Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – review
Back in 2003, I thought Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl the best, indeed the only successful thing of its kind since the Burt Lancaster swashbuckler The Crimson Pirate a...
View ArticleMick Jagger forms new band Super Heavy
Rolling Stones frontman claims group featuring Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley and AR Rahman is 'not all weird'For 18 months, Mick Jagger has been working on a secret album with Dave Stewart,...
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones release the first Jagger/Richard hit
26 February 1965: Number 6 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicIn early 1965, the Rolling Stones were in an exquisite quandary. They were the second biggest group in Britain...
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones perform in Hyde Park, 1969 - British Pathé video
Archive newsreel footage of the Rolling Stones performing in London's Hyde Park in 1969 weeks after the death of Brian Jones
View ArticleDavid Bowie is publishers' top target as rock memoirs prove huge success
Success of books by Keith Richards and others sparks publishing scramble for big five stars without book dealsCall them the Big Five. Game hunters have their wish-list of trophy animals, and rock music...
View ArticleHow one photograph can turn a musician into a rock star
From Sinatra to Dylan, the camera has helped to cement the public mythology of some of our greatest artistsFrom Johnny Cash "flipping the bird" at Jim Marshall's camera during a soundcheck in San...
View ArticleTom Waits: Bad As Me – review
(Anti-)"I'm the boat that won't sink, I won't sleep a wink," declares Tom Waits, perhaps explaining the rollercoasting urgency that runs through his 17th album and the first of completely new material...
View ArticleTom Waits: 'I look like hell but I'm going to see where it gets me' – interview
It's decades since Tom Waits had a drink and his music has just got weirder and better. With his 17th album out, he heads for his local roadhouse (for coffee) and talks about songwriting, hard living...
View ArticleHail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll
The focus of Gimme Shelter is, of course, the Altamont concert, but what have lingered with me are the film's smaller, closer sadnessesIt had been a while since I had seen Gimme Shelter, the 1970...
View ArticleFile reveals police view of drug squad raid on Keith Richards
National Archives releases Met's account of famous drugs bust, which conflicts with Rolling Stones guitarist's own tellingFor the Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, this was his most famous drugs...
View ArticleKeith Richards: Rolling Stones to rehearse for first time in years
Guitarist confirms three of the four Stones are to meet for rehearsals in London later this month, fuelling speculation that the band could be gearing up for a 50th-anniversary tourFor a full interview...
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones perform Beast of Burden in 1978 - video
Watch an exclusive clip of the Rolling Stones playing Beast of Burden at the Will Rogers Memorial Centre in Fort Worth, Texas on 18 July 1978. Some Girls will be re-released on 21 November on...
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones: that 50-year itch
As the Rolling Stones' pivotal 1978 album Some Girls is reissued, Messrs Jagger, Richards, Wood and Watts talk about sex, drugs and survival – and the chance of a celebration tourRonnie Wood,...
View ArticleRolling Stones open 50th anniversary sessions to former bandmates
Keith Richards invites Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor to join rehearsals – but still no confirmation from Mick JaggerBill Wyman and Mick Taylor will be invited to the Rolling Stones' forthcoming 50th...
View ArticleWhy a Rolling Stones bootleg is one of my albums of the year
Their recent reissues might be rubbish, but 1973 bootleg Brussels Affair shows the Stones at their onstage peakOne of my albums of the year has just arrived, and it pains me to say it's by the Rolling...
View ArticleRolling Stones to pay for Hubert Sumlin's funeral
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards 'insist' on covering expenses for blues guitarist's memorial services, according to his managerThe funeral of blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin will be paid for by the...
View ArticleReasons to be cheerful in 2012: Morrissey and Neil Young are spilling the beans
Just when you thought there could be no more good rock autobiographies, some of the biggest icons in music are willing to set the record straightI love a good rock autobiography. Actually, I love a bad...
View ArticleRolling Stones will not tour for 50th anniversary, says Keith Richards
Guitarist says concerts will have to wait until 2013, but the band plan to record new material as early as next monthThe Rolling Stones will not tour for their 50th anniversary, with Keith Richards and...
View ArticleJocky Wilson said – and other rock myths
When the darts star's face popped up behind Dexys Midnight Runners on Top of the Pops in 1982, it looked like a cock-up. Not so …As news spread of the death of two-time Darts World Champion Jocky...
View ArticleMock rock: when actors play pop stars - in pictures
We know that pop stars want to be actors and vice versa, but as the new Sean Penn movie proves, actors playing pop stars can be a bad look indeed
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