Mick Jagger treated himself to a spot of Coldplay last night, sharing a video of him bellowing along to the iconic tearjerker “Fix You” at the band’s concert at London’s Wembley Stadium Sunday, Aug. 21. By the looks of the video, Jagger had quite the view from his box, able …
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Mick Jagger has credited an unlikely pair of pop-punk singers with keeping the spirit of rock music alive. In a new interview with Swedish radio station P4, the Rolling Stones singer — one of the greatest frontmen in music history — bemoaned the lack of rockers in recent years. However, …
Read More »Mick Jagger Drops 'Strange Game' From New TV Series 'Slow Horses'
Mick Jagger has released new song, “Strange Game,” which serves as the theme song for the upcoming espionage series Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldham. The Rolling Stones frontman cowrote, recorded and performed the track with composer Daniel Pemberton. The Apple Original series adapts Mick Herron’s novels about a group of …
Read More »'There's a Demon in All of Us': Keith Richards on Facing Down Death and More
The late Charlie Watts once pointed out that for all of Keith Richards‘ self-destructive behavior, the Rolling Stones guitarist has always had a “strong will to live.” But Richards himself isn’t quite sure how he made it this far: “We are all built in different ways,” he says, “and I …
Read More »Bernard Fowler on His Years With the Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock, and Michael Hutchence
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …
Read More »Charlie Watts Is a Jazz Drummer: The Lost 'Rolling Stone' Interview
In 2013, I interviewed the Rolling Stones for this magazine as the band prepared for the next leg of their 50th anniversary tour. I’d talked to Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood before, but never Charlie Watts. I was excited by the prospect: For more years than I could …
Read More »Mick Jagger Responds to Paul McCartney's Claim That 'the Beatles Were Better'
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards went on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music show this week to promote the new Rolling Stones single, “Living in a Ghost Town,” which also gave them an opportunity to respond to Paul McCartney’s recent claim that the Beatles were a better band than the Stones. “[The …
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