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The Rolling Stones played an unexpected show last night at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, ahead of their US tour which starts on May 3.

Tickets for the gig at the 700-capacity club were announced with just one hour’s notice and priced at $20. Many fans who hadn’t been lucky enough to get a ticket showed up at the venue anyway in the hope of catching a glimpse of the band.

The 14-song set included a guest appearance by former member Mick Taylor on “Love in Vain” and “Midnight Rambler”. Here’s the full setlist:

• You Got Me Rocking
• Respectable
• She’s So Cold
• Live With Me
• Street Fighting Man
• That’s How Strong My Love Is
• Little Queenie
• Just My Imagination
• Miss You
• Love In Vain (with Mick Taylor)
• Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor)
• Start Me Up
• Brown Sugar
• Jumpin’ Jack Flash.

The band’s “50 & Counting” tour dates are as follows:

• 3 May – Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA
• 5 May – Oracle Arena, Oakland, USA
• 8 May – HP Pavilion, San Jose, USA
• 11 May – MGM Grand, Las Vegas, USA
• 15 May – Honda Center, Anaheim, USA
• 18 May – Honda Center, Anaheim, USA
• 20 May – Staples Center, Los Angeles, USA
• 25 May – Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
• 28 May – United Center, Chicago, USA
• 31 May – United Center, Chicago, USA
• 3 June – United Center, Chicago, USA
• 6 June – Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada
• 9 June – Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
• 12 June – TD Garden, Boston, USA
• 14 June – TD Garden, Boston, USA
• 18 June – Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, USA
• 21 June – Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, USA
• 29 June – Glastonbury Festival, England
• 6 July – Hyde Park, London, England
• 13 July – Hyde Park, London, England.