20 years ago (2006): the night the Rolling Stones rocked Wichita

20 years ago on this night (2006): the Rolling Stones were live in concert in Wichita on a Sunday night; the iconic band featured 63-year-olds Mick Jagger & Keith Richards, along with Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood.

The venue was Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State University campus; the football stadium housed 30,000+ fans in attendance for the concert, 20 years after the Shockers dropped their football program. It was the largest concert in Wichita history.

It was the 100th show of the year for the Stones, part of the “Bigger Bang Tour”; they were playing more college campuses at the time, and Cessna Stadium was the perfect outdoor setting for the band’s massive set on stage…

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