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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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No one gets to the status that Mick Jagger has without having a few stinkers every now and again. As much as The Rolling Stones are heralded as history’s greatest rock and roll band, there are bound to be a few tunes that don’t manage to stick the landing as much as ‘Satisfaction’ or ‘Jumpin’ […]
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Some of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time have come from the combination of The Rolling Stones and copious amounts of alcohol, but, seemingly, the musical mastery brought about by that hedonistic mix is not limited entirely to the Stones’ own extensive material. From their early days spent in the dingy R&B […]
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If you’ve got a distinct schtick, let it be known that others will steal it. In fact, The Rolling Stones represent the proud, great grand larceny of rock ‘n’ roll. They didn’t have to be told it was dog-eat-dog out there, they were among the fiercest canines around the dog bowl, greedily feasting on whatever […]
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The Rolling Stones have reportedly cancelled plans for a European tour in 2026. The legendary British band took 2025 off the road and previously spent the summer of 2024 on the road in North America, which led to speculation that they were set to return to Europe in 2026 for a stadium tour. However, according […]
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By the time grunge hit the mainstream in the early 1990s, The Rolling Stones were already rock ‘n’ roll veterans. As one of the most renowned British Invasion bands of the 1960s, they’d seen cultural empires rise and fall and had absorbed much of the music that came out of America at that time. Their […]
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When working in a band as long as Keith Richards has, it’s easy to fall into a certain rhythm in the rehearsal room. Although it takes Richards the same time to write a song as it takes most of us to make a decent lunch, he has always been searching for that one extra element […]
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