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The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers Revisited

Carl Coffey — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:41:00 +0000

The Rolling Stones continue their “50 Year and Counting” tour with next stop Saturday in Toronto.

This week in 1971 the Stones “Sticky Fingers” album was #1 nationwide. What a great collection of tunes some say one of the best albums the band put out.

The Rolling Stones 49 Years Ago

Carl Coffey — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:59:11 +0000

Set the “Carl Coffey Rock and Roll Wayback Machine” to May 2, 1964.The Rolling Stones enter the music charts in the U.S.A. for the first time with their cover of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away".

Shocking Day For Keith Richards

Carl Coffey — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:49:58 +0000
December 3,1965, was the day we almost lost Keith Richards. Keith’s guitar accidentally touched his microphone while The Rolling Stones performed “The Last Time” in Sacramento, California. The electric shock knocked Keith unconscious for seven minutes. One of his Nine Lives got used up and he’s used a few more since that day back in [...]

First Time Ever App From The Rolling Stones

Carl Coffey — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:50:49 +0000

The free Rolling Stones Official App is part of the 50th anniversary celebrations and also there’s a paid-for portion. You can watch interviews, try and win tour tickets, see photos and videos of the band across the decades and, in the paid-for portion, unlock content shot specifically for the app in preparation for the Stones' upcoming tour.

Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood Auction And Engagement

Carl Coffey — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:49:12 +0000

Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood and his ex-wife Jo had an auction over the weekend. The auction of instruments, memorabilia, artwork, clothing and other collectibles brought in almost $700,000. Part of the money will go to the MusiCares charity. The big ticket item a 1955 Fender Stratocaster brought in $60,800, and an upright piano went for $12,800.

Rolling Stones Whiskey Available Tomorrow

Carl Coffey — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:14:53 +0000

Get ready for "Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary Whiskey". The limited-edition run consists of a 150 bottles and will be available starting Tuesday.

The whiskey is a blend of selected malts distilled and made in milestone years from the band's 50 year history, including a malt from the year the band formed that has been long-aged in Japanese oak casks.

Flashback With The Rolling Stones

Carl Coffey — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:40:33 +0000

From the Rolling Stones History Book. A couple key moments happened on October 25th. First up the year is 1960, and on a train a 17-year-old Mick Jagger bumps into a grade school acquaintance Keith Richards. The two started chatting and discovered they both were into rhythm and blues records. Keith by the way had under his arm some R&B albums. Little did they know that love of cool music would lead to the formation of one greatest rock bands.

Are the Rolling Stones Recording a New Album?

Carl Coffey — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:39:22 +0000

During the past few days photos of the Rolling Stones leaving a Paris recording studio have popped up, and Mick Jagger has confirmed the studio sessions. The Rolling Stones have not announced why they were in the recording studio.

Rolling Stones Olympic Time Check

Carl Coffey — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:05:18 +0000
Omega, the official time-keeper of the London Summer Olympics, has scored The Rolling Stones classic “Start Me Up” for their pre-Olympics TV commercial. The spot will feature several Olympic athletes prepping in the moments before the starting gun sounds. No official word about how much Omega paid for The Stones song, though the Brit press [...]

Sir Mick On Saturday Night Live And Maybe The Stones

Carl Coffey — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:05:14 +0000

The latest gossip is that the Rolling Stones will perform on Saturday Night Live with unconfirmed reports that the band is rehearsing in New York City. The rumor is spreading as Mick Jagger prepares for his very first role hosting the finale of Saturday Night Live on April 19th. It also reported by the Guardian newspaper in the UK that The Rolling Stones will perform in Berlin this September.

Ronnie Wood Misquoted

Carl Coffey — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:54:06 +0000
Now Ronnie Wood is denying that he said The Rolling Stones were going into a studio later this month. “There’s no truth in that,” the Wood man says. “Mick [Jagger] would kill me if I ever said that… All I can say is that I would love us to go into the studio and I [...]

More New Old Rolling Stones

Carl Coffey — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:20:31 +0000
The last of five 1975 Rolling Stones concerts at the L.A. Forum has just been released for download.For years, the master tapes of the legendary Sunday July 13th gig — as well as the bootlegs of those master tapes — were wrongly labeled as “L.A. Friday,” so that’s the title The Stones decided to [...]

Rolling Stones Tour In 2013

Carl Coffey — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:25:46 +0000
Keith Richards has confirmed The Rolling Stones will hit the road for a 50th anniversary tour – 51 years after they formed. Keith has now confirmed they do plan to play live again – but it’s unlikely they’ll be able to schedule gigs until 2013. He tells Rolling Stone magazine, “Basically, we’re just not ready. [...]

Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary Book

Carl Coffey — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:54:29 +0000
Looking for a Rolling Stones coffee-table book? Their brand new high-quality photo book, “The Rolling Stones: 50,” will hit stores on the 50th anniversary of the band’s first gig (July 12th). The large book will include 700 photos and illustrations as well as comments and writing from members of the band. No word on a [...]

Rolling Stones Gear Up For 50th Anniversary

Carl Coffey — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:56:40 +0000
The Rolling Stones haven’t announced their long rumored 50th anniversary tour yet. But they have recently signed exclusive deals with Google Music for “promotion and online distribution” of “official bootlegs”, Bravado to “exclusively market the band’s brand and merchandise” and Eagle Rock to “release the Stones DVD’s”. [...]

Digital Rolling Stones On The Way

Carl Coffey — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:42:14 +0000
The Rolling Stones are finally opening their digital vaults of live recordings. The first release from The Rolling Stones Archive (http://www.stonesarchive.com/) is “The Rolling Stones’ Brussels Affair — Live 1973,” recorded on October 17, 1973 on their “Goat’s Head Soup” tour. The Stones’ second last show with guitarist Mick Taylor, it’s only been available as [...]

Rolling Stones' Richards, Wood, Watts To Reunite This Month

Carl Coffey — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:29:25 +0000
While the Rolling Stones haven’t said what — if anything — they’re planning to do to mark the group’s 50th anniversary next year, the band is starting to stir. Guitarist Keith Richards tells Rollingstone.com that he, drummerCharlie Watts, and guitarist Ron Wood will be meeting up this month at a studio in London. Richards says [...]

Rolling Stones "Some Girls Live" Will Be Released On DVD and Blu-Ray

Carl Coffey — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:05:36 +0000
Rolling Stones fans get ready for a new DVD “The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live From Texas” The movie was shot at the band’s show in Fort Worth, Texas during their 1978 “Some Girls” tour, and frontman Mick Jagger remembers it being “an amazing night.” He says that in looking back on that performance now, [...]

The Rolling Stones Some Girls Again

Carl Coffey — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:23:59 +0000
The Rolling Stones have announced plans to reissue their 1978 classic “Some Girls” in a variety of remastered deluxe formats on November 21st. Mick Jagger reports, “I just finished off doing all the outtakes for the “Some Girls” album we’re releasing at Thanksgiving. When we did “Exile On Main Street,” we did a lot of [...]

Rolling Stones Ed Sullivan Appearances Coming To DVD

Carl Coffey — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:18:48 +0000
The Ed Sullivan Show starring The Rolling Stones is set to be released as both a four show double disc set on October 4, 2011 and a deluxe six show deluxe double disc edition on November 1, 2011.Here’s the official word with all of the details: The Ed Sullivan Show, the legendary live Sunday night [...]