Rolling Stones unveil biggest tour in six years [View all]

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LONDON —

The Rolling Stones unveiled details of their biggest tour in six years on Wednesday, playing nine dates in North America as well as two British concerts after a stage comeback last year to celebrate 50 years in music.

The band said they would kick off their “50 and Counting” tour in Los Angeles on an unspecified date and then play Oakland, California, on May 5 and seven other North American cities before performing in London’s Hyde Park on July 6.

The veteran rockers, who played sell-out shows on a mini-tour of London, the United States and France last year, had already been named as headline act at Britain’s biggest musical festival, Glastonbury, on June 29 which is also a sell-out.

As part of their 50th celebrations, the band last year released a greatest hits collection, a documentary, and a photographic book and then sparked rumors about more concerts with a March 29 website post saying: “5 Days & Counting”.

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Stones returning to stage: Why should we care?

NEW YORK (AP) — Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones.

With Wednesday's announcement of a new Stones nine-city tour, those words again signal the start of a rock 'n' roll show. Young music fans may wonder why there's still a fuss over dad's, or grandpa's, favorite band. Here are five reasons to care.

1. LIVING HISTORY: Elvis Presley is dead. The Beatles will never perform again. The Who is down to two originals. Membership of rock's Greatest Generation is fading. The Stones, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney are links to a special time in music history, and you can still see them in concert. If the Stones' form of classic rock moves you, it's hard to conceive of a band today building such an impressive catalog in the same style. Fashion, and the business, has moved on.

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