Rolling Stones

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Description: The Rolling Stones Origin London, England Genre(s) Rock and roll, Rhythm and blues, Blues, Country, Reggae Years active 1962 - present Label(s) Decca Rolling Stones Records Virgin Records Website RollingStones.com Members Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Watts Ron Wood Former members Bill Wyman Brian Jones Mick Taylor Ian Stewart The Rolling Stones are an English band whose blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll-infused music became popular during the "British Invasion" in the early 1960s. [1] The band was formed in London in 1962 by Brian Jones, and eventually was led by the songwriting partnership of singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards. The Stones' image of unkempt and surly youth is one many musicians still emulate. [2] During their 1969 American tour, the Stones were introduced and have often since been referred to as "The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World."[2] The band have released 55 albums of original work[3] and compilations, and have had 37 top-10 singles.[4] In 1989 the Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2004 The Rolling Stones[5] were ranked #4 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[6]. They have sold over 200 million albums worldwide. [2] Band history Founding: 1960-1962 Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were classmates at Dartford Maypole County Primary School. In 1960, the two became reacquainted while Richards was attending the Sidcup Art College and Jagger was a student at the London School of Economics. [7] With mutual friend Dick Taylor (later of Pretty Things), they formed the band Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys. [7] Stones founders Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were also active in the London music scene; Jones playing with the Ramrods and Blues Inc., a band that featured Jagger, Richards and future Stones drummer Charlie Watts. In June 1962 the Stones lineup was Jagger, Richards, Stewart, Jones, Taylor, and drummer Tony Chapman. Taylor left the group, which renamed itself The Rolling Stones, after a Muddy Waters song.[2][8] 1962-1964 The Rolling Stones, c. 1963On 12 July 1962 the group played its first gig at the Marquee club in London, billed as "The Rollin' Stones". Line-up was Jagger, Richards, Brian Jones, Ian Stewart on piano, Taylor on bass and Tony Chapman on drums. Jones intended the band to play primarily Chicago Blues, but Jagger and Richards brought the Rock n' Roll of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. After shifting formations Bassist Bill Wyman and Drummer Charlie Watts became the Stones' long standing rhythm section. [7] The Rolling Stones, 1964. (From left) Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, and Keith RichardsThe Beatles recommended the Stones to future manager Andrew Loog Oldham, and encouraged Decca Records to sign the band.[9]. The Stones' popularity encouraged UK record companies to sign other Rhythm And Blues bands. Their first EP and first album contained mostly cover songs pulled from their live shows. After signing with Decca, the Stones began touring the UK and Europe. On the first tour of England the Stones were packaged with American stars including Ike and Tina Turner, Bo Diddley, The Ronettes, The Everly Brothers and Little Richard - the later of whom taught Mick Jagger basics of showmanship. The first tour also cemented the Stones' shift from a Rhythm and Blues band to more of a pop band, resulting in a drastic reduction in the number of blues songs the band played live. The Rolling Stones No. 2 (The Rolling Stones, Now! in the United States) (UK #1; US #5) again contained mainly cover tunes, but was augmented by the songs by Jagger/Richards. The band began a schedule of constant touring, and they recorded in America, at Chess Studios in Chicago and RCA Studios in Los Angeles. [2] On their first American tour in June 1964, the Stones appeared on national variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show [1] and the"The Hollywood Palace" where host Dean Martin made fun of the Stones' longish hair, which was considered provocative and rebellious. [10]. 1965-1969 Jagger and Richards wrote their 1st UK no.1 with "The Last Time" in early 1965. The US version of that year's Out of Our Heads LP contained seven original songs including "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" which was the first of many number one hits for the Stones. [1] With Aftermath (UK #1; US #2) (1966), was the first Stones album to have Jagger/Richards songs exclusively. Aftermath included the almost twelve-minute long "Going Home": the first extended jam on a chart-topping rock and roll album. [11] In 1967 Jagger and Richards were arrested after a police raid on a party in Richards' home, and were subsequently convicted on 'trumped-up' drug-related charges. [7] A famous editorial in The Times, formerly a staunch bastion of the establishment, protested that the sentences were "...more severe sentence than would have been thought proper for any purely anonymous young sexy man" was shortly followed by the quashing of Richards' conviction on appeal, and Jagger's prison sentence being reduced to a conditional discharge. In May 1967, shortly prior to the Jagger/Richards trial, Brian Jones was arrested for the possession of cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine. [7] He escaped with a fine and probation, but was told he had to seek professional help. The band recorded a new single, "We Love You", as a thank you for the loyalty shown by their fans during their trial. The record featured guest appearances on backing vocals from John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and opens with the sounds of footsteps and a cell door banging shut. [12] The promotional film for the song compared the Stones' persecution and trial to that of Oscar Wilde, portraying Jagger as Wilde receiving sentence from Richards' Marquess of Queensberry. Work then commenced on a new psychedelic album, which Jagger envisioned as the group's equivalent of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. [7] The record, which would eventually be released as Their Satanic Majesties Request (UK #3; US #2), was recorded in difficult circumstances with various members of the band living under the threat of imprisonment. Bill Wyman had one of his on the album, "In Another Land", written by him, sung by him, and even released as a B-side single under his own name. The front cover of the album bears a remarkable similarity to the montage of the Sgt. Pepper album, which gave ammunition to critics (including John Lennon[13]) who accused the Stones of riding in The Beatles' slipstream. The first 25,000 copies of the record had a 3D sleeve. The release in May 1968 of the single "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and, later that year, the album Beggars Banquet (UK #3; US #5), saw the band return to its blues roots aided by producer Jimmy Miller. Richards started using open tunings, most prominently a 5 string open-G tuning (with the lower 6th string removed)heard on the 1969 single "Honky Tonk Women", "Brown Sugar" (Sticky Fingers, 1971), "Tumbling Dice", "Happy", (Exile On Main Street, 1972), and "Start Me Up" (Tattoo You, 1981). Brian Jones became less involved with the band, and his inability to tour the US again due to visa troubles led to his removal from the band on June 8. His replacement was the twenty year-old guitarist Mick Taylor formerly of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, who started sessions with the band immediately and even replaced Jones' contribution to "Honky Tonk Women". Jones retreated to his Cotchford Farm home in Sussex, where he died in his pool less than a month after his exit from the band. Despite Brian Jones' sudden death, the Hyde Park concert went ahead in front of an audience of 200,000 fans. The band's performance was captured by a Granada Television production team, later to be shown on British television as Stones in the Park. The band had just released the first recording with the new lineup, "Honky Tonk Women". It was released on 3 July 1969, coinciding with the death of Jones, and remains the band's last number 1 single in the UK. Let It Bleed (UK #1; US #3) followed in December and was rapidly hailed as another classic, featuring the "Gimme Shelter", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Midnight Rambler", and Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain". In November, the band set off on their 1969 U.S. Tour. American audiences were no longer drowning out the music with their screaming but had become critical listeners. The tour culminated with the staging of the Altamont Free Concert, at the then-disused Altamont Speedway located about forty miles east of San Francisco. The concert was a chaotic disaster in part due to the hiring of a local chapter of the Hells Angels to undertake general security. Meredith Hunter, a young man, was stabbed and beaten to death by the Angels. [14] The Altamont concert was documented in Albert and David Maysles' film Gimme Shelter. The live recording Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! (UK #1; US #6) (1970) documented this tour. Considered by critic Lester Bangs the best live record ever[15], the Stones paid their dues to Chuck Berry with renditions of "Little Queenie" and "Carol", staples from their pub days in south London. 1969 saw the end of the band's 1963 contract with Decca Records when they formed their own record company. Sticky Fingers (UK #1; US #1), released in March 1971 as the band's first album on their own Rolling Stones Records label containing one of their best known hits, "Brown Sugar", the country-influenced "Wild Horses", and a version of "Sister Morphine" on which Marianne Faithfull would be credited a co-writer. Mick Taylor collaborated on several songs with Jagger, partially because of Richards' substance addictions and resulting unreliability. However, all the songs were credited as usual to "Jagger/Richards". As Keith Richards' problems with drugs deepened, Mick Jagger married the Nicaraguan political activist Bianca Perez Morena de Macias and began a jet-set lifestyle. Pressured by the UK Inland Revenue service for several years of unpaid income tax, the band moved abroad to the South of France. Richards rented a chateau, Villa Nellcôte, former headquarters for the local Nazi SS during the Second World War, and sublet rooms to the band members and entourage. Using The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio they continued recording the double album that was started in England and finished in Los Angeles, Exile on Main St. (UK #1; US #1) (1972). Given an A+ grade by critic Robert Christgau and disparaged by Lester Bangs - who reversed his opinion within months, Exile is now commonly accepted as one of their best albums. The film Cocksucker Blues, never officially released, documents the subsequent, highly publicised 1972 North American ("STP") Tour, with its retinue of jet set hangers-on. The band's early 1973 Pacific Tour saw them banned from playing in Japan and almost banned from Australia. The Rolling Stones on tour, 1972.In November 1972 the band began sessions in Kingston, Jamaica for their followup to Exile, Goats Head Soup (UK #1; US #1) (1973). The album would spawn the worldwide hit "Angie", but would prove to be the first in a string of decent selling but tepidly received studio albums.[16] The sessions for Goats Head Soup would also spawn a number of outtakes, most notably an early version of the popular ballad "Waiting on a Friend" which would not be released until Tattoo You, eight years later. The making of the record was not helped by another legal battle over drugs, this one dating back to their stay in France. At Musicland studios in Munich to record the next album, 1974's It's Only Rock 'n Roll (UK #2; US #1), Jimmy Miller, who had drug abuse issues, was no longer producer as Jagger and Richards assumed production credits as "the Glimmer Twins". Both album and the single of the same name were hits, even without an immediate tour to promote them. Nearing the end of 1974, Taylor had begun to get impatient because there had been no tours since October 1973. [17] The band found itself in stalemate, with band members opting to spend their time abroad between recording sessions while Jagger was getting increasingly exasperated with Richards, whose behaviour was becoming more and more unpredictable. The other members of the band ended up paying for the fines and legal bills resulting from Richards' convictions, which also led to the entire band being denied entry to certain countries and meant missed out income for all. Taylor spent his time helping Jagger composing and recording songs in the studio while Richards was often absent. Jagger promised Taylor he would get recognition for his contributions in the form of official credits on tracks from Goats Head Soup and It's Only Rock'n Roll. When this did not happen and it transpired that there was still no tour in sight by the end of 1974, with a recording session already booked in Munich to record another new album, Taylor quit The Rolling Stones. [18] 1974-1982 For Black and Blue (UK #2; US #1) (1976), The Stones used the recording sessions in Munich to audition replacements for Taylor. Guitarists as stylistically far-flung as Humble Pie lead Peter Frampton and ex-Yardbirds virtuoso Jeff Beck were auditioned. American session players Wayne Perkins and Harvey Mandel appeared on much of the album, but the band settled on Ron Wood who had recorded and played live with Richards and already contributed to the recording and writing of It's Only Rock 'n Roll. Woods eventually left The Faces to commit to the Stones in 1974. The 1975 Tour of the Americas featured stage props including a giant inflatable phallus and a rope on which Jagger would swing out over the audience. Toronto's El Mocambo Club where Love You Live was recorded.Although The Rolling Stones remained popular through the first half of the 1970s, music critics had grown increasingly dismissive of the band's output and record sales had failed to meet expectations. However, Keith Richards would have more serious concerns in 1977. Richards' addiction to heroin delayed his arrival in Toronto for a planned live recording session at the El Mocambo club. Jagger had chosen to record in Toronto to balance out a long overdue live album, 1977's Love You Live (UK #3; US #5) would be the Stones first live album since 1970's Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!. All the Stones had assembled and were waiting for Richards when they sent him a telegram asking him where he was.[19] Richards and his family flew in from London and were caught by Canada customs with a burnt spoon and hash residue. A day later, armed with legal arrest warrants for Anita Pallenberg, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police discovered "22 grams of heroin"[20] in Richards' room. The initial charge was importing narcotics into Canada, which carried a minimum seven-year sentence upon conviction. Later the Crown prosecutor conceded Richards had procured the drugs after arrival. Despite the arrest, the band played two shows in Toronto, only to raise more controversy when the estranged and eventually divorced wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was seen partying with the band after the show. The case would drag on for over a year. Richards eventually received a suspended sentence and was ordered to play two free concerts for a local charity. This sparked one of Richards' first musical projects outside of the Stones (with more to come as Jagger's own solo interests dawned in the 1980s), as he and Wood formed a band, The New Barbarians, to perform at the shows. This motivated a final, concerted attempt to end his drug habit, which proved largely successful. It also coincided with the end of his relationship with Anita Pallenberg, which had become increasingly strained since the death of their third child (an infant son named Tara) and her own inability to curb her heroin addiction while Keith struggled to get clean. While Richards was settling his legal and personal problems, Jagger continued his jet-set lifestyle. He was a regular at New York's Studio 54 disco club, often in the company of model Jerry Hall. His marriage to Bianca would end in 1977. By this time punk rock had become highly influential, and the Stones were increasingly criticised as being decadent, aging millionaires and their music considered by many to be either stagnant or irrelevant. The Clash vocalist Joe Strummer even went so far as to declare "no Elvis, Beatles or Rolling Stones" in their song "1977". In 1978, the band recorded Some Girls (UK #2; US #1) including the disco-influenced "Miss You" (a hit single and a live staple) and the country ballad "Far Away Eyes". In part a response to punk, many songs were fast, basic guitar-driven rock 'n' roll. The group's subsequent US Tour 1978, though dogged by frequently sloppy drunken performances, was nevertheless a massive success. However the group did not tour Europe the following year, breaking the every-three-year touring routine of Europe in place since 1967. Entering the 1980s on a renewed commercial high due to the success of Some Girls, the next album Emotional Rescue (UK #1; US #1), released in mid-1980. The recording of the album was reportedly plagued in turmoil, with Jagger and Richards' relationship reaching a new low. Richards, more sober than at any time during the previous ten years, had begun to assert more control in the studio again - more than Jagger had become used to, and a power struggle had ensued and clashes were rife. Though Emotional Rescue hit the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, it was panned by critics as a lackluster and inconsistent effort. Following a bogged (due to an extremely drunken Richards) press conference to announce its release, the group decided not to tour in support of the album and went on hiatus. In early 1981 the group reconvened and decided they would tour the US that year, which would not however leave much time to write and record a new album to promote the tour as well as rehearse for it. That year's resulting album, Tattoo You (UK #2; US #1) featured "Start Me Up". Several songs on the album ("Waiting on a Friend" and "Tops") featured Mick Taylor's guitar playing, while jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins played on "Slave" and did an overdub on "Waiting on a Friend". In mid-1981, the band rehearsed for its upcoming US tour at Studio Instrument Rentals (SIR) at West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen, the site of the former Cheetah Club. During this time at SIR, the Stones recorded the music video "Start Me Up" in rehearsal studio #1. They also recorded the "Waiting On a Friend" video in the streets of Manhattan's East Village around the same time. The Stones' American Tour 1981 was their biggest, longest and most colourful stage production to date, playing indoor arenas and outdoor stadiums for over 3 months, and became the highest grossing tour of that year. Some shows were recorded and filmed, resulting in the 1982 live-album Still Life (American Concert 1981) (UK #4 / US #5), and in the 1982 Hal Ashby concert film The Rolling Stones: Let's Spend The Night Together. In mid-1982, to commemorate their 20th anniversary as a band, the Stones' took their successful American stage show to Europe. European Tour 1982 was their first European tour in six years, and was joined by former Allman Brothers Band piano player Chuck Leavell who continues to play and record with the Stones to this day. By the end of the year they signed a new multi-million dollar recording deal with a new label, CBS Records. 1983-1993 The Rolling Stones' "Tongue and Lip Design" logo was designed by John Pasche[1].Throughout the early and mid 1980s the Jagger/Richards partnership continued to falter, and their records suffered. 1983's Undercover (UK #3; US #4) was Jagger's attempt to make The Rolling Stones' sound more compatible with current musical trends. Despite initial critical enthusiasm (Rolling Stone gave the album four and a half stars), its slick production, violent political and sexual content (including the controversial violent images in the video for "Undercover of the Night" and the slasher film-inspired lyrics of "Too Much Blood) were coolly received by fans. Because of this and the lack of a supporting tour Undercover sold below expectations. As well, Ron Wood had begun using increasing amounts of drugs. When the Stones had signed their recording contract with CBS Records in 1982, Jagger had also signed a major solo record deal with them. This angered Richards who saw it as a lack of commitment to the band. Jagger recorded his first solo album (She's the Boss) in 1984. Bill Wyman put together a video compilation called Rewind with Jagger's help. CBS released a companion hits compilation from 1971-1984 called Rewind (UK #23 / US #86). In 1985 pianist, road manager and long-time friend Ian Stewart died of a heart attack. According to Richards, Stewart's death left the band without a moderating force that had helped hold the band together. Jagger spent more time on his solo recordings than on the Stones', and much of the material on 1986's Dirty Work (UK #4; US #4) was authored by Keith Richards, with more contributions by Ron Wood than on previous Stones' albums. Jagger refused to tour in support of the record because of the poor health of Richards, Wood, and Watts. When the Stones were awarded a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement, Richards was critical of Jagger. By 1988, neither the quality nor the sales of Jagger's solo records, She's the Boss (UK #6; US #13) (1985) and Primitive Cool (UK #26; US #41) (1987)), lived up to expectations. Keith Richards' first solo record, Talk is Cheap (UK #37; US #24) (1988) garnered a much better reception from fans and critics. In early 1989, The Rolling Stones, including Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood along with Ian Stewart (posthumously), were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jagger and Richards appeared to have developed a new understanding and appreciation for each other, and they recorded a new album as The Rolling Stones, which would eventually become Steel Wheels (UK #2; US #3). Widely heralded at the time as a return to form, the slick conventional-rock album included the hit singles "Mixed Emotions", "Rock And A Hard Place" and "Almost Hear You Sigh". As well, the album included the song "Continental Drift", which included playing by musicians from the Moroccan mountain village of Jajouka. This song was recorded by Brian Jones during the ill-fated 1967 trip to North Africa with Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg. The subsequent US Steel Wheels Tour saw the Stones touring for the first time in seven years (since Europe 1982), and it was their biggest stage production to date. By the time the massive tour reached Europe in 1990, it had changed its name to the Urban Jungle Tour. Recordings made from the tour produced the 1991 live-album Flashpoint (UK #6; US #16). The live album also included two new songs recorded in 1991, the hit single "Highwire", and "Sex Drive". This tour was the last for Bill Wyman who, after years of deliberation and unwillingness to tour any longer, finally left the band in 1993. He then published Stone Alone, a frank autobiography. 1993-1999 After Bill Wyman's departure, the band continued as a foursome, and in 1991, signed a new recording contract with Virgin Records. Virgin remastered and repackaged The Rolling Stones Records back catalog (Sticky Fingers through Steel Wheels sans the three live albums) and issued a new hits compilation in 1993 Jump Back (UK #16; US #30), which basically replaced the 1984 classic hits comp Rewind. Along with long time Stones piano player Chuck Leavell they set upon recording their next studio album in 1993. Charlie Watts was asked to choose a bass player, and he selected the respected session musician and Miles Davis and Sting sideman Darryl Jones, who appeared on the subsequent studio album Voodoo Lounge (UK #1; US #2) (1994) and played on the worldwide 1994-1995 Voodoo Lounge Tour, another massive stage production. Voodoo Lounge received praise from fans and critics, though it failed to achieve the acclaim or popularity of the Stones' 1970s records. During the world tour they recorded various shows and rehearsals and the result was the 1995 album Stripped (UK #9 / US #9) which featured a cover of Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" as well as other classic underplayed Stones songs like "Shine a Light", "Sweet Virginia" and "The Spider and the Fly". The Rolling Stones ended the 1990s with their album Bridges to Babylon (UK #6; US #3) released in 1997 to mixed reviews. Darryl Jones was brought back and has remained with the band since. Despite its failed singles, Babylon sales were reasonably the same as previous records. However, the huge success was the Bridges to Babylon Tour which crossed Europe, North America and various other destinations. Once again a live album was culled from the tour, No Security (UK #67 / US #34), only this time all but two songs ("Live With Me" and "The Last Time") were never released on any previous live albums. In 1999 they staged the No Security Tour in the U.S. as well as continued and finished the Babylon tour in Europe. 2000-present In 2002, The Rolling Stones released Forty Licks (UK #2; US #2) - a greatest hits album that spanned their career - that contained four new songs recorded with the latter day core band of Jagger, Richards, Watts, Wood, Leavell and Jones. The same year, Q magazine named The Rolling Stones as one of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die"[21], and the 2002-2003 Licks Tour gave people that chance. On 30 July 2003, the band headlined the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to help the city - which they had frequently used for pre-tour rehearsals - recover financially and psychologically from the effects of the 2003 SARS epidemic. It was attended by an estimated 490,000 people. On 9 November 2003, the band played its first concert in Hong Kong as part of the Harbour Fest celebration, also in support of SARS. In November of 2003 the band exclusively licensed the right to sell their new 4-DVD boxed set, Four Flicks, recorded on their most recent world tour, to the U.S. Best Buy chain of stores. In response, other music retail chains (including Tower Records, Virgin Megastore and HMV) pulled all Rolling Stones CDs and related merchandise from their shelves and replaced them with signs explaining the situation. [22] On July 26, 2005, Jagger's birthday, the band announced the name of their new album, A Bigger Bang (UK #2; US #3), which was released September 6 to typically strong reviews, including a glowing write up in Rolling Stone (often noted for its consistent support of the group).[23] The album included perhaps the most controversial song from the Stones in years, "Sweet Neo Con", a criticism of American Neoconservatism from Jagger. The song was reportedly almost dropped from the album due to objections from Richards, who prefers to avoid overtly political or topical songs, because he believes that such songs rarely stand the test of time. The subsequent A Bigger Bang Tour began in August 2005, and visited North America, South America, East Asia in a mixture of venues. In February 2006 the group played the high-profile slot of half-time of Super Bowl XL. By the end of 2005, the tour had set a record of $162 million gross receipts, breaking the previous North American mark also set by the Stones in 1994. Later that month the band played to a massive crowd of 1.5 million (estimate) on the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro in a free concert. After performances Down Under, Keith Richards went to the hospital on May 2006 for brain surgery after an apparent fall from a coconut tree on the island of Fiji, causing a six week postponement in the European leg of the tour. The following month, it was reported that Ron Wood was entering rehab for a couple of weeks following increased recent alcohol abuse. The Stones returned to North America for another round of concerts in September 2006, and are expected to return to Europe in mid-2007. By November 2006, A Bigger Bang Tour had been declared the highest-grossing tour of all time, earning the band $437 million. The North American leg brought in the third-highest receipts ever ($138.5 million), trailing their own 2005 tour ($162 million) and U2 that same year ($138.9 million). [24]. The Stones played Horsens, Denmark for 85,000 people, which was the highest amount of people on the scheduled part of the tour. They will play Copenhagen later this year. In November 2006, the band released a tour diary entitled T.O.T.A '75 which chronicles earlier tours from up to thirty years ago. In December of the same year a commercial for a major credit card appeared using the Stones song I'm Free as the background music. In late October 2006, filmmaker Martin Scorsese filmed the Stones during several live performances at New York City's Beacon Theater, featuring an audience that included several world leaders for release as a documentary in 2007 (tentatively titled Shine a Light). [25] On March 24th 2007, the band announced a tour of Europe called the "Bigger Bang 2007" tour. June 12th 2007 will see the release of the Stones' second four-disc DVD set entitled The Biggest Bang, a seven hour document featuring the band's shows in Austin, Rio de Janeiro, Saitama, Japan, Shanghai, and Buenos Aires, as well as extras. Again, as with their first DVD set, the collection will be sold exclusively through Best Buy. [26] On March 27, 2007 Fox News Channel reported that the Stones have been confirmed as one of the artists taking part in the Live Earth concerts on July 7, 2007. However, the Stones will not perform because it would interfere with their concert in Rome on July 6.[27] On June 10, 2007, Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie performed their first gig at a festival in 30 years, at the Isle of Wight Festival, to a crowd of 50,000. Keith Richards had a role on Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End as Captain Teague, Jack Sparrow's father and Keeper of the Pirate's Code. Personnel Line-ups (1962) Mick Jagger - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals Brian Jones - guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, percussion Ian Stewart - piano, keyboards, percussion with Trevor Whittaker - rhythm guitar, percussion Dick Taylor - bass Tony Chapman - drums Carlo Little - drums Mick Avory - drums (1962-1963) Mick Jagger - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals Brian Jones - guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, percussion Ian Stewart - piano, keyboards, percussion Bill Wyman - bass (1963-1969) Mick Jagger - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals, bass, keyboards Brian Jones - guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, keyboards, sitar, reeds, marimbas, percussion, dulcimer, woodwind, accordion, tamboura, slide guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, xylophone, recorder, clarinet Bill Wyman - bass, backing vocals, percussion, keyboards Charlie Watts - drums, percussion (1969-1974) Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, percussion Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals, bass, keyboards Mick Taylor - guitar, bass, synthesiser, percussion, backing vocals Bill Wyman - bass, synthesiser Charlie Watts - drums, percussion (1974-1993) Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals, bass Ron Wood - guitar, bass, pedal steel, backing vocals, percussion Bill Wyman - bass, synthesiser Charlie Watts - drums, percussion (1993-present) Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion, bass, keyboards Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals, bass, keyboards Ron Wood - guitar, backing vocals, pedal steel, lap steel, bass Charlie Watts - drums, percussion Discography See: The Rolling Stones discography Tours 2005/2006/2007 - A Bigger Bang Tour 2002/2003 - Licks Tour 1999 - No Security Tour/Bridges To Babylon Tour 1997/1998 - Bridges To Babylon Tour 1994/1995 - Voodoo Lounge Tour 1989/1990 - Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour 1982 - European Tour 1982 1981 - American Tour 1981 1978 - US Tour 1978 1976 - Tour of Europe '76 1975 - Tour of the Americas '75 1973 - European Tour 1973 1973 - Pacific Tour 1973 1972 - American Tour 1972 (also known as S.T.P. Tour) 1971 - UK Tour 1971 1970 - European Tour 1970 1969 - American Tour 1969 (famous but didn't seem to have a name) 1967 - European Tour 1966 - Australia and New Zealand Tour, European Tour, North American Tour, British Tour 1965 - 1 Far East tour, 4 European tours, 3 British tours, 2 North American tours 1964 - 4 British tours, 2 US tours 1963 - British Tour (as an opening act) Bill Stoll StollCo Video -2007 Rolling Stones - See also The Beatles post. Thx!
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fanoffans99 ::: Favorites  2007-07-01 20:24:56 They have their critics, but man o man, they've had their share of hits over the decades. go man go... __________________________________________________
loofoowho ::: Favorites  2007-07-02 15:58:30 im not a stones fan bar a couple of tracks but this video is good. i gave 5stars for da good quality photos taken. __________________________________________________
kotalecisekamen2 ::: Favorites  2007-07-03 05:23:11 Awesome video. Nice work. 5 stars! __________________________________________________
Sampipower ::: Favorites  2007-07-03 13:20:41 the world is Stone , son lo mas grande q hay loco vamo los Stone!!! __________________________________________________
leftcoastusa ::: Favorites  2007-07-04 11:50:00 Someone said Mick Jagger moves like a rooster on acid (true in a funny kind of way)((I'm assuming - never having seen a rooster on acid - to my knowledge)). Great tribute, Bill! Thanks for posting. __________________________________________________
jeenay ::: Favorites  2007-07-04 15:00:35 OMG i think their lame __________________________________________________
lonelygurl8305 ::: Favorites  2007-07-05 23:33:19 Nice video! __________________________________________________
Frodita1987 ::: Favorites  2007-07-07 05:52:39 The name of 4º song please, i like this song, but i don´t know the title...please... __________________________________________________
billstoll ::: Favorites  2007-07-07 08:12:42 For Frodita1987: "Can't you hear me knocking" from Sticky Fingers CD __________________________________________________
keithslady ::: Favorites  2007-07-08 00:10:58 AWESOME - AWESOME - AWESOME!! __________________________________________________
cctmcruz ::: Favorites  2007-07-08 10:59:57 So se pode dizer que os Rolling Stones sao a melhor banda do mundo =) kem axa isso?? E o keith o melhor dos 4, nao é?? __________________________________________________
Frodita1987 ::: Favorites  2007-07-08 11:33:28 Thanks so much!!!!!! billstoll...i love that song!! 1000 Thanks!!! __________________________________________________
metobest ::: Favorites  2007-07-09 06:56:36 those guys are kinda good. do they ever play live? __________________________________________________
Laggejoh ::: Favorites  2007-07-09 08:29:14 kinda good he says xD __________________________________________________
Kingofeurope ::: Favorites  2007-07-09 18:09:41 Holy shit, that's a long description! >_> __________________________________________________