Archive 2023

Days go by rather fast. We expect a tour and a new album to surface soon and officially. Up to now, information still is sparse. However, we know that there have ...

First: Mick’s own line of harmonicas. Together with Lee Oskar these items will be available at February 8 and each instruments, presented in 10 different keys will cost £ 49.99 ...

… and keeps fingers crossed. He confirmed that new music is on the way! Ok, we already hoped and waited for this and even got hints from Ronnie already in October ...

Very sad news. Today, we've learned about the death of Jeff Beck. One of the most outstandig guitar virtusos. I play a little myself and when I see him play, ...

Yes folks, and we are looking forward to another great Stones year! That is, if everything goes well. Let’s hope so! In this case, we can expect yet another Rolling Stones tour ...

Yes, folks, it's true - two of The Beatles, still alive, could contribute some stuff to the new album of The Rolling Stones! As we can read at variety.com (and ...

There have been expectations, that The Rolling Stones would announce their tour dates for this year, soon. However, that won’t happen within the next days. But don’t worry… First of all, there ...

Some more informations – although not official – have surfaced. Apparently, an announcement was planned for this Friday, February 17th, but was postponed. To what date is not yet known. Remind ...

As we had expected, we now see the first rumoured tour dates coming up. So far, rumors tell about a tour of the Unites States of America during this summer. Start ...

High folks! Just got me ticket for GRRR tonight – you too? If so, let’s join in the fun and celebrate 10 years of the 50th anniversary, 1 year of the ...

... and you can join in and see the broadcast GRRR LIVE on your device! "On December 15, 2012, the best live band in the world took the stage at ...

So Ronnie played that gig at the Ivy Club, London. Now, quite some videos have surfaced. It's like a little appetizer for the upcoming tour, folks. And the best is: ...

Sally Wood and Anne Heath had invited guests to a charity event at the Ivy Club, London, last Friday. Charity goes to "Aspire" - Aspire provides practical help to people ...

Ronnie Wood and Sally at Maddox Gallery in Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill. And Keith congratulates his precious Patty   See the Aloa Adviser for more on this and some really ...

Yesterday, Mick and two of his youngest children, son Deveraux, six, and Lucas, 22, were seen at the Fulham against Arsenal football game. What generally raised eyebrows was the cap reading ...

New lyric video release: Rain Fall Down The Rolling Stones last studio album, as we all know, was A Bigger Bang.  That was released in 2005 … a whooping 18 years ...

Are The Rolling Stones playing at a Live Aid-style concert this summer in support of Ukraine? Quite a few sources tell of plans for such an event where The Rolling Stones, ...

Sorry, folks, for bringing the bad news, but it seems very likely, that there will be no tour this year! There were rumours as early as April 14, but only 2 ...

See Keith plays his beloved “Sonny” That’s the name he gave to his 1967 Fender Telecaster Sunburst… Making music with “Sonny” 1967 Fender Telecaster Sunburst pic.twitter.com/5QL60BTNqU — Keith Richards (@officialKeef) May 30, 2023

Nothing more than a great loss. We miss you, Tina! “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner. With her music and boundless passion for life, ...

If I see this correctly, Mick last tweeted in February this year. Now, he posted (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) a one-liner yesterday together with a 11 second clip of him playing a ...

The Stones just released an new lyric video: 100 Years Ago That song is taken  from their 1973 album Goats Head Soup, produced by Jimmy Miller. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9-xJBw16P0

This is Stonesnews, yup, and by now, really hot news about some tour or the new album just doesn’t exist. Nevertheless, for the moment, here are two nice stories: In one, Noel ...

Howdie folks! Just learned that Darryl visits Hamburg in June and that the BBC shows a Lafayette film production – “The Stones and Brian Jones” For reasons of keeping it short, ...

It’s still silent around any news or rumours about a tour and the new album. As almost nothing is heard about these issues apart from wishes, dreams and suggestions we all ...

Interested in some stroies from behind the curtain, i.e. backstage of that cellar gig? Well, get into it by listening to guitarist Tom Bukovak who played with the band on those ...

So if there’s no Stones tour this year, maybe we at least will see the new album hit the stores? The truth is: we really just don’t know for sure. It’s ...

Word famous manufactures for stuffed animals and toys has released a Stones tribute Teddy bear! Steiff: “It’s a limited edition of 3000 pieces. This iconic Teddy bear was designed as a ...

Here's some more of last night's gig. Ronnie has published on his Instagram some pictures and soundbits from songs like "I'm So Lonely I Could Cry" and "This Little Light ...

Ronnie just tweeted, that he is going on stage tonight at the Royal Albert Hall! Van Morrison is playing there tonight and Ronnie will join in! See you tonight @vanmorrison! @RoyalAlbertHall 🎸🎸🎸 ...

Yesterday, Mick, Keith and Ronnie came together for a foto shooting! Steve was kind enough to send me the link to the corresponing YouTube video – see below. We can expect ...

The new book is called “Bill Wymans Chelsea: From Medieval Village to Cultural Capital” (Paperback, 224 pages, $ 25.95, ISBN-10: ‎ 1911397354, ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1911397359) In an interview at variety.com, Bill has ...

Yes, we all miss Charlie! And let’s not forget Ronnie (see below) – he celebrated his birthday yesterday at the Bridge Theatre and enjoyed the musical Guys & Dolls! So here come ...

Do you remember Steve “Flipside CT”? That’s the lad who made those wonderful detailed YT videos of “Making of…”, for instance “… Let It Bleed in 3 parts… And now he did ...

It’s the summer 1972 and it’s time for the famous Stones-Touring Party (STP) Now, some 60 hours of interview audio files with the band and their associates, that Rolling Stone writer ...

Just very short news –  The Sun Well, we know that british tabloid The Sun is not the most relyable source of news, but as we all are hungry for just ...

Here’s our Ronnie (and family) backstage in Dublin. He’s gonna be a surprise guest on one of Imelda May’s twelve  gigs at the 3Olympia Theatre, ‘in pooring rain’, as Ronnie says… ...

Charlie’s collection of rare books and jazz memorabilia will auction at Christie’s in September this year. Among lots of other things, they include first editions of Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, ...

Hi Folks, Carmen C. sent me a mail some days ago (sorry for the delay here, Carmen). And she raised an interesting question which we are open to discuss. As always, ...

The Rolling Stones officially published a number of videos in recent days. Lastest one on the list is “Gimme Shelter” – Hailed as one of the greatest rock songs of all ...

In just 1 week, Sir Mick Jagger will turn 80! And obviously, he has descided not to hide away on this date. Not at all. Really, he has plans for a ...

Revisited some of the large amount of YT videos with Stones content… While the countdown for the Hackney Diamonds runs towards his end, I thought, I might just occasingly suggest a ...

Now the machine gathers momentum… The marketing now follows the Hackney Diamonds ad in the Hackney Gazette on a much broader scale. Worldwide, that is, as expected. The broken glass tongue now ...

Now we know we are into something truly wonderful! By now, I think, we can be sure that our hopes and guesses were right: Hackney Diamonds is the next studio album ...

Yesterday, Ronnie appeared as Van Morrison’s surprise guest at the Páirc Festival. As always, Ronnie loves plaiyng with Van and thanks to Christina W., Monica M. – both at Facebook) and  ...

Said it before and will say it again: if the Stones go guerilla marketing with this thing, I really dig it! Meanwhile, some really bright heads from IORR checked the ASCAP ...

Nice idea! The Rolling Stones most probably advertise their NEW UPCOMING ALBUM with an ad in a UK newspaper as glass specialist ‘Hackney Diamonds’ Maybe that’s the title of their new ...

That was about time! Finally, we can play the Rolling Stones with decent cards! Well, folks, that 20 english pounds per deck. But if you buy 3 decks, you’ll get 5% ...

Finally, Dartford has unveiled two of their most prominent citizens: Mick and Keith in bronze! As reported before (see the news ‘Harps and Statues‘ here), two bronze statues of Mick and ...

One of the best Stones docus that I know is … … and I know a lot of them, believe me, both official and unofficial. However, this one particularly blew my mind ...

I’m not into cars, definitely. With this one, however, that’s another story. Keith traveled approximately 25.000 miles with this item and as such, that is remarkable both because a) Keith is ...

Here’s Sweet Sound Of Heaven for you The first recension with a 5 star rating I have seen comes from The Telegraph : “The Rolling Stones, Sweet Sound of Heaven, review: ...

Here’s a short snippet of Sweet Sounds Of Heaven It’s from Twitter/X and lasts only a few seconds (16). But then, another short video snippet surfaced from Lady Gaga’s X ...

Just 2 more days until the next single! The Stones will release “7 Minutes plus  20 Seconds in Sweet Sounds of Heaven – falling down to earth 5PM BST September 28th“. BST ...

Mick moves like Jagger – he’s busy traveling, it seems. Celebrities including Hugh Grant and Mick Jagger were among the list of app. 180 guests and joined King Charles III and ...

The Stones work on a new documentation about the making of Hackney Diamonds! According to many reports – see for instance guitar.com, nme.com, retropopmagazine.com, blabbermouth.net or check out cbc.ca, where you ...

I got that line from a very early back cover text of one the Rolling Stones EPs  (or was is a LP already?) Anyways;  here is the deal: here are two ...

Wonderful times these days, folks! We have more good news to enjoy! One of them is, that we now know, that after Hackney Diamonds, there will be another Stones album on ...

The Rolling Stones get Angry with Roto & AI on the Sunset Strip  – rollingstone.com too has something to report about the making of Angry…  – dailymail.co.uk as well looks behind the ...

Some things must have been a bit slippery, because they slipped out and into the net… was it on purpose??? 🙂 … sooner or later it surfaces somewhere. In this case, ...

Thanks to R. who kindly shared the link, there’s an interesting article in Musicweek. The article was written by Andre Pine and comes with the title “Jewel in the crown: How ...

“‘Hackney Diamonds’ has reached #1 in album charts across the world! Including the UK, Germany, France, Holland, Japan, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Mexico, Portugal, Greece, Denmark, ...

The Rolling Stones topped the British music charts on Friday, securing their 14th UK No. 1 album with new record “Hackney Diamonds”. This is the headline from reuters.com, yesterday. There we ...

No more words needed – The Rolling Stones, Oktober 2023 and Lady Gaga Director: James Barnes Creative Director: Semera Khan Executive Producer: Laura Burhenn Line Producer: Erikx DiSantis Asst Producer: Lavinia Jones Wright Production Company: Our ...

Hackney Diamonds is getting lots of fine reviews! Here’s another one: The Idependent in his Saturday Interview features Keith: “The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards: ‘Don’t get me going on modern-day music. ...

Yup – here’s Keith at Jimmy’s show – in three parts… Jimmy talks about watching The Rolling Stones give a surprise performance with Lady Gaga at their album release party for ...

This is a dream come true – Andrew Watt writes beautiful lines at Insta and adds a great gallery. At his Insta account, Andrew Watt writes: “Today is October 20th…my 33rd ...

What a night! What a gig! What a band!! Below are the videos and some pics from last night’s gig. As for the press, not only the new album gets great ...

Apparently, according to Robert B. from Instagram, The Rolling Stones will be playing tonight at the Racket in Ney York City! SETLIST!!! Shattered  Angry Whole Wide World Tumbling Dice Bite My Head Off Sweet Sounds Of Heaven ...

Ronnie Wood on The Rolling Stones’ Star-Studded Album and Working with Paul McCartney  Ronnie Wood talks about working with Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Paul McCartney on The Rolling ...

Seems like it’s possible that Mick, Keith and Ronnie (and Bill?) will be at Jimmy Fallon’s show and maybe will be playing live. Ronnie is scheduled for tonight, Keith for Friday. ...

Across the net, fans discuss access to tickets, the prices (higher than ever) and presale codes. Reports tell all about the things that happen during hunts like those now. Waiting in ...

Finally, the presale for the HD Tour 2024 starts. I just got the presale code sent via E-Mail from uk-umg.com. I reads “DIAMONDS” As for the code from the AARP, that seems ...

Yes indeed, here we are! April 28 – HOUSTON, TX May 02 – NOLA JAZZ FEST, LA May 07 – GLENDALE, AZ May 11 – LAS VEGAS, NV May 15 – SEATTLE, ...

… is coming up and the rumours keep builing up which is very promising! I’m definitely not a fan of tabloids anf The Sun definitely belongs into that category. However, yesterday ...

Seems like we have a date for a possible official tour announcement by the Stones: Next Tuesday, November 21, 5am (Las Vegas) – hopefully the official announcement for the 2023 Hackney ...

The shape of next year’s Hackney Diamond Tour 2024 is getting clearer. We have strong rumors for a tour with 16 venues and a possible numer of 20 gigs for ...

The The Rolling Stones – Mess It Up (Purple Disco Machine Remix) | Official Lyric Video has been released. Music video by The Rolling Stones performing Mess It Up (Purple Disco ...

It’s not only soccer but Formula One, too astonmartinf1.com: AMR23 takes to Las Vegas with The Rolling Stones: To celebrate the launch of The Rolling Stones’ latest album, Hackney Diamonds – ...

Hi there, folks – sorry for the silence; but here we go for the next bunch of  good news… Beatles and Stones meet in some Top Ten lists, which is kind ...

Since some time, rumours tell of another tour The Rolling Stones will add after the US HD-Tour 2024 This could happen in fall 2024 and could be a tour of the ...

Chanelle Haynes will go on tour with The Rolling Stones on their US tour in 2024. Together with Darryl Jones, Chuck Leavell, Matt Clifford,  Tim Ries, Karl Denson and Bernard Fowler, ...

Do you remember the Gunslingers Tour, Ronnie did with Bo Diddley (or vice versa)? Well, Steve Portigal, well known for good the ol’ Undercover mailing list, just felt he liked to ...

Starring Nicholas Hoult, the new official video for Mess It Up is out! Have a look & enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTUKj4e3vd4

Happy, happy birthday to the riffmaster, heart and soul of The Rolling Stones! Rockmusicassociation says it nicely on Threads.net: “… Richards rocks harder now than most of the generations that followed ...

Well, these old boys still know how to make the headlines! Due to the ‘overwhelming demand’, The Rolling Stones have added second date at Chicago‘s Soldier Field show to their 2024 ...

Catching up on the latest news of interest for us. One, a second show was added for LA, on July 13 – see the list below. Then, the Stones have released Hackney ...