As the Rolling Stones roll out their old bones again, their
sprightlier offspring are emerging from the shadows. John Robinson rates
the credentials of the new chips off the old blocks.
10. KARIS JAGGER
Who? Mick’s first daughter, born in 1970. A sometime-actress and
film producer.
Status Karis was born into the apex of Stones madness. Mick
had broken up with Marianne Faithfull, had yet to marry Bianca Jagger,
and fitted in a relationship with the beautiful star of Hair, Marsha
Hunt. Karis also marked the emergence of a familiar Jagger riff — the
long-running paternity suit. It was 1979 before an LA court granted Hunt
a settlement.
Like father? In fact, no — a bit more like mum. Hunt was
once a Berkeley student, Karis, meanwhile, graduated from Yale. While
still in her early 20s she produced her mother’s one-woman show at the
Edinburgh Festival, and later appeared in the Wesley Snipes movie One
Night Stand. She’s also married.
9. JULIAN JONES
Who? One of the many offspring of deceased Stones founder Brian
Jones. Born 1964.
Status Julian’s famous associations run not just to one
famous 1960s musician, but two — after Brian died in 1969, Julian’s
mum Linda Lawrence married the folk musician Donovan. On a rather less
happy level Julian bears testimony to Brian’s rather offhand way with
his personal relationships. He is, for example, the second of Jones’s
sons to be called Julian. He is preceded by Julian Mark, born to Pat
Andrews in 1961.
Like father? He has, he says, "music in the blood, and in
his heart". Rather more helpfully, he’s also got some on his
website.
8. MARLON RICHARDS
Who? First born to Riff (Keith), and his then girlfriend,
Anita Pallenberg, in 1969.
Status As well as having a marked resemblance to his dad,
Marlon is the new generation of rock royalty — a bit art, a bit
fashion, a bit hanging out with Chloe Sevigny. Of an artistic bent (he’s
art director of hip anti-fashion mag Cheap Date and has shown
work at London’s Zoltar The Magnificent), Marlon is now a pretty
settled sort of a guy. Once an escort to "unsettled" Tatum
O’Neal, he’s now married to model Lucie de la Falaise, and has two
children, to whom Liv Tyler is godmother.
Like father? Evidently a bit more than he is his mum. He once
described her life as "embarrassin".
7. DANDELION RICHARDS
Who? To Riff and Anita Pallenberg, in 1972, a daughter.
Status Though she grew up outside the walls of rock royalty (Dandelion
was brought up by Keith’s mum Doris), Keith’s second child is rock
through and through. For a start, Dandelion is the name of the
Jagger-Richards composition on the B-side of 1967’s We Love You.
Her "real" name, Angela, lent itself to another one, Angie,
which, when she married in 1998, was the tune to which she walked —
perhaps inappropriately, given the tone of the song — down the aisle.
Like father? Not really. A teetotaller, she married her
carpenter boyfriend Dominic Jennings, and professed an interest in
keeping her job as a stable girl. She lives in Dartford.
6. STEPHEN WYMAN
Who? Bill’s son, from his marriage to first wife Diane
McCollum.
Status For helping to create a pretty interesting scene — he
was banned from his own father’s wedding. Though in 1989 media
attention was mainly focused on Bill’s courtship of bride-to be Mandy
Smith, Stephen endured the wrath of his father by becoming involved
with, and later marrying, Smith’s 46-year-old mother Patsy. This
subsequently ensured he was not on the list for the bassist’s 1993
marriage to Suzanne Accosta.
Like father? In many important ways, no. In fact, you might
say they’re a classic example of the generation gap.
5. SERAPHINA WATTS
Who? The daughter of Charlie Watts and his wife of nearly 40
years, Shirley. Born 1968.
Status Seraphina came to exemplify some of the problems that can
occur if you’re the offspring of a tax-exiled millionaire rock star,
albeit part of a stable family. For years accustomed to living abroad,
when the jazz-loving Stone returned to Britain, Seraphina attended
Millfield School in Somerset, from which she was expelled, for smoking
cannabis.
Like father? In terms of marriage, at any rate, not much. She
recently divorced her husband, with whom she lived on the idyllic island
of Bermuda. The island was, she declared quite brilliantly, "boring".
4. THEODORA AND ALEXANDRA RICHARDS
Who? The next generation of Keith’s daughters, born to King
Unhealth and new partner, the 1980s model Patti Hansen. Slightly
unfairly put together as a double act, they’re 17 and 18.
Status The distance between high fashion and rock music has
narrowed a lot. The Rolling Stones have a fashion merchandise label
Fashion and Licks, as designed by Agent Provocateur. Now the fashion
industry is closing the gap from the other direction — the protegees
of agent Bryan Bantry, Theodora and Alexandra have modelled for New York
label Chanpaul and in a Tommy Hilfiger campaign.
Like father? Like mother. Riff doesn’t moisturise.
3. JADE JAGGER
Who? The child of Mick and his first wife, Bianca. Born 1972.
Status She’s done everything you need to do to rock in the
grand Stones manner, except play an instrument. Expelled from school.
Outraged Dad. Paparazzi photographs. Kiss and tell stories (Neptunes
producer Pharrell Williams professed himself "unable to keep up
with her"). Most impressively, for the past three years there have
been noise complaints against her at her London flat after rowdy
Christmas parties. If she gets too many more warnings, she risks arrest.
Like father? Never mind mum or dad. If she doesn’t watch her
step she’ll be more like Winona Ryder
. 2. ELIZABETH SCARLETT JAGGERWho? First born to Mick
and Jerry Hall, now 18.
Status There have been modelling assignments, of course (though
dad thinks them "silly"), but Elizabeth rocks on regardless.
She thinks her dad’s clothes are an embarrassment, is the face of
Lancome’s LCM range, has sung back-up vocals on Mick’s last album.
Most impressive, though, is that she had a funny appearance in hipster
movie Igby Goes Down. In interviews she appears poised and ever so
slightly snippy — a classic Jagger characteristic.
Like father? Yes. Elizabeth is the embodiment of Jagger’s
most classy aspirations.
1. LUCAS MAURICE MORAD JAGGER
Who? Lucas is the four-year-old child of Jagger and Brazilian
model Luciana Morad.
Status Although he’s still of tender years, Esquire predicts
a memoir by age 20. He was born to a beautiful mother, and he has cost
Mick Jagger a large, undisclosed sum of money: twice. Once in a
paternity suit, and then a second time when Jerry Hall apparently could
not sanction the idea that Jagger’s affair with Morad had just been a
fling. It is held to have been the final straw for the couple and a
handsome payout followed the split.
Like father? Certainly not — apparently, he behaves like a
small child.
JAN. 23
Street
wobbling man
Start
me up ... girlfriend L'Wren helps Mick cross the street in
Paris
By THOMAS WHITAKER
CATWALK star L’Wren Scott does her good
deed for the day by helping this old man – her boyfriend Mick
Jagger – cross the road.
The Rolling Stones singer, 60, was spotted being led by the arm
in Paris by lover L’Wren, 39.
Street Fighting Man singer Mick looked more like Dr Who with
his long scarf. But an onlooker said: “They looked in love,
despite the age gap.”
Finger tip ... Mick
gets road safety pointers
L’Wren also seemed to point out the way for the rocker.
Perhaps she told him to wait for the road crossing green man to
Jumping Jack Flash.
MICK’S crack addict nephew John Jagger, 25, faces jail for
burgling a house after ending a 12-month sentence for a
previous break-in.
Privately-educated John – son of Mick’s brother Chris
– will be sentenced in London next month. His dad said:
“It’s his own fault.”
FEB. 6
Masseuse to naked stars sinks
teeth into job
WAYNE PARRY,The Associated Press
The Associated Press
'Men need to yearn, to want something they know they can't have.
That way, they'll pay for it, over and over again.'
NEWARK, N.J. - She's had her hands all over the naked bodies of the
biggest names in music. But she's no groupie.
Meet masseuse Dorothy Stein, aka Dr. Dot.
She has worked magic on the necks, arms and lower backs of Mick
Jagger, Sting, Eminem, Justin Timberlake and a legion of other tense
artists.
Stein's digital prowess first got her into a Def Leppard concert in
Hampton, Va., in 1983. Now it has blossomed into a full-time job paying
up to $400 an hour - just cash, please.
Whenever The Rolling Stones start to tour, they fly in Dr. Dot for
weeks at a time. She spent two weeks on the road with Eminem, and counts
members of Kiss, Aerosmith, Van Halen and many others as repeat
customers. Next month, members of Iron Maiden will visit her when the
group's tour stops in New York.
Her scrapbook boasts a stream of testimonials from satisfied
customers, including Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler, who wrote:
"Ew-La-La! You rub me the rite way!"
Kiss bassist Gene Simmons said, "When you're out on tour for
months at a time, there's always a muscle that needs to be pushed back
into place or rubbed, so you get a massage to help you relax."
Simmons got his first massage from Stein in Germany in 1999.
"I remember it was very quiet, music playing on a boom box, the
lights down low," he told The Associated Press. "She was very
professional. She also didn't talk a lot, which I particularly liked."
She prefers to let the stars do the talking - and, boy, do they talk.
Courtney Love gave Stein a detailed appraisal of the physical
endowments of various rock and movie stars.
Simmons prattled on about how women should be glad their men cheat on
them.
And many male rock stars are only too glad to discuss which female
rock stars they've (allegedly) had sex with.
Stein was born in Manchester, Conn., and raised by "hippie
parents" on a steady diet of Beatles, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead
and Frank Zappa.
She saw the Dead in concert more than 20 times before she was 10.
Her first brush with a rock star was outside a concert hall in
Williamsburg, Va., in 1981, where several members of The Cars quickly
scrawled autographs on the back of her jacket and immediately
disappeared.
"I was, like, 'Hey!' " she recalled. "I wanted to hang
out."
Stein and two pals hatched a plan to meet Def Leppard: Get there
early, look older than her true age of 15 by using makeup, heels and a
short skirt and dangle something other than sex.
Around midday, they spotted guitarist Phil Collen in the arena
parking lot and walked up to him.
"He said, 'Elo, girls! Say, do you know where there's an Army-Navy
store around here? Someone nicked our clothes.' "
Stein and her two friends piled into a car with Collen, and as Stein
directed him to a store, she made her pitch. She and her friends were
soon on the tour bus as Stein massaged the band.
Her one rule: No sex, please.
"If I gave in to what they wanted, they'd have no respect for me
and never want to see me again," says Stein, 35. "Men need to
yearn, to want something they know they can't have. That way, they'll
pay for it, over and over again."
Many stars have tried to put the moves on her, males and females, she
says.
She gave in once, to "Die Hard" movie star Bruce Willis,
with whom she had a brief fling after he split up with Demi Moore, she
says.
"That was the biggest mistake I ever made," she says.
"It embarrassed my daughter and put a doubt over my ability to be a
professional masseuse. I'm only human. But that was a mistake."
Stein eventually took professional classes and worked at a massage
clinic in Germany. It was her idol, Frank Zappa, who first called her
"Dr. Dot" during a massage in 1988. She liked it, and started
using it.
Stein estimates she's attended more than 3,500 concerts free. Stones
drummer Charlie Watts was her first paying customer during a 1994
session in Toronto.
"He said, 'So, how much do I owe you?' I said, 'You're joking.
It was an honor to massage you.'
"He's like, 'No, really, That's bloody silly, Dot. Nobody's
going to take you seriously until you take their money.'
"Massaging had always been a hobby, a way to get something for
free. It became a business that day."
Sting remains her favorite customer.
"He tells jokes the whole time," she says. "He's just
so charming. He's himself, and he can be hilarious. He does yoga and
shows me his yoga moves. He also definitely has the nicest butt."
(Another customer, Lauryn Hill, wins Dr. Dot's award for Best Female
Butt.)
Blondie singer Deborah Harry is another favorite.
"She tells dirty jokes, and she'd jump off the massage table,
naked, and start to act out the jokes," Stein says.
Stein is peddling an English-language version of a book she had
published in Germany, "Butt-Naked and Backstage."
She hopes to land a gig as a love and relationship adviser with a TV
talk show, a kind of Dr. Phil meets Dr. Feelgood.
Also in the works: a how-to DVD, including the "bite method,"
in which she kneads large lumps of back flesh in her mouth.
"People don't pay me to pet them," she says. "I'm very
aggressive."
MAR.10
Stones Daughters at NY Fashion Week shows
New York Fashion week:
On The Catwalk: NY Fashion kicks off today and while nobody quite knows whichs
models will take to the catwalk until almost the last minute, Tony Melillo is
thought to have persuaded rock chicsters Elizabeth Jagger and Theodora and
Alexandra Richards, Theodora Dupree (she's using her middle name for modeling),
was spotted in NY yesterday headline to Vivienne Tam.
Patti Hansen, wife of Rolling Stone Keith Richards, hosted the Fashion Week
event and got to watch her daughter, Alexandra Richards, new to the modeling
circuit this season, float down the runway in a billowy red chiffon gown by
Zac Posen. See more pics here.
MAR.12
Ronnie to play in Albert Hall
Ronnie Wood will be playing at the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of a
special tribute night to the late Ronnie Lane, Small Faces and Faces legend on
April 8th. 2004. It's for Ronnie Lane's family. Among artists
can also be found Chris Jagger.
MAR.12
ABKCO
and Universal three single boxes news
ABKCO and Universal are releasing three Rolling Stones single boxes, feauting
the band's singles from 1963 up to 1976.
The first one titled "The Stones singles 1963-1965" is coming out this
coming April.
MAR.18
Hometown of
late Stones guitarist Brian Jones won't name street after him
LONDON (AP) - An English town where the late
Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was born has dropped a plan to name a
street after him, due to opposition from upscale homeowners.
A street named Brian Jones Close was to be part of a new development of
70 upmarket homes in an area of Cheltenham. But housing developer Bryant
Homes applied for the name to be changed in November, following objections
from residents and prospective buyers of the properties, which cost as
much as the equivalent of $840,000 Cdn.
On Tuesday night, the Cheltenham Borough Council voted unanimously to
change the proposed name. Jones, who died in 1969 at age 27, was born and
is buried in Cheltenham.
"Some members of the cabinet thought it was a shame to change the
name from Brian Jones but recognized that they must listen to the
residents," said Jane Grunner, assistant director of policy and
public relations at the council.
When Bryant Homes first objected to the name, Rolling Stones fans
described it as a "slap in the face."
Nigel Jones, chairman of the local Brian Jones Fan Club and the town's
member of Parliament, said he received many e-mails from people who were
excited by the prospect of having a street named after the musician.
MAR.20
Stones's drugs bust drama
The drugs bust of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in 1967 and the subsequent
trial is to be turned into a TV drama.
A Butterfly On A Wheel will star Nigel Havers as lawyer Michael Havers, later
Lord Havers, who was his real life father.
Havers defended Jagger in the trial, which became a cause celebre. The bust took
place at Richards' home in West Sussex.
The two Rolling Stones stars were given heavy fines and prison sentences which
were later quashed on appeal.
Both musicians believed they had been made an example of by the establishment
and the case split the nation.
A Butterfly On a Wheel is being written by Nick Fisher who told TV
Plus: "It's a great story and we've been finalising the finer points of
the deal. Nigel Havers is keen to play his father. "The title comes from a
newspaper column in The Times by William Rees-Mogg, who defended Jagger and
Richard."
MAR.21
Stones lead Heat rich list
The Rolling Stones are in the Number One spot on Heat
magazine's annual rich list.
Their fortune of £55.3m from last year takes them to the top of the list, which
is based on estimated earnings from record and DVD sales, tour revenue,
merchandising, music publishing royalties and other income.
Former title holder Paul McCartney is in second place with £40m with Elton
John in third with £34m.
Coldplay are in fifth spot with £25.3m while Dido comes in at Number 10 with £15.8m.
MAR.21
Mick
Jagger rolls into New York on Monday
MICK JAGGER rolls into New York Monday to present magazine mogul Jann Wenner
as an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Wenner, who founded Rolling
Stone magazine in 1967 at age 20, receives a lifetime achievement award in the
nonperformer category. Also being inducted at the Waldorf-Astoria gala - Prince,
Jackson Browne, The Dells, Bob Seger, Traffic, ZZ Top and the late George
Harrison. The ceremony airs on VH1 March21.
Photos from this New York event can be seen here.
ROLLING Stone Ronnie Wood is
fighting an incurable lung condition which will kill him if he doesn't
stop smoking.
Doctors gave the 30-a-day rock
legend the terrifying life-or-death ultimatum after traces of emphysema
were found during a routine scan. And they warned him that if he doesn't
quit now he'll have full-blown emphysema within a year.
"It was two weeks ago,"
says Ronnie. "The doctors said that if I give up smoking now I can
nip it in the bud - I still have powerful lungs. But they say if I smoke
for another year, I could get emphysema and - boom - my lungs could
collapse."
Reformed wildman Ronnie, 56,
poured out his heart in an astonishingly frank interview with the Sunday
Mirror at his country estate in Co Kildare, Ireland. In an amazing
insight into his life he told how:
-He is NOT back on the booze,
although he prays every day as he fights his personal
"monster".
-He should NOT be alive - the
drugs and drink should have killed him at the same time as his close
friend, The Who drummer Keith Moon, over 25 years ago.
-He was NEVER going to be
kicked out of the Stones...Mick Jagger is a great help as he fights his
demons.
-And his 19-year marriage to
long-suffering wife Jo is NOT in trouble.
Incredibly Ronnie, whose
partying is legendendary, was told by doctors that his liver is fine.
"When they did the scan on my lungs they also did my liver and
kidneys and said they are in remarkably good shape for someone who has
put what I've put through them," he says. "In the old days I
would start with about eight pints of Guinness then go on to the vodka,
a couple of bottles of that. Then go on to Sambuca, a bottle of that.
And that was every day. I never blacked out though, I just used to be a
steady drinker.
"It started with The
Faces. We used to dish out crates of champagne, Leibfraumilch and
Matteus Rose to the audience instead of having a support band. It was a
natural thing to be always drinking with The Faces. Then Keith
(Richards), he was a great drinking partner of mine and Rod (Stewart)
was too. Basically everybody I met was a drinker".
He adds: "I should have
died around when Keith Moon did in 1978. Yeah, because me and Keith, we
were hitting it really hard. I used to say to Keith, 'You're meant to
take one of those tablets, not the whole bottle'. Keith would literally
take a whole bottle of Valium. So it didn't surprise me when he died,
when he OD'd. I've been surrounded with people who have OD'd - Janis
Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the trail just goes on and on. People like Peter
Cook, Harry Nilsson. All these people I used to hang out with are
dropping like flies."
Ronnie is sipping a coffee as
he talks to me in the art studio at his home. The guitarist - who has
amassed a £25million fortune in his 29 years with the Rolling Stones -
has fought a long and hard battle against alcoholism. In 2000 he went
into the Priory Clinic in London for treatment. Two years later he was
in the Cottonwood Clinic in Arizona. Then this month there were reports
Ronnie was back on the booze after he was spotted holding a glass of
champagne at Kate Moss's 30th birthday party. He says: "I opened up
the paper and it said, 'Ronnie Wood's back on the booze'. I'll tell you
what it was - it was a toast to Kate, so I had a glass of champagne in
my hand and then it was changed to 'guzzling'.
"That's where it gets
blown out of all proportion. It was only one glass and I was carrying it
around more than drinking it. I was only there because Kate is my old
mate and I know what a lovely nutcase she is. But Kate is actually very
good - if she sees me near a drink she'll take it away from me so I'm
not tempted."
The "back on the booze"
stories clearly hurt Ronnie, who insists he hasn't had a Guinness for
two years - only the odd glass of champagne. "I'm only human,"
he says. "It's progress, not perfection. To say I'm going nuts and
falling off the wagon is horrible because it came just before we had a
Rolling Stone's meeting last week. And it's not good for the boys to
read that Ronnie's fallen off the wagon. It's awful."
What about stories that Mick
Jagger was furious? "Mick is very supportive," says Ronnie.
"He didn't threaten me at all. There were stories that I was going
to be kicked out of the Stones. That's all bollocks. He just came as a
friend and said, 'Ronnie, you can't just have one (drink) can you?
Please. I love you. Help yourself'."
Ronnie is only too aware that
every day for him is a struggle against alcoholism. And he still wears a
medallion he was given at the Cottonwood Clinic. On the back of it are
the words of the Serenity Prayer, which Ronnie knows off by heart and
quietly recites to me..."God grant me this serenity to accept the
things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can. And the
wisdom to know the difference."'
Gathering his composure again,
he explains: "It means if you do pick up a drink that's the first
mistake because you're going to carry on and then end up drunk.
"I still wear my little
medallion. I say my Serenity Prayer every day. But I still find it very
hard to walk past an open bar. Every day is a challenge. I just don't
like to be surrounded by the booze because it's too tempting."
What about the wing of your
mansion that you famously turned into a pub called Yer Father's Yacht?
"I mean people said that I
knocked my pub down," says Ronnie. "No I didn't...I just don't
have any booze in there anymore."
Ronnie returns to his home in
Ireland whenever he feels tempted. "What I try and do is behave
myself and occupy my mind with other things rather than going somewhere
which triggers a weakness," he says. "I'm handling it pretty
well. It's fighting the monster I call it. Alcoholism runs in my family.
It's in my blood. My grandparents, my parents, my brothers, everybody in
my family is an alcoholic. So I'm setting a new trend here and it's
bloody hard work. Everybody says I would be dead if I'd carried on
drinking."
Ronnie's wife Jo has stood by
her husband - who has four children, Tyrone, 20, Leah, 25, Jesse, 27 and
Jamie, 29 - throughout his drinking. And despite her threat to leave him
in the past, Ronnie can never see them splitting up - although he says
he wouldn't blame her if she did leave him. "No, I think we're too
tight together, although there have been threats...'If you don't stop
I'm going to leave, I'm out of here'." As he pats their Great Dane
- ironically called Guinness - I ask Ronnie where Jo is right now, and
why he's in Ireland alone. "We are having a little space and it is
great," he says. "Jo's gone to a health farm. She's enjoying
herself, and I'm enjoying myself, having a word with myself.
"It's her birthday on
Monday. I am going back to London and I'm going to take her to a nice
retreat. I am a romantic underneath so I'm not telling you where because
I am not telling her. But it's a nice little country place."
Beside Ronnie, as well as the
dog, is a packet of Marlboro Lights. So what about the doctors' orders?
"Health is your main thing,"
he says. "As long as you've got that you can do anything.
"I'd hate to be in a
position where I had to have a transplant, or be told 'one more drink
and you're dead'. That would be awful. Poor old George Best. And Eric
Clapton - if he has one more drink he's dead. He's lost most of his
stomach. That's why he has given up."
Now Ronnie has one more demon
to conquer...smoking.
"This is the worst,"
he says, pointing at the packet of cigarettes. "I'm quitting on the
17th - St Patrick's Day. I've had 40 years of 30 cigarettes a day, so
this is going to be the hardest one.
"I've been really lucky.
If I can keep going like I am now and give up the cigs I stand a chance
of having a good rest of my life."
-RON ON STONESKEITH'S happily
married but he's a filthy swine. We are still naughty schoolboys. You'll
never take that away from us.
The secret is never to let an
old person move into your body.
On tour, I go out to the clubs
with Mick and we have a flirt. It's great. He's one of the best guys to
go out with.
We are dangerous if we are on
our own. That's why we are always looked after by our partners.
We are followed everywhere
because if we are let loose on our own it's like "watch out".
None of the other boys have
their wives or girlfriends out on tour all the time. Jo's the only one
who stays out all the time.
I've been very lucky. I've got
a wonderful dedicated wife. But I still have a look, you know. You must
never stop looking - and I have a flirt.RON ON GUITARWHEN I was drinking,
my guitar playing was good but not concentrated. What I am doing now I
am sober is much more focussed...I know what I am playing.
It was shock when I started
playing sober - and it still is. But I don't think Keith likes it at
all. He's lost his drinking partner.
I only went to his room three
times on the last year-and-a-half tour. I used to be in his room every
night, or he was in my room. But last time I would just go back and
suffer in my room. I'd take my mind off it with Jo by renting a great
movie.RON ON MICK & RODIT'S just a wind up, Rod does pay half the
bill...sometimes. It does him physical injury if he does have to pay
out. Rod's just got it built into him - he's careful about money. I
think all lead vocalists are - Mick, Rod...
And by the way, lead vocalists
have always got girlfriends about 3ft higher than them as well.RON ON
REHABCOTTONWOOD is tough. It's a tough regime, You can walk out at any
time. You don't want to because you want to get better, but I saw people
walking out everyday.
But I thought I am not going to
weaken like that because it is too easy to go back into my old ways. And
while I have still got my health, why go there.
MAR. 21
JAGGER SINGLE AGAIN
Elizabeth Jagger is single again.
The 19-year-old model daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry
Hall apparently brought her affair with Alex Dalal, the
20-year-old grandson of property and gambling tycoon
'Black Jack' to an end after six months. "It's true,
Alex and Elizabeth have split up," his mother told The
Sunday Telegraph. "It just fizzled out."
Apparently Lizzie decided she wasn't keen to commit and
elected to go solo, leaving Alex, a photography student at
the London College of Printing, "disappointed but not
devastated". And his mother is convinced that he's
all over it now. "Alex is with someone else now, a
lovely American girl," she said. "He is not
stupid. He's like me: He goes for brains as well as looks.
I get bored with any man who is lacking in intelligence."
Jagger was reported to be dating Michael Wincott, an actor
26 years her senior last year. Her father was said to be
furiously against the romance. He was more in favour of
her relationship with Alex however, not least because his
grandfather is worth an estimated £600 million. (March 22
2004, AM)
MAR. 21
March 21.
THE Rolling Stones will tour the world
next year - when Jumping Jack Flash Mick Jagger will be a veteran 62.
Sir Mick, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood
and Charlie Watts had a meeting to decide on their future plans earlier this
month in Paris. At the secret summit, the band agreed to go out on the road next
year.
When they take to the road, Sir Mick
will have his 62nd birthday in July. The huge tour, likely to last at least nine
months, is on course to net the band up to £200million.
A Rolling Stones insider revealed:
"They love touring so much they're delighted they will be going on the road
again."
The band's most recent tour ended last autumn. A spokesman for the band said:
"The Rolling Stones have always said they will tour forever."
Please note, that the tour not yet is
confirmed from Rolling Stones. Most likely if the rumours are correct it will be
a 10-month tour starting on January 2005 - late of 2005.
APR. 7
Reggae legends Toots and the Maytals "True Love",
which features guest spots by Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Ryan Adams and No
Doubt, arrives in record stores to-day on April 7th. 2004.
APR. 27
New York, Apr. 27. HBO i planning to produce a film bases on the 1967
arrestand trial of the band members Mick Jagger and Keith
Richards. According to the London Independent,
although no actors have yet been cast in the roles of the two British rockers,
the role of the defenser attorney, Michael Havers, will be played by Haver's son
Nigel, who took the idea for the film to writer/producer Nick Fisher.
Fisher told the newspaper that the trial represented a life achanging
experience for the elder Havers, one of the country's most expensive attorneys,
then "at the pinnacle of the establishment".
MAY. 5
Keith in LA yesterday
Keith played the Joint in LA on Monday with Waddy Wachtel (his old Winos
bandmate). Read about the arrangement here. (including
some exclusive photos)
MAY. 7
Mick
Jagger doing new songs with Dave Stewart
Mick Jagger and the Eurythmic's Dave Stewart have collaborated on three new
songs and the theme music for an upcomning remake of the classic 1966 film
"Alfie". The duo are planning to enter London's famous Abbey Road
Studio 2 to record "Old Habits Die Hard", "Blind Leading the
Blind" and "Let's Make It Up" for the film, which stars Jude Law
reprising Michael Caine's role as the iconic womanizing title character. Mick
Jagger and dave Stewart also wrote some instrumental music for the score.
MAY. 10
KEITH RICHARDS is reissuing the "Wingless Angels" CD through his
Web site. The album features a seven-piece Rastafarian group from
Jamaica with Richards adding guitar and bass.
MAY. 13
SARS Benefit
Concert CD release
A DVD of the ROLLING STONES' SARS benefit concert in Toronto will be released
on June 29th. The concert was held on June 30, 2003 and drew nearly 500,000
fans, to see the Stones headline a bill that also included JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE,
AC/DC, the FLAMING LIPS and the ISLEY BROTHERS. The DVD will include infamous
footage of fans throwing plastic bottles at Timberlake during his performance.
"We decided to leave it in because we thought it was great,"
promoter MICHAEL COHL told Rolling Stone. "There wasn't a band on the
show that hasn't experienced that."
MAY. 15
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Blues fans at a small Connecticut club were treated to
a surprise performance by Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards. The guitarist
jumped on stage at The BoxCar on Friday night for some off-the-cuff music with
89-year-old David Honeyboy Edwards and Rocky Lawrence. "That's right,
this is my neighborhood, too. At least part of the time," Richards, who
owns a home in nearby Weston, told the crowd. Lawrence, of West Haven, was
ecstatic. "When the three of us were up there, I was having so much fun I
forgot there was even an audience there," he said. Richards signed a
Telecaster guitar for the bar's owner, Kevin Kiekel. It is displayed in a case
behind the bar. "Half of my dream has been fulfilled already,"
Kiekel said. "Now I want to get Eric (Clapton) in here."
MAY. 17
Jagger Jr goes to drama school Mick Jagger’s son James has decided he wants to follow his parents into the
world of showbiz by becoming an actor. Pictured: Mick Jagger.
The 18-year-old, who has just sat his A levels, has won a place at an unnamed
drama school and will start this September.
A spokesman said he made the decision after discussing his future with his
father and mother, actress and model Jerry Hall.
James, who lives with his mother and siblings in Surrey, auditioned repeatedly
for his place at the drama school, which will initially last for one year.
A family friend said: “James is a very bright lad and had already been offered
several university places, depending upon getting the right grades, but he’s
really caught the acting bug over the last two years at school.
“Both Mick and Jerry had long discussions with him about whether it was the
right move but in the end they were both really impressed with his determination
to make a career as an actor and have been very supportive.”
Both of his parents have had acting experience. Jerry starred as Mrs Robinson in
the stage version of The Graduate and Jagger has appeared in Performance, Ned
Kelly and The Man From Elysian Fields. He also produced Enigma, starring Kate
Winslet, two years ago.
JULY 13
Rolling Stones 'Jump Back' with Hits Reissue
NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Rolling Stones will next month release their
post-'60s hits package "Jump Back" in North America for the first
time.
The set was released internationally in November 1993 by Virgin after the
Stones signed with the label. Scheduled for an Aug. 24 release, it has been
digitally remastered and enriched with track-by-track liner notes from
songwriters Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
"Jump Back" is billed as the only Stones collection to feature all
of the group's post-'60s hits in one place. All but two of the 18 tracks reached
the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (1971's "Bitch" and 1978's "Respectable"
being the exceptions). The album hosts three of the Stones' eight Hot 100
chart-toppers: 1971's "Brown Sugar," 1973's "Angie" and
1978's "Miss You."
Other top-shelf hits featured are "Start Me Up" (No. 2, 1981),
"Emotional Rescue" (No. 3, 1980), "Harlem Shuffle" (No. 5,
1986), "Mixed Emotions" (No. 5, 1989), "Tumbling Dice" (No.
7, 1972), "Beast of Burden" (No. 8, 1978), "Undercover of the
Night" (No. 9, 1983) and "Fool To Cry" (No. 10, 1976).
The album is rounded out by "Waiting on a Friend" (No. 13, 1981),
"It's Only Rock'n'Roll (But I Like It)" (No. 16, 1974), "Rock and
a Hard Place" (No. 23, 1989), "Wild Horses" (No. 28, 1971) and
"Hot Stuff" (No. 49, 1976).
Meanwhile the Stones' former label, ABKCO Records, has set a July 27 U.S.
release date for the second in its series of three boxed sets containing all the
group's early singles as CD-sized reproductions of the original releases. It
will be released a week earlier internationally.
The new set, "The Rolling Stones Singles 1965-1967," includes such
tracks as "Satisfaction," "19th Nervous Breakdown" and
"Paint It, Black." The first set, released earlier this year, was
limited to 30,000 copies.
Reuters/Billboard
JULY 20
LIVE LICK
WDVE radio station in Pittsburgh, PA announced today at 7am that the Rolling
Stones will release a new live album called Live Licks in September. There will
be 1 cd that features well known live “hits” and another that comprises
lesser known songs, such as ones played at the club gigs. Tracks mentioned were
“Before They Make Me Run” and “Sweet Virginia”. We will announce more
information about this release as soon as it is available.
AUG. 8
Willie & The Poor Boys - music DVD
Release in Europe Sept. 6. 2004.
Do you know of a film on a band that features Bill Wyman, Ron Wood and
Charlie Watts - also features Kenny Jones and John Entwistle, Ringso Star and a
fewothers "less well known artists such as Any Fairweather-Low, Chris
Rea.... don't know?
by Christopher Walsh. New York (Billboard) ABKCO Records is preparing the
Rolling Stones film "Rock and Roll Circus" for DVD release.
The Dec. 1968 concert was filmed for a television special, althouh it was
never broad- casted, because the Rolling Stones were not happy with their
performance.
ABKCO rececently released the second boxed set
in its trilogy of Stones singles.
AUG. 10
The History of Rock'n'Roll
5 DVD box set from Warner
The DVD box is the first 50 years with rock'n'roll music, and among artists
are several tracks with ROLLING STONES. It is an incredible story from the very
first start and up till to-day. See the contents of the box set here.
AUG. 11
Charlie
Watts has Throat Cancer
By John-Paul Ford Rojas, PA News
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is being treated
for throat cancer, a spokesman for the band said tonight.
Watts, 63, was mid-way through a course of radiotherapy at the Royal Marsden
Hospital in Chelsea, south west London, near his home, he said.
The musician, whose records with the Stones have sold millions around the world,
was diagnosed after going into hospital in June.
Watts, who has not smoked since the 1960s when the rock band shot to fame, was
said to be in “good form” and has been walking to hospital to be treated.
His bandmates have been informed and he has been supported by wife Shirley
during the six-week course of treatment, of which he has now completed four
weeks.
The spokesman said: “Having been diagnosed with throat cancer following a
minor operation in June Charlie Watts is reaching the end of radiotherapy
treatment.
“He is expecting to make a full recovery and start work with the rest of the
band later in the year.”
His treatment has not interfered with any tour or
recording plans for the group, who have been “relaxing between work
commitments”.
The entire staff are sending their blessings to Charlie
and his family.
AUG. 16
GQ Names the 25 Most Stylish Musicians of All Time:
Keith & Charlie Make the List
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- GQ names the 25 most stylish musicians of
all time in its September 2004 Big Style issue. The hotlist includes: Andre
3000, Beck, Chet Baker, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, Bob
Dylan, Bryan Ferry, Serge Gainsbourg, Liam Gallagher, Marvin Gaye, Jimi
Hendrix, Thelonious Monk, Jim Morrison, Gram Parsons, Elvis Presley, Keith
Richards, Paul Simonon, Frank Sinatra, Gene Vincent, Charlie Watts, Paul
Weller, Pharrell Williams, and Steve Wonder.
Keith Richards: During that four-year run between Beggars Banquet
and Exile on Main Street, Richards defined the look of a rock star-jagged hair,
sunken cheeks, the random scarf, and plenty of velvet.
Charlie Watts: No rock musician has aged with more dignity than the
subdued, sly drummer of the Rolling Stones.
"The 25 Most Stylish Musicians of All Time," appears in the
September 2004 issue of GQ, on newsstands nationwide Tuesday, August 24, 2004.
GQ is the leading men's general-interest magazine and part of Conde Nast
Publications, Inc
AUG. 16
Jagger
set to appear in comedian's Fringe play
by Tim Cornwell
The comedian Owen O’Neill wrote his play Finding
Mick Jagger on the subject of one man’s obsession with the Rolling Stones
singer.
And Mr O’Neill ended up finding Sir Mick Jagger himself and enlisting his
help. The rock icon is to make a cameo performance at the Traverse Theatre -
in a recording made exclusively for the show.
The play, which opens with a preview on 17 August, is one of several centred
on celebrities at this year’s Fringe. But persuading Jagger to make a
personal appearance at a pivotal point in the play is a major coup for the
Irish comedian and writer.
Mr O’Neill, also appearing at the Fringe in the cast of One Flew over the
Cuckoo’s Nest, has done seven shows at the Fringe. He was nominated for
the Perrier award in 1994 and won the Edinburgh Critics Award for best
comedy in 1997.
The play’s plot is centred on a 50-year-old man whose all- consuming
obsession for the Stones and Jagger drives his wife to walk out on him.
Pleading with her not to leave him, he comes up with a plan: to find the
singer and persuade him to retire. Mr O'Neill plays the central character
while the Irish actress Pauline Goldsmith, star of last year’s Fringe hit
Shouting from the Scaffold, plays his wife.
After a chance meeting with a man who played on a Stones tour, Mr O'Neill
met Jagger at his London studio. The singer asked to review the script, and
later agreed to make a video recording.
"I explained about the play and he was intrigued. He asked me some very
intelligent questions," Mr O'Neill said.
AUG. 25
San
Francisco art exhib of Ronnies latest works
The San Francisco Art Exchange is hosting an exhibition of Ronnie Wood's
latest art works on September 2nd. Unfortunately, Blue Lena won't be able to
attend this private exhibit (Ronnie is due to attend), because she'll be in
Wildwood for the 2004 Stones fan gathering. She wanted to share these details
from SFAE.
Please call the gallery at 800-344-9633 or 415-441-8840 to place your orders
or to have any questions answered. Please note: The gallery exhibit is by
invitation only - and the guest list is full.
Congratulations to Chuck Leavell for his upcoming induction into the Georgia
Music Hall of Fame on Sept. 18th. Chuck will also be playing at an Otis
Redding tribute in Georgia on Sept. 11 to benefit the Otis Redding Memorial
Fund.
SEP. 1
Rod Stewart, Ron Wood Revive
Faces in Hollywood
It was just like old days -- except for the absence of booze and cigarettes
-- as former Faces members Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Ian McLagan reunited in a
rare on-stage performance during Stewart's concert at the Hollywood
Bowl on Monday.
SEP. 10
Stones Go to the Movies
"Rock and Roll Circus" hits theaters for one night only.
To coincide with its release on DVD, The Rolling
Stones Rock and Roll Circus will screen in fifty theaters nationwide on
October 11th. This will be only the second screening of the performance film
since its 1996 premiere at the New York Film Festival.
In December of 1968, the Rolling Stones rounded up some of
rock's biggest names (along with aerialists and fire-eaters) for a two-day shoot
intended as a BBC TV special and limited theatrical release. Performances
included the operetta "A Quick One While He's Away" by the Who; songs
by Yoko Ono, Jethro Tull and Marianne Faithfull; and John Lennon's first solo
material, backed by Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch
Mitchell and Eric Clapton (Cream had split the previous month). The rambling,
free-form concert culminated in the Stones' renditions of six songs, the
highlight of which was a particularly intense "Sympathy for the Devil."
But the hour-long film was shelved because co-producers the Stones were
dissatisfied, feeling that the Who, fresh off their Magic Bus tour, had
upstaged them. This was one of the Stones' last performances with founding
member Brian Jones, who was found dead in his swimming pool the following summer
after exiting the band.
The Rock and Roll Circus DVD, which hits stores October 12th, has
been remastered in surround sound and features new commentary from Mick Jagger
and Richards and an interview with Who guitarist Pete Townshend.
Alex Marc
SEP. 22
Rolling Stones Not To Play Wembley
It seems that aging rockers The Rolling Stones will not be performing at the
yet to be built, Wembley Stadium.
It was reported by a national tabloid that the band were planning on touring the
UK in 2006 and were planning on playing their closing set at Wembley Stadium.
In a report fromRadio 1 a spokesperson for the band has said
there are no plans for a world tour and that it would be impossible to plan a
gig at a venue that is not even built yet!!
So there you have it, don’t believe everything you read in the papers! (see
below
Stones
set to rock new Wembley!
The Rolling Stones look set to be the first band to play at the new
Wembley Stadium on a tour scheduled for 2006.
The veteran band, who toured last year to celebrate their 40th anniversary,
plan to hit the road again, and want the tour to culminate at the £750 million
stadium in north-west London.
A source close to the stadium told today's (September 22) Sun newspaper:
"The Rolling Stonesare determined to tour again in 2006.
"They will warm up in Toronto and have their homecoming at Wembley. It has
been planned so they will be the first band to play at the new stadium."
"In front of 90,000 people the noise will be deafening. It will be such
a special experience for the fans and the band. Their last tour was to celebrate
40 years together and they enjoyed it so much they all feel they have another
left in them.
"People might joke about them being wrinkly old blokes but they are
still one of the best - if not the best - rock 'n' roll group out there.
"The atmosphere will be electric and Mick and the boys can't wait."
The story comes from NME and Sun. From Charlotte: As stated the story
came from NME and Sun, and of course if were rumours and gossisp talk.
SEP. 25
Riffs
Despite his lengthy association with the Rolling Stones, drummer
Charlie Watts' first love has always been jazz, particularly swing and
hard bop. He's captured in prime form on the new two-disc set Watts At
Scotts: Charlie Watts And The Tentet (Sanctuary), an outstanding live
date that features his band doing vintage Duke Ellington and Thelonious
Monk pieces as well as pre-rock pop standards, one marvelous Latin number
and a couple of originals. The instrumental configuration blends brass (two
trumpets and a trombonist), reeds (three saxophonists), vibes, piano and
bass, with Watts capably assisted on the rhythm end by percussionist Luis
Jardim. The group also has one foot in the repertory/tradition end and the
other in the experimental/avant-garde wing, led by exceptional tenor and
soprano saxophonist Evan Parker, who has long been among Europe's wildest
and most unconventional soloists. But he can also play a sweet, soothing
soprano when needed and makes a most sympathetic partner to fellow
saxophonists Peter King and baritone ace Julian Arguelles. The core horn
group, aided by trumpeters Geralde Prescener and Henry Lowther, trombonist
Mark Nightingale, vibist Anthony Kerr, bassist Dave Green and pianist
Brian Lemon can play rousing jump blues and rollicking swing or can engage
in cutting-edge, collectively improvised sections. Watts soars and sails
above the arrangements, sometimes barely being heard on cymbals and other
times taking explosive, multi-textured drum solos. The set highlights
range from the first disc's sturdy opening rendition of Ellington's
"Main Stem" through equally engaging covers of Miles Davis'
"Little Willie Leaps" and Thelonious Monk's "Bemsha
Swing." But the band truly stretches and expands musical boundaries
on originals like "Elvin's Song," a 16-minute plus piece with
multiple shifts, darting solos weaving in and around excellent foundations
being constructed by Watts, Green and Jardim. Their treatment of "Tin
Tin Deo" is also wonderful, keyed by fine exchanges and interplay
between Watts and Jardim and spiraling solos throughout. The Tentet covers
every jazz era from the '30s to the present, simultaneously celebrating
and expanding musical traditions in the process.
SEP. 25
Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws and Angels (Lost Highway). This country
music iconoclast's latest album rounds up some of his more famous fans spanning
myriad genres: Merle Haggard, Keith Richards, Carole King, Al Green, Kid Rock
and more.
SEP. 25
Writing
about yourself is boring
says Marianne Faithfull.
The singer is in charge of her new album, writes Jane Rocca.
Two years ago Marianne Faithfull flirted with younger men - she had Beck,
Pulp's frontman Jarvis Cocker and former Smashing Pumpkins' singer Billy Corgan
in her studio. Now, the 58-year-old is collaborating with Nick Cave, Polly Jean
Harvey, Blur's Damon Albarn and film producer Jon Brion, an altogether darker
bunch of individuals.
The reason is her upcoming album Before the Poison, a delicate work
recorded in analog, its songs inspired by film rather than autobiography.
"Writing about yourself is boring," she says. "And anyway, I've
done that already."
In 1994, with a ghostwriter, she produced Faithfull, a tell-all book
of her life, from her love-struck days with Mick Jagger, which ended in 1970,
through to the junkie era of her 30s. "I am sober now but I've seen a lot,
done a lot, and there are certain things I don't need to talk about any more,"
she says from her home in Dublin.
Faithfull says she was the focus of Before the Poison, not her
headstrong guests. "When I asked Nick and Polly to work with me, they knew
it would be very much around me and what I wanted," she says. "They
make their own records, so when they work with me, they are doing something for
me, not for themselves."
Few have grown up in public like Marianne Faithfull. Forty years ago she had
her fateful meeting with Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham at a London
party. She was just 17. Oldham was captivated by her looks and took her under
his wing. She launched her music career with As Tears Go By - the first
song ever written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
What followed was a very public relationship with Jagger.
Whatever you make of her, Faithfull has survived excess and sustained a
career that has always been interesting. Her most recognised work is Broken
English, from 1979. It was her reincarnation, post-heroin.
She doesn't talk about the past openly and there's an authoritative tone in
her voice that makes you feel like you're treading dangerous territory. "So
much water has passed under the bridge. Do people really care about what I was
doing back then?" she asks. "My main concern today is to write music
and keep on touring. I do love it and I can't deny that."
She plans to perform with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in Sydney next January
in a one-off show. Faithfull will be in Australia to perform in the William
Burroughs play The Black Rider, in which she plays the devil. Tom Waits
has written the music. It opens in San Francisco this month.
SEP. 30
Brian
Jones Wild and Wicked World
Yesterday David from BJFC confirmed me that the film"The Wild And Wicked
World Of Brian Jones" started to be shoot just yesterday at the London
Shepperton Studios. Directed by Stephen Woolley, the £10 million film sees
actor Leo Gregory as Brian, Ben Whishaw as Keith, Patti Considine as builder
Frank Throughgood, David Morrisey as Tom Keylock. Other parts including Mick and
Anita have yet to be cast.
OCT. 4
Between Rock and a Home Place
On my book, it will be out around mid to late Nov. I'm very happy with
it and anxious to get it out. It's not a book on the Stones by any means,
although it has a couple of chapters dedicated to my experiences with the band
since I've been there so long. The title is "Between Rock and a Home
Place" and documents my experiences growing
up and with all the different artists I've worked with, as well as my commitment
to forestry and the environment. Book can be ordered from Chucks homesite,
Chuck Leavell, Oct. 4. 2004.
OCT. 8
London
Festival Hall - Charlie showed up for public and Ronnie played.
Mick Jagger arrived yesterday in New York for press work and interviews for
his new "Alfie" movie. He came in from Los Angeles and NOT from
Europe. Rumours said Mick and Keith were in Paris and should be in London, which
not were correct.
Mick Jagger said Friday, "I've been writing new songs for the Rolling
Stones' next album. We just started, and it will be out sometime next year.
We'll start recording in November," Jagger said. "It should be good.
I've been writing the last month for that, and I'm quite excited by what I've
got so far." "The thrill is the same," Jagger said of performing
with the band for more than forty years. "You never really know what's
going to happen."
NOV. 2
The Rolling Stones: Live Licks Out
November 2nd
Double CD Includes Guest Appearances By Sheryl Crow, Solomon Burke.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1 The Rolling Stones are documenting their hugely successful
2002-2003 world tour with the Virgin Records release of Live
Licks, a two-CD set featuring guest appearances by Sheryl Crow and soul
legend Solomon Burke, as well as 11 tracks never before released on a Stones
live disc.
NOV. 10
Rolling
Stones first management contract
Among
84 lots of memorabilia being offered at auction by Leylands.com.
The
first management contact of The Rolling Stones, signed on May 21, 1963 with Eric
Easton Impact Sound in London, is among 84 lots of unique sports and Americana
memorabilia being offered at auction by Lelands.com in their Winter 2004 auction.
Read more here and find the link to all
the lots.
The
auction is already started and you can make your bids untill December 10th.
2004. Picture is lot no. 49, Keith Richards owned and signed Stetson hat.
NOV. 12
All Wood and Stones
A unique sounding album of classic Rolling Stones song. There are numerous of
cover versions, done live and on CD, but this album is done all in wood. James
Lee Stanley who is one of the part of the project says: "the album was done
solely with acoustic wooden instruments and the songs are, of course, all stones
classics, so it seemed a natural to call it all wood and Stones".
Read more here and listen to the
soundclips from the album. A review will come in next Stonesplanet fanzine,
as well as you of course can win one in a contest.
NOV. 12
Crazy Love tour on Iceland
It needs courage to come to the 20 million years old volcano island in the
deep blue north battling thru eruption and ice and fire, but nothing can stop
Marianne and her crew.
Marianne Faithfull held the opening show here in Iceland 11.11.04 at Hótel
Iceland in Reykjavik at Broadway saloon they just renewed the sound system and
lights. Read the review here from Hjalti.
NOV. 14
Alfie
premiere in New York and London
Jude Law, Susan Sarandon and Mick Jagger have thrilled crowds in New York at
the US premiere of Alfie.
The film is a remake of the 1966 classic which originally starred Michael
Caine as the philandering playboy.
However, it was Jude's relationship with British stunner Sienna Miller that
was the hot topic of the evening.
The couple met on set and the tabloids have been speculating that the couple
could marry.
Jude said: "We met at work. She's a great actress, and she did wonders
with a part that on the page wasn't hugely extensive. I was blown away by her
attitude, enthusiasm, and talent."
However, Jude said he can't complain about all the attention they've been
receiving.
"You know, I'm not going to moan. You've got to weigh the pros and cons.
And the pros far outweigh the cons."
NOV. 15
Keith
Richards Joins 'Pirates Of The Caribbean 2'
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has joined the
cast of Pirates
Of The Caribbean 2, according to MIRB.
Johnny Depp is said to have personally convinced Richards to come on board the
sequel, who is thought to have been the inspiration behind Depp's portrayal of
Captain Jack Sparrow. Richards will play Sparrow's father in the upcoming
sequels, which are to be shot simultaneously.
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Crook and Geoffrey Rush
are all reportedly returning for the sequels, which is being helmed by director
Gore Verbinski.
Richards is said to have already had a costume fitting in preparation for
filming which is due to start at the end of February and for Keith a work for 4
filming days.
NOV. 15
The Rolling Stones Live Licks
Newly released live collection (Live Licks) from worldwide '02-'03 tour,
rocks fans and media critics alike. The double CD is on the charts Top 50 in
Britain. Read a review here.
The RSFCO European secretary, Charlotte, says she really do like this new
album. The sound is superb and you feel back to a wonderful Forty Licks Tour.
The mix of the songs are good too.
NOV. 16
Stones
join Beatles in first UK Hall of Fame
The awards ceremony, held at the Hackney Empire in east London, attracted a
clutch of big names who do not normally muck in together. Madonna, U2 and the
Rolling Stone Ron Wood were among the big names attending. Read the whole story here.
NOV. 23
Allison Crowe - Canadian songbird
A
new album by Canadian Allison Crowe (22 years) reached the record market in time
for the Christmas sales. This star is an absolute outstanding singer, and her
"Shine A Light" by Jagger/Richards is the whole album worth, but there
are lot more, look here.
DEC. 9
Rolling Stones Complete Next Album
The Rolling Stones have completed sessions for their next album, the
follow-up to their 1997 album Bridges To Babylon.
According to billboard.com, The Stones have been recording in Paris with
producer Don Was. Was produced 'Bridges to Babylon' as well as their 1994 album
'Voodoo Lounge', the 1995 live album 'Stripped' and the four new songs on their
2002 compilation album 'Forty Licks'.
Was has also worked with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt and Paula
Abdul as well as fronting his own band Was (Not Was) who had the hit 'Walk The
Dinosaur' in 1988. The new album is due mid 2005.
DEC. 9
Jagger Looking
Golden
MICK JAGGER has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Old Habits
Die Hard," the song he penned with the EURYTHMICS' DAVE STEWART for the
film "Alfie." "Lots of Stones songs have been quite famously
featured in movies," Jagger told Rolling Stone, "but it's different
when you're starting from scratch." Jagger and Stewart are up against the
COUNTING CROWS, WYCLEF JEAN, JOSH GROBAN and ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER. The
sixty-second Golden Globe Awards will take place in Los Angeles on January 16th.
DEC. 10
Stones Roll on as
'Enduring
Brands'
Ageing rockers the Rolling Stones are as enduring
“brands” as Oxford University and the Salvation Army, a study has found.
The research, released by consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton, looked for the
strongest brands across all sections of society which had stood the test of
time.
The Salvation Army and the Rockefeller Foundation were the strongest
non-profit organisations while the Olympic Games rated alongside the Rolling
Stones as the most enduring entertainment brands.
The report, by 10 leading academics, said the famous rock and roll band
endured because of their “adaptive responses to environmental threats”
while staying true to their ideals.
According to the research, Dartmouth College and Oxford University were the
most enduring academic institutions while General Electric and Sony were the
strongest business firms.
The most enduring government brands were the American Constitution and
International Telecommunication Union.
Ralph W. Shrader, Booz Allen Hamilton chief executive, said: “An enduring
institution is one that has changed and grown in unswerving pursuit of success
and relevance – yet remained true through time to its founding principles.”
The businesses were selected according to their innovative capabilities,
governance and leadership, information flow, culture and values, adaptive
response, risk structure and legitimacy.
DEC. 28
Mick Jagger Pays Tribute To Seminal Saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith.
News item by Stephanie Thorburn.
Saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith, one of the founding progagonists of British R
& B has sadly died from cancer aged 70. Dick was an archetypal
musician, and a founder member of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated.
Yesterday Martin Evans- Daily Express, reported a statement from Mick Jagger
laying tribute to Dick as "one of the greats", "Dick was the
first saxophonist I ever played with and I remember him well because in the
middle of a blues number he'd come up with a fantastic jazz solo which was
really out of left field at the time.." "He was a true great who
provided an excellent role model for all the saxophonists who followed him".
Dick also jammed with Charlie Watts, and describes in his autobiography 'Blowing
The Blues', Charlie's transition from Blues Incorporated to a band called 'The
Rolling Stones' who initially played during Alexis Korner's intervals at the
Marquee. A few years later by 1968, Dick recorded with Mick Taylor in John
Mayall's Bluesbreakers on the albums 'Bare Wires' and 'Thru The Years' and more
recently with Mick on his WC Handy nominated album 'Blues and Beyond' 2001.
Dick Heckstall-Smith's extensive contribution to the contemporary music scene
spanned some fifty years; his lifeforce will be sorely missed.
Dec. 30
Faithfull regrets not telling
Keith og her love
Sixties icon Marianne Faithfull is still madly in
love with ex-lover Keith Richards - and wishes she had told him she loved him
when he suggested she sleep with Rolling Stones bandmate Mick Jagger.
Faithfull admits she's still thrilled every time she meets Richards and only
wishes their romance was more than a one-night stand.
She tells America's alternative rock magazine Harp: "My night with Keith
was wonderful but it was just one night so it's a completely idealised, great
f**k.
"We have nothing to worry about, when we see each other we're just
delighted.
"I don't see all the stuff other people see. To me he's still the same,
honestly. I see that beautiful 24-year-old man, and that's what I will always
see.
"It was Keith's idea that I go with Mick. He thought it would be good for
the band, and instead of saying: 'But I love you,' I said: 'OK.'
"I didn't really love Mick when I was first with him, I was just obeying
Keith."
Dec. 31
Mike Bakers home made Stones guitars
Stones Guitars
Sometimes we have some nice e-mails with photos from fans.
This is absolute special.
From Mike Baker we have these three photos of his work, he tells:
"It's like a work of art, what good is it unless the world sees it. I
didn't find them..i made them. The black one is a homemade acustic bass guitar,
a wall hanger but does make a sound. This took about a year to make. It
weighs about 15 pounds, foucs was not on anyone Stones event but the different
times, it does have the green tounge from flicks which brimgs it up to date. I
call it my AFTERMATH BASS .
The smaller one took about the same time to make and this too makes a sound,
waiting on a bridge and keys to come in. This was to be more for Brian Jones ..I
call this my vox box, note the neck says its only rock and roll. This is really
cool, makes a country sound to raw blues at current time. If you need further
information please let me know thank you. You can mail me: Michael
Baker brockton mass/ also melbourne fla.lash.
Keith in LA yesterday
The History of Rock'n'Roll
5 DVD box set from Warner
San
Francisco art exhib of Ronnies latest works
London
Festival Hall - Charlie showed up for public and Ronnie played.
