Rolling Stones set to headline U.S. Bank Stadium in October

Jul. 22—The Rolling Stones will headline Minneapolis' U.S. Bank Stadium on Oct. 24.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers initially announced they would play the Vikings stadium on May 16 last year, but the pandemic forced the group to postpone the show. Previously purchased tickets will be honored on the new date. Additional tickets are now on sale through Ticketmaster, and while neither the venue nor the promoter announced prices, Ticketmaster was offering seats priced from $849 to $66 on Thursday morning.

Guitarist Brian Jones formed the Rolling Stones in 1962 with guitarist Keith Richards and vocalist Mick Jagger, who were childhood friends. Blues covers dominated their initial repertoire, but they soon began to score hits with their own songs like "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Get Off of My Cloud," "19th Nervous Breakdown," "Paint it Black" and "Let's Spend the Night Together." By the end of the '60s, they were one of the biggest bands in the world.

Two events in 1969 — the death of Jones and the band's infamous concert at Altamont Speedway that resulted in four deaths — seemed to signal the impending end of the Stones. But Jagger and Richards rallied and, from 1968 to 1972, made four albums widely considered to be their finest: "Beggars Banquet," "Let it Bleed," "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on Main St."

In addition to their music, the Stones built their reputation with their tours, which broke records for both scale and ticket prices. They hit the road nearly every year in the '60s and '70s, but slowed down their pace the next two decades, taking up to four years off between tours.

In the '00s, the band played more than 250 shows from 2002 through 2007, including a sold-out September 2005 stop at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center. After a five-year break, the Stones resumed touring in 2012, but at a much more leisurely pace, playing between eight and 30 concerts a year. They drew more than 41,000 fans to TCF Bank Stadium in June 2015.

Over the past two decades, the Stones have released a pair of new albums, 2005's "A Bigger Bang" and 2016's "Blue and Lonesome," a collection of blues covers they recorded in just three days. In 2017, Richards said the group was surprised by the warm response given to "Blue and Lonesome" and that they were "cutting some new stuff and considering where to take it next."

Drummer Charlie Watts is the oldest member of the Rolling Stones at 80, followed by Jagger and Richards, who are both 77, and Wood, 74.