More than 120,000 fans were at Roundhay Park that day for the final concert of a 32  date tour which included Gothenburg, Paris, Munich and Wembley.placeholder image
More than 120,000 fans were at Roundhay Park that day for the final concert of a 32 date tour which included Gothenburg, Paris, Munich and Wembley. | YPN

When The Rolling Stones wowed 120,000 fans at Leeds Roundhay Park

It was a performance which brought satisfaction to the 120,000 fans in Roundhay Park that day.

The Rolling Stones concert in July 1982 was the end of a two month European tour by the band with Mick Jagger celebrating his 39th birthday on stage. It was not the first time they had played in the city having taken played at the University of Leeds’s Refectory in March 1971 when they were gearing up for the release of their classic Sticky Fingers album. Enjoy these photos plucked from the YEP archive, of the Roundhay Park concert. Were you among the crowd that day? READ MORE: The day Bruce Springsteen rocked Leeds Roundhay Park LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

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