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Rolling Stones legends Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been unveiled in their hometown of Dartford.The sculptures are made out of bronze and were commissioned by the town’s local council, with the aim to capture the same energy and intensity that they bring to each of their performances.Both were designed and made by artist Amy Goodman, who is a fan of the band and has previously depicted famous historic figures such as Florence Nightingale and Sir Stirling Moss in her artwork, as well as created a Gurkha memorial.The final result shows Jagger mid-way through one of his trademark struts up and down the stage, wearing a vest and skin-tight trousers, while Richards is leaning back, playing his ‘Micawber’ Telecaster – which was gifted to him from another rock veteran, Eric Clapton.The statues were unveiled at the town’s One Bell Corner yesterday (August 8). At the event, leader of Dartford borough council, Jeremy Kite said (via The Guardian): “In terms of culture and music, you do not get much more influential than the Rolling Stones.

celebrated his 80th birthday with a hug from his 6-year-old son.On Wednesday, Jagger’s 36-year-old girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick, posted a series of photos to Instagram with the caption, “Happy birthday my love.”The first picture features the smiling couple, while in the next, Jagger is attacked with a bear hug from their young son, Deveraux.Hamrick, a former professional ballerina, has been with Jagger since December 2014. The couple welcomed Deveraux in 2016.

Mick Jagger's got plenty to be satisfied about. It's his 80th birthday!The Rolling Stones frontman is celebrating the big 8-0 on Wednesday, and his longtime friends/bandmates are paying tribute, including the band's famous guitarist, Keith Richards, who paid tribute to «Your Majesty» with a sweet piano performance.Richards, 79, posted a video of himself playing the piano and then looking into the camera and saying, «I guess, long may we keep saying this to each other — happy birthday, Mick.

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is set to go up for auction later this year.The extensive collection features a host of first editions of some of the world’s most iconic books, including F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound Of The Baskervilles.They will go under the hammer on September 28-29, and be presented in London, New York and Los Angeles prior to the sale.The signed copy of The Great Gatsby is set to fetch between £200-300,000, while Watts’ collection of jazz memorabilia will also be sold.Discussing the items, Watts’ authorised biography author Paul Sexton said: “He took great pleasure in owning these things.“He valued his time at home and he would read on the road, so literature was a very important part of his make-up.”He added: “I don’t think he acquired them because he knew they would become valuable, he just took a huge satisfaction in owning these great works and tracking down, with the help of experts, original first editions.”See the full collection here.It was revealed last year that The Rolling Stones‘ next album will feature drumming by their late sticksman Watts.According to The Sun, guitarist Ronnie Wood said that the band’s new album will be released next summer. The record will have some of Watts’ drumming work included alongside that of touring drummer Steve Jordan’s.Watts died last year at the age of 80.

“Vant to smoke a joint?” she dared them.Before that night in September 1965, the Stones had never done drugs. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had barely slept with anyone.

Daily Mail.The “9 to 5” crooner revealed she wanted the Rolling Stones frontman to sing his 1965 tune “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”However, she explained that Jagger “wanted something new and different, which I don’t blame him for.”“We kept looking for the right song. He was doing an album in L.A., and I was doing stuff in Nashville, and I kept missing him, but he wanted to do it,” Parton said.The Grammy winner also described to the outlet how touring is beginning to take its toll on her.Parton added that she doesn’t “want to be far away from home” with concert touring.She admitted: “It’s always been taxing.

the Sun reported Friday, as a tribute to their late drummer Charlie Watts, who died at 80in Aug. 2021 after a battle with throat cancer. Lead singer Mick Jagger, 79, reportedly invited Wyman to recording sessions in Los Angeles to work on the track.“Bill hasn’t seen the band together for years but always loved Charlie.

an interview with on April 8, a month-and-a-half before Tina Turner’s death, the singer revealed her celebrity crush. «I loved when we toured with The Rolling Stones,» Turner — who died at age 83 on Wednesday — told the outlet.Turner and Jagger collaborated numerous times throughout their careers, but their most important performance was at the 1985 Live Aid Festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Jagger famously tore off Turner's skirt while onstage as they sang «It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll» together.In her 2018 autobiography, , the «Proud Mary» singer recalled that night, writing, «Mick and I could never just stand there and sing — that wasn’t us. We had to do something.»«He looked me over. I was wearing a tightfitting black leather top and skirt and I could see a naughty idea forming.

now-79-year-old frontman, Mick Jagger.Initially, the first time that Metallica opened for anyone since 1992 was deemed “an honor and a privilege,” the band’s drummer, Lars Ulrich, said on this week’s episode of the podcast “Club Random With Bill Maher.”“At that time, we had played shows over our career with Deep Purple and AC/DC, with a few other bands, all the bands that I had posters of on my wall when I was a kid. And so the last one of those boxes to check was the Stones,” Ulrich told Maher.“So we’re sitting backstage, and — and this is in no way a judgment on the Stones, this is really more about us — at one point a a personal assistant or whatever comes and says, ‘Mick Jagger’s gonna walk through here in a couple minutes, he’s going over to his private gym in his truck and he’s going to warm up before the show.

“Good Golly, Miss Molly,” Little Richard wailed about a bad girl who “sure like to ball.”But no doubt — it was the late rock legend who was a sex fiend himself.“I had all these orgies going on,” he reveals in the new documentary “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” which has a special one-night-only opening in theaters on Tuesday before hitting additional cinemas and pay-per-view on April 21.He was thirsty for both men and women: “I just loved whatever came. You know, I didn’t refuse nothin’ if you knocked on my door and I wanted more.

Membranes frontman and journalist John Robb has spoken to NME about his new book detailing the origins and rise of goth.The monolithic book has taken 10 years to write and looks at artists including Bauhaus, Nick Cave and The Cure and their place in building one of music’s most important scenes.“I’ve read a lot of books about the post-punk period and goth is always just dismissively kicked away,” Robb told NME. “It’s always really annoyed me that people have been quite sniffy about bands like Bauhaus or Killing Joke, despite them being some of the best art rock bands this country has produced. They were often looked down upon, all because they had a dark side and dressed up a bit.”Robb said that he hopes his book will do for goth what Jon Savage’s book, England’s Dreaming, did for punk in getting people to take it more seriously.

NME about the time he met The Rolling Stones in a holding room at Heathrow Airport, as they waited to board the same flight to New York City.Neeson and his wife, late actress Natasha Richardson who died in 2009 after a skiing accident, were due to fly by Concorde but there had been some technical issues with the plane and they were delayed, the Taken star remembered.“Keith Richards was there [with] Mick Jagger,” Neeson added. “And Keith had obviously had a couple of sips of wine, let’s put it that way… And then he came up to me and said: [Neeson mimics Richards’ throaty drawl] ‘It’s funny, everybody wants speed but nobody’s got any! Hur hur hur.'” Richards, famous for his drug abuses in the 1960s and ’70s, then seemingly recognised Neeson and said, “‘Wait, I know you!’ and then he’d move onto somebody else.

The Rolling Stones are facing a copyright lawsuit over their 2020 track, ‘Living In A Ghost Town’.In the suit, a little-known songwriter called songwriter Sergio Garcia Fernandez, who performs under the name Angelslang, claims that the legendary band’s recent track “misappropriated many of the recognisable and key protected elements” from two of his songs, 2006’s ‘So Sorry’ and the following year’s ‘Seed Of God’.Fernandez claims that he gave a CD of music to an “immediate family member” of Mick Jagger, with elements of the two tracks then allegedly used in the band’s 2020 song.In a statement (via Billboard), Fernandez’s lawyers said: “The immediate family member … confirmed receipt … to the plaintiff via e-mail, and expressed that the musical works of the plaintiff and its style was a sound The Rolling Stones would be interested in using.”It goes on to allege that ‘Living In A Ghost Town’ lifted “vocal melodies, the chord progressions, the drum beat patterns, the harmonica parts, the electric bass line parts, the tempos, and other key signatures” from ‘So Sorry’, and the “harmonic and chord progression and melody” from ‘Seed Of God’.Representatives for The Rolling Stones did not respond to a request for comment from Billboard.Elsewhere, The Rolling Stones are reportedly collaborating with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on their new album.According to Variety, multiple sources have confirmed that two surviving The Beatles band members have contributed to an as-yet unannounced Stones album, which is said to be produced by Andrew Watt.

According to Variety, McCartney has recorded bass parts during recording sessions that took place in Los Angeles in recent weeks, and Starr is also slated to play drums.It’s currently unclear whether McCartney and Starr will end up on the same track or which songs will make the final tracklist. The album, produced by 2021 Grammy Producer of the Year Andrew Watt, is getting close to the mixing phase and has “a lot of tracks done,” Mick Jagger shared in 2021.Last month, guitarist Keith Richards shared with fans in an Instagram video that “There’s some new music on its way.”It’s thought that the album will feature recorded parts from the late founding drummer Charlie Watts, who died “peacefully” in Aug.

The Rolling Stones are reportedly collaborating with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.According to Variety, multiple sources have confirmed that two surviving The Beatles band members have contributed to an as-yet unannounced Stones album, which is said to be produced by Andrew Watt. McCartney has reportedly recorded bass parts for the project, with sessions taking place in Los Angeles in recent weeks.It’s not yet known whether McCartney’s contributions will make the final cut, or whether he’ll appear on the same song as Starr.

It pays to be famous. Forbes has just dropped their list of the top 10 highest-paid entertainers in the world in 2022.Music icon Taylor Swift is the only woman on the list and she joins fellow musicians Bad Bunny, Sting, The Rolling Stones and Genesis.The group of high-earners also includes a number of filmmakers and TV creators, like the dynamic duos behind “The Simpsons” and “South Park.”The top earners in 2022 collected about $1.35 billion — just half as much as last year’s list which boasted entertainers such as Kanye “Ye” West, Jay-Z, and Bruce Springsteen.

Forbes has published its annual breakdown of the highest-paid entertainers, revealing that Taylor Swift, The Rolling Stones and Bad Bunny were among the biggest revenue-raisers in 2022.Swift came ninth on the list, totalling $92million in earnings between the release of her ‘Midnights’ album last October and subsequent ticket sales for her upcoming ‘Eras’ tour. It marks her sixth time on the highest-earners list, having previously topped it in 2019.

“Sunday scaries.”The 20-year-old actress has revealed that she cried “hysterically” and pulled out her hair over the hit Netflix series’ intense shooting schedule during a Q&A with director Tim Burton, Variety reported. According to Ortega, the shoot — coupled with additional cello and fencing lessons — pushed the actress to her breaking point.

Brian May led the tributes calling Beck the "pinnacle of guitar playing" while Ronnie Wood mourned the loss of one of his "band of brothers".Beck's passing was announced on his Twitter page on Wednesday night, with a short statement from his family.It read: "On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck's passing."After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss."Tributes have poured in for the late guitarist, including from Queen's Brian May, who penned on Instagram: "Gutted, so sad, to hear of Jeff’s passing.

The Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones has been given his own documentary – you can watch the trailer for it below.Titled Darryl Jones: In The Blood, the new film will explore the life and career of the musician, as well examining matters such as race, politics and growing up on the south side of Chicago.Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood all feature in the documentary, as does the late Charlie Watts in one of his last filmed interviews.“In a band you have to get on with everyone, really,” Watts says in the film. “And Darryl is one of those people who – he’s very easy to work with and very pleasant to be around.”“He’s one of the best bass players in the world,” adds Keith Richards.

Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Slash, Kasabian and Madness are auctioning off Gibson guitars to help victims of the war in Ukraine.The artists have been playing Gibson guitars featuring the colours of the Ukraine flag over the summer.Now, Gibson has crafted a limited edition run of four Guitars For Peace Les Paul Custom electric guitars, with autograph books by the artists that also include Chic, Paloma Faith, The Charlatans, The Vaccines, Toyah, My Chemical Romance and actor Jason Momoa.Starting on October 11, bidding will open via Julien’s Auctions. A live auction will take place online from November 11-13 here and in person at the Hard Rock New York.“I’m happy to auction this beautiful guitar of mine to benefit the fine people of Ukraine,” said McCartney.