At the time, the band was unable to enter France, as guitarist Keith Richards had been temporarily banned from visiting the country after being charged with drug possession by a French court.

[1] The album was released exclusively as a digital download through Google Play Music on 18 October 2011 in the US and through the Rolling Stones Archive website for the rest of the world in both lossy MP3 and lossless FLAC format.

On 8 September 2020, the concert footage of the live album was officially released for the first time, in any format, on streaming services such as YouTube.

In 1973, the Rolling Stones were banned from entering France due to pending drug cases against Keith Richards, Bobby Keys and Anita Pallenberg.

Reviewing for Vice, Robert Christgau cited "Starfucker" and "Happy" as highlights, and wrote of the album, "The rare arena-rock recording that does justice to the subgenre's power dwarfs their 26 March 1971 Marquee Club vault-pull while making a case for the excision of 'Midnight Rambler' and 'Brown Sugar' from their A list".