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News 2002 - part 1 JAN  9 Fleetwood Owen presents an online Rock and Film auction, beginning on Wednesday 9th January and ending on Wednesday 23rd January at 6.00pm GMT. Rock and pop items in the auction include Beatles merchandise, a CD signed by Bob Dylan, an array of Rolling Stones items such as a copy of a magazine signed by all five members of the original line-up and a rare flyer promoting 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience'. Film lots include a handwritten manuscript signed by the composer David Arnold for the James Bond film, 'The World Is Not Enough', items relating to the film 'Alien' and a photograph signed by John Wayne. For full lot descriptions and bidding itself, please click here . For your interest, Fleetwood Owen will be holding a 'live' Film and Entertainment auction on February 26th and a Rock and Pop auction in March 2002.  A preview of the Film auction can be viewed here: http://www.fleetwoodowen.com/home.jsp?section=film02. Please contact me if you would like to reserve tickets for the event to be held at Planet Hollywood, London. Available to purchase now- produced in association with St Peter's Church Hall, Liverpool, Fleetwood Owen offer the unique opportunity to purchase one of the original wooden floor blocks from the said Church Hall. Please click on http://www.fleetwoodowen.com/home.jsp?section=block for further information. JAN  10 special fan club offer Hard Rock Rolling Stones $25 Chip From Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas above chips are available through their website, click here STOP PRESS * STOP PRESS * STOP PRESS * STOP PRESS * STOP PRESS Ronnie Wood's children, Leah and Jesse Wood, will be appearing at the Eel Pie Club (the home of Richmond Rhythm & Blues) on Wednesday 23 January as guests on   the Art Wood All-Stars evening. There will also be a special surprise guest joining them for this special evening - who could that be? The Eel Pie Club is situated at the Room at the Top, The Cabbage Patch, 67 London Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, Tickets at £7 for non-members / £5 for members (membership £10 per year). Tickets bookable in advance from The Secretery, The Eel Pie Club, 32 Lebanon Court, Richmond Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 3DA. Cheques payable to: Eel Pie Club. Telephone enquiries 0208 892 6763. JAN 23 The New Mick Taylor album with Miyuki "Mick & I" is an absolute interesting album, featuring following songs: Can You?, Bye Joe, Five Years, Amber Blue, Still Waiting, Never Imagine, Over and Beyond, Soho Loft and Too Short. Miyuki: Keyboards, Synthesisers and Vocals - Mick Taylor, Guitars and Vocals - Tim Garland, Tenor and Soprano Saxophone - Byron Wallen, Trumpet - Michael Bailey, Bassguitar - Richie Stevens, Drum programming - Jamie Johnsson, Additional Drum programming. Website: www.sierrabravo.co.uk with Real Audio. FEB.16 The drawing for the Keith Richards autographed "Timeless" cd was held today. Runners up recieve an unsigned copy of the same cd.                                                      The winners are: Grand Prize signed cd: Hans Daniels/Anne Spijkstra of Holland Runner Up #1 copy of Timeless: Tom Ball of Canada Runner Up #2 copy of Timeless: Piotr Rzymski of Poland Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to those who entered! We hope to offer more exciting fan club contests in the future. Look for issue #8 of Stones Planet in March.   APRIL 5 ROLLING STONES STUFF ON CHRISTIE'S The sale is on 30 April, 2002, Christie's South Kensington, London at 2PM. Contact details: Helen Bailey 0207 321 3280 hbailey@christies.com The entire catalogue can be viewed on Christie's website Lot 55 An important hand-written nine page letter from Brian Jones to the girl who became the first Fan Club secretary, 5 April, 1963, giving biographies of the band members to date, background and infuences £4,000-6,000 Lot 56 A set of five typescript questionnaires completed by the five members of the Rolling Stones in 1963 for their fan club secretary, each document giving a fascinating insight into the band's musical influences, their tastes and ambitions £2,000-4,000 Lot 64 A presentation `gold' single disc for Ruby Tuesday, R.I.A.A. certified, Presented to Brian Jones £3,000-5,000 MAY 7 NEW YORK, NY -- (May 7, 2002) - The Rolling Stones announced today, the kick off of their Rolling Stones World Tour 2002/2003 at Boston's CMGI Field on September 5, 2002. The band announced 32 dates in the U.S and Canada (more to come) and will then tour Europe, Australia, Mexico and the Far East in 2003, hopefully including their first concerts in China. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood made a spectacular entrance into Van Cortlandt Park, in an eye-popping blimp decorated with the legendary Rolling Stones tongue. They descended upon an amazed crowd of U.S. and international press and fans to talk about the World Tour at a press conference beamed live via satellite. The unique concept for the tour will showcase the band's diversity as musicians and performers with three dramatically different shows by playing stadiums, arenas and theatres/clubs all in one tour. Each show will combine the spectacular production and charismatic performances that fans have come to expect. The Rolling Stones, working closely with the design team responsible for the sensational sets and dramatic effects on previous tours (Steel Wheels, Voodoo, Lounge, Bridges to Babylon, No Security) will create three totally different productions (sets, lighting, special effects) offering fans completely unique experiences at each venue. Fans can choose to see the band up close in an intimate club/theatre setting or the grand scale excitement of a stadium experience. In some markets, fans will have the opportunity to see three totally different shows on different nights providing an incredible musical event .All shows will feature a significant set of classic Rolling Stones hits as well as new songs.  "Only The Rolling Stones would dare to come up with a concept so ambitious - three dramatically different shows in three different venues, said Michael Cohl, tour promoter.  It will be a spectacular musical event."   The Rolling Stones hold the all-time record for the three most attended tours of all time,  "Bridges to Babylon,"  "Steel Wheels" and "Voodoo Lounge.  "Some of the opening acts that will share the stage with the Rolling Stones are: No Doubt, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang with more acts to be announced later this week. Rolling Stones World Tour 2002/2003 is presented by E* TRADE Financial. "The Rolling Stones are recognized as one of the greatest rock-n-roll bands of all time," said Mitch Caplan, President and COO E*TRADE Group, Inc.  "We are thrilled to present this history making tour and excited about the experience and opportunities it will provide our customers." Tickets will go on sale for shows in Boston and Chicago on Saturday, May 11, for San Francisco on Sunday, May 12, and New York on Monday, May 13 with additional markets to follow.  In keeping with the band's philosophy of making their shows accessible to all fans, tickets for the stadiums, arenas and theatres/clubs will be available in a broad range of price categories. There will be a limited number of Gold Circle seats while the remaining 95% of the house will average $85 for stadium shows, $100 for arenas and all tickets for theatre/club shows will be $50.  Buys will be limited to 12 tickets per person for stadium shows, 8 for arena shows and 2 for theatre/club shows. Beginning today, music fans can go online to http://www.samgoody.com  to join getAccess, a live entertainment membership program, for the opportunity to purchase two tickets to one show on the U.S. leg of the tour before they go on sale to the general public. Exclusively available at http://www.samgoody.com, getAccess enables members to purchase tickets as early as May 8 for shows in Boston, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco.   Pre-sales for many other dates on the tour will be available through getAccess in the weeks ahead and fans should check the Samgoody.com website for the most up-to-date information. Consumers purchasing tickets through getAccess will have their choice of available seats at a variety of price points. Fans will have an unprecedented opportunity to follow the tour online through Virtual Ticket at http://www.rollingstones.com  Every ticket sold for the tour will include membership in the Rolling Stones fan club. Updated daily, users will be given an exclusive insider's look at every aspect of the tour. From rehearsals and preparations to on-going coverage via audio and videos streams, downloads, set lists and news and much more. RollingStones.com also heralds the launch of the official Rolling Stones Fan Club. In addition to following the tour, members will enjoy access to tickets, exclusive merchandise and other fans, in what is sure to be the premier destination and community place for Stones fans yet. The Rolling Stones are completing negotiations to release a retrospective CD of their greatest hits from 1963 to the present with the addition of some new songs. The band will go into the recording studio later this month.  Other plans include a new book, a comprehensive history of the Rolling Stones which will include interviews with the band and photos from their own archives. It will be published by Chronicle Books in the U.S. and Weidenfeld and Nicholson in the UK in September of 2003. Rolling Stones World Tour 2002/2003 will be promoted and produced by Grand Entertainment Touring and RZO Piecemeal Ltd. MAY 21 Stones arrived Paris last Monday may 13 and entered the Davout studios where they worked on about 4 new tracks. According to a source the stuff is medium tempo. bluesy and rocking as well. The boys left Paris last saturday May 18. More to come. MAY 31 Rolling Stones Reissues To Feature New Technology Format Fri May 31, 2:57 PM ET(5/31/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- A series of upcoming  reissues from ABKCO Records in August will mark the first albums by a major act to feature the new dual-layer hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) technology.  Hybrid SACDs are both forward and backward compatible and can be played on an SACD player--allowing delivery of the format's high-resolution audio--or on any standard CD player. The Rolling Stones Remastered series is due August 20 and includes 22 classic albums from 1963 through 1970, including single-disc releases, the 1970 live set Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, and several other compilations. The original SACD format was created by Sony and Philips Electronics, and launched in 1999. -- Sue Falco, New York JUNE 20 CooperOwen’s Rock Legends auction, ends 25th June 2002 Rolling Stones items on the next sales!! Make your bids now online - click link here Lot 87* A limited edition reproduction of a poster for the Rolling Stones American Tour 1972 with facsimile autographs A limited edition (4247/5000) colour reproduction of a poster for the Stones 1972 US tour with the facsimile autographs of Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards. Measures approx. 17 x 22 inch.(43 x 56 cm). Lot 88  Rolling Stones autographs (no Charlie Watts) A white album page signed Keith Richard, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman in red ball point pen and Mick Jagger in blue ballpoint pen, matted together with a colour photograph of the band, framed and glazed. Overall measurements approx. 13 x 21 inch (33 x 53 cm). Lot 89†  Rolling Stones album signed by Mick, Keith, Charlie, Bill and Mick Taylor A copy of the Rolling Stones album It's Only Rock 'n' Roll signed on the front cover in black marker pen Mick Jagger, Charlie Boy, in silver pen Keith Richards, in gold pen Bill Wyman and in blue pen Mick Taylor. Lot 90*   A limited edition reproduction of a poster for the Rolling Stones tour of Europe, 1976 with facsimile autographs A limited edition (3035/5000) colour reproduction of the poster for the bands 1976 European tour, with the facsimile autographs of Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. Measures approx. 17 x 23 inch. (43 x 58 cm). Lot 91*      A limited edition reproduction of the Rolling Stones Cardiff and Pembroke Castles tour poster with facsimile autographs A limited edition (4500/5000) colour reproduction of the poster for the cancelled 1973 Stones concert at Cardiff and Pembroke Castles with the facsimile autographs of Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards. Measures approx. 17 x 23 inch. (43 x 58 cm). Lot 92*      A limited edition reproduction of the cover artwork for the 1983 Rolling Stones album 'Undercover' with facsimile autographs A limited edition (1236/5000) colour reproduction of the cover artwork for Undercover with the facsimile autographs of Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. Measures approx. 22 x 26 inch. (56 x 66 cm). Lot 93*       A limited edition reproduction of the cover artwork for the 1978 Rolling Stones album 'Some Girls' with facsimile autographs A limited edition (2743/5000) reproduction of the cover artwork for Some Girls with the facsimile autographs of Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood. Measures approx. 22 x 27 inch. (56 x 68 cm). Lot 94*     A limited edition reproduction of the cover artwork for the 1997 Rolling Stones album 'Bridges to Babylon' with facsimile autographs A limited edition (4244/5000) colour reproduction of the cover artwork for Bridges to Babylon with facsimile autographs (and notations) of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts. Measures approx. 22 x 26 inch. (56 x 66 cm).