Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr took to media on Tuesday to honor the Rolling Stones‘ Charlie Watts, who died at 80 on Tuesday. “So sad to hear about Charlie Watts, the Stones drummer dying,” McCartney said. “He was a lovely guy, and I knew he was ill, but I didn’t …
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The Rolling Stones made the rather shocking announcement Wednesday night that their upcoming No Filter tour will go ahead without Charlie Watts. The drummer is recovering from an unspecified medical procedure, and longtime Stones associate Steve Jordan will be subbing in for him. “I am working hard to get fully …
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Fifty years ago this Sunday, the Rolling Stones released Gimme Shelter, the infamous documentary that started as a look at the final days of the British bad boys’ legendary 1969 tour, leading up to the disastrous free concert at Altamont Speedway. It ended up becoming the ultimate rock & roll …
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Bill Wyman began collecting Rolling Stones artifacts almost immediately after he joined the band in September 1962. “I wanted to keep a few things so [my newborn son] would know I was once in a band,” the bassist says, “and we made a record and were on TV once or …
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