Since 1982, when the Rolling Stones launched a European leg of their Tattoo You tour, lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe has gotten both a front-row seat and a backstage look at how Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and the rest of the band work on the road. “The real privilege …
Read More »Watch the Rolling Stones Play 'Time Is on My Side' With Irma Thomas at Jazz Fest
Exactly 60 years after they both recorded Jerry Ragovoy’s “Time Is on My Side,” the Rolling Stones and Irma Thomas finally had the chance to perform the song together Thursday evening at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. It was the first time the Stones had played the tune …
Read More »Rolling Stones Unveil 'Hackney Diamonds' Edition of Band's Crossfire Hurricane Rum
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Rolling Stones are hitting the road this summer on their highly-anticipated “Hackney Diamonds Tour,” and the legendary rockers are offering fans a special way to commemorate the …
Read More »Rolling Stones Kick-Start 'Hackney Diamonds' Tour With Thrilling Houston Concert
Over the past couple of decades, the Rolling Stones have looked for any reason to hit the road besides the release of a new album of original songs. They’ve launched tours celebrating their 50th anniversary, reissues of select archival records, the 2016 covers LP Blue & Lonesome, and their 60th …
Read More »Anita Pallenberg Doc: Scarlett Johansson Narrates Vacation With the Rolling Stones
A new documentary will look at the legacy of model and actress Anita Pallenberg. In a clip from Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg, Pallenberg — voiced by Scarlett Johansson reading from Pallenberg’s unpublished memoirs — recalls a 1968 boating vacation she took with her then boyfriend, Keith Richards, …
Read More »The Rolling Stones Unveil New Rum Brand, Inspired by One of Their Most Iconic Songs
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Hot off a critically-acclaimed new album, Hackney Diamonds, the Rolling Stones are back with a new release in the alcohol space, debuting a new rum brand dubbed “Crossfire …
Read More »New Beatles, New Stones — Wait, What Year Is It?
In the Peter Jackson-directed video for the just-released “Now and Then”— touted as the “final Beatles song” — present-day Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are pleasantly haunted by the ghosts of John Lennon and George Harrison, and even their own younger selves. It’s hard not to think that life inside …
Read More »Rolling Stones Team Up With Spotify for Special-Edition FC Barcelona Jersey
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood were on hand for the legendary El Clásico soccer match in Spain Saturday, as the Rolling Stones officially kicked off their new collaboration …
Read More »Meet the 'Freak From Behind the Barricade' Who Produced the New Rolling Stones Album
What do you get when you allow a superfan to produce your band’s newest album? Hackney Diamonds. Andrew Watt, who helmed the Rolling Stones‘ first album of original music in 18 years, wants it known that, first and foremost, he is a Stones fan, with an admittedly unhealthy obsession at …
Read More »See Keith Richards Make a (Premature) Appearance on 'Fallon'
Following the Rolling Stones’ epic album release party in New York City, Keith Richards (prematurely) appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show, briefly interrupting filming while Jimmy Fallon talked about his experience at the surprise Hackney Diamonds gig. Richards was scheduled as a guest on the episode, so Fallon …
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