Author: Johannes

Ronnie – what a surprise – is in LA …

… and while the Black Crowes play the Greek Theater behind their Happiness Bastards tour to celebrate their first new album after 15 years of the same name, our Ronnie joins in to play the old Faces calssic “Stay With Me”.

Check out spin.com / liveforlivemusic.com / or blabbermouth.com for more on this: Ronnie’s … “… appearance with THE BLACK CROWES came just six songs into the band’s set, with frontman Chris Robinson describing the guitarist as a man who “doesn’t need an introduction but he’s going to get one.“”

The Stones have released a 15 minute doku about their concert in Shanghai, 2006

In 2006 the Rolling Stones made their debut performance in mainland China, bringing one of the most renowned Rock and Roll live acts to the other side of the world.

Featuring interviews with long-time production manager Dale “Opie” Skjerseth and the godfather of Chinese rock Cui Juan, ‘From London To Shanghai’ explores behind the scenes of the historic concert.

From London to Shanghai – The Rolling Stones’ Historic Concert to the Other Side of the World
Directed By: Oisín Bickley
Produced By: Oisín Bickley, Michael Fatukasi-Richards
Executive Producer: Alice Webb, Dan Borrelli
Edited By: Sam Atkinson
Produced by @MercuryStudios
Archive Footage Provided by: The Rolling Stones Archive In collaboration with Universal Music Recordings
With Special Thanks to: Dale ‘opie’ Skjerseth, Cui Jian

The Rolling Stones have announced Gary Clark Jr. as the opener for the first show of their upcoming U.S. tour.

The show takes place April 28 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Clark, out of Austin, Texas, has long been a guest at Stones gigs and his opening for the frist show of the upcoming tour is a good match for the fans.

“We’re pleased to announce  Gary Clark Jr. as the special guest for the Stones opening show in Houston on April 28!“

There’s something about taxes, a welsh bassist and tickets for May2nd Jazz Fest…

The Stones and finances is a book of it’s own – apart from a signed copy of Ronnie Schneider‘s book “Out Of Our Heads, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Me” (see stonesnews.com for this and also stonesnews.com), I have only little information about these things. That’s probably why the headline at businessplus.ie caught my eye: “Rolling in it! Stones pay just 1% tax on massive earnings” – a nice little read about this subject and you can catch Mick-quotes like “…I am frugal…” and “…I’m not at all stingy…”

Rehearsals: not much information around… however, Bernard Fowler posted a picture together with welsh bassis Pino Palladino – obviously at the rehearsals site – and isn’t it a bass from Darryl, Pino has hanging from his shoulder?

At gulflive.com, Emily Topping promises to update her article periodically about how to still get tickets for the Stones at Jazz Fest, May 2: “Here’s how you still can get tickets to see The Rolling Stones on May 2 at Jazz Fest” – if interested, go there and good luck!

Ok, stonesnews started the countdown much earlier, but anyways, here we go!

Just 25 days left to go…

“The countdown is on! The Rolling Stones are back on tour and kick off their run of US shows in Houston on April 28! Which shows are you coming to?“

And let’s switch back to rehearsals in 2002 – Hot Stuff …

Really, folks, this is definitely one of the BEST news I can publish here on stonesnews.com!

Rehearsals have begun. All the stuff, gear, items and things needed are in the right place – even those wonderful old Ampegs  and Fender Twin Amps …

HEY, folks, here we go again! The Rolling Stones are getting their chops together and enter the training camp, hehehe … How wonderful is that? For six fucking decades, we fans are on a rollercoaster and now we just begin the climb towards the height from where the fun begins!

I’ll repeat: this is soooo great! Wonderful!

Links: [kslx.com], [ruralradio.com]

Catching Fire – docu about Anita coming

The new documentary about German-Italian actress, artist and model Anita Pallenberg by Magnolia Pictures, based on the words of her unpublished memoir, is set to come out in May, and finally, now we are getting a first look at it. Her voice is provided by Scarlett Johansson. Marlon, Angela and of course, Keith are included in the docu. Coming to theaters and VOD on May 3.

A must-have for us fans, I’ld say! Much more so, as “the film is built around a towering archive of home-movie footage“! That’s really a thing looking forward to!

The documentary screened at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, with critic Owen Gleiberman describing Pallenberg as the “beautiful and imperious scenester of the ’60s and ’70s, Hollywood actress and icon of scruffy-chic rock royalty, partner of Keith Richards, muse to several of the other Rolling Stones.” (variety.com)

So far, The Rolling Stones will start or have already started rehearsals.

As to where: must be LA. No further infos known on this subject and maybe, that’s a good idea, ’cause you never know what’s on some folks mind. Security and/or privacy comes first, ok?

Anyway, Mick seems to be in a very good mood as you can see below, hehehe … and check out RollingStone.com for this …

Our friend and Stones fan, Massimo Bonanno, just sent in this message:

Massimo Bonanno has a new book about The Rolling Stones out at Amazon!

It’s called “ROLLING STONES FOREVER“, paperback, 257 pages,  8.46 x 0.58 x 11.02 inches, $18.-

“The return of the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world, sixty years after the release of their debut album The Rolling Stones are still very much around; following the release of their debut album, the Stones are on the eve of their sell out Hackney Diamonds US Tour 2024, backing their latest much acclaimed Hackney Diamonds album, their first in 18 years.
This simply, basic book covers the incredible story of the Rolling Stones from the beginning to nowadays, how it all began, their rise to stardom, the tragic death of Brian Jones, the drug busts, the record releases (not all of them), the Jagger & Richards feud, the mega tours and more. “

We now can begin to list the choices for opening acts for the upcoming tour.

First one is Mexican superstar Carin León! He will open for the Stones at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Tuesday, May 7.

“Thanks to his limitless view of música mexicana, León has become one of the genre’s biggest stars. In particular, he has become a leading voice in bridging the worlds of música mexicana and country music. León’s hit single “Primera Cita” blended his Mexican sound with elements of country and blues. This year, he teamed up with country star Keith Urban for the song “Si Me Llevas Contigo” with Rosario. His latest single, “The One (Pero No Como Yo),” is a collaboration with another country superstar, Kane Brown.” (remezcla.com)

Check out eu.azcentral.com, yahoo.com or remezcla.com – there is more on this, so have a look. … more to come … ^^