The Rolling Stones, the world's top-earning music act last year, have signed a long-term, exclusive worldwide contract with Vivendi SA's Universal Music, dealing a major...
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Vivendi's Universal Music has signed an exclusive, long-term worldwide recording agreement with The Rolling Stones, in a deal that will be a blow to the band's ...
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You can't always get what you want...unless you're "the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band." The Rolling Stones have left longtime label EMI,...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressman-lead singer had a question for the guest keyboardist at the all-congressional band gig Wednesday night. "You know 'Brown Sugar'"?...
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Ronnie Wood entered a rehabilitation facility Wednesday for help with alcoholism, said a spokeswoman for the Rolling Stones guitarist. "Following Ronnie's continued battle...
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Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has entered rehab for a drinking problem, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday. "Following Ronnie's continued battle with alcohol...
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Keith Richards' wingman needs some down time. Veteran Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood has checked himself into rehab to deal with a longstanding addiction to the...
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The Rolling Stones have played down a weekend report that the band planned to ditch long-term record company EMI to join concert promoter Live Nation. But industry experts...
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Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell entertained Central Michigan University graduates and joked about rock musicians during an appearance at commencement ceremonies. ...
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The Rolling Stones and the YouTube video Web site have teamed up to launch a new entertainment channel. According to a statement from the band and record label Universal,...
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The Rolling Stones are blowing up again. On the eve of the launch of their Martin Scorsese-helmed concert documentary, Shine a Light, the World's Greatest Rock...
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Director Martin Scorsese won't say the Rolling Stones are like the underworld characters in many of his movies, but he admits the band's music evokes memories of the...
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The Rolling Stones lit up the Berlin
Film Festival on Thursday, with the four veteran rockers on the
red carpet for the world premiere of "Shine a Light,"...
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Snatching Martin Scorsese's eagerly
awaited documentary about the Rolling Stones away from rival
film festivals for the Berlinale next month is a career
highlight for...
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The Rolling Stones announced Thursday they have signed a deal to release the soundtrack to their Martin Scorsese-directed concert film through Universal Music Group.
The...
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Veteran British rock band the Rolling
Stones has signed an exclusive worldwide recording agreement to
release its next album through Universal Music Group,...
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Every record collector's library
contains a handful of forgotten classics, great records
mismanaged by labels and lost to the annals of history.
In recent years, some...
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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...
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Guitarist Keith Richards has demanded
that two Swedish newspapers apologize to the Rolling Stones and
their fans in Sweden for stinging reviews of the band's
performance...
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The Rolling Stones are keeping the flame of rock rebellion burning.
A London concert venue was given a warning Wednesday after members of the band were pictured smoking...
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Time is not on Martin Scorsese's side—at least when it comes to the release of his hyped Rolling Stones concert documentary.
The film, dubbed Shine a Light after...
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Montenegro's people,
media and even politicians are feverish with anticipation over
a Rolling Stones concert on Monday, the biggest cultural event
ever held in the small...
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Two workers dismantling a Rolling Stones' stage at a stadium in Madrid fell to their deaths from a metal scaffold on Friday, officials said.
Two other Spanish workers were...
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Two workers died on Friday after part of
the set from a Rolling Stones concert collapsed on top of them
as they were dismantling it, emergency services said.
A third man...
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The kickoff of the Rolling Stones' European tour opened to rave reviews, a big crowd and a massive traffic jam.
Some 33,000 fans showed up for the show in the town of...
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It turns out wild horses can and will drag the Rolling Stones away.
The aging rockers have agreed to relocate an upcoming concert in Belgrade from the city's racetrack...
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Wild horses? More like stoned ponies.
Serbian animal activists are up in arms over a plan to sedate as many as 300 horses stabled at a racecourse in Belgrade where the...
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Animal rights activists in Serbia have called on the Rolling Stones to find a new venue for a concert, after claims that hundreds of horses may have to be sedated.
The rock...
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But what about an original sound recording?
Twenty-five culturally important recordings — including an episode of "The...
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It's been another bang-up year on the road for the Rolling Stones.
For the second year in a row, the World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band lived up to the billing and topped...
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Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records, is recovering after hitting his head in a fall at a recent Rolling Stones concert.
Ertegun, an integral figure in the...
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The Rolling Stones rocked in the shadow of the twin spires at Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, in a pairing Friday night of two entertainment icons.
Fans came...
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Despite the recent slew of setbacks threatening their world
tour, the Rolling Stones were back with a bang Sunday night--A Bigger
Bang.
The "Start Me Up" rockers...
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That's two strikes, but they're still out.
The
Rolling Stones have canceled their second Spanish gig in as many days,
putting an end to plans to perform in the country...
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The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour was intended to showcase
the group's prowess as old-school rockers.
So far,
they've lived up to just two of the three...
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The Rolling Stones will play a special fundraising show in New York to mark the 60th birthday of Bill Clinton, it has been announced.
Mick Jagger and company, who are...
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Mick Jagger will strut at the home of the Kentucky Derby when the Rolling Stones perform at the famed Churchill Downs racetrack Sept. 29.
"It's an opportunity we have to...
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The Rolling Stones are giving music lovers even a bigger bang for
their buck and a bigger phone bill..
The veteran rockers
have announced a service allowing fans from...
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The Rolling Stones are back in rewind mode.
With
their guitarists healthy after various bouts with coconut trees and
rehab, the World's Greatest (and seemingly...
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More than 40 years after the Beatles and
the Rolling Stones featured on the first edition, the BBC is to
scrap Britain's longest-running music television show, "Top of
the...
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The Rolling Stones may be falling out of trees and battling
addictions, but they're gonna keep on rockin'.
A
spokeswoman confirmed Friday that the band is "absolutely...
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Ronnie Wood is understood to have entered rehab after he began drinking again, throwing the European leg of the Rolling Stones tour into further trouble.
The guitarist is...
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The Rolling Stones have always acknowleged their debt to blues and soul music, but the honor will be returned with an exhibit this summer at the Stax Museum of American Soul...
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The Rolling Stones assured that Keith Richards is fully recovered from a head injury, will kick off their rescheduled European tour in Milan, Italy, on July 11.
The band...
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David Gilmour has told the Rolling Stones to "get a life" and quit their music career. The former Pink Floyd star has urged the aging rock 'n' roll legends to call it a day,...
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The Rolling Stones kicked off their A Bigger Bang world tour at Fenway Park in Boston Sunday (August 21), and they thrilled the audience with a two-hour mixture of classics...
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The Rolling
Stones were on
the bill in China. Then off.
Then tentatively on
again. Now, their tour dates have been scrapped with no signs of
rescheduling.
The band has...
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Each member of the Rolling Stones took part in the making of a recently released tell-all book called According To The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie...
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Mick Jagger is said to be dealing with a bad back while the Rolling Stones continue their Licks world tour. According to the Evening Standard in London, "a pale and...
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The Rolling Stones took it back to the clubs on Wednesday (August 27), rocking the tiny London Astoria as part of the group's four-show stand in the city. With tickets being...
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Mick Jagger's health is better, so the Rolling Stones Licks world tour has finally opened in their homeland. The band had to postpone what would have been their first...
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As many as a half-million people spent the night together with the Rolling Stones on Wednesday (July 30) at a star-studded concert in Toronto that some dubbed SARSstock. The...
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The Rolling Stones' Toronto-based promoter is subtly threatening to pull the group out of its July 30 concert in the Canadian city because of complaints about the...
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At a press conference on Monday (July 14), Toronto's police chief, Julian Fantino, urged fans who are planning to attend the Rolling Stones' concert at the end of the month...
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Ticket sales are nearing the half-million mark for the Rolling Stones-headlined July 30 concert in Toronto. Event spokesman J.P. Pampena has announced that more than 475,000...
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Justin Timberlake will join the Rolling Stones in a benefit concert for the city of Toronto on July 30. The eight-hour show, which will be held at the former Downsview...
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It seems that Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is no fan of Justin Timberlake. Jagger said, "I've watched Justin, but every single move he does is stolen," according to...
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The Rolling Stones are being honored in Austria this week. After their show in Vienna on Wednesday (June 18), the group was presented with a set of postage stamps that went...
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It appears that the Rolling Stones' free concert in Toronto won't happen this summer, but some hope remains. The group had agreed to play the show in late July to help the...
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The Rolling Stones' plans to perform a free concert for Toronto this summer is generating some controversy. The group has agreed "in principle" to play a free show in late...
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The Rolling Stones have dropped a concert in Eastern Europe due to local unrest. The Stones, citing personal safety concerns, actually canceled the August 2 show in Belgrade...
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The Rolling Stones are opposed to a new film about the band's 1960s founding member Brian Jones, because the film suggests the guitarist was murdered, rather than drowned...
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The Rolling Stones are producing a new short documentary film on India, following the band's first concerts in the country, in Bangalore and the capitol city of Mumbai. The...
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The Rolling Stones canceled their Thursday (April 10) Bangkok concert in Thailand when their crew's airplane was grounded Wednesday (April 9) in Bombay, India, due to a...
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The Rolling Stones play their first concert in India on Friday, April 4, in the southern city of Bangalore at Bangalore Palace.
The band will play a two hour show on a...
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The Rolling Stones have postponed their Friday and Saturday (March 28 and 29) shows in Hong Kong, China, due to a mysterious flu-like illness there. After studying the...
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The Rolling Stones will perform their first concert in Thailand on April 8th as part of the band's biggest Asian leg on its current 40th anniversary "Licks" world tour.
The...
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The Beatles and the Rolling Stones will find themselves competing again next month, this time in the home-video racks. The bands are the subjects of new, unauthorized VHS...
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The Rolling Stones will play a free concert Thursday (February 6) in Los Angeles for the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
The show, set for the Staples Center, is...
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An online report of a feud between the Rolling Stones and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is "a total fabrication," according to a Stones spokesperson and Bloomberg's...
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The Rolling Stones' Licks tour finishes its latest stand at New York's Madison Square Garden on Saturday (January 18), but don't worry if you don't have a ticket yet. The...
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The Rolling Stones are offering well-heeled fan club members a chance to attend their three London shows this summer with a special VIP travel package. The...
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The Rolling Stones resume the North American leg of their Licks tour on Wednesday (January 8) at Bell Centre in Montreal. The first months of the tour were a resounding...
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The Ford Motor Company has licensed the Rolling Stones' 1981 hit "Start Me Up" for its new ad campaign, which kicked off with a 30-second spot just after midnight on New...
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The Rolling Stones have announced a free concert in Los Angeles to raise awareness for the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and its continuing battle against global...
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ABKCO Music and Records, which owns most of the Rolling Stones' recordings from 1962 through August of 1970, is suing over the release of a new video collection that claims...
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The Rolling Stones' hometown fans still like them, like them, yes they do. Tickets for the group's three London-area shows sold out almost instantly when they went on sale...
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The Rolling Stones' bid to bring their Licks tour to Serbia in 2003 has taken a controversial turn. The group is slated to perform August 2 in Belgrade, but locals are...
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The Rolling Stones have made a slight adjustment to their January schedule in New York City. Originally set to play Madison Square Garden on January 17 and 18, the first...
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The Rolling Stones have announced the first dates for their 2003 tour of the U.K. Fans shouldn't start lining up yet, though--the announced shows won't take place until...
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Fans attending the upcoming Rolling Stones shows in San Francisco might have to deal with picket lines as well as ticket lines. The concerts, set for Friday and Saturday...
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A second Rolling Stones guitarist made a surprise club appearance in Southern California this week. Ron Wood showed up to play with Slash at the Ivar club in Hollywood on...
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The Rolling Stones are featured in the latest NBA television ad as part of the basketball organization's "Love It Live" campaign. The 30-second spot debuted on cable's TNT...
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There's been no shortage of Rolling Stones books, tawdry and otherwise, released throughout the group's 40-year history. Guitarist Ron Wood tells LAUNCH that the band,...
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The Rolling Stones went into the studio in Paris, France, earlier this year, ostensibly to record a few new songs for the Forty Licks retrospective. The Stones wound up with...
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Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood's art exhibition opens to the public Monday (October 14) at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum in Cleveland. The exhibition, which...
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After a week off, the Rolling Stones return to their Licks tour this weekend with shows on Saturday (October 12) at Detroit's Ford Field and on Sunday (October 13) at Gund...
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Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards's recent appearance on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine has surprised fans and observers throughout the music industry. It's not...
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In a week seemingly lost in time, Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones can be found at Numbers One and Two on the latest Billboard 200 album sales chart with their...
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The legendary Solomon Burke will be a busy man in the coming months. This week he embarks on a seven-country, 11-city European tour, and in November he will open two...
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If you haven't gotten tickets to see the Rolling Stones in concert, don't worry--the band's Licks world tour is coming to your living room. The Stones will do their...
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The Rolling Stones are again paying tribute to their late crew chief, Royden Walter "Chuch" Magee, this time on the group's forthcoming Forty Licks album, due October 1. The...
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The Rolling Stones were joined by U2 frontman Bono for a version of "It's Only Rock And Roll (But I Like It)" Monday night (September 16) at the Aragon Ballroom in...
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The Rolling Stones are back on the road celebrating their 40th anniversary, but Mick Jagger's knighthood earlier this year almost brought things to a screeching...
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The Rolling Stones Licks tour hasn't hit New York City yet, but the band is already adding more shows to its itinerary. The Stones will return to Madison Square Garden on...
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The Rolling Stones are not forgetting their late crew chief on their current Licks tour of North America. The $20 program for the tour includes a dedication to Royden Walter...
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The Rolling Stones launched their world tour on Tuesday (September 3) at Boston's FleetCenter, but the group's next two performances are openings in their own right. The...
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"If you can't rock me, somebody will," Mick Jagger sang early in the Rolling Stones' tour opener Tuesday (September 3) at Boston's FleetCenter. But in truth, it was Jagger...
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The Rolling Stones kick off their Licks world tour Tuesday (September 3) at the FleetCenter in Boston. Unlike past tours, and unlike any other act, the Stones are doing...
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Songs by the Rolling Stones, Elton John, David Bowie, Robert Plant, and others are featured on the soundtrack for the film Moonlight Mile, which opens September 27. Directed...
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The tracklisting for the upcoming Rolling Stones best-of collection has been set. Due October 1 in North America from Virgin Records, Forty Licks is the first retrospective...
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The Strokes will open for the Rolling Stones at a pair of shows on the legendary band's upcoming Licks world tour. The New York rockers will serve as the support act on...
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Ever wonder why the Rolling Stones play a club show before the start of a major tour, as the band did Friday (August 16) in Toronto, Ontario? The answer is, precisely...
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The Rolling Stones played a surprise club show in Toronto on Friday (August 16) in advance of their world tour. The band played a 15-song set at the 81-year-old Palais...
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More details are emerging about Forty Licks, the upcoming Rolling Stones best-of collection.
The two-CD compilation, which the band personally selected, is due October 1...
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The Rolling Stones release a new career retrospective on September 23 in Japan, September 30 in other territories outside North America, and October 1 in North America....
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A possible title and release date for the upcoming Rolling Stones greatest-hits album has been revealed. The new solicitation catalog from EMI Music Distribution says the...
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The Rolling Stones are staying relatively quiet about the death of longtime road-crew member Royden Walter "Chuch" Magee III during tour rehearsals last week. However, the...
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Rolling Stones tour rehearsals in Toronto, Ontario, were shaken late last week when a member of the band's crew suffered a fatal heart attack.
Roydon Walter "Chuch" Magee,...
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The Rolling Stones have officially kicked off rehearsals in Toronto, Ontario, for their upcoming North American tour. The group has taken over Crescent School, an upscale...
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It's a 1970s groove thing for man of mystery Austin Powers In Goldmember. The latest film in Mike Myers's spy spoof franchise features a Dr. Dre remix of the Rolling Stones'...
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The Rolling Stones are trying to provide "Satisfaction" to as many people as they can. To that end, the band has added two more dates to its 2002-2003 world tour--October 5...
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A series of upcoming Rolling Stones reissues from ABKCO Records in August will mark the first albums by a major act to feature the new dual-layer hybrid Super Audio CD...
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The Pretenders have been confirmed as the opening act for the first show of the Rolling Stones World Tour, which is scheduled for September 5 at CMGI Field in...
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Tickets for the Rolling Stones World Tour 2002-2003 go on sale this weekend with Boston and Chicago on Saturday (May 11), San Francisco on Sunday (May 12), and New York City...
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The Rolling Stones have set dates for their 40th anniversary tour, which kicks off September 5 in Boston. The itinerary was being scheduled even before a forthcoming "best...
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The Rolling Stones' World Tour will support a forthcoming two-CD "best-of" collection, Stones frontman Mick Jagger revealed on Tuesday (May 7).
"We just last night finished...
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The Rolling Stones' 2002-2003 World Tour will be a bit different. The Stones announced they give fans in the opportunity to see them up close-and-personal by playing clubs...
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Rolling Stones fans in New York City on Tuesday (May 7) should look up at about 12:45 p.m. ET. That's the time when the venerable British band is slated to ride a blimp into...
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Plans are underway for the Rolling Stones to tour in 2002, the band's 40th anniversary year. A spokesperson tells LAUNCH that the group will be on the road next year,...
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There is no truth to the stories floating around that the Rolling Stones have been told another major tour would be a money loser, according to the band's spokesperson....
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Drummer Charlie Watts has confirmed that the Rolling Stones will indeed mount a tour in 2002. Watts, who begins 13 straight nights with his 10-piece jazz group the Charlie...
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Long-misplaced tapes recorded by the late John Phillips that feature duets with the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, as well as contributions by fellow Stones...
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The phenomenally rich duo of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are in the odd position of having one of their songs adopted by the folks who are cutting funding and programs...
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Rolling Stones leaders Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are feuding again, this time reportedly over scrapped plans for another concert tour that was to have taken place later...
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The future is financially secure for young Lucas Maurice Morad Jagger, the child born to Brazilian model Luciana Morad after an affair with Rolling Stones frontman Mick...
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Funeral services were held yesterday in Los Angeles for Jack Nitzsche, a producer and songwriter whose credits include the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield,...
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Ex-Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman was reportedly "shocked and disgusted" when he learned of the sale of tiles from the swimming pool where his former bandmate Brian...
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Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood has checked himself into a London-area rehabilitation facility.
On Thursday (June 29), the guitarist was accompanied by his wife as he...
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(6/27/00, 4 p.m. ET) The Rolling Stones have gotten a lot of mileage out of their versions of Robert Johnson's "Love In Vain" and "Stop Breakin' Down" over the years, but...
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The funeral for Mick Jagger's mother, Eva Jagger, was held last Friday (May 26) in London. Though it was a private and somber affair, some details have started to leak...
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As fate would have it, two versions of the Rolling Stones classic "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" have arrived in stores this week -- a new version by Britney Spears,...
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A husband-and-wife songwriting team has named as defendants the Rolling Stones, musician-producer Don Was, production team the Dust Brothers, and many others in a...
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There may be another The Rolling Stones
tour in the offing. The veteran British rockers, who last hit North America with their 1999 No Security *
tour, may be mounting...
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During a recent rehearsal at a recording studio,
Mick Jagger got a response to his music he fortunately doesn't get too often. A dog owned by Arthur Baker -- the producer...
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Mick Jagger, a less-than-angelic school pupil? Why does this not surprise us? In a new interview with the Times Of London, Jagger paints a picture of himself as a...
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Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood got involved in a bit of a fight at tonight's (March 3) Brit Awards in London. Wood had a confrontation with DJ Brandon Block onstage, as...
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Rolling Stones frontman
Mick Jagger
will testify electronically across the Atlantic Ocean in a paternity hearing to confirm that he fathered the child of Brazilian...
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According to Jerry Hall, she and ex-partner Mick Jagger "still love each other but are not in love," following their separation and divorce earlier this year. Hall told the...
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The Rolling Stones are tops in the latest year/century-end list to be released -- that of the highest-earning musicians in history. According to the trade magazine...
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Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and the Rolling Stones were the kings of box office receipts in 1999, but exactly who won the crown depends on who you ask. Each group...
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A mere two days into their No Security
tour, the Rolling Stones
have been forced to postpone tonight's show at the San Jose (Calif.) Arena. According to Virgin Records,...
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With Mick Jagger in the midst of a divorce battle with Jerry Hall, the Rolling Stones kicked off its No Security arena tour Monday night at the Oakland (Calif.) Arena in...
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The Afghan Whigs have rescheduled the remainder of their U.S. tour. The band will hit the road again on Feb. 9 in Cincinnati beginning a series of dates that will run...
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Concert industry trade Amusement Business has compiled its list of 1998's top tours, and there are a few surprises. Chief among them: the large number of country acts...
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The seemingly unstoppable Rolling Stones announced today that they will stage their first arena tour in two decades. The trek, which will kick off Jan. 25 in Oakland,...
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Forbes has published its annual list of the top 40 highest-grossing entertainers of the year, and the pop music winners are the Rolling Stones and Master P, who came in at...
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The next release from the Rolling Stones will be a live album, according to a source at Virgin Records, and it's expected this Fall. The album will be culled from...
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What's up with Summer concerts this year? Aside from glaring absences (where's Lollapalooza?) and acts of God (lighting striking the Tibetan Freedom Concert on June 13), it...
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Way back in the 1960s, someone at the British Broadcasting Corporation had a brilliant idea.
The government-controlled radio system could save money on recording tape and...
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The Rolling Stones have called off the British leg of their world tour, citing British government tax reforms they claim would cost them millions and make their entire...
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The Rolling Stones delayed the start of their European tour Monday after lead guitarist Keith Richards, 53, injured his chest and ribs after falling off a ladder at his...
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British music giant EMI issued a statement to the London Stock Exchange on April 30th confirming that "it has received an approach about a possible offer for the company."...
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Rumors are heating up once again that EMI Music, the home of the Spice Girls, Rolling Stones and Beatles, may be sold.
Reports indicate Canada's Seagram Co. Ltd., which...
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A boat carrying Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood burst into flames just days before the Brazilian leg of the band's latest world tour, Globo network TV reported...
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Memphis-based concert promoter Bob Kelley died late last week, the victim of an apparent suicide, according to Memphis police. Kelley was the founder and president of...
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The man who signs the checks for the Spice Girls, the Rolling Stones and the Foo Fighters may be looking for work soon.
EMI Music president and CEO Jim Fifield, known by...
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The Beatles and the Rolling Stones top the list of VH1's 100 greatest rock 'n' roll artists, as selected bymusicians who have had videos appear on the channel.
More than...
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As the seemingly ageless Rolling Stones complete the U.S. portion of the Bridges To Babylon world tour, a poll asked a bunch of college freshman who will have similar...
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Disney-owned Mammoth Records--home to the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Seven Mary Three, Fu Manchu and Joe Henry--has entered into a 50/50 joint venture agreement with Nickelbag...
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Turmoil in Asia has caused the stock price of EMI Music to plummet, leading to renewed speculation that the home of the Spice Girls, the Beatles, the Foo Fighters and the...
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The premier compilation disc of the year arrives in stores February 10th, offering 11 tracks covering the year's top artists as selected by a group of their peers.
We...
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The British Broadcasting Corporation has confirmed it will auction its rights to recordings by Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Genesis, Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones.
The...
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Other nominations announced yesterday for the 40th annual Grammy Awards:
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
"Butterfly" - Mariah Carey, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" -...
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British Broadcasting Corporation archivists have discovered Rolling Stones tapes recorded during the group's formative years and previously believed to be lost. The band...
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Pete Bennett, a record promoter who worked albums by the Beatles, Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones, is shopping a book proposal that promises to tell all about some...
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What's new in radio formats? More of the same oldie stuff. Country has hit a plateau and adult contemporary stations are in a slump, while various retro formats are gaining...
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EMI Music head Ken Berry took the unusual step last week of denying that his company's music artists are sleeping with his wife.
Responding to a vicious article in Forbes...
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Journalist Dominick Dunne, who was in the courtroom every single day of the O.J. Simpson trial and wrote a regular column about the case for Vanity Fair, is writing a...
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While young Brit-pop fans still scamper to take sides on the Oasis-vs.-Blur debate, many forget that the Stones-vs.-Beatles issue was never quite settled...until now,...
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While his former bandmates continues to make music news headlines and sell out arenas on their megahyped Bridges To Babylon tour, ex-Rolling
Stones bassist Bill
Wyman...
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Live From The 10 Spot--MTV's new live performance show that features superstar artists playing intimate venues--debuts this evening at 10pm, and the Rolling Stones were...
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The Rolling Stones have set up a new official web site, www.the-rolling-stones.com, to deliver up-to-the-minute news on their much-hyped Bridges To Babylon tour and album....
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Many people have commented that the melody to the first single from the Rolling Stones' hotly anticipated new album Bridges To Babylon, "Anybody Seen My Baby," sounds...
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Some of pop music's biggest names are banding together for a Princesss Diana tribute album, the proceeds of which will go to the Princess Diana Memorial Fund. It promises...
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