The Rolling Stones to re-release Sticky Fingers

The band also announced a new 15-city North American stadium, Zip Code tour, which is kicking off in San Diego.

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Published: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 8:27 PM

Last updated: Thu 25 Jun 2015, 10:19 PM

Following in the footsteps of bonus reissues of Exile on Main St. and Some Girls, the Rolling Stones are mining the vaults once again with a remastered and extras-loaded Sticky Fingers, its 1971 release featuring iconic cover art by Andy Warhol and its first album under its own Rolling Stones Records label. The band also announced a new 15-city North American stadium, Zip Code tour, which is kicking off in San Diego on May 24 at Petco Park. They will play cities including Atlanta, Dallas, Pittsburgh and Detroit before wrapping up on July 15 in Quebec.

“People say, ‘How come you’re still doing this?’ but I can’t believe I did this when I was 20,” Mick Jagger, 71, said in a promotional video released on the band’s website. “Back on the road and in my element — that’s how it feels,” added Keith Richards.

Sticky Fingers, considered by many the band’s peak statement due to its lavish production and the first full contribution of its newly recruited master slide/lead guitarist Mick Taylor, will be offered in multiple deluxe editions on May 25 by Universal Music (May 26 in North America). Options range from just the remastered album on the bottom end to a Super Deluxe Edition Boxset, replete with bonus CD featuring previously unreleased alternate takes and live performances, as well as a 120-page limited-edition book.

Sticky Fingers will be rereleased with new tracks 25/26 May! https://t.co/ETjt2rwQII #StickyStones

— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) April 1, 2015

Upon its initial release, Sticky Fingers would reach No. 1 in the U.S. and the U.K. for four weeks and eventually achieve triple platinum certification in the U.S., with chart-topper Brown Sugar its biggest single and such hits as Wild Horses, extended jam Can’t You Hear Me Knocking and the orchestrally lush Moonlight Mile among its calling cards. Among the bonus features in the new editions are an alternative version Brown Sugar featuring Eric Clapton; unreleased interpretations of B****, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking and Dead Flowers; a stripped-down acoustic version of Wild Horses; and five tracks recorded live at the Roundhouse in 1971. The Super Deluxe edition will also offer the 13-track Get Yer Leeds Lungs Out! — which could be considered the Stones’ own version of Live at Leeds (made famous by the Who) from March 1971. There’s also a DVD featuring two live tracks from the Marquee, also from March of ‘71.