Hopkins was added to the Rolling Stones touring line-up for the 1971 Good-Bye Britain Tour , as well as the notorious 1972 North American tour and the 1973 Pacific tour . He contemplated forming his own band with multi-instrumentalist Pete Sears and drummer Prairie Prince around this time but decided against it after the Stones tour . Hopkins failed to make the Rolling Stones ' 1973 European tour due to ill health and , aside from a guest appearance in 1978 , did not play again with the Stones live on stage
1973 Pacific tour
The Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973
Nicky Hopkins