Voodoo Lounge Tour

The Voodoo Lounge Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Rolling Stones to promote their 1994 album Voodoo Lounge. This was their first tour without bassist Bill Wyman, and their first with touring bassist Darryl Jones, as an additional musician. The tour grossed $320 million, replacing Pink Floyd's Division Bell tour as the highest grossing of any artist at that time.[2] This was subsequently overtaken by a few other tours, but it remains the Rolling Stones' second highest grossing tour behind their 2005–2007 A Bigger Bang Tour.[3]

Voodoo Lounge World Tour

Tour by The Rolling Stones
Associated album	Voodoo Lounge
Start date	1 August 1994
End date	30 August 1995
Legs	4
No. of shows	129
Box office	US $320 million (US$551,989,223 in 2019 dollars[1])
The Rolling Stones concert chronology

"There were lots of hacks out there who said we couldn't do it anymore", remarked Mick Jagger. "But maybe what they meant was they couldn't do it anymore. Anyway, once we started playing, all that died down. You can talk about it and talk about it – but, once we're onstage, the question is answered."[4]

Production design was by Mark Fisher, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger and Patrick Woodroffe. Graphic design and video animation was by Mark Norton. Total attendance 6.5 million.

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion, keyboards
• Keith Richards – guitars, vocals
• Ronnie Wood – guitars, backing vocals
• Charlie Watts – drums

Additional musicians

• Darryl Jones – bass, backing vocals
• Chuck Leavell – keyboards, backing vocals
• Bobby Keys – saxophone
• Andy Snitzer: – saxophone
• Michael Davis – trombone
• Kent Smith – trumpet
• Lisa Fischer – backing vocals
• Bernard Fowler – backing vocals, percussion

Opening acts (incomplete)

• The Tragically Hip (Cologne 20 June 1995, Hanover 22 June 1995, and two shows at the Rock Werchter festival just outside of Brussels, 24, 25 June 1995)
• Bryan Adams
• Blind Melon (Columbia, MO; Ames, IA; Memphis, TN; Denver, CO; Columbia, SC; Pittsburgh, PA)
• Big Country
• Counting Crows (Washington, D.C., Indianapolis. Birmingham, & East Rutherford dates only)
• Buddy Guy (Pasadena dates only)
• Lenny Kravitz
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (Pasadena dates only)
• The Spin Doctors (Toronto 3 December, Montreal, Vancouver dates)
• Stone Temple Pilots (Toronto 19, 20 August dates)
• Colin James (Winnipeg, Edmonton dates)
• Seal (Oakland, San Diego, Salt Lake City dates)
• Cruel Sea (All Australian Acts 27, 28 March, 1, 2, 5, 8, 12 April dates)
• Hobo Blues Band (Budapest, Hungary, only)
• Takacs Tamas Dirty Blues Band (Budapest, Hungary, only)
• The Exponents (Auckland, New Zealand, 16-17 April)

Set list

The band's set list at the first show at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.:

1. "Not Fade Away"
2. "Undercover of the Night"
3. "Tumbling Dice"
4. "Live with Me"
5. "You Got Me Rocking"
6. "Rocks Off"
7. "Sparks Will Fly"
8. "Shattered"
9. "Satisfaction"
10. "Beast of Burden"
11. "Memory Motel"
12. "Out of Tears"
13. "All Down the Line"
14. "Hot Stuff"
15. "I Can't Get Next to You"
16. "Brand New Car"
17. "Honky Tonk Women"
18. "Before They Make Me Run"
19. "The Worst"
20. "Love is Strong"
21. "Monkey Man"
22. "I Go Wild"
23. "Start Me Up"
24. "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll"
25. "Street Fighting Man"
26. "Brown Sugar"
27. "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

Other songs performed

• No Expectations
• All Down the Line
• Wild Horses
• It's All Over Now
• Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
• Angie
• Stop Breaking Down
• Who Do You Love? (with Bo Diddley)
• You Can't Always Get What You Want
• Sad Sad Sad
• Rock and a Hard Place
• Just My Imagination
• Love in Vain
• Let it Bleed
• The Spider and the Fly
• Shine a Light
• Rip This Joint
• Sweet Virginia
• Respectable
• Still a Fool
• Down in the Bottom
• Jump on Top of Me
• Fool to Cry
• Black Limousine
• Connection

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act(s)	Tickets sold / Available	Revenue
North America
1 August 1994	Washington, D.C.	United States	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Counting Crows	108,960 / 108,960	$3,990,966
3 August 1994
6 August 1994	Birmingham		Legion Field		19,893 / 50,000
10 August 1994	Indianapolis		RCA Dome		25,000 / 50,000
12 August 1994	East Rutherford		Giants Stadium		201,547 / 201,547	$9,531,214
14 August 1994
15 August 1994
17 August 1994
19 August 1994	Toronto	Canada	CNE Stadium	Stone Temple Pilots	97,197 / 97,197	$3,281,367
20 August 1994
23 August 1994	Winnipeg		Winnipeg Stadium	Colin James	50,397 / 50,397	$1,720,849
26 August 1994	Madison	United States	Camp Randall Stadium	Lenny Kravitz	51,201 / 51,201	$2,420,485
28 August 1994	Cleveland		Cleveland Stadium		N/A
30 August 1994	Cincinnati		Riverfront Stadium		34,137 / 55,000	N/A
4 September 1994	Foxboro		Foxboro Stadium		97,923 / 97,923	$4,633,901
5 September 1994
7 September 1994	Raleigh		Carter–Finley Stadium		38,738 / 38,738	$1,797,502
9 September 1994	East Lansing		Spartan Stadium		47,797 / 47,797	$2,128,825
11 September 1994	Chicago		Soldier Field		90,303 / 90,303	$4,194,320
12 September 1994
15 September 1994	Denver		Mile High Stadium	Blind Melon	48,981 / 48,981	$2,570,574
18 September 1994	Columbia		Faurot Field		39,363 / 39,363	$1,789,824
22 September 1994	Philadelphia		Veterans Stadium		80,976 / 80,976	$3,818,719
23 September 1994
25 September 1994	Columbia		Williams-Brice Stadium		42,223 / 42,223	$1,919,442
27 September 1994	Memphis		Liberty Bowl		41,079 / 41,079	$1,955,284
29 September 1994	Pittsburgh		Three Rivers Stadium		49,332 / 49,332	$2,311,297
1 October 1994	Ames		Cyclone Field		30,029 / 30,029	$1,234,605
4 October 1994	Edmonton	Canada	Commonwealth Stadium	Colin James	121,604 / 121,604	$4,327,764
5 October 1994
10 October 1994	New Orleans	United States	Louisiana Superdome	Bryan Adams	32,687 / 40,000	$1,464,250
14 October 1994	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Buddy Guy	21,674 / 21,674	$4,184,050
15 October 1994
17 October 1994	San Diego		Jack Murphy Stadium	Seal	49,139 / 49,139	$2,331,250
19 October 1994	Pasadena		Rose Bowl	Red Hot Chili Peppers Buddy Guy	119,140 / 119,140	$6,153,301
21 October 1994
23 October 1994	Salt Lake City		Rice Stadium	Seal	33,478 / 33,478	$1,678,855
26 October 1994	Oakland		Oakland Coliseum		199,285 / 199,285	$9,431,700
28 October 1994
29 October 1994
31 October 1994
3 November 1994	El Paso		Sun Bowl	Bryan Adams	38,732 / 42,000	$1,996,710
5 November 1994	San Antonio		Alamodome		42,687 / 42,687	$2,231,085
11 November 1994	Little Rock		War Memorial Stadium		39,844 / 39,844	$2,020,770
13 November 1994	Houston		Astrodome	Bryan Adams Ian Moore	38,737 / 38,737	$1,996,745
15 November 1994	Atlanta		Georgia Dome		81,160 / 81,160	$4,185,425
16 November 1994
18 November 1994	Dallas		Cotton Bowl		47,372 / 47,372	$2,530,185
22 November 1994	Tampa		Tampa Stadium	Spin Doctors	46,628 / 46,628	$2,204,750
25 November 1994	Miami		Joe Robbie Stadium		55,935 / 55,935	$2,574,810
27 November 1994	Gainesville		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium		35,149 / 40,000	$1,678,114
1 December 1994	Pontiac		Pontiac Silverdome		38,274 / 38,274	$1,815,325
3 December 1994	Toronto	Canada	SkyDome		49,129 / 49,129	$1,744,279
5 December 1994	Montreal		Olympic Stadium		82,089 / 82,089	$2,879,798
6 December 1994
8 December 1994	Syracuse	United States	Carrier Dome		36,038 / 36,038	$1,662,825
11 December 1994	Minneapolis		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome		46,519 / 46,519	$2,176,400
15 December 1994	Seattle		Kingdome		49,303 / 49,303	$2,311,900
17 December 1994	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place Stadium		93,273 / 93,273	$3,176,009
18 December 1994
14 January 1995	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol	Caifanes	204,020 / 204,020	$11,784,755
16 January 1995
18 January 1995
20 January 1995
South America
27 January 1995	São Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Pacaembu	Spin Doctors Barao Vermelho Rita Lee	131,253 / 131,253	$4,527,556
28 January 1995
30 January 1995
2 February 1995	Rio de Janeiro		Estádio do Maracanã		141,053 / 141,053	$3,067,410
4 February 1995
9 February 1995	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium	Las Pelotas Ratones Paranocios Pappo	344,144 / 344,144	$19,796,750
11 February 1995
12 February 1995
14 February 1995
16 February 1995
19 February 1995	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional de Chile		45,945 / 45,945	$1,386,195
Africa
24 February 1995	Johannesburg	South Africa	Ellis Park	N/A	86,209 / 86,209	$4,588,405
25 February 1995
Asia
6 March 1995	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome	N/A	285,294 / 285,294	$27,613,380
8 March 1995
9 March 1995
12 March 1995
14 March 1995
16 March 1995
17 March 1995
22 March 1995	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Dome		42,483 / 42,483	$4,234,300
23 March 1995
Oceania
27 March 1995	Melbourne	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Cruel Sea	87,609 / 87,609	$5,879,683
28 March 1995
1 April 1995	Sydney		Sydney Cricket Ground		78,187 / 78,187	$5,237,710
2 April 1995
5 April 1995	Adelaide		Adelaide Football Park		29,148 / 29,148	$1,888,537
8 April 1995	Perth		Perry Lakes Stadium		35,144 / 35,144	$2,335,502
12 April 1995	Brisbane		ANZ Stadium		36,388 / 36,388	$2,335,541
16 April 1995	Auckland	New Zealand	Western Springs Stadium	N/A	70,533 / 70,533	$3,277,067
17 April 1995
Europe
26 May 1995	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso	N/A	N/A	N/A
27 May 1995
3 June 1995	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Olympic Stadium		34,590 / 34,590	$1,583,176
6 June 1995	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Olympic Stadium	Robert Cray Band	52,607 / 52,607	$2,957,269
9 June 1995	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin		39,690 / 39,690	$2,080,123
11 June 1995	Copenhagen	Denmark	Idraetsparken		46,521 / 46,521	$2,790,481
13 June 1995	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Stadspark de Goffert		124,665 / 124,665	$5,152,429
14 June 1995
18 June 1995	Landgraaf		Draf en Renbaan		72,000 / 72,000	$2,975,774
20 June 1995	Cologne	Germany	Müngersdorfer Stadion	The Tragically Hip	62,733 / 62,733	$2,938,005
22 June 1995	Hanover		Niedersachsenstadion		62,592 / 62,592	$2,930,504
24 June 1995	Werchter	Belgium	Rock Werchter		140,000 / 140,000	$8,222,222
25 June 1995
30 June 1995	Paris	France	Hippodrome de Longchamp	Bon Jovi Éric Lapointe	160,605 / 160,605	$8,612,247
1 July 1995
3 July 1995			Olympia ("club show")	N/A
9 July 1995	Sheffield	England	Don Valley Stadium	Del Amitri	49,308 / 49,308	$2,020,211
11 July 1995	London		Wembley Stadium	The Black Crowes	207,340 / 207,340	$8,666,640
15 July 1995
16 July 1995
19 July 1995			Brixton Academy	N/A	N/A	N/A
22 July 1995	Gijón	Spain	Estadio Municipal El Molinón	The Black Crowes	N/A	N/A
24 July 1995	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio José Alvalade		N/A	N/A
27 July 1995	Montpellier	France	Espace Grammont	The Black Crowes Bob Dylan	70,360 / 70,360	$3,782,797
29 July 1995	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium	The Black Crowes	98,955 / 98,955	$5,561,673
30 July 1995
1 August 1995	Zeltweg	Austria	Österreich-Ring	N/A	86,470 / 86,470	$3,651,768
3 August 1995	Munich	Germany	Olympiastadion München	Andrew Strong	67,509 / 67,509	$3,161,077
5 August 1995	Prague	Czech Republic	Strahov Stadium	Andrew Strong Lucie	126,742 / 126,742	$3,152,637
8 August 1995	Budapest	Hungary	Ferenc Puskás Stadium	Takacs Tamas Dirty Blues Band	46,598 / 55,000	$1,470,023
12 August 1995	Schüttorf	Germany	Schüttorf Open Air	Big Country Runrig Action Directe Rüdiger Hoffmann Jimmy Barnes	84,896 / 84,896	$4,584,171
15 August 1995	Leipzig		Leipziger Festwiese	Big Country	83,105 / 83,105	$3,894,202
17 August 1995	Berlin		Olympiastadion		76,689 / 76,689	$3,588,645
19 August 1995	Hockenheim		Hockenheimring		90,871 / 90,871	$4,251,518
22 August 1995	Mannheim		Maimarktgelände		78,034 / 78,034	$3,671,769
25 August 1995	Wolfsburg		VW-Werksgelände/Parkplatz		90,000 / 90,000	$4,210,752
27 August 1995	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	Kirchberg		58,634 / 58,634	$2,936,166
29 August 1995	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Feijenoord Stadion		93,959 / 93,959	$4,372,814
30 August 1995
Total					—	—

See also

• Rolling Stones concerts
• List of highest-attended concerts
• List of highest-grossing concert tours

References

1. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved 1 January 2020.
2. "Virgin Act Ends Highest Grossing Tour Ever". Billboard 10 Dec 1994. p. 45
3. Dinka (6 October 2007). "Rolling Stones' Tour Breaks Attendance Records". huliq.com.
4. Cohen, Rich (3 November 1994). "Tour de force". Rolling Stone: 26.

External links

• Mark Fisher's "Voodoo Lounge" gallery