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Symphony for the devil: Mick Jagger’s 80 greatest moments, on his 80th birthday

The singer who invented the very idea of the frontman has reached his ninth decade. We pick out the Jagger-iest moments of all, from killer lyrics to self-mocking sketches

The Guardian - UK

Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts | Behold the ultimate English gentleman

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’ personal collections go under the hammer in September, revealing some quirks and that his heart always belonged to jazz

The Hindu

Keith Richards: “They haven't really improved the electric guitar since Les Paul and Leo Fender put their touch to it. Everything else is trying to sound like them”

In this classic interview from 2002, The Human Riff reflects on the key guitars, songs, and sounds from 40 years with The Rolling Stones

Guitar World

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Zoo tells visitors not to show videos to gorillas

A zoo in Toronto is asking visitors to stop showing mobile phone videos to the facility’s gorillas. The zoo posted signs outside the gorilla enclosure asking visitors not to show photos or videos to the gorillas “as some content can be upsetting and affect their relationships and behaviour within their…

The Week

Charlie Watts’ book collection to be sold at Christie’s

Rare books owned by the Rolling Stones drummer – including first editions of The Great Gatsby and The Hound of the Baskervilles – will be auctioned this autumn

The Guardian - UK

Drug busts, huge tours, and a litany of lovers - 60 years of the Rolling Stones

The world’s longest performing rock group’s three surviving members underwent a huge anniversary Sixty Tour last year, despite having a combined age of 233

Daily Mirror

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr record with the Rolling Stones

The two surviving members of The Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, will reportedly feature on the Rolling Stones' upcoming album.

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Sir Paul McCartney teams up with the Rolling Stones after playful jibes about the Beatles

Sir Paul McCartney is set to feature as a bassist on The Rolling Stones' next album, with the collaboration coming after decades of tongue-in-cheek jibes between the rock band and The Beatles

Daily Mirror

Sir Paul McCartney to play with Rolling Stones on new album

McCartney joined Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in the studio

Wales Online

Come together: Paul McCartney confirmed to feature on new Rolling Stones song

The Beatles musician plays bass on one track of the band’s forthcoming album, which will also feature Charlie Watts, recorded before his death in 2021

The Guardian - UK

The Rolling Stones reportedly worked with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on new album

The music legends first released music together 60 years ago

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr ‘to feature on new Rolling Stones album’

The two surviving Beatles will reportedly be playing on the new record

The Independent UK

Rock’s best kept secret: Tony King on life with John Lennon, Elton John and Freddie Mercury

He held Mercury’s hand in hospital, retrieved Lennon from a cocaine escapade with David Bowie, and was upbraided by Keith Richards for smoking a joint. Now the Zelig of the music world is looking back

The Guardian - UK

Shirley Watts dead: Wife of Rolling Stones’ drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 84

‘Reunited now forever with her beloved Charlie,’ the family wrote in a statement announcing her death

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Evening Standard

Shirley Watts, wife of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, dies aged 84

The couple met in 1961 and were happily married for 57 years until Charlie’s death in 2021

The Independent UK

Shirley Watts, widow of drummer Charlie Watts, dies at 84

A former art student and prominent Arabian horse breeder who met drummer Charlie Watts well before he joined the Rolling Stones and with him formed one of rock’s most enduring marriages, Shirley Watts has died

Daily Mirror

Rolling Stones star Charlie Watts' wife Shirley dies 16 months after drummer's death

Rolling Stones star Charlie Watts' wife Shirley has died aged 82 following a short illness, with her children confirming the news saying their mother has 'reunited with her beloved Charlie'

The Independent UK

Shirley Watts, wife of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, dies aged 82

The pair met in 1961 and were married for 57 years before Charlie’s death in 2021.

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Mick Jagger had flings with two of his bandmates, bombshell new book claims

Legendary lothario Mick Jagger has dated some of the most beautiful women in the world but now a new book claims he is a "bisexual icon" who had affairs with two of his bandmates

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Charlie’s Good Tonight by Paul Sexton review – chronicles of a reluctant Stone

The authorised biography of the Rolling Stones’ late drummer is warm and diligent on his love of jazz and family – while ducking any difficult issues

Liverpool Echo

Mick Jagger shares touching tribute to Charlie Watts on anniversary of his death

The Rolling Stones frontman posted a video on social media to remember his friend and drummer

The Independent UK

Mick Jagger pays tribute to Charlie Watts on anniversary of drummer’s death

The frontman shared a message on social media.

The Independent UK

Mideast's Jordan River: Rich in holiness, poor in water

Symbolically and spiritually, the Jordan River in the Middle East is of mighty significance to many as where the Bible says Jesus got baptized

Los Angeles Times

A new doc shines a light on the Rolling Stones as individuals, not just a band

Whether or not you accept the Rolling Stones as "the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band" — and at this stage of the game there isn't any other group of stature even playing that music — they are certainly the world's most documented. The Beatles, of course, left a considerable…

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