za and the annual Lollapalooza road show, the Stones will play fewer cities on their "Bridges to Babylon" outing, which kicks off here. The tour begins one week before the Stones' new "Bridges to Babylon" album goes on sale in the United States, and the shows will focus on older songs. The first few dates will feature only two new tunes, the first single "Has Anybody Seen My Baby" and the ballad "Out of Control," although Jagger expects to add more as the tour progresses. Jagger's attempts to introduce tracks from more recent albums such as 1989's "Steel Wheels," 1986's "Dirty Work" and 1983's "Undercover" met with antipathy from his colleagues, guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood and drummer Charlie Watts, which he finds frustrating. As usual, the shows will feature plenty of lighting effects and pyrotechnics. Jagger brushes off complaints that the stage gimmicks risk overshadowing the musical side. Although Jagger said "it depends on one or two factors," the Stones will take a break from stadiums by playing several nights at New York's Madison Square Garden in mid-December. They last played the 17,500 capacity indoor venue in 1981. Richards sings three of the 13 songs on the album, a record for the guitarist, whose tuneless rasp inspires passionate debates among observers. "Has Anybody Seen My Baby" is Jagger's creation, although the credits also include Canadian singer k.d. lang and her former collaborator Ben Mink. The last two tours effectively erased memories of the band's inactivity for much of the 1980s, when a public feud between Jagger and Richards served as a convenient front for drummer Watts' crippling speed addiction. Jagger hopes this tour will cement the band's reputation as a consistent live draw. But in the end, he agrees it is only rock 'n' roll.