When you flick back through the musical history book, one page jumps out as the potential number one year of them all – 1971 was an unrivalled year of musical greatness, which saw some of the very best records of all time released. Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, Carole King’s Tapestry and Joni Mitchell’s Blue […]
Continue Reading
There are some moments that emerge in the mire of culture that feel like a fever dream. George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Neil Young, and Bruce Springsteen all coming together to perform ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ might not be the most maddening of those moments, but, as a famed football manager once quipped, […]
Continue Reading
Home / The Beatles / RISK TURNED INTO REVOLUTION THAT NIGHT — How a Quiet Insult Pushed The Beatles to Rewrite the Rules of Music London, 1965, was thick with confidence. The city hummed with new sounds, new faces, new certainty about who mattered and why. Inside a crowded studio party, laughter bounced off the […]
Continue Reading
For many years, it existed only as a quiet whisper among devoted listeners — the kind of idea fans shared with a smile, knowing it was probably impossible. And yet, in 2026, that whisper has become reality. ONE LAST RIDE TOUR 2026 is no longer a rumor or a fantasy. It is a carefully shaped […]
Continue Reading
For two people who have been defining cultural icons for upwards of half a century, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger have inexplicably managed to remain fairly enigmatic figures: rock and roll aliens beamed down to Earth with the sole purpose of keeping the spirit of rock alive. If there is anybody who truly knows the […]
Continue Reading
Given the longevity of The Rolling Stones, it’s easy to forget that there was once a period when they genuinely didn’t think they’d survive. The music was bad, the atmosphere was worse, and the situation was really, really nasty. There had been plenty of other incredibly rocky moments for the band. As the situation with […]
Continue Reading
No member of The Rolling Stones signed up for being a rock and roll star, thinking that they needed to be the next Bob Dylan or anything. They were trying to make the best blues covers they could in the beginning, but the more that people gravitated towards songs like ‘Satisfaction’, it made a lot […]
Continue Reading
After the band cancelled plans for an upcoming European tour, a representative for The Rolling Stones has provided an update on their future. After it was reported that the band had nixed plans for a 2026 tour, the band’s representative, Bernard Doherty, set to put the record straight. He shared to USA Today, “The Stones […]
Continue Reading
It’s difficult to look back at the counterculture explosion and imagine living in it, let alone being one of the main innovators behind it. The mid-1960s were high times for The Rolling Stones. Having stepped out of the shadow of The Beatles and established themselves as a grungier and more dangerous take on pop stardom, […]
Continue Reading
While in recent years, the art of the cover version has seen a slight decline in terms of frequency, during the 1950s and ‘60s, artists from the world of pop and rock were constantly having a crack at reinterpreting songs that had previously been released by others. Considering people often claim that music was better […]
Continue Reading