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When the Rolling Stones Became a Quartet on ‘Voodoo Lounge’

The early '90s were a transformative time for the Rolling Stones . Not long after the release of their 1991 live album Flashpoint , original bassist Bill Wyman exited the band, permanently trimming the Stones lineup down to a quartet. But rather than wallowing in Wyman's departure, the shake-up helped them turn in their strongest studio effort in more than a decade, Voodoo Lounge , which was released on July 3, 1994.

The record was the first Stones album with new bassist Darryl Jones, who had been hired that March after an extensive search. A protege of Miles Davis who also played on Sting 's The Dream of the Blue Turtles album, it was Jones' jazz background that reportedly  appealed to vocalist Mick Jagger and drummer Charlie Watts .

Jones had laid down some tracks during the initial sessions in Ireland in the fall of 1993, but it wasn't until he was called into help put some finishing touches in Los Angeles a few months later that he learned he had the job.

"One night I went down to the studio, and met Keith [Richards] , who asked if I’d seen Charlie," he said. "I said no, then he says, ‘Charlie asked me if we were going to play with you? We’ve auditioned all those guys, chose you to play on the record – I don’t think we’re now gonna go choose someone else’. Charlie said, ‘Maybe someone should tell him!’ So I’m telling you, you’re gonna go with us’, and that was the first I heard of it!"

To help assemble their first studio record since 1989's Steel Wheels , the group enlisted Don Was, the former Was (Not Was) bassist who had recently helmed successful albums by Bonnie Raitt , Bob Seger and Jackson Browne .

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Was told Rolling Stone magazine that he was invited to discuss the possibility producing the album, only to be given a lecture from Richards on why the group really didn't need a producer. He conceded that he wouldn't be producing the Stones but thought to himself: "At least I've got something to tell my grandchildren."

Of course, Was did eventually come on board for the making of Voodoo Lounge . Was told Sound on Sound that he felt his role was to help identify what would help make for the strongest songs, as opposed to trying to force his concept of what a Rolling Stones record should be.

"I never felt that my job was to impose creative concepts on them, but just to help distill the wealth of ideas that they had," Was said. "I would point things out if I didn't think something was going to work, but I didn't think it was my position to say, 'Here, Keith, give me your guitar for a minute. I'll show you what to play'. That would be like grabbing the sax from Charlie Parker! Keith's got so many ideas and they're all so original that I couldn't come up with them in a 100 years. That's the amazing thing – the simplicity of what he does is so deceptive. There's so much happening within a few notes."

The Rolling Stones had certainly endured their share of internal band strife in the decade prior to Voodoo Lounge . The band was in total disarray during the making of Dirty Work , providing the Stones with what was perhaps their lowest of moments.

Richards acknowledged that they had come through those rough waters, and felt that Voodoo Lounge was the first Stones record in a significant amount of time where the band was operating as a cohesive unit. "To not just sound like the Stones but be them," he told Rolling Stone . "Like I told Mick, 'You gotta play a lot of harp.' Because with the Stones, that was one of the original instruments. And his phrasing is so uncanny on the harp. If that can roll over onto the vocals. After all, it's just pushing air out of your mouth."

Voodoo Lounge was the Rolling Stones' opportunity to prove that, despite being elder statesmen, they could indeed still rock. The album's first single (and its accompanying eye-catching video), "Love Is Strong" featured some great bluesy harmonica while another of the album's tracks, "You Got Me Rocking," became a staple of the Stones dynamic live show. Even the HBO television show The Sopranos acknowledged the coolness of Voodoo Lounge , featuring "Thru and Thru" in the Season Two finale of the show in 2000.

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As much as Voodoo Lounge had the band working together better than they had in years, more than a year after its release, Jagger nonetheless had mixed feelings about the record – and in particular Was' decisions – in an in-depth interview  with Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner.

"I think it’s a good frame of reference of what the Rolling Stones were about during that quite limited time in Ireland in that year," he said. "It’s very much a kind of time-and-place album. In that way, I was quite pleased with the results. But there were a lot of things that we wrote for Voodoo Lounge that Don [Was] steered us away from: Groove songs, African influences and things like that. And he steered us very clear of all that. And I think it was a mistake."

In his defense, Was said he was "certainly not anti-groove, just anti-groove without substance in the context of this album. They had a number of great grooves. But it was like, 'Okay, what goes on top of it? Where does it go?' I just felt that it's not what people were looking for from the Stones. I was looking for a sign that they can get real serious about this, still play better than anybody and write better than anybody."

Despite Jagger's issues with Was at the time, they appear to be water under the bridge now. Was continued as a steady presence with the Rolling Stones after Voodoo Lounge . And while it might not have completely met Jagger's expectations, the album became the band's first No. 1 record in their native Britain since 1980's Emotional Rescue . The international tour in support of Voodoo Lounge grossed hundreds of millions of dollars over 117 dates performed on six continents.

The record also garnered the band a Grammy award for Best Rock Album, while the video for "Love Is Strong" also won for Best Short Form Music Video. Amazingly, it was the first Grammys the Rolling Stones ever claimed, even though they were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 1986.

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Voodoo Lounge

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Gone are the smooth moves, trendy nods and lackluster songcraft of Dirty Work and Steel Wheels, the Rolling Stones ‘ last two studio discs. The band’s new album, Voodoo Lounge, is ragged and glorious, reveling in the quintessential rock & roll the Stones marked as their own some 30 years ago. Plumbing the past to cop riffs from their classics, the Stones perfect their rebel stance in the service of pleasure, with producer Don Was working to bring it all up to date. Together, they keep the grooves short and mean, making for an album that’s tight without being overprocessed, neat without being nice.

The incomparable Charlie Watts is Voodoo’ s secret weapon, from the album’s opening snare-drum volley to the effortless swing of its sign-off, “Mean Disposition.” Watts’ command allows new bassist Darryl Jones to easily click into place. (Bill who?) Keith Richards plays fast and loose, and Ron Wood adds his own torn and frayed finesse to Richards’ vamps. Mick Jagger ‘s singing is pure pleasure.

While they echo the usual catalog of references — Chuck Berry in “Mean Disposition,” Gram Parsons in “The Worst” — the songs on Voodoo Lounge find the Stones charged with renewed musical nerve: the skewed R&B of “Baby Break It Down”; “Moon Is Up,” where the “mystery drum” Watts brushes is an upside-down garbage can; the country-Celtic folk of the Richards-sung “The Worst” (with Wood on sweet pedal steel); the Caribbean skip of “Sweethearts Together.” On “Love Is Strong,” Jagger’s skanking harp (shades of “Miss You”) and predatory vocal chart a dangerous path, though not without humor: “My love is strong/And you’re so sweet/And someday, babe/We got to meet.” “You Got Me Rocking” is a throwback to Exile on Main Street- vintage bar-brawl tunes like “Rip This Joint.”

On the stunning ballad “Out of Tears” (featuring Chuck Leavell’s dreamy piano), Jagger drops attitude to sing couplets of crushing pain: “I can’t feel/Feel a thing/I can’t shout/I can’t scream.” On the other hand, “Thru and Thru” demonstrates that the Stones are still capable of extreme daffiness, as Richards, by now a full-fledged admiral in the nasal academy, sings passionately of a love as constant … as a 24-hour market (“You know that we do takeaway/But we deliver, too …”).

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Just as Jagger’s latest solo outing, Wandering Spirit, proved far stronger than his first two, so Voodoo Lounge is leagues ahead of the last few Stones records. Not surprisingly, the record is suffused with sex, ironic or otherwise. But now, while still pussy crazy after all these years, Jagger asserts his unflagging drive while singing tenderly about his fears of aging and loss of potency.

Hence the procession of sweet things ready to fuel the flagging flames. Wandering Spirit’ s immortal motto (“I’m as hard as a brick/Hope I never go limp,” from “Wired All Night”) has ballooned into Voodoo Lounge’s cornucopia of concupiscence: “You make me hard/You make me weak” (“Love Is Strong”); “Sparks will fly/When I get myself back on you, baby” (“Sparks Will Fly”); “Jack her up, baby, go on, open the hood/I want to check if her oil smells good/Mmm — smells like caviar” (“Brand New Car”). Jagger can’t help it; he’s just afraid of running out of time. It’s not odd in this context to find the horny funk of “Holetown Prison (Suck on the Jugular)” with lyrics like “All get together and fuck all night…. Let’s live lasciviously” side by side with a lovely study of faith and fate, the anti-violence “Blinded by Rainbows”: “Do you fear the final hour/Do you kneel before the cross….”

While Jagger and company are busy logging time on the sex beat, their sex-and-romance lyrics can also be read as a metaphor for career. The assertion that they can jolly well keep up artistically and commercially peeks out from under the tellingly titled “New Faces.” With its “Lady Jane”-style harpsichord, the song mock-dramatizes a lover’s comeuppance by a “figure of youth”: “He stands so aloof/With an indolent air/And an insolent stare.” Still, the upstart may end up “rotting in hell” for presuming to take the mantle.

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On “Out of Tears,” Jagger faces down mortality: “I just can’t pour my heart out/To another living thing/I’m a whisper/I’m a shadow/But I’m standing up to sing.” But just in case you think he’s gone all sensitive, meet “I Go Wild,” on which a “raggedy dog” sniffs out some girls: “And the doctor says/You’ll be OK/And if you’d only/Stay away/From femmes fatales /And dirty bitches/And daylight drabs/And nighttime witches… And politicians’ garish wives/With alcoholic cunts like knives.”

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From Beggars Banquet to Sticky Fingers, the Stones tantalized me into adolescence. I was 10 or 11 when I heard “Stray Cat Blues” and “Live With Me.” That they also sang about “stupid girls” was lost on me then but not for long. The Stones, however, haven’t much changed on this score. They maintain their Stone Age attitudes about women and sex even as they pass through middle age with lyrics that today’s alternahunks wouldn’t be caught dead singing.

The other day a friend dismissed the bravado of one line off of Voodoo (“I’m gonna fuck your sweet ass,” from “Sparks Will Fly”), grumbling, “Why don’t they sing about stuff that really concerns them, like chronic back pain or tax dodging?” Worthy topics, to be sure, yet I maintain that Mick still means it — this grandfather is still high on hormones and happier for it.

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20 years ago: the Rolling Stones play Vancouver on the Voodoo Lounge tour

Twenty years ago last Wednesday--on December 17, 1994--the Rolling Stones played in front of 50,000 fans at B.C. Place Stadium.

The British rock legends were touring behind their 20th album, Voodoo Lounge , which wasn't as good as their previous one, Steel Wheels .

In case you missed it, here's my review.

There was one nagging question on my mind after the Rolling Stones’ show last Saturday (December 17) at B.C. Place, and it kept elbowing for space in there with about a thousand Chuck Berry guitar riffs. I couldn’t stop wondering just how in hell the Spin Doctors, of all bands, managed to scoop the opening spot on the extremely high-profile  Voodoo Lounge  tour. Could it be that when the Stones deserted Sony for Virgin Records, a contractual obligation meant they had to help a worn-out Sony act revive its plummeting career? At any rate, the Spin Doctors’ 40-minute “warm-up” set was a tiresome exercise in lame pseudofunk that no Stones freak (or rock fan in general) should have had to sit through. It did help make the headliners sound even more impressive, though, which could have been the idea all along. As if to drive home the fact that it has been around for more than three decades, the world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band (next to The Who) kicked things off with a tune from 1964, the Bo Diddley–inspired “Not Fade Away”. Mick Jagger looked sharp in a two-tone, grey  Sgt. Pepper –style coat, but Keith Richards had him beat in the footwear department, sporting bright-yellow runners. The flashy leather shoes seemed to incite Richards to shimmy and shake to the next half-dozen tunes, which were mostly fast-paced rockers from the past (“Shattered”) and present (“You Got Me Rocking”). One new boogie tune, “Sparks Will Fly”, was accompanied on a giant screen by bizarre computer graphics of a spiky, flailing tongue, not to mention some of the rudest Jagger lyrics ever. I know it’s only rock ’n’ roll, but there’s still something mildly disconcerting about a 51-year-old bellowing “I wanna fuck your sweet ass!” Although he may be in dire need of a good soapy mouthwash, Jagger is certainly looking healthy these days. By the time the band had ripped into “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, he had peeled off the grey coat, a purple vest, and a blue silk shirt, and was down to a tight black tee. When he scampered along the stage-left ramp above where we were located on the floor, it was clear the sinewy rock god has been taking care of himself. Richards, on the other hand… Well, he had Jagger beat in the footwear department. “Any requests?” asked Mick after tinkling the keyboards on “Far Away Eyes”, one of the set’s rare mellow tunes. A partially zonked-out guy behind me screamed “Brand New Car!”, but Jagger must not have heard him, because he sang “Heartbreaker” instead—which was all right by me. “We’re gonna do a really ancient one for ya,” he announced before returning to ’64 for another cover, Bobby Womack’s “It’s All Over Now”, which the band played while televised live in black-and-white for that archival feel. It wasn’t quite the same seeing the Stones minus Bill Wyman’s standoffish demeanour, but new bassist Darryl Jones handled himself admirably, knowing better than to get too involved in the onstage antics of Jagger, Richards, and Ron Wood. The Stones got plenty of strong backup from vocalists Lisa Fisher and Bernard Fowler, and a killer brass section also earned its keep. Longtime Stones saxophonist Bobby Keyes was a particular crowd-pleaser, putting his jugular vein to the test during a frantic solo on “Miss You”. The high point of the show came when Richards banged out the opening chords to “Honky Tonk Women”, the slinky classic that most typifies what the Stones are all about. During that number, film clips of such femmes fatales as Greta Garbo, Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Boop, and Queen Elizabeth II (!) were flashed on the huge screen—along with live shots of various local honky-tonkers shuffling in the crowd. The most elaborate visual effect was saved for “Sympathy for the Devil”, when an array of giant inflatables—including a guitar-strumming Elvis, a nun, a goat’s head, and a punk baby—came to distended life across the top of the stage. While the Stones cranked out “Street Fighting Man”, various stagehands tugged on the backs of the balloons to get them bobbing along, then in a matter of seconds all were deflated, yanked away, and tucked out of sight. Tidy folk, those British. Two hours after it started, the Stones’ set rumbled to a close, but the crowd of 50,000 brought the band back for an encore of (what else?) “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”. Somebody in wardrobe must have had a Phyllis Diller flashback, though, because Mick returned wearing a knee-length black skirt over his pants and Keith had on a pink plush jacket. Are those guys wacky or what?

Dec 21, 2014 at 11:04pm

1994. Hmmm? I remember the Pink Floyd shows in the place that year. But I always sorta liked the Stones. Betty Rubble was a dish.

Dec 22, 2014 at 3:09am

This was my first and only Stones concert. Never been a fan but the light show during Sympathy For The Devil was spellbinding. No drugs required.

Dec 22, 2014 at 3:15pm

Good article as usual Steve. I went to both shows in 94, the second night being Keith's birthday so 50000 people sang happy birthday to him. I was row 2 the first night and row 17 the second night. I remember the heat from the flames coming out of the cobra at the beginning. I wasn't a fan of the Spin Doctors and they seemed so out of place on the massive stage. In 98 Johnny Lang opened and he was good! If it's disconcerting hearing a 51 year old Mick singing lyrics like on Sparks Will Fly in 94, imagine a 71 year old Mick singing lyrics like that today! Oh well, I guess it's only rock'n'roll!

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A look back at the Rolling Stones' Pittsburgh concerts

The Rolling Stones’ 11th visit to Pittsburgh is scheduled for Oct. 4 at Heinz Field.

As fans look forward to another memorable night with the band, let’s take a quick look back at the Stones’ 10 previous Pittsburgh dates, starting from the beginning:

1. June 17, 1964, at Danceland in West View Park

The Rolling Stones actually beat The Beatles to Pittsburgh, playing at this former North Hills amusement park. The Fab Four’s one-and-only local show followed about three months later, on Sept. 14 in the Civic Arena (later Mellon Arena and now just a memory). Coming last on a six-act slate , the Stones played to a crowd of 400 — and admission was $1.50.

2. Nov. 24, 1965, in the Civic Arena

Touring in support of the “Out of Our Heads” album, the band’s lineup included Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and the group’s founder and original leader, the late Brian Jones.

3. June 25, 1966, in the Civic Arena

Pittsburgh was the third stop on a tour supporting the “Aftermath” album, which included the hit “Under My Thumb.” The American version of the album substituted “Paint It Black” for “Mother’s Little Helper” on the UK release.

4. July 22, 1972, in the Civic Arena

Pittsburgh was the penultimate stop on the tour supporting the dark classic “Exile on Main Street” album.

5. Sept. 6, 1989, in Three Rivers Stadium

The Steel Wheels tour was the last tour for bassist Bill Wyman. It was also the first Pittsburgh appearance for guitarist Ron Wood, who joined in 1975. The show started with a literal bang as opener, “Start Me Up,” was accompanied by fireworks.

6. Sept. 29, 1994, in Three Rivers Stadium

The Voodoo Lounge tour, with its lounge-themed set, inflatables and giant screen, grossed $320 million, making it the highest-grossing tour to that date.

7. March 11, 1999, in the Civic Arena

After two stadium shows, the Stones went smaller-scale for this No Security Tour stop. The set list included timeless gems like “Some Girls,” “Brown Sugar,” “Midnight Rambler,” “Gimme Shelter,” “Paint It Black” and “Sympathy for the Devil” as the encore.

8. Jan. 10, 2003, in Mellon Arena

The Stones tore through 21 hits, from “Street Fighting Man” to “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” and paid tribute to Bob Dylan with a cover of “Like a Rolling Stone.” A bra tossed from the crowd added a little spice, as Charlie Watts twirled it from his drumstick and Ron Wood turned it into a hat.

9. Sept. 28, 2005, in PNC Park

The set-up featured a mobile hydraulic lift that transported the band to the opposite end of the stadium for a few songs. “Start Me Up” got the place rocking and “Brown Sugar” was the encore. Eddie Vedder, front man of opening act Pearl Jam, surprised Jagger by coming out for a duet on “Wild Horses.”

10. June 20, 2015, at Heinz Field

Still rocking at 70-plus, Mick Jagger gave a local shout-out to that staple of British cuisine, Heinz baked beans, and to Andy Warhol, who designed the Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” album cover. A steady rain ceased just in time for the Stones’ opening “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” to ignite the sold-out crowd of 55,000.

This story was originally published on Feb. 6, 2020.

Shirley McMarlin is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Shirley by email at [email protected] or via Twitter .

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Rolling Stones / Voodoo Lounge Uncut

By Paul Sinclair

The Rolling Stones are next month issuing Voodoo Lounge Uncut,  the full unedited live performance from Nov 1994, previously issued in truncated form in the 1990s. The show was filmed by David Mallet on 25 November 1994 at Miami’s Joe Robbie Stadium, as the band were four months into their Voodoo Lounge world tour. This new version features 10 performances omitted from its previous release and the full show is now presented in its original running order. Additionally, all visual formats feature five tracks from an earlier date on the Voodoo Lounge Tour that weren’t performed in Miami – in an attempt to make this a definitive record of The Rolling Stones mid-1990s tour.

This is being released by Eagle Rock, so there’s the usual wide array of formats including 2CD+blu-ray, 2CD+DVD, 3LP vinyl and standalone blu-ray and DVD.

Voodoo Lounge Uncut will be released on 16 November 2018. For some reason most of the formats are unavailable via Amazon UK right now.

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1. Whoopi Goldberg Intro 2. Not Fade Away 3. Tumbling Dice 4. You Got Me Rocking 5. Rocks Off 6. Sparks Will Fly 7. Live With Me 8. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 9. Beast Of Burden 10. Angie 11. Dead Flowers 12. Sweet Virginia 13. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 14. It’s All Over Now 15. Stop Breakin’ Down Blues 16. Who Do You Love?

1. I Go Wild 2. Miss You 3. Honky Tonk Women 4. Before They Make Me Run 5. The Worst 6. Sympathy For The Devil 7. Monkey Man 8. Street Fighting Man 9. Start Me Up 10. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It) 11. Brown Sugar 12. Jumpin’ Jack Flash

1. Whoopi Goldberg Intro 2. Not Fade Away 3. Tumbling Dice 4. You Got Me Rocking 5. Rocks Off 6. Sparks Will Fly 7. Live With Me 8. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 9. Beast Of Burden 10. Angie 11. Dead Flowers 12. Sweet Virginia 13. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 14. It’s All Over Now 15. Stop Breakin’ Down Blues 16. Who Do You Love? 17. I Go Wild 18. Miss You 19. Honky Tonk Women 20. Before They Make Me Run 21. The Worst 22. Sympathy For The Devil 23. Monkey Man 24. Street Fighting Man 25. Start Me Up 26. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It) 27. Brown Sugar 28. Jumpin’ Jack Flash

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LP 1 1. Whoopi Goldberg Intro 2. Not Fade Away 3. Tumbling Dice 4. You Got Me Rocking 5. Rocks Off 6. Sparks Will Fly 7. Live With Me 8. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 9. Beast Of Burden 10. Angie 11. Dead Flowers

LP 2 1. Sweet Virginia 2. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 3. It’s All Over Now 4. Stop Breakin’ Down Blues 5. Who Do You Love? 6. I Go Wild 7. Miss You 8. Honky Tonk Women

LP 3 1. Before They Make Me Run 2. The Worst 3. Sympathy For The Devil 4. Monkey Man 5. Street Fighting Man 6. Start Me Up 7. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It) 8. Brown Sugar 9. Jumpin’ Jack Flash

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The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live

Voodoo Lounge Live is a concert video by the rock band the Rolling Stones . It was filmed on 25 November 1994 at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida during the Voodoo Lounge Tour . The concert was broadcast as a pay-per-view special.

Track listing

Voodoo lounge uncut, critical reception.

• Track listing 2

Official souvenir video

• Track listing 3

Certifications

Voodoo Lounge Live was first released on VHS in late 1995 and then on DVD in 1998. Of the 27 songs played at the concert, 17 were included in the home video. [1]

All songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards except where noted

• Introduction by Whoopi Goldberg
• " Not Fade Away " ( Buddy Holly , Norman Petty )
• " Tumbling Dice "
• " You Got Me Rocking "
• " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction "
• " Sweet Virginia "
• " It's All Over Now " ( Bobby Womack , Shirley Womack)
• " Stop Breaking Down " ( Robert Johnson ) – with Robert Cray
• " Who Do You Love? " ( Bo Diddley ) – with Bo Diddley
• " Miss You "
• Band introductions
• " Honky Tonk Women "
• "The Worst"
• " Sympathy for the Devil "
• " Start Me Up "
• " It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) "
• " Brown Sugar "
• " Jumpin' Jack Flash "

An extended and re-edited version of Voodoo Lounge including the entire concert, titled Voodoo Lounge Uncut , was released on DVD and CD, Blu-ray and CD, LP, and as audio and video digital downloads, on 16 November 2018. [2]

On All About Jazz , Doug Collette wrote,"If there's anything better than issuing a previously-unreleased recording of some kind, it's putting out a fully-restored piece once available only in part.... Prior to this DVD/2CD (or Blu-ray/2CD and limited vinyl) package, only portions of this November 1994 concert have been available in various formats, but this one compensates and then some." [3]

In Glide Magazine , Leslie Michelle Derrough wrote, "Coming near the end of the American leg, this particular show drew over 55,000 fans to see the iconic rock stars perform some of their most famous tunes – "Honky Tonk Women", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "It's Only Rock n' Roll" – for the first time without bass player Bill Wyman. Wyman had retired and Darryl Jones was just getting his feet wet as part of the Stones after time in Sting's solo band. Jones brought with him a funky ambiance, enabling the Stones to surf on some new rhythm waves." [4]

• "Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty)
• "Tumbling Dice"
• "You Got Me Rocking"
• " Rocks Off " [lower-alpha 1]
• "Sparks Will Fly" [lower-alpha 1]
• " Live With Me " [lower-alpha 1] – with Sheryl Crow
• "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
• " Beast of Burden " [lower-alpha 1]
• " Dead Flowers " [lower-alpha 1]
• "Sweet Virginia"
• " Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) " [lower-alpha 1]
• "It's All Over Now" (B. Womack, S. Womack)
• "Stop Breaking Down" (Johnson) – with Robert Cray
• "Who Do You Love?" (Diddley) – with Bo Diddley
• " I Go Wild " [lower-alpha 1]
• "Honky Tonk Women"
• " Before They Make Me Run " [lower-alpha 1]
• "Sympathy for the Devil"
• " Monkey Man " [lower-alpha 1]
• " Street Fighting Man " [lower-alpha 1]
• "Start Me Up"
• "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
• "Brown Sugar"
• "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
• 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Not included in the original 1995 video
• " Shattered "
• " Out of Tears "
• " All Down the Line "
• " I Can't Get Next to You " ( Norman Whitfield , Barrett Strong )

A VHS video called Live Voodoo Lounge , with "Official Souvenir Video" written on the back cover, was available for sale and order during the Voodoo Lounge Tour. It was filmed on 14 August 1994 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [5]

• Introduction
• "Shattered"
• "Rocks Off"
• "Sparks Will Fly"
• "Out of Tears"
• "Street Fighting Man"

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Before They Make Me Run", "The Worst"
• Ronnie Wood – guitar
• Charlie Watts – drums

Additional musicians

• Darryl Jones – bass
• Chuck Leavell – keyboards
• Bobby Keys – saxophone
• Lisa Fischer – backing vocals
• Bernard Fowler – backing vocals, percussion

New West Horns

• Andy Snitzer – saxophone
• Michael Davis – trombone
• Kent Smith – trumpet

Special guests

• Robert Cray – vocals, guitar
• Bo Diddley – vocals, guitar
• Sheryl Crow – vocals
• Whoopi Goldberg – host
• David Mallet – director

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• ↑ Derrough, Leslie Michelle (November 28, 2018). "The Rolling Stones' 'Voodoo Lounge Uncut' Showcases an Almost "Younger" Stones Strut & Dagger in Miami '94" . Glide Magazine . Retrieved October 5, 2023 .
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Tour Tremé begins at The Voodoo Lounge, 718 N. Rampart Street. Come inside; the guide will be waiting. Please arrive 10 minutes early.

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We tour 364 days a year, the exception being Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day). We do not tour that day due to the high volume of people in and around the French Quarter; you would not be able to hear all of the stories your guide has to share! Aside from that, Tour Tremé is available by reservation only. Tour time is 10:30 am, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

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Our Saints + Sinners box office is located inside The Voodoo Lounge, 718 N Rampart Street. The box office opens one hour prior to all scheduled tours. Come on inside and look to the back wall; it says TICKETS in neon above our door. Please arrive 15 minute early.

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Yes! There is a family-friendly entrance on the Orleans street side of our building.

The Saints & Sinners Tour runs about one hour and forty five minutes in length.

Please, no video taping without prior permission.

What Evenings Are The Tours Available?

Our Saints & Sinners tour is available at 1:30pm Daily. Reservations are required.

Our tours run, rain or shine! There are enough balconies and galleries in the French Quarter to keep our smaller groups positioned out of the rain during storytelling. Bring an umbrella if the forecast looks wet!

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I've booked a ghost + vampire tour. where do i get my tickets.

Our Ghost + Vampire box office is located inside The Voodoo Lounge, 718 North Rampart Street. The box office opens one hour prior to all scheduled tours. Come on inside and look to the back wall; it says TICKETS in neon above our door. Please arrive 15 minute early. If you booked through the website, there is no need to print anything! We will have your tickets available under your last name when you arrive.

Nope! All of our tours are real, true history. We have worked with the founders of the National Paranormal Society and researched all of our stories to bring you disturbingly funny, historically accurate, real haunted history. Our tour guides are the strangest, most entertaining bunch of real historians you will ever have the pleasure of spending time with!

The Ghost & Vampire Tour runs about 90 minutes.

French Quarter walking tour distance is about one mile. This is taken at a leisurely pace and over the length of the tour.

We do accept walk-up customers on all scheduled tours as space allows. Reservations allow us to keep our groups small by having plenty of tour guides on hand. Plus, you save $3 per ticket by booking online!

We tour 364 nights a year, the exception being Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras Day). We do not tour that night due to the high volume of people in the French Quarter; you would not be able to hear all of the stories your guide has to share!

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Of course! And if you get some great shots, please share them with us. We love to share our guests’ great experience with our fans on Facebook and Twitter! Send photos to [email protected].

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