On the Crazy 1963 Tour That Established the Rolling Stones’ Bad Boy Image Bob Spitz Digs Into the Rise of the Rolling Stones The pace of the Rolling Stones 1963 UK tour, as an up-and-coming opening act for Little Richard and The Everly Brothers, was brutal. The band faced a jam‑packed thirty‑two‑day schedule, two shows daily, followed by onerous travel in road manager Ian “Stu” Stewart’s van on a ...