Mick Jagger’s children, Elizabeth and Jimmy, have fun climbing a gorilla sculpture at the Philadelphia Zoo, under the watchful eyes of their nanny, left, and Bob Bender, a member of the Stones’ security team. The Rolling Stones arrived in town about six days before the opening show of their 1989 “Steel Wheels Tour.” The band rehearsed at JFK Stadium during the early part of the week. ©Roger Barone 1989/2014
MICK JAGGER CHILDREN: PHILADELPHIA ZOO (August 8, 1989)
Mick Jagger, wearing a red tank top and white football pants, runs across the stage at JFK Stadium where the Rolling Stones opened their 1981 “Tattoo You” Tour with two shows in Philly. © Roger Barone 1981/2014
MICK JAGGER/JFK STADIUM (August 25, 1981)
A an incapacitated Rolling Stones’ fan is transported by a team of paramedics backstage at JFK Stadium to a medical tent where they will initiate medical care. © roger barone 1981/2014
ROLLING STONES: JFK STADIUM (September 25, 2014)
Bill Graham, left, the legendary rock n roll promoter known for his Fillmore East & Fillmore West concert halls in San Francisco and New York respectively, discusses the 1981 Rolling Stones’ “Tattoo You” Tour with Electric Factory Concerts’ promoter Allen Spivak during a press conference at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Graham’s FM Promotions also managed Santana, the Jefferson Airplane and several other bands from the west. Mick Jagger attended the event. © Roger Barone 1981
BILL GRAHAM/ALLEN SPIVAK: JFK STADIUM (August 26, 1981)
Rolling Stones singer, Mick Jagger, wears a football uniform while performing at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia during the second show of their 1081 “Tattoo You” tour. © Roger Barone 1981
MICK JAGGER/ROLLING STONES: JFK STADIUM PHILADELPHIA (9/26/81)
Rolling Stones singer, Mick Jagger, performing at JFK Stadium during the second show of “Tattoo You” Tour, which started in Philadelphia the previous day. © Roger Barone 1981/2014
MICK JAGGER/ROLLING STONES: JFK STADIUM (September 26, 1981)
Rolling Stones’ truck driver, Randy Bates, smiles as he walks through the Wells Fargo Center parking lot during the move-in for the bands’ two shows in Philadelphia on June 18-21. Bates works for Upstaging & Transport Inc. out of Chicago. © Roger Barone 2013
RANDY BATES/ROLLING STONES’ DRIVER: WELLS FARGO CENTER (June 18, 2013)
The Rolling Stones leave Philadelphia heading east along the Parkway to the band’s final “50 & Counting” Tour gig at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. Keith Richards, Ronnie Watt and Mick Taylor were on board, as well as, backup vocalists. Mick Jagger and drummer, Charlie Watts, traveled via Amtrak Train. © roger barone 2013
ROLLING STONES’ BUS: PHILADELPHIA (June 23, 2013)
Stagehands check the sound towers and prepare to place colorfully animated drapes over the Rolling Stones’ “Tattoo You” Tour stage the day before the opening show of their 1981 tour. Mick Jagger used the yellow cherry picker to elevate over the crowd and drop roses on them. © roger barone 1981
ROLLING STONES STAGEHANDS: JFK STADIUM (September 24, 1981)
Rolling Stones bass player, Bill Wyman, watches the audience while playing “You Got To Move” during their first of two performances at the Spectrum Arena. The Stones “Tour of the Americas” visited Philadelphia on June 29 & 30, 1975. This was the tour that featured an over-sized phallic balloon that Jagger rode during the playing of “Star Star.” © Roger Barone 1975
BILL WYMAN/ROLLING STONES: SPECTRUM ARENA (June 29, 1975)
Rolling Stones Photos & Stories From Philadelphia: The City of Brotherly Love 
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