How the 1972 Tour Documented in 'Ladies & Gentlemen' Captured a Battered Rolling Stones — and Which Member Refused to Be Filmed

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones was shot during the band’s massive 1972 U.S. tour, a grueling 46-show marathon that followed the release of Exile on Main St. By then the Stones were already deep into heroin and paranoia. The film’s rooftop and stage footage was supposed to show them at their peak, but what it really captured was a band running on fumes. Mick Jagger was the only one consistently engaged; the others looked hollow-eyed, sweating through ragged sets. The exhaustion wasn’t just physical