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Mick greeting us fans from his HomeOffice ripping some chords while Keith …

Mick hammers out some chords at home – nice rocking riff there…

“Looking forward to seeing you all when the tour starts next month!”

And Keith? Well, just today, he too remembers he has a date with us millions!

Before and maybe still, Keith seems to be on holidays in Africa, celebrating Patty’s birthday last Sunday:

Well, nice posts. And Ronnie? What’s he doing?

All seem to be well and at sound health! Very good conditions for the upcoming tour, folks! Just 40 days to go… rehearsals should start soon … the excitement is rising!

With some 45 days to go until the tour starts in Houston, it’s about time …

Usually, rehearsals start well before the first official gig. They need to get in shape (well Mick already is, I’m sure), they have to meet with some gruesome medical examinations and rehearse their huge catalogue of songs. Also, meetings with sponsors and insurances have already been held but continue, there are decisions to be made about the stage design, all the merch and photo shootings  … busy times for the band!

Again, this will be a huge production – the Stones have to defend some reputation in this business!

For us fans, all this has happend almost without our notice, but now, it’s about time again to check out where rehearsals will take place and maybe snap up some of the songs beeing rehearsed.

So far – there’s nothing exciting to tell, but that will change, promised! 🙂
Just in case you’re in the US and have some connections or hear about something connected to the tour or rehearsals, just post a comment or send me a mail!

Ain’t that wonderful!?

Of all songs, this one by the fabulos Lou Reed stood out, etching a huge imprint on my mind with all it’s rotten heroin glory.

Keith: “To me, Lou stood out. The real deal! Something important to American music and to ALL MUSIC! I miss him and his dog.“

In honor of Lou Reed’s birthday, Keith Richards has recorded a cover of “I’m Waiting for the Man.” The digital single & music video are out now and featured on the upcoming album The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, which includes newly recorded covers from Keith Richards, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen, Rickie Lee Jones, Mary Gauthier, Bobby Rush, Automatic, The Afghan Whigs, and Rosanne Cash. This special collection will be released by Light in the Attic Records and available on Vinyl & CD at fine independent record shops worldwide on Record Store Day (April 20th).

It goes without saying that the legendary Lou Reed was a true rock ’n’ roll pioneer. From The Velvet Underground’s debut in 1967 all the way through the end of his days, Reed sang truth from his heart. He lived life to the limit—and then some. The Power of the Heart is a tribute to Reed’s freedom of expression with covers spanning his groundbreaking years with the Velvets into his majestic solo career. Each track is a glorious extension of the Rock ’n’ Roll Animal’s soul, ever adventurous and avant-garde.

Session footage edited by Don Fleming

The lost photos of Spanish Tony

“Bayliss Rare Books and Spanish Tony Media are delighted to present an exhibition of original, previously unseen photographs of The Rolling Stones, taken at their decadent peak by the photographer ‘Spanish Tony’ Sanchez. These iconic images will be on display and available to buy at J/M Gallery. […]”

Visit the website of J/M Gallery, 230 Portobello Road, London W11 1LJ, where you’ll be able to see those rare selected photographs.

“I couldn’t be happier to be involved in this project. I spent months trawling through Tony’s archive – thousands of negatives and contact sheets – and am blown away by Tony’s unique eye and the quality of these images. Fans and collectors alike are in for a real treat.” (Oliver Bayliss, Owner & Founder of Bayliss Rare Books Ltd.)

A private view will be held on Wednesday 28th February from 6 – 9pm at J/M Gallery, 230 Portobello Rd, London W11 1LJ. All twenty-seven limited edition prints will be available to buy via the Bayliss Rare Books website from 28th February onwards.

Hopefully, Bayliss Rare Books Ltd. will publish more than 27 limited edition prints like a catalogue of Tony’s photos which were not yet published…

The Rolling Stones officially released ‘Shattered’ as a lyric video – in English and Spanish!

Infos:
Executive Producer: Alice Webb
Executive Producer: Dan Borrelli
Head of Production: Kelly Sweeney
Creative Producer: Oisin Bickley
Producer: Michael Fatukasi-Richards
Post Production Manager: Claire Rhodes
Art Direction & Animation: Jon Shore

Here’s the spanish version:

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 EU. And not only this, but tour dates in Australia were also mentioned.

As always, we don’t have any official note about these possibilities. What we do have, however, is that the band likes to add tourdates after the US tour but has also plans to go into the studio in order to finish the next album.

Mick usually says that he hopes (!) the Stones could visit Europe for another tour next year.

Meanwhile, rumors tell about venues already booked for next year’s fall!

German radio station SWR3 has a nice page with 3 parts of an interview with Mick (thankfully they left the English without German overdubs) from around December 8th. There he says that he is sure that the next tour will be a European tour but that he doesn’t think it will happen in 2023. (Well that must have been a mistake; he must have meant 2024). Instead, he said, he thinks they will go into the studio after the US tour.

And this would leave further tour plans to 2025… well, let’s hope for the best! Already this far, this band has broken every record rock’n’roll has known so far and thus, we must be the luckiest bunch of fans on the planet, right!? 🙂

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, she will be part of the backing band and especially responsible for the ‘Merry Clayton’ part of Gimme Shelter.

In 2022, the Tina Turner impersonator really had the balls to quit an scheduled evening show of the Tina Turner Musical in favour to play with The Rolling Stones and in order to jump in for Sasha Allen who couldn’t perform that night. Don’t miss rollingstone.com for the story of this!

Check out the SUN or americansongwriter.com for more on this!

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 share a digitalised copy of a VHS recording of this tour.

This was recordes at The Ritz, New York, November 25th, 1987 (feat. The Jim Satten Band) – [Doxy Collection, Remastered, Live on Fm Broadcasting]

Click this YT-link and enjoy 58:45 of pure Rock’n’Roll, folks! 🙂