Here’s a toast to Marianne Faithfull, a true rock & roll legend. Nobody was ever better at being an old rock star, except maybe Leonard Cohen. Yet the difference is that Cohen didn’t release his debut album until he was 33 — he was never young in public. Faithfull was …
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The Rolling Stones have reportedly shelved a forthcoming U.K. and European tour planned for 2025. According to The Times, the rock band has scrapped the idea of hitting the road later this year. The report says that the group — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood — was presented …
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The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs and Elvis Costello are celebrating Keith Richards’ 81st birthday with a new cover of the (primarily) Keef-penned Rolling Stones cut “Connection.” Hoffs and Costello’s rendition of the track retains the original 1967 song’s punchy energy, while imbuing it with some more ramshackle jangle, as well as …
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Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 8, Rolling Stone is breaking down 13 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. It took the Grammys until 1995 to carve out a separate award for Best Rock Album, …
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This month, ahead of her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the publication of the first volume of her memoir, Cher will unveil a new career-spanning anthology “personally curated by the legend herself.” Her most expansive to date, Forever includes Cher’s earliest hits on her own …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. About a month after they released their latest album, Hackney Diamonds, the Rolling Stones announced they’d take their new music on the road in 2024. The Stones opened …
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The Rolling Stones are collecting country singers one by one on their ongoing Hackney Diamonds stadium tour. Early in June, Tyler Childers joined the band for a performance of “Dead Flowers” in Orlando. And during their recent stop in Chicago, they performed the same country-inspired song with Lainey Wilson. The …
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The Rolling Stones brought out Tyler Childers in Orlando on Monday night, June 3, for a special performance of their Sticky Fingers classic “Dead Flowers.” Childers upped the number of guitars onstage to at least four, strumming his acoustic guitar to match Mick Jagger’s while Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards …
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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 …
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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, …
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