2006 phoenix park dublin
20/08/2006 wembley
22/08/2006 wembley 2
25/08/2006 hampden park, scotland
27/08/2006 Don Valley Stadium
29/08/2006 millenium stadium cardiff
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