The Rolling Stones, Live at the Marquee #4, London, 1971
About this photograph
Mick Taylor, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. Photographed by Alec Byrne.
In March of 1971, the Rolling Stones embarked on their first tour of the UK in five years. They announced on the day of the first concert, in Newcastle upon Tyne, that due to the mismanagement of their finances they owed a fortune to the British government and would be forced to leave England as tax exiles.
While the tour officially ended on March 14 at the Roundhouse in London, one final show was scheduled at the Marquee club on Wardour St., the club where the band made their first appearance nearly ten years earlier at its original incarnation on Oxford St.
“So after working for eight years I discovered at the end that nobody had ever paid my taxes and I owed a fortune. So then you have to leave the country. So I said fuck it, and left the country.” -Mick Jagger
Print size and edition
16” x 20” - Edition of 75
20” x 24” - Edition of 25
30” x 40” - Edition of 10
40” x 60” - Edition of 5
Print type
Archival pigment print
Paper type
Canson Infinity Fibre Rag paper
Signature
Hand signed in ink by photographer
About the photographer
Alec Byrne began covering the British music scene in 1966 at age 17 and went on to work for New Musical Express. He photographed legendary artists like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and David Bowie. His archive, stored for close to four decades, was reintroduced in 2012 with a legendary one-night exhibition in Los Angeles. His work, now featured in major exhibitions and the National Portrait Gallery in London, is highly sought after by collectors. Alec’s first book, LONDON ROCK: The Unseen Archive, was published in 2017.
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