In 1993, when Darryl Jones heard Bill Wyman was leaving The Rolling Stones, he called Mick Jagger’s team and asked to audition. Jones, who had already played with Miles Davis, Sting, Madonna, and Peter Gabriel, joined the band after two rounds of auditions. Since 1994’s Voodoo Lounge, Jones has played on every Stones album. In […]
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has paid tribute to the band’s late drummer Charlie Watts, who died a year ago today (Aug. 24) at age 80. In a video montage posted on Twitter and set to the Stones’ 1974 track “Till the Next Goodbye,” Jagger says in voiceover, “I miss Charlie, because he had a […]
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 60th anniversary tour (phew, not many bands can say that) last night, Wednesday, June 1, at Madrid’s Estadio Metropolitano. To celebrate the big night, the legends rolled out their 1966 staple “Out of Time” for the first time at a show. [embedded content][embedded content] “Out of Time” is off the […]
Last year, when helping assemble SPIN‘s 50 Best Albums of 1971, I wondered if that year could have been popular music’s absolute peak. Now I’m asking myself that same question all over again. As I built a spreadsheet for 1972, gathering our writers’ votes alongside my own weird choices, I was once again struck by […]
In recent years, the Rolling Stones have been steadily releasing shows from their archives. Today, the group announced they’re going deep into their catalog to unearth a set that has been bootlegged for years. In 1977, the Stones played a pair of 300-person capacity shows in Toronto and now the set is getting a proper […]
Probably not even The Rolling Stones would’ve believed you if you said in 1962 that they would be embarking on their 60th-anniversary tour in 2022. Steve Jordan will fill in for the late, great Charlie Watts on drums. [embedded content] [embedded content] The Stones are performing in 14 European cities this June and July. Kicking […]
There’s a line in Almost Famous where Stillwater’s manager (played by Jimmy Fallon) proclaimed: “If you think Mick Jagger will still be out there trying to be a rock star at age 50, then you are sadly, sadly mistaken.” I couldn’t help thinking about how unbelievably wrong that character’s prediction was last night, watching the three […]
The Rolling Stones played their first tour date without drummer Charlie Watts in St. Louis. They kicked off their No Filter tour at The Dome at America’s Center. This also marks the band’s first time on the road since last year’s postponement due to COVID. Steve Jordan is filling in Watts’ seat behind the drum […]
The Rolling Stones talked to journalist David Fricke about their upcoming No Filter tour, which is the first time the band will take the stage in over 50 years without their beloved drummer and friend, Charlie Watts. Watts died on August 24. Watts’ death shook the music world, as his tight, jazzy drum sound influenced […]
The Rolling Stones dropped the video for the previously unreleased song, “Living In The Heart Of Love.” The song premiered on August 19 and is the first of nine tracks featured on the 40th-anniversary edition of Tattoo You. [embedded content] The track is reminiscent of the piping hot ’80s world the Stones unleashed in “Little […]