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News 2007 part 1 JAN. 11 Mick Jagger stars in PERFORMANCE Original uncut theatrical version debuts on DVD 5th. March 2007 from Warner Home Video. See them all in a film about fantasy. And reality. Vice. And versa. Full of the fashions, music and faces of '68, this is still as fresh and disturbing now as it ever was, and there are moments....that remain unmatchably astonishing.  **** EMPIRE Read more here In Stones Planet No. 22 (out in February) we have a competion - you can win the DVD. Three good prizes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JAN. 20 Regina Stones shows set new Canadian benchmark Yes, the arrival of the Rolling Stones and their Bigger Bang tour to Regina last fall was a big deal. On Friday, we found out just how big. The two concerts in October were the top grossing concerts of all time in Canada. In a news release from IPSCO Place, the two shows at Mosaic Stadium raked in $12,011,124 -- this is according to the music industry trade magazine, Pollstar. A total of 80,583 people attended the concerts. What's more, the magazine says the two Regina shows are the only Canadian events to make the top-40 North American grossing concerts of all time. JAN. 27 London Roundhouse, March 14. 1971 from our British member David Page we have this story worth the front site:  The Rolling Stones at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London. Firstly I have to tell you about the Roundhouse. It was built as a railway engine turning shed and is situated quite near Hampstead. I was born in Hampstead and my mother always reminded me that she used to push me down Haverstock Hill that is the link road between the two places. Camden Town is also quite near. Anyway, I digress. When the electrification of the railway came about the Roundhouse was no longer required for the purposes for which it was built. However, rather than pull it town and build a block of flats the building was preserved and turned into a theatre. The acoustics were brilliant and I guess the capacity was around 2500. Whilst the various bands were playing you also had the facility of the bar, some great food, and if you didn't like a particular group there was even films being shown in a self contained area. A great venue, the like of which we will never see again. In the late 1960's / early 1970's regular rock shows were held there on Sunday afternoons. It alternated between 'Evensong' and 'Implosion'. There was always some amazing music and a really friendly atmosphere. The DJ (they played records between bands) always announced next week's bands over the P.A. system mid way through the afternoon. On March 7th I was stunned when he announced that The Rolling Stones would be playing there in a week's time and that tickets were on sale in the Box office. This meant that the regulars had the opportunity to buy the tickets before the general public and this seemed a pretty fair way of doing things. Tickets were limited to two per person, I bought two for the afternoon show and my friend bought two for the evening show. It was like striking gold. Tickets were £1 each. So on March 14th we made our way up to London, feeling so lucky that we were about to see one of the greatest live bands ever in such a small venue. The short tour had been sort of been labelled 'The Goodbye to the U.K tour' as obviously the boys had decided to quit the U.K. for the South of France for tax purposes. I can't remember the exact set list but I'm sure they opened with Jumping Jack Flash. Live With Me, Stray Cat Blues, Love In Vain, Midnight Rambler, Bitch, Honky Tonk Woman, Satisfaction, Brown Sugar, Street Fighting Man and Let It Rock - I'm sure they played all those. Mick Taylor was on 2nd lead guitar and I remember Mick Jagger wearing a six colour baseball cap. Support band was The Groundhogs. Rock bands continued to play at the Roundhouse until the late 1970's when the local residents started to complain about the noise levels. After this the control of the building was continually changing with either The Roundhouse Trust or Camden Council taking over responsibility. For a while the building was used to stage some of the annual Promenade concerts and as a theatre, staging various plays. Then it closed completely for a time and fell into disrepair. However over the last couple of years it was completely renovated and has actually started to stage musical events again. Early this year The Pink Fairies played a concert, you can't get much louder than the Fairies so obviously they have had the place soundproofed. Last week a charity concert on behalf of the late Jim Capaldi of Traffic took place, Paul Weller, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman and Pete Townsend were just some of the stars who took to the stage. I haven't been to the new Roundhouse, but I will never forget how lucky I was to have been there on March 14th 1971. JAN. 27 Rolling Stones 2007 tour? There are rumours that the final part of the ABB tour will start early in June '07, but still nothing confirmed from any official part. London, Paris, Gothenbourg, and the missing shows from Summer '06 in Spain. Also a few other shows are rumoured.  We expect to bring you more very soon. FEB. 05 10 Commandments: Mick Jagger Don't get trapped in the past. - The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either. Always check your facts. - People don't bother to check anything any more - especially in my business. - They just like to speculate in print. - Get into the habit of fact-checking! Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Hang on to your dreams. - Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind. Always be prepared to listen to people's points of view. - But when they are not working, you have got to speak up as well. - I think social comment is very much part of what the Rolling Stones have always done. Enjoying life is not an exclusive preserve of young people. - It is far better to be out with beautiful people than be an old fart in the pub talking about what you were like in the Sixties. Don't become completely isolated. - I need the energy from other people. You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need. - These words from our 1969 album Let It Bleed say it all. When you start a new project, you are always learning something. - I am always finding something new when I start something new. Don't be satisfied with your lot, aim for something better. - Like I famously sang: 'I can't get no satisfaction.' FEB. 20 Stones Planet no. 22 released now The new Stones Planet fanzine is out now. Members in Europe and rest of the world will have it this week, US members next week.  Again a great fanzine with exclusive stories, also a contest with 3 DVDs of the new Performance movie. Read here about the content of no. 22.             FEB. 26 A Bigger Bang European tour '07 It is expected that the announcement of the final part of Bigger Bang will take place one of the first days now.  The Rolling Stones will then tour Europe from June to August, mainly the shows that was cancelled in 2006. See more here soon and on our tour list. MAR. 13 European tour announcement March 15th Strong rumours says the 3 month long tour of Europe will be announced this next Thursday.  It is expected that the tour will be most of the postponed and cancelled shows from 2006 tour in Europe. NOTE: The press release of the common tour did not came March 15th., we still wait, but sure it is, that there will be a tour in June to August this year in Europe. MAR. 13 New York City MS walk '07 Our friend Shelley Lazar is a participant of the New York City MS walk. A fundraising organisation to collect money to fight Multiple Sclerosis. Shelley, together with many other participants, will walk through New York City to raise money for this good cause. Anyone of you who knows anything about MS will know how this terrible illness can affect one’s life. Therefore we would like to ask you to spend some money for this good cause, and of course ask your family and friends to do the same. The MS walk '07 take place April 21st and 22nd. Click the logo to the right for direct donation on Shelley's site MAR. 13 New York:  Keith Richards at 22nd annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New New March 12, 2007. Michael Stipe (R.E.M), Keith Richards and Patti Smith also performed together for the audience. With jewelry dangling from his hair, a mustachioed Keith Richards inducted the Ronettes, the New York City girl group who sang 1960s era pop symphonies like "Be My Baby" and "Baby I Love You".  Keith Richards recalled hearing them the first time on a tour together in England. MAR. 17 Performance: Anita Pallenberg talks about the notorious Sixties film By Chris Sullivan At the centre of international counter culture for the last 40 years, Anita Pallenberg co-starred in two of the most stylish and influential films - Barbarella and Performance. She came to the attention of the British public as the girlfriend of the Rolling Stone Brian Jones, whom she left for Keith Richards - the father of her two children, Marlon, now 37 and Angela, now 35. Read the entire story here  MAR. 19 Stones headline IOW The Rolling Stones will headline this summer's Isle Of Wight Festival, it has been confirmed. The rock'n'roll legends are expected to top the bill on the final evening of the event, making their first UK festival appearance in around 30 years. The Stones are also set to announce plans for a show in St Petersburg this August, marking their first gig in Russia, according to reports emerging today. Jagger and co will play the Sunday night headline slot at the 50,000 capacity IOW 2007, alongside fellow headliners Snow Patrol and Muse. Ash, The Feeling, Kasabian, Amy Winehouse, Keane, The Fratellis, James Morrison and Paolo Nutini are also confirmed, claims Music Week. The Rolling Stones last played a UK festival in August 1976, at the Knebworth Fair, alongside Lynyrd Skynyrd, Todd Rundgren and 10cc. SEE KNEBWORTH FESTIVAL TO THE LEFT - YOU CAN STILL GET THE GREAT COLLECTION. Isle Of Wight 2007 takes place on June 08+09+10. MAR. 22 Stones tour Europe June - August Now it is all official, the tour is announced. See tour. MAR. 26 Join us for our 8th Annual RSFCO Fan Gathering at the Bottom Line Saloon in Washington, DC Blue Lena will host this event, which is open to all Stones fans. There is no fee to attend. Blue Lena will have special commemorative buttons & magnets to give away and a special grand prize. Come & join us for a meal or just drinks and Stones music beginning at 5pm on Friday March 30 at the Bottom Line Saloon 1716 I (eye) St. NW in Washington, DC. This bar is easily accessible from Farragut West & Farragut North metro stops. Bottom Line website: www.thebottomlinedc.com Email bluelena@stonesplanet.com  if you have questions or need more details. Special t-shirts and buttons for the event can be purchased at the Stones Planet Store: www.cafepress.com/stonesplanet  APR. 2 Bottom Line Gathering party 07 For the 8th time in RSFCO history Blue Lena hosted the fan gathering at the Boston Line Saloon in Washington. Newbies came too, Read more here APR. 8 The life, loves, and hell of Marianne Faithfull By JENNY JOHNSTON with thanks to Francisca Castro There is a rather tedious comeuppance to be had when you've deliberately lived every day as if it were your last. Marianne Faithfull realised somewhere around her 60th birthday that she might have made a slight miscalculation. "The problem with living life as if there is no tomorrow is that you get to this age and realise that it simply isn't true," she admits ruefully. She means she "forgot" to sort out the pension plan. "Saving simply wasn't part of the equation. Money didn't matter to me - so much so that I don't own anything. I haven't got a house or a mortgage or a car. I'm still renting - at 60!" She laughs that famous throaty laugh, the legacy of this most rock 'n' roll of lives. Read the entire story here APR. 19 Music Review: Sax player swings the Stones By Rick Nowlin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Ever wonder how Rolling Stones songs would sound in a jazz context? Thanks to Stones backup saxophonist Tim Ries, who switched between tenor and soprano, the audience at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild got a chance to find out Saturday night. Truth be told, they sounded pretty good -- not a clunker among the repertoire -- and the band was first-rate as well. Perhaps not surprisingly, the "Rolling Stones Project" opened with the classic "Satisfaction," Ries starting out on piano and later playing the theme on tenor but -- as jazz arrangements often do -- substituting chords just to spice things up a bit. "Gimme Shelter" contained all kinds of colors, with a rubato, a cappella opening from bassist Thomas Bramerie and a languid solo from trombonist and fellow Stones band member Michael Davis, who throughout the evening displayed about as much range on his horn as Ries's tenor. Ries and company switched up "Angie" into Indian-influenced 15/8 meter -- that version will be included on an upcoming fall release of Ries-inspired world-beat arrangements of Stones music -- that slightly recalled Spyro Gyra and allowed drummer Clarence Penn to stretch out a bit. Guest vocalist Bernard Fowler nearly stole the show with dramatic renditions of several songs. Arguably the best of them was a swing, then shuffle rendition of "Honky Tonk Woman," with Fowler actually harking back to the Stones' confessed roots in Chicago blues. Guitarist Ben Monder contributed an amazing solo comprising almost exclusively chords. Fowler also carried "Ruby Tuesday," accompanied only by Monder and Ries, on soprano; and "Wild Horses." I especially enjoyed the heretofore obscure, Keith Richards-penned, midtempo "Baby, Break It Down," delivered by Fowler and with Ries adding background vocals. The closing number was a funk-flavored untitled Ries original that nevertheless recalled the Crusaders, what with the frontline of Ries and Davis at one point trading off toward the end. The encore offered a finger-style classical opening courtesy of Monder and became "Paint It Black" in 7/8 meter. My only complaint was the overall sound -- it seemed that Penn overpowered everyone else, especially Monder, at times. APR. 19 Mick at funeral Led Zeppelin didn't reunite, but plenty of Ahmet Ertegun's other disciples were more than happy to take the stage together.  Rock icons such as Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Stevie Nicks, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young gathered at New York's Lincoln Center Tuesday to pay tribute to the Atlantic Records chairman, who died Dec. 14 at 83.   Tragically, yet oddly fittingly, Ertegun died of a head injury suffered in October when he fell down at a Rolling Stones concert. A mover and a shaker until the end, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer signed and nurtured rockers such as the Stones and Led Zeppelin, as well as some of the biggest names in soul and R&B, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding.  Jagger remembered his boss at Atlantic as "the wicked uncle with the wicked chuckle," saying he could never keep up with the dapper Turk.  The event's host, Bette Midler, said that Ertegun could "charm the birds out of the trees," and reminisced how she had grown up on Atlantic music, tunes that "promised there was a party somewhere."   As one would expect, "Ahmet Ertegun: A Celebration" was largely a musical affair.   Performers included Clapton, who led a band featuring New Orleans pianist Dr. John through Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and Stick McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee"; Phil Collins, who sang "In the Air Tonight" and then, joined by the rest of Genesis, "Follow You, Follow Me"; Ben E. King, who crooned "Don't Play That Song," which Ertegun helped write; Crosby, Stills & Nash, who took on the Beatles' "In My Life" before Neil Young joined them for "Helplessly Hoping"; Young, who coupled with Stephen Stills on "Mr. Soul"; Stevie Nicks, who sang a double feature of "Stand Back" and Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll"; Solomon Burke; and, adding a contemporary vibe, Kid Rock.  Rock, who also attended Ertegun's funeral in his native Istanbul, took on the Wilson Pickett classic "In the Midnight Hour" and Sam and Dave's "I Thank You," with the help of Sam Moore.  "I hope that today's musicians have someone like Ahmet," Young said.   Other notables on hand to celebrate Ertegun's legacy and pay their respect's to the late impresario's wife, Mica, included New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, designer Oscar de la Renta, Ray director Taylor Hackford, David Geffen, Henry Kissinger and Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner. APR. 19 Performance DVD winners  Now we have three winners: Francisca Castro, Australia - Martin McQuillan, UK and Thierry Bodou, USA. The DVD's will be send to you as soon as possible. E-mails on the way to you guys. The contest was in Stonesplanet no. 21. APR. 23 RIP Doris Richards The mother of rocker Keith Richards has died at the age of 91 of cancer. The Rolling Stone, 63, had been keeping a vigil at his mother Doris's bedside since her diagnosis. Richards extended his stay in London to be with his mother, who died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday. The star's spokesman, Bernard Doherty, said: “Doris Richards, aged 91, mother of Rolling Stone Keith Richards, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday 21 April 2007. “Family and friends request that their privacy is respected at this time.” MAY 4 Doris Richards Funeral Held in Sussex  May 1 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards said his final goodbye to his mother Doris Richards - who died aged 91 on April 21 - at Sussex's Chichester crematorium, Tuesday. Keith, who kept a bedside vigil until his beloved mum lost her battle with cancer last month, was comforted by family and fellow bandmate Ronnie Wood during the service. Doris separated from Keith's father Bert - who passed away in 2002 aged 84 - in 1962. Before her death she had been living with the rocker's stepfather William in Kent. Doris fell ill around the same time Keith, 63, underwent brain surgery after falling out of a tree in Fiji last year. Doris was responsible for buying her son his first guitar on his 15th birthday, setting him on the path to rock 'n' roll success. Her father, Gus Dupree, toured the UK as a jazz musician and gave grandson Keith his earliest guitar lessons. MAY 14 Show change July 25 show in Kiev is changed to a show in Poland in the Capital Warsaw MAY 25 Pirates too long on screen time, short on Keith Critics say Richards' brief appearance is the best thing about 'self-indulgent' film Friday, May 25, 2007 The Sun's Katherine Monk gave Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 31/2 stars out of 5, and said the movie's narrative and drama were weighed down by a bad case of megalomania. Here's what some other critics thought: The good news first: Keith Richards totally rocks it playing pirate daddy to Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow. The deep rumble of his voice and those hooded eyes that narrowly open like the creaky gates of hell make him what the rest of this three-peat is not: authentically scary . . . . So what's the bad news? Richards is onscreen for barely two minutes. -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone The last 60 minutes offer adventure as rousing as anything provided in either of the previous instalments. Unfortunately, that doesn't account for the other 108 minutes of this gorged, self-indulgent, and uneven production. -- James Berardinelli, ReelViews POTC:AWE is a lukewarm maelstrom of secret agendas, double-crossings, tricky alliances, back stabbings, political conspiracies, warring factions, etc. -- none of which is the least bit captivating or, by and large, comprehensible. -- Nathan Lee, Village Voice Such a tangled thicket of overwritten, labyrinthine mythology, backstabbing betrayals and mixed motivations that a massive chunk of the running time is devoted to characters standing around on boats, trying like hell to explain the plot to one another. -- Sean Burns, Philadelphia Weekly MAY 26 Rehearsals from to-day in Brussels Yesterday the band arrived as well as the other musicians to the Capital of Belgium. It is expected that the entire group will start their rehearsals today. UPDATE: The band did around 6 hours of rehearsals, with Mick only for 2 hours. A few newbies were played, from both the older and newer period. Shattered, She's So Cold,  Bitch, Undercover, Oh No, Not You Again, Heartbreaker, Under My Thumb, Wanna Hold You, You Got The Silver, Infamy, You Got Me Rockin, Let's Spend the Night Together. Respectable, All Down the Line, Just My Imagination, Monkey Man, Paint It Black, Let It Bleed, Loving Cup, Love Is Strong, Pretty Beat Up, The Worst, Slipping Away, Thief In The Night. The last two days they did a lot of rehearsals, although not that much on Wednesday. Today again there will be rehearsals. Thanks to fans reporting via sms to us. MAY 27 Keith in June issue of Rolling Stones Mag MAY 27 Rolling Stones financial Guru retires The man credited with turning the Rolling Stones into a massive financial success story has retired after 37 years with the veteran rockers. Prince Rupert Loewenstein - nick-named the 'Human Calculator' - has stepped down from his day-to-day duties as the band's business manager. Having got the band out of several scrapes with the Inland Revenue and record company contracts, Loewenstein has overseen the band's affairs as they've chalked up a £1 billion profit. A spokesperson says, "Prince Rupert Loewenstein is no longer taking care of The Rolling Stones day-to-day business but is currently retained on some aspects of their career." MAY 28 Ronnie gets Romany gypsy caravan Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood woke up to find the £40,000 traditional painted caravan parked in his drive, left there as a surprise from his wife Jo for his 60th birthday. A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Ronnie rolled out of the house in the morning and burst out laughing when he saw it. He's delighted with the caravan. "He has Romany gypsy roots and always said he wanted one." The ageing rocker joked he might even take the caravan on tour this summer. The source added: "The Stones are playing the Isle of Wight Festival in the summer so he'll have a perfect chance to give it a good road test." Ronnie, who turns 60 on June 1, was born to Romany gypsy parents and spent some of his childhood living on tugboats. Former model Jo married Ronnie in 1985. The couple have two children together - Leah and Tyrone - and both have one child from previous relationships. MAY 31 Biggest Bang DVD The Rolling Stones and Best Buy are joining forces to release, The Biggest Bang, a four-DVD set featuring seven hours of content. The Biggest Bang will be available starting June 12 for $29.99 exclusively at all Best Buy stores in the United States and at online www.BestBuy.com. Customers can pre-order the four DVD set at www.BestBuy.com beginning today. MAY 31 Martin Scorsese Turns the Camera on The Rolling Stones The Oscar-Winning Filmmaker's New Concert Film 'Shine A Light' Features Legendary Rock 'n Roll Band HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- On Sept. 21, 2007, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the world's greatest rock 'n roll band, The Rolling Stones, unite to bring audiences the most extraordinary musical film event of the year. That's the day Paramount Classics, in association with Concert Productions International and Shangri-La Entertainment, will release "Shine A Light," a look at The Rolling Stones, the band that defined the very idea of what a rock & roll band is, live through the eyes of Martin Scorsese. The concert film will be released nationally on Sept. 21. Fortissimo Films is the international sales agent. It's hard to overestimate the importance of The Rolling Stones in rock & roll history. The group, which formed in London in 1962, distilled so much of the music that had come before it and has exerted a decisive influence on so much that has come after. Only a handful of musicians in any genre achieve that stature, and the Stones stand proudly among them. For "Shine A Light," which was filmed over two days at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006, Scorsese assembled a legendary team of cinematographers to capture the raw energy of the legendary band. The Director of Photography, Oscar winner Robert Richardson ("The Aviator," "JFK"), supervised the camera team comprised of several highly acclaimed cinematographers, including Oscar winner John Toll ("The Last Samurai," "Braveheart"), Oscar winner Andrew Lesnie ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "King Kong"), Oscar nominee Stuart Dryburgh ("The Piano," "The Painted Veil"), Oscar nominee Robert Elswit ("Magnolia," "Good Night and Good Luck"), Oscar nominee Emmanuel Lubezki ("Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," "Sleepy Hollow") and Ellen Kuras ("Summer of Sam," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"). The film was edited by David Tedeschi, who most recently worked with Scorsese on the acclaimed Bob Dylan documentary "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan." Financed by Steve Bing's Shangri-La Entertainment and long-time Rolling Stones tour promoter Michael Cohl's Concert Productions International, the film was produced by Victoria Pearman, Michael Cohl, Zane Weiner and Steve Bing. The executive producers are Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood, with Jane Rose serving as co-executive producer. JUNE 1 Malou go to Vilvoorde and the press conference Read the great story from the area around Brussels the last few days, and what happened there. Press conference Friday at 6pm. The press conference will take place at Vilvoorde. The band arrived around 5.30 and Michael Cohl as well. The press conference also included a few songs that the Stones played.  As there were many press people from all over Europe, the organizers were forced to do it in two parts. The Rolling Stones answered a lot of questions among the new DVD box as well. After these two sittings the band played three songs in the studios just behind. Report from Malou & Sandra:  Dear fans - Vilvoorde near Brussels - VideoHouse rehearsing studio - I was there with my friend Sandra, she was wearing a great hat with the Tongue on it. Great looking. it was worth waiting long hours on thursday from 5.00 in the aternoon till 2.30 in the morning... and friday from 2.30pm until 2.00 in the morning... I will give details in my report but I can already tell you that I felt and still feel like a teenager. Ronnie was wonderful and so was Keith, I was shaking so much when he got close to me. We sang Happy Birthday to Ronnie and he really liked it and was pleased with me when I said he looked 25... Got signatures on my StonesPlanet Fanzine...from Ronnie and Keith, Blondie, Bernard and Lisa. Mick ignored the fanzine, he signed mainly old albums. Photograh from RollingStones.com took a picture of the StonesPlanet fanzine too. Waouh it is great to be Stones fan. Sandra got an authograph from Keith on her hat. Wonderful. Nice also to share a passion with so many people. This tour am sure will be another great one, and we all await tuesday 5th June. Maloukeefgirl. Keep on rockin'   See here live video from Vilvoorde JUNE 4 Keith Richards says The Rolling Stones aren't in it for the money Rock legend Keith Richards has slammed suggestions that The Rolling Stones endure grueling hours of touring solely for the vast income it brings in.  The 63-year-old insists that there is much more to performing night after night than the financial rewards - which are said to be approaching.  The Rolling Stones are in the midst of the A Bigger Bang tour, which after continuing for over two years is said to be one of the longest and highest grossing having pulled in over $436 million to date. Richards says, "I don't think you could get these guys to do it just for the money. It's still a bloody adventure. Every time you set sail on these things, they're never the same and I love to see the world and I hope the world loves to see me. You get this insane idea that you can only do this between 17 and 25, but y'know, I'm not a tennis player. I'll show you how long it can be done.  JUNE 5 Werchter Show The opening show of the European tour started with Van Morrision who warmed up the around 30.000 people who attend the show tonight. Many had long waiting in traffic jam around the place and from Antwerpen. The Stones entered stage 22.15 and opened with Start Me Up. JUNE 13 Commerzbank Arena Tonite show in Frankfurt is one of several shows in Germany, which will take place in August. Next country is France with first Stade de France in Paris, and then Lyon at the side of the Rhone river. JUNE 18 Ronnies New painting Wah wah Ronnie - a great new pic from Ron. YOUR REVIEWS ARE WELCOMED from all shows JUNE 18 Rolling Stones #4 on 2007 Powerful List TV talk show maven Oprah Winfrey is No. 1 on Forbes magazine's annual list of the top 100 most powerful celebrities. Winfrey, who makes $260 million a year, is in good company with golfer Tiger Woods at No. 2, Madonna at No. 3 and veteran British rockers the Rolling Stones at No. 4. Brad Pitt makes his debut on the list at No. 5, followed by Johnny Depp at No. 6, Elton John at No. 7 and last year's No. 1, Tom Cruise, on the 2007 list at No. 8. JUNE 21 Rolling Stones back in Spain See a fantastic series of arrival photos from San Sebastian click here and enjoy ----> and the tonite show here The Rolling remains in Donostia by Ricardo Aldarondo DV San Sebastián Smiling, discreet and each one in a car arrived at the hotel Maria Cristina, six and quarter of afternoon of yesterday, the four Rolling Stones and its séquito. Smiling, discreet, each one in their car and without no sense of expectancy to the entrance of the hotel, arrived at the Maria Cristina at six and quarter from afternoon from yesterday, the four components of the Rolling Stones, with their séquito. Only three quinceañeras, that ended up obtaining an autograph of very same Keith Richards, and a pair of people who happened that way, attended the brief moment in which they were let see his Majestys, nothing satanic, and good natured and yes smiling. Mick Jagger, with simple and classic blue shirt, saluted affectionate with the hand. Charlie Watts, with chaquetilla chandalera, smiled holding in his hand a postcard of San Sebastián. Ron Wood went something more serious, behind Keith Richards, but he infected himself of the laughter of the pirate, who as always, was most showy. Adorned with a shirt with the English flag in the front and the initials of Great Britain in a sleeve, Richards immediately set to sign an autograph to the three only girls who were there for asking for it. They gave their notebook to him and they did a photo to him with the moving body. They were not believed it. Immediately the four inside the hotel entered and they went to its suites. Minutes later, the kind personnel of the hotel started up again to receive to the bus in which the other musicians and the assistants came from stairs, more than 40 people altogether. The airplane had arrived minutes after five and the average one from afternoon at the airport from Biarritz. Four dark cars, two small vans and a bus were the vehicles of a company donostiarra that hoped to them from average hour and before the arrival of the enormous airplane. When the hour of the landing approached, the vehicles entered the track and they approached almost until the stairway. The four components of the Rolling lowered mixed with the rest of troupe, Jagger with a jersey that soon took off in the car. Each one of them entered its vehicle and the retinue left quickly towards San Sebastián. The requests for the cars did not have anything special. Only waters and tissues. Mick Jagger is the unique one who had requested that was something in the vehicle more: a notebook, pencils and Fisherman's caramels. The organization of the Festival of Jazz is in charge to coordinate the movements of the band and their equipment in the city, in contact with the organization of the Rolling. The Stones is going away to apparently be left two nights in the hotel and they will go away of Donostia Sunday. They have reserved to two third parts of the hotel Maria Cristina, 72 rooms and suites. It is an affluent place known by the British band, because they already spendt the night in him in 1998 when they were going to act in Bilbao in a concert that finally was suspended, and at night previous to his concert in Santiago de Compostela in 1999. Like in previous occasions, nothing was planned yesterday for the stay of the Rolling. In the other occasions, rather they were shut in in the rooms, although Keith Richards lowered to an establishment of the Boulevard at daybreak and Mick Jagger visited the Akelarre restaurant. And well that him had to please, because only yesterday he requested to go to have supper again to the restaurant of Igeldo, that now has three stars. Ron Wood, on the other hand, chose the Berasategi restaurant of the Kursaal to have supper. Other members of the equipment, nothing else to arrive, requested something to eat and from the cafeteria of the hotel diverse fruits, cheese, pintxos and rice with milk raised to them. Meanwhile, in the stage of Anoeta the works of assembly of the scene were completed yesterday in the evening. “To eleven at night he will be everything finished mounting”, explained the person in charge of production of Rock Star, Joseba Iribar, that was satisfied because “everything has gone as planned and without problems”. In the morning of today, it arrives backline, the monitors and the instruments of the Rolling, and will be dedicated to the sound tests. JULY 12 Rolling Stones back to Spain The group gave on Thursday July 12th a private show for Deutsche Bank in Barcelona. 700 guests were invisited and Rolling Stones played 14 songs. JULY 13 Stones Planet no. 23 out now! the new fanzine with a lot of great stuff is out now and on the way to your letterbox.  Did you remember to renew? We saw with no. 22 that many came to late for the fanzine, and it can easily be sold out quick - so be quick to renew membership. Don't forget: Backcopies can be ordered - see here       JULY 13 Rolling Stones "Shine A Light" On Sept 21st opening nationwide the music film done by Martin Scorsese - see the website here JULY 17 Sweet Keith story Peter and Monika from Germany went to Brussels for the opening show, stayed at the Conrad. They are hard core Keith fans and brought him several presents. They met him twice, and he signed a few photos. However, their biggest dream was to have Keith's signature on this lovely Telecaster. One night, Bill and Jane Rose came up to us, while we were having a cigarette outside the hotel bar. And started talking. Peter, who does not speak much English, managed to tell Jane about his dream. She was touched, and she made one phone call. She took the Telecaster with her and came back after ten minutes. Keith had signed it. To Peter and Monika. One Love Keith Richards, 2007.   I was deeply moved by what he did. The sweetest man one can imagine. Hope to see you in London. Going to all three shows, Hot tickets, Keithside all three nights. See the photos here and here JULY 23 Warsaw goes on The show in Warsaw will go on as announced on Wednesday, although of the tragic bus accident with many killed in the near of Grenoble in France. Read the latest report here JULY 26 Auction for Keith Richards book tops $7M by Matthew Flamm The battle for Keith Richards’ autobiography has turned into the hottest auction of the summer. Bidding for a book by the Rolling Stones’ famed founding member, co-song writer and rhythm guitarist has reached $7.1 million, according to publishing industry sources. London-based literary agent Ed Victor has been conducting the auction in New York this week, inviting just three houses to offer bids, according to one insider. HarperCollins and Little, Brown, a division of the Hachette Book Group USA, are the ones left vying for the title. The $7 million offer would be for world English language rights. Translation rights, which Mr. Victor will sell separately, will push the total advance even higher. Some publishing insiders were shaking their heads at how high the bidding has gone. “This is Bill Clinton money,” says an executive not involved in the bidding. Knopf paid $10 million to $12 million for former President Clinton’s autobiography in 2001. “All the Stones books have covered him,” the executive adds. Though a shelf full of books on the Rolling Stones has been published over the years, Mr. Richards’ own story could draw both old fans and new readers. The British press has said it would be “the holy grail of rock books.” Mr. Richards, who had a bit part in the recent Pirates of the Caribbean movie, is a colorful figure known for his keen musicianship and decades of excessive drug and alcohol use. Some reports have questioned whether “Keef,” as he’s known in Britain, would remember enough of his past to write a book. In May, Mr. Victor told the New York Post that memory wouldn’t be an issue since Mr. Richards would collaborate with his friend of 30 years, the noted non-fiction author James Fox. A call to Mr. Victor was not returned. HarperCollins declined to comment. Executives at Little, Brown could not be reached. AUG 10 Paint It Black, You Devil: the Rolling Stones’ Jagger w/Best-Of Due new CD out Oct. 2nd. You’d be forgiven for that great big yawn you emitted when word arrived of the impending release of The Very Best of Mick Jagger (Atlantic/Rhino). Youngsters might query, “Isn’t that the old dude from the Rolling Stones with the paternity suits?” while old-timers who’ve actually heard a Mick Jagger solo album typically go, “Don’t quit your day job, dude.” So against all reasonable odds, the 17-track collection holds up fairly nicely. “Memo From Turner,” from the ’70 film Performance and featuring Ry Cooder on slide guitar, has long been an essential part of the Jagger canon precisely because it’s so Stones-like. Less-so is the Golden Globe-winning “Old Habits Die Hard,” (from that shitty 2004 remake of Alfie), but hey, that’s what happen when you work with Dave Stewart instead of Ry Cooder. There’s also Jagger’s smokin’ ‘n’ tokin’ ’78 duet with Peter Tosh, a cover of the Temptations' hit "(You Got To Walk And) Don't Look Back," and the homoerotic ’85 team-up with Bowie, Martha & The Vandellas' classic "Dancing in the Street," which was released as a single as part of the Live Aid effort to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. The bulk of the collection is culled from Jagger’s four solo LPs: She's The Boss (1985), Primitive Cool (1987), Wandering Spirit (1993), and Goddess In The Doorway (2001). By cherrypicking the more inspired material from what’s admittedly mostly a load of dreck, the CD’s compilers may be giving the impression that those albums were stronger than they ever were, but hey, that’s why God created best-ofs: as revisionist documents that, not so coincidentally, free up a bit of extra space on your record shelf. For collectors, the inclusion of three unreleased tracks may be the chief reason to cheer. Here’s the run-down, courtesy of the record label: The sizzling "Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)," was produced by John Lennon and recorded by Jagger in 1973 in Los Angeles. The track features an all-star lineup that includes guitarists Danny Kortchmar and Jesse Ed Davis, keyboardist Al Kooper, bassist Jack Bruce, drummer Jim Keltner, and, on background vocals, singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. It has never previously been released. The album's two additional previously unreleased tracks are demos from Jagger's Wandering Spirit session with producer Rick Rubin. Jagger had sketched out "Charmed Life" (with his daughter Karis on backing vocals) but then decided the track didn't fit with the rest of the album. The rhythmically charged version on The Very Best Of has been remixed by producer Ashley Beedle. "Taking the bare bones of the song and getting to the finished version with Ashley Beedle was a great creative collaboration," remarks Jagger. Meanwhile, as they were making Wandering Spirit, Rubin suggested that Jagger spend a day recording with The Red Devils, a torrid L.A. blues band. "The difficult decision I was faced with when listening to the tracks I recorded with the Red Devils, and having to choose only one, reminded me what a great band they were," says Jagger. One of the results of that session is Jagger's previously unreleased rollicking version of Sonny Boy Williamson's "Checkin' Up On My Baby." There ya have it, Stones (and Mick) fans. The CD is due October 2 —that’s just a shot away. TRACKLISTING: 1. God Gave Me Everything 2. Put Me In The Trash 3. Just Another Night 4. Don't Tear Me Up 5. Charmed Life* 6. Sweet Thing 7. Old Habits Die Hard 8. Dancing In The Street 9. Too Many Cooks* 10. Memo From Turner 11. Lucky In Love 12. Let's Work 13. Joy 14. Don't Call Me Up 15. Checkin' Up On My Baby* 16. (You Gotta Walk And) Don't Look Back 17. Evening Gown AUG 23 Stones Planet Blue Lena in London Tim Ries show in London:  Just back from the Tim Ries gig at the Mean Fiddler on Charing Cross Rd. Next to the famed Astoria. It was a pretty packed house tonight and it was a special show with some Stones related auctions and stuff going for charity. Darryl played bass tonight and the surprise guest was none other than Lisa Fischer! She dueted with Bernard on Ruby Tuesday to end the show and they encouraged the whole room to sing along. Blondie was in the audience tonight as well. Saw a lot of old friends and met some new people. Thanks to those who gave me gifts and to those who bought me a beer! Today is Stones show #2, and sadly the final one for me. For the next shows we have Blue Lena in London. Unfortunately it was planned that even Charlotte should have been there, but due to work and an important deadline, she was forced to work - and update the site. Yesterday Blue Lena visited the Covent Garden as well as the Stones hotel to pick up tickets. Blue Lena reports that she had a beer with Blondie, and kisses from Bernard and Tim in the Lobby. Went on a Thames cruise, and went to Jack Horners Pub to meet other Stones fans. Also met Philippe who is doing a film project about fans.  More reports to come during the next days, starting with the first show tonite August 21. Tonite August 23 the second show is on. Read all here from the show. AUG 27 Stones leave fans hanging after marathon world tour The Rolling Stones ended their two-year world tour in their home town of London on Sunday, leaving fans wondering if it would be their last ever show. Such speculation has dogged the veteran rock band since the 1960s, but it intensifies each tour to the point where it is now a running joke between the group and journalists. Predictably, frontman Mick Jagger made no grand announcements during the band's two-hour show at the O2 arena, in Greenwich, southeast London. The venue is just eight miles from where they performed their first ever show, at the Marquee Club, in July 1962. Instead, the 64-year-old singer, who barely broke sweat as he jumped around the stage, thanked fans for sticking with the band amid "fire and ice and storms and trees, and God knows what." he "trees" comment related to a mishap in April 2006 when guitarist Keith Richards slipped while on a break in Fiji. He required head surgery, which forced the band to reschedule its European tour set for that summer. At the time, it was reported that he fell from a palm tree, though he later denied that. Since the "Bigger Bang" world tour began in Boston on August 21, 2005, observers have wondered about the health of the death-defying guitarist, who has been friends with Jagger since childhood. To the consternation of fans in Helsinki earlier this month, Richards actually toppled over on stage a few times. But the 63-year-old played with vigor on Sunday on such classic tunes as "Brown Sugar" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash." Richards said in the latest issue of the British music magazine Mojo that he is taking the anti-seizure medication Dilantin because of the head injury, and had abstained from cocaine for about 18 months. He continues to drink and smoke heavily. For perhaps the first time, Richards and fellow guitarist Ronnie Wood did not smoke on stage on Sunday, following new anti-smoking regulations. But Richards could be seen taking a few hurried puffs off-stage. TRIUMPH, TRAGEDY The marathon tour comprised 146 performances in 31 countries and Puerto Rico. First-time stops included mainland China, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia, as well as last year's Super Bowl in Detroit. Along the way, Jagger and Richards each lost a parent, and Wood his older brother. Last October their former record label boss, Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, slipped backstage during their concert in New York, fell into a coma and died seven weeks later. The North American shows, which accounted for just over half the performances, grossed $300 million and attracted 2.2 million people, according to Pollstar, a concert trade publication. Their well-reviewed album, "A Bigger Bang," did not fare as well, slipping off the charts soon after its September 2005 release, a victim of the depressed state of the music industry. Next on the band's agenda is the April 2008 release of Martin Scorsese's concert documentary, "Shine a Light." Some fans hope that will be a good excuse for the Stones to tour again, but the band is not saying anything. /Reuters SEP. 14 More news Mick Jagger new album The Very Best Of Mick Jagger, the first overview of his distinguished solo career, is set for release in the U.S. on October 2, on Atlantic/Rhino Records. It’s a vivid reminder of the compelling gifts that brought Jagger fame in the first place. As an embodiment of all that rock’n’roll can mean, he is virtually without peer and that is made plain on this compelling 17-track collection, which includes three previously unreleased performances. But Mick, for better or worse, is also one of those figures who has far eclipsed the realm of rock ’n’ roll to become one of the most recognizable names and faces in the world, as celebrated for who he is as for what he’s accomplished. Indeed, he is a “musician and songwriter,” one of the greatest singers in rock ’n’ roll history, and a restless, adventurous artist. The Very Best of Mick Jagger Streaming Video Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gubXilw6RfI SEP. 18 Winner of Stones Planet no. 23 contest:  The winner of the SP23 Contest is Stones Planet member Denton Pomahatch, he wins Bernard Fowler's autographed cd "Friends With Privileges". Congratulations Denton! SEP. 28 Rolling Stones get Guiness satisfaction by Paul Majendie LONDON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones may be ageing rockers but their pulling power is undimmed -- they topped the charts with the world's most successful music tour in the latest edition of Guinness World Records. (photo above Jim Cooper) Giving a handy fillip to their pension funds, the group's "A Bigger Bang Tour" took $437 million dollars to give them a new record. Madonna also made the annual compendium as the most successful female artist -- her 60-date "Confessions" tour grossed almost $200 million. That meant she earned more than $3 million per concert. Guinness invariably boasts a string of offbeat and bizarre records, and the latest edition which comes out on Friday was no exception with entries for the highest and deepest concerts. British band Jamiroquai, fronted by lead singer Jay Kay, performed at 35,000 feet in a specially converted Boeing 737 to an audience of pop competition winners. British singer Katie Melua and her band headed below the waves, giving a concert 303 meters (994 feet) below sea level aboard an oil rig off the coast of Norway to gain her niche in Guinness. OCT. 30 Stones Planet rolling in Buenos Aires by André Ribeiro Stones Planet went to  Buenos Aires to check out Bernard Fowler's second show of a series of three gigs in Argentina. I left Porto Alegre southern Brazil , on Monday morning and arrived in the Stones' world capital, which is how the locals call Buenos Aires ,   at 9:40 am. My friend Marcelo Tejera (viejoRolinga) welcomed me and invited me to his Stones Mansion . We took a taxi to go from the  Ezeiza Airport to Caballito neighborhood. The taxi driver was Jorge, a former drummer of a local blues band, who listens to John Mayall on his CD player. On our way to Caballito, we talked about Marcelo's recent meeting with Andrew Loog Oldham at a theme bar called 40x5 in  Buenos Aires . Marcelo told me he asked Andrew to sign the album Flowers. Andrew agreed to give his autograph but scribbled on Brian Jones's picture.   At the  Stones Mansion I saw Marcelo's impressing amount of memorabilia. He has 975 DVDs, hundreds of CDs, flags, posters and pictures of the Stones that are spread all over his apartment. After getting to know the Stones Mansion it's time to get ready for Bernard's show, which will be held on Tuesday (30/11), at  La Transtienda , a small club in Buenos Aires .   DEC. 4 The Biggest Bang, The Rolling Stones' newly released 4-DVD set, offers fans an all access pass and behind-the-scenes look at the band's A Bigger Bang world tour, the biggest selling concert tour of all time. Get your copy today to see why The Seattle Times is calling The Biggest Bang “one of the best live-concert videos ever released.” The Biggest Bang it gives fans: Entire concerts from the band's incendiary shows in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and Austin , Texas . Footage from concerts in Japan , Buenos Aires and Shanghai . An entire disc documenting the tour from its origins in a small night club to the 116th and final North American concert date. Twenty minutes of duets with: Bonnie Raitt, Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews and Cui Juan. Six songs previously unreleased in any format. And more! The Rolling Stones' The Biggest Bang 4-DVD set is available to order on-line from Best Buy.  Click here to purchase. NOV 11 Stones Planet goes Belgium Check out this new website: www.stonesplanet-belgium.com. Here you can find information about all activities planned in Belgium.  Members from Stonesplanet-Belgium (we already have 15 new members in about 3 weeks time, and another 15 new members are on the way) get special offers like a free fan day on December 15th 2007! On our site you can read more about what we have planned for you on our fan day.  Of course, non members are also welcome! In January 2008 we will be on the road with Chris Jagger & Charlie Hart. See also our site for more information about it.  We also update our website almost daily with the latest news about your favourite band!  Just check us out, I'm sure you will love it! The site will soon be in English and French too, besides the Dutch version, this gives you one of the most interesting fan clubs with 3 different languages. NOV. 24 Stones Planet no.24 Is released now, and again it is a great fanzine done by the best Stones writers around.  This time there are two valuable contests too - so if you are not a member yet, then join and you have the chance to win as well.               DEC. 4 The Biggest Bang, The Rolling Stones' newly released 4-DVD set, offers fans an all access pass and behind-the-scenes look at the band's A Bigger Bang world tour, the biggest selling concert tour of all time. Get your copy today to see why The Seattle Times is calling The Biggest Bang “one of the best live-concert videos ever released.” The Biggest Bang it gives fans: Entire concerts from the band's incendiary shows in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and Austin , Texas . Footage from concerts in Buenos Aires and Shanghai . An entire disc documenting the tour from its origins in a small night club to the 116th and final North American concert date. Twenty minutes of duets with: Bonnie Raitt, Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews and Cui Juan. Six songs previously unreleased in any format. And more! The Rolling Stones' The Biggest Bang 4-DVD set is available to order on-line from Best Buy.  Click here to purchase. DEC. 17 This band has no fucking name!" by Phyllis Pollack On December 9, 2007, the Mozambique Restaurant And Coastal Lounge in Laguna Beach, California was the scene of a somewhat historic gig in its own right.  “This band has no fucking name!” proclaimed Rolling Stones vocalist Bernard Fowler, as he introduced the band’s core performers, comprised of guitarist Waddy Wachtel of the X-Pensive Winos, Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones, Stones vocalist and guitarist Blondie Chaplin, and former Tom Petty drummer Phil Jones, who has played percussion on numerous albums, including the Rolling Stones’ 1994 release, Voodoo Lounge. “This is the first time we’ve ever been able to get her here,” said Fowler, referring to Rolling Stones vocalist Lisa Fischer, whose powerful performance with the band that night could have easily set off title waves in the nearby ocean. Ivan Spiers, one of the club’s partners, joined the band for the evening’s finale, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.”  The event was held as a benefit for victims of some of the recent fires that have destroyed numerous homes in Southern California. “Stones Planet’s” next issue (#25) will feature the complete story and exclusive photos by Phyllis Pollack.   © photos this story exclusive: Phyllis Pollack 2007   DEC. 31 Contest winners from Stones Planet fanzine no. 24 Geert Vanhee in Belgium is the lucky Aftermath book winner. The answer was Massimos book was "Chronicle" and the  Lullaby CD winner is Noreen Byatt Grassi from Hershey, PA, USA.  The book and CD will soon be in your post. DEC. 31 Happy New Year