Mick Jagger’s Norwegian trainer, Torje Eike, walks to vehicles outside the Four Seasons Hotel that will take him & the Stones’ staff to the First Union Center. The “FU” show was the second of three concerts in Philly during this tour. It ended two nights later at Tower Theater. photo: © roger barone 2002
TORJE EIKE: FOUR SEASONS HOTEL: September 20, 2002
Alex Lloyd Gross, a well-known Philadelphia concert photographer and publisher of the Delaware Valley News website, wears a Stones’ photo pass as he prepares to shoot the show. Gross had photographed the Stones’ rehearsal earlier from outside the entrance gates. photo: © roger barone 2002
Stagehands & Electric Factory Concerts staff unloading the Rolling Stones’ trucks for a special show at the Tower Theater on Sunday, September 22. This was the last of three Philly shows for the Stones’ visit. They opened with a show a Thursday show at Veterans Stadium, a Saturday performance at the First Union Center, and closed out the weekend at the Tower. photo: © roger barone 2002
ROLLING STONES: TOWER THEATER – SUNDAY, September 22, 2002
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, left, and Alan Dunn, a longtime road assistant with the band, exit the Four Seasons Hotel and wait for a ride to Veterans Stadium sound check. The Stones were rehearsing for the opening of the “1989 Steel Wheels Tour.” photo: © roger barone 2017.
Charile Watts of the Rolling Stones performs a series of concerts at the Iridium Club in New York City with the ABC & D of Boogie Woogie Jazz Band. photo: © ROGER BARONE 2012
Fans exiting JFK Stadium after the Rolling Stones show on September 26, 1981. The “Tattoo You” Tour stage is cleared and prepared for tear down. photo: © roger barone 1981
View of west-side stands and press box after the Rolling Stones September 26th concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. The Stones opened their 1981 “Tattoo You” Tour in Philly on the previous day. photo: © roger barone 1981
Rolling Stones fans wait for the band to take the stage at JFK Stadium for the second of two shows in Philadelphia. The Stones opened their 1981 “Tattoo You” Tour in Philadelphia on the previous day, Thursday, September 25. The last time the Stones played in Philly (1978), Mick Jagger was sick and the show was shortened to the dismay of fans who rioted afterward. photo: © roger barone 1981
Rolling Stones/ JFK STADIUM (September 26, 1981)
Rolling Stones fans preparing to leave JFK Stadium after the Rolling Stones second show in Philadelphia. The Stones opened their 1981 “Tattoo You” Tour in Philly on Thursday, September 25. photo: © roger barone 1981.
Rolling Stones’ drummer, Charlie Watts, practicing before a solo show at the Blue Note Cafe in New York with the Charlie Watts Jazz Tentet. The shows took place two months after the 9/11 terrorists attacks on the city. Watts and his band played several nights at the Blue Note; this photo was taken during the early show on Thursday. Charlie Watts signed my “EXILE” book before the show. photo: © Roger Barone 2001.
Rolling Stones Photos & Stories From Philadelphia: The City of Brotherly Love 
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