Robert Greenfield 's '' S.T.P. : A Journey Through America With The Rolling Stones '' ( derived from his tour reportage for '' Rolling Stone '' ) was published in 1974 . Greenfield had already covered the band 's 1971 British Tour for '' Rolling Stone '' and was granted unlimited access to the band 's affairs . Although Greenfield was initially assigned as the magazine 's sole correspondent for the tour before a last-minute deal was reached with Capote , he was permitted to continue in his assignment , paralleling Hunter S. Thompson and Timothy Crouse 's two-pronged coverage of the contemporaneous 1972 United States presidential election for the magazine
1971 British Tour
The Rolling Stones UK Tour 1971
The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972