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Meanwhile - no important news so far, but ...

Keith has been fishing and there's a good story to be told (thanks to ExiledinMedina for the hint), including fish, grapefruits and a vintage B-17...
(Taken from Martha's Vineyard Magazine, July 2009 and more pics at tomahawkcharters.com)

Then, re-listen to Flip the Switch from "Bridges to Poland":

Ronnie to launch his own fashion line

Ronnie as teamed up with iconic British store Liberty of London to produce a collection of clothes, inspired by his own attire. The range is said to "fuse rock 'n' roll and floral patterns in a cauldron of mixed media innovation," according to an official statement. The fashion line is scheduled to hit shops in the autumn (09).

"I wanted to work with Liberty of London because of the great tradition that Liberty has of artistic collaborations going back to the very early days when Liberty first opened," says Ronnie, whose vibrant artwork has been translated into a range jersey batwing and racer-back dresses, cashmere scarves and graffiti-style T-shirts, designed by Liberty of London's creative director Tamara Salman.

More Details: Vogue.co.uk, Express.co.uk, femalefirst.co.uk

Mick supports campaign to save a cinema

Mick has backed a campaign to save a historic cinema where the Rolling Stones played in the 1960s.

The EMD cinema in Walthamstow, north-east London, is Grade II-listed in recognition of its Art Deco interior. The derelict cinema was sold in 2003 to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. It has been denied permission to develop the building.

Mick Jagger said: "Cinemas and live venues like The Granada in Walthamstow where the Stones played in the early days, learning our craft on the way, are the lifeblood of our cultural history.

“They helped launched British popular music onto a world stage and should continue to function as places of entertainment and enjoyment.

“It's heartbreaking to here about such a beautiful, important historical building and centre of entertainment is being lost to the local community.

"I fully support the campaign to keep it open and provide film, music and the arts for generations to come."

Read further: Guardian.co.uk | BBC.co.uk | NME.com

 

Nice news from Bernard Fowler, Waddy Wachtel, Tariqh Akoni, Al Ortiz, and Phil Jones playing Jumping Jack Flash as Keith watches ...

Yes, that's right! Those guys played a gig at the Knitting Factory, NYC on May 19th. Before the show, you could see Keith arriving:

And here is Bernard and the Band playing Jumping Jack Flash - about in the last third of the song he points to the VIP-balcony where Keith, Patty and some of his daughters were staying... Keith looks old but he still seems to be alive (hehehe ...) and kicking.

Thanks to Crossfire Hurricane for pointing this out!!

One From Charlie: Rolling Stone's barn storming gig

EADT24.co.uk has this to tell us:
HE has played some of the biggest concert venues on the planet but now rock n roll legend and member of the Rolling Stones can add a Medieval barn in Essex to his list of gigs.
Charlie Watts, drummer with arguably the most famous rock band ever, joined friends and fellow musicians for a night of boogie-woogie at the High Barn at Great Bardfield, near Braintree.
Having played Wembley Stadium, the 200-capacity venue was a fraction of the capacity he is used to, but those lucky enough to get a ticket were still blown away.
Special guests Chris Jagger, the younger brother of Stones' front-man, Mick, and boogie-woogie piano-players Ben Waters and Axel Zwingenberger. Joining them at the Grade-II listed venue were Julian Webster Greaves on saxophone and double bass player Dave Green.
Wendy Meldrum , from the High Barn, said the recent gig had been a total success. “It was a great night, awesome, and they said to us afterwards they wished they had done more here.
“It was one of just three gigs they played after Charlie Watts found some space in his diary when he was not playing with the Stones.
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... when he was not playing with te Stones - hm, I wish he would let us catch a glimpse of the new Stones work: studio, rehearsals or anything about the upcoming tour ...

I'll keep you posted!

Charlie Watts playing in Essex

The Gazette-News.CO.UK has this good news for us:

Charlie Watts is will be playing a special gig in Essex next week.

The legendary stickman will be playing the High Barn in Great Bardfield on May 13, one of three hastily-arranged UK shows, in which he is appearing alongside a pair of top pianists. With a capacity for just 200, the 14th-century High Barn is a very different venue to the 50,000-seater stadiums Watts regular plays with the Stones. Watts will play his favourite music – jazz and blues – alongside British boogie-woogie pianist Ben Waters, German ivory-tickler Axel Zwingenberger and a band of top musicians.

Read more of this cool stuff at the Gazette...

Mick Taylor exposes mayhem and excess of life on the road

Yup, more from Mick Taylor: it's a nice read, published by the Sunday Mail.

Here're the first two sentences:

ROCK LEGEND Mick Taylor has no regrets about walking out on the world's greatest rock'n'roll band.
The guitarist claims he would have died if he had not quit The Rolling Stones in 1974.

Mick Taylor to play Bearsville Theater

Mick Taylor will play July 22 at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock.

Ticket prices will be announced soon.
Call 679-4406 or visit bearsvilletheater.com or www.micktaylor.net.

There are many more dates to consider: (See http://www.micktaylor.net/tour_information.html for more information!)

North American Dates:

FRIDAY, JULY 17th - Tremblant International Blues Festival, 1000 Chemin des Voyageurs, Tremblant, Quebec CANADA

SATURDAY, JULY 18th - Blues Fest International - Windsor Festival Plaza on downtown waterfront - across from Caesar's, 377 Riverside Drive E, Windsor ON N9A CANADA

SUNDAY, JULY 19th - Blues Fest International - London, Corner of King Street and Clarence Avenue, Downtown London, Ontario CANADA

MONDAY, JULY 20 -Tralf Music Hall, 3690 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14226

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 - Bearsville Theatre, 291 Tinker Street, Route 212, Woodstock, NY 12498

Thursday July 23 - BB Kings Blues Club, 237 West 42nd Street, New York NY 10036

Friday July 24 - Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, Pennsylvania 215-257-5808

SATURDAY JULY 25 -The Kent Stage, 175 East Main Stree, Kent, OH 44240

SUNDAY, JULY 26 - Jammin' Java, 227 Maple Ave. E., Vienna, VA 22180

MONDAY, JULY 27 - Rams Head On Stage, 33 West St., Annapolis, MD 21401

TUESDAY, JULY 28 - Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett, NY 11930

FRIDAY, JULY 31 - Bull Run, 215 Great Road, Shirley, MA 01464

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 - Guitar Town Festival, Copper Mountain, CO

Jagger to hit the studio

Mick Jagger is to collaborate with Joss Stone for a second time, it has emerged.

Jagger and Stone will be joined by Damian and Stephen Marley and Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman on a new album to mark the UN International Day Of Peace on September 21, The Sun reports.

A source said: "Joss and Mick hit it off when they worked with producer Dave Stewart on the Alfie soundtrack, so were keen to collaborate again. When this project was suggested they were keen to get on board, especially considering the glittering cast of other musicians involved."

More: digitalspy.co.uk | contactmusic.com

Charlie's on the Road again

Of all Stones members, Charlie has three more club dates: in Bognor Regis, West Sussex (that's between Portsmouth and Brighton), he is goin to join fellow musicians to play some decent jazz to boogie woogie and barrelhouse style blues. We all know that Charlie is going to have a very good time and will be enjoing this very much.

Watts will be joining ace boogie-woogie piano players Ben Waters and Axel Zwingenberger and additional guest musicians for the dates which will take him to Farnham on the Tuesday and Essex on the Wednesday. More used to playing massive stadia around the world, Charlie will find himself in much more intimate surroundings.

More details here: Rolling Stone Charlie Watts heads for Bognor Regis

Re-ISSUES are about to be released

Universal Music Group is reissuing the Rolling Stones re-mastered, post-1971 back catalog from next month.

The 14-album campaign will begin with "Sticky Fingers," "Goats Head Soup," "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" and "Black And Blue" in May 2009.

The UMG reissues continue in June with "Some Girls," "Emotional Rescue," "Tattoo You" and "Undercover." Then "Dirty Work," "Steel Wheels," "Voodoo Lounge," "Bridges To Babylon" and "A Bigger Bang" follow in July. Fans will have the option of purchasing a collector's box in which to house all 14 post-1971 studio albums. "Exile On Main Street" will be reissued later in 2009 as wider plans are being prepared to celebrate its release.

More infos: billboard.com, reuters.com, uncut.co.uk

Lost Photos of Young Beatles and Rolling Stones (1964-66) to Open New NYC Gallery

The Not Fade Away Gallery (NYC) presents "THE BRITISH ARE COMING!," a world premiere exhibition of previously unpublished, extraordinary photographs of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones at work and at play…as photographed by Bob Bonis, their first U.S. tour manager.

Forty-five years after the The Beatles and The Rolling Stones first came to America, an extraordinary collection of "lost" photos of the young bands has just been discovered. The 3,500 photographs -- extraordinary, intimate and unpublished -- were taken by Bob Bonis, their U.S. Tour manager, during their first U.S. tours (1964, 1965 and 1966) and document perhaps the most critical point in their careers: coming to America.

Go here for the details: [prweb.com | notfadeawaygallery.com]

Bill German to issue "Under their Thumb"

Bill German, editor of the well known pre-internet fanzine "Baggers Banquet", is to publish a book by the title: "Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It)" issued by Random House, 2009.

I really recommend this book, although I haven't read it yet (well right, how could I?) but I can recommend Bill as a prime source for the band and because I know most of his Beggars Banquet issues...

In 1978, Bill German, then a 16-year-old kid in Brooklyn, started a fan 'zine about the Rolling Stones called "Beggars Banquet." The band was so impressed by it, they let the teen hang around - and even advertised his 'zine inside their album sleeve. For more than 17 years, German trailed the Stones, chronicling their battles and triumphs and their wild, drug- filled nights on the road.

Here is a pre-read from the NY Post (no less!): ROLLIN' WITH THE STONES - TAG-ALONG TEEN'S WILD RIDE OF DANGER & DEBAUCHERY WITH MICK AND THE BAND

Another article, I'ld recommend: Rolling Stones fan shines a light on dark decade [uk.reuters.com]

Also see the NYTimes about this

Mick presents the BAFTA-Award

If you aven't seen him since last tour, he's looking goooood! He presented the Award of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (bafta) for the best film (hafta home | BBC)

Several newspapers have issued one of the best news we all can think of.
It's about time and it's happening again - this year!!

You can find the contents of this issue from several sources, most cite the Daily Express. Also among them: MTV, Gigwise, Scunthorpe and Contactmusic

And this is, what it says:

The Rolling Stones are dusting off their guitars for a tour later this year. Mick and Keith, both 65, ­Ronnie, 61, and Charlie, 67, are set for a multi-million-pound pay day by going on the road again. And Ronnie Wood is keen on the idea so he can earn some cash to offset what looks to be a costly divorce from wife Jo.

The rockers have drawn up plans for the American tour, which can now go ahead after a proposed Faces reunion fell by the wayside. Ronnie was all set to perform with his old band, headed by Rod Stewart, later this year but those plans have been canned. A source close to the band said:

“There is this offer for a US tour on the table. It’s a good offer. They may be well into their 60s but the lads can still out-rock most of the bands around today. They live well. Mick is a very healthy eater and Keith only has organic meals. They are in great shape for their ages. They live for performing so they will relish being back on the road. It’s what they first got in the game to do. Keith is particularly close to Ronnie and told him it would be a great way for him to get back on his feet, both personally and ­financially, after all that’s happened over the past several months. It will be great motivation for Ronnie because he loves playing live. The gigs will go down a storm I’m sure.”

 

2010! New album & tour in 2010!!!

As Ronnie and Rod have finished a new Faces album after 30 years, Ronnie "has revealed" that the Rolling Stones "are gearing up for a new world tour in 2010." Although, the source is a tabloid, the fact that more and more rumours are surfacing, is promising.

We learn, that Rod, Ronnie and the Faces recorded their new material in Costa Rica, Bermuda and Miami over Christmas and New Year. On the trip he and Rod finished the much anticipated album in just three days. The Faces announced they would be reform for a tour - with Flea from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers playing bass guitar. At the South Bank Awards at the Dorchester Hotel Ronnie said: "I had a great time. It wasn't so much a holiday but a mini world tour."

So I understand that they will tour this year; and up comes 2010 with a new album and a tour for the Stones ... This time, it looks like the info is coming from Ronnie and although the source is a tabloid, this could be credible. Gigwise seems to understand, that the Faces plan to tour in 2010 - but this seems unlikely, innit?

Alan Dunn: 40 years of service

The SUN reports:
Singer MICK JAGGER, guitarist RONNIE WOOD and drummer CHARLIE WATTS paid lavish tribute to tour manager ALAN DUNN, who has worked with the band since 1968. Absent axe-man KEITH RICHARDS sent apologies from his Caribbean holiday home, where he’s working on his autobiography.
Also present at swanky Petite Maison restaurant in London was Mick’s squeeze L’WREN SCOTT and his son JAMES.

... I wonder how Ronnie, Mick and Charlie got along together - and whether the next album and tour was subject of talk during the occasion...

Some pics (Thanks to and more of these at zimbio.com)

 

Oh, lookahere: Keith on yet another cover again!

Where (and what) the f%&k is 'Lüchow'???

Lend me your ears and eyes, Ladies and Gentlemen, because this wonderous, remote, idyllic little piece of market town is located in Germany, just between Hamburg and Berlin. It's near the former border of east and west Germany, it's quiet, rural and beautiful. I just love this land and I know what I'm talking about: I've lived there once. Ok, what's the deal?

Folks, in the little marvellous town of 'LÜCHOW', there's gonna be the first Stones Museum in history and planetwide.

Dig it! Thanks to a Stones FAN by the name of "Ulli Schröder", we will see the opening of this museum around the beginning of 2009. Just before, te hand-over of keys for the location is to take place on November 1st. Ulli has a HUGE collection and is organizing exhibitions for Ronnies art - so there are some good official connections.

If you're not frightened off by german language, go ahead and see some of the video reports and attention, this project has gathered already:

Stones for Lüchow
Hand over keys for Stones museum

Some footage (german):

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Here, Ulli is interviewed and shows some of his collected items, including some Stones lingerie ...

Online Videos by Veoh.com

==> One tongue equals $92500.-

As Jagger said once (inauguration into the Hall of Fame), citing Jean Cocteau "Americans are funny people - first you shock them, then they put you in a museum". Now it's none else but the renowned the Victoria and Albert Museum in London bought the logo at an auction in the United States for $92,500. Designed by John Pasche in 1970, it was first used on the cover of the band’s album "Sticky Fingers". I see more of these tongues in the street these days - especially the teens are seen with T-Shirts or jackets with this trademark on display. I'm not quite shure wheter they really do know about it's origins, though...

More: Business Week | This is from 2005, but enjoyable: The mouth that rolled - The man who designed the infamous Stones logo tells all to Adam Sherwin from The Tomes, England

And, well, Ronnie's still dealing with Ekaterina, it seems ...

==> A liite trouble with charlies horses and Ronnie seems to come back to his senses again

It's true that we usually don't hear a lot of news, gossip and other nullities from Charly inbetween tours and also during tours ... this time, there leaked something of a little dispute out to the press. It's a story about someone who bought one of the noble horses, which Charlie and Shirley breed since many years. It's all about someone taking the horse, not paying and Shirley goes out and gets her horse back despite the claim, that the horse was indeed payed for. Charlie's comment for now: 'There's nothing I can say. It's all in the hands of the lawyers.'

Anyways, have a look at the article of the dailymail - some nice pics and information about the Watt's business and horses...

Oh, Ronnie, yes, there's some news, too. The dailymail reports, that Ronnie and Jo "show the world they're back together". The dailymail shows some nice pics of the Rolling Stone being happily reunited with his wife Jo. Quite enjoyable. The pair were photographed together at the Life Works Clinic in Woking, Surrey. Digitalspy reports on the same subject.

==> A Bigger Bang SETLISTs

What's it all about here:

well, stonesnews.com is about Stones-news, basically! ;-)

Something from Charlie?? No problem; I'll recommend these 2 minutes:

Here, congrats to Charlie's birthday; but see him explain his dances (Keith joins in) as a pre-gig ritual he took off from the Cotton Club jazz scene ...

I try to keep up with the latest news about The Rolling Stones as soon as I can find them. So if you want to know what's going on you can look it up right here - I'll do the searching for you ;-)

@ NEWS, you'll find the latest of general news and reports..

@ ON TOUR I will gather informations around the new tour

@ ARCHIVE you'll find a selection of better reports and pictures. Although they might not be of latest date, they'll provide you with a interesting and good read. Here's also the place for the 40 Licks Tour Setlists

@ RIDDLES you can try your knowledge about those little soundbits (now all in MP3) and if you're good at it, you'll be able to give the right answeres!

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