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Fact #146475

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Short story:

The Rolling Stones complete their 42-show European Tour 1973 with a gig at The Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, Europe.

Full article:

Brian Croft (director, ESP, touring company for Stones' tours) : Mick loves being on the road because it's what it's all about, but it's impossible to do two tours a year of that magnitude.

It's tremendously hard work, but it's the perks which make it bearable. Local promoters always try to outdo each other with very lavish food and drink, and there's always beer, coke and coffee in the crew room - it's all in the contract.

At other times, when you haven't slept for 48 hours, you sometimes think, 'All I'm doing is selling records and somebody's making a lot of money.'

They had a big party in Berlin, but they wouldn't start it until the crew got there. Mick said to me, 'I don't know what you do, but it's going all right, isn't it?'

I'll always like to be associated with that band - there's so much scope, and I hope we do the next Stones' tour.
(Source : interview in Beat Instrumental, December 1973)