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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.

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".

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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 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

Now Ronnie Wood is denying that he said The Rolling Stones were going into a studio later this month.

The last of five 1975 Rolling Stones concerts at the L.A. Forum has just been released for download.