Shirley Watts, widow of drummer Charlie Watts, dies at 84
Shirley Ann Watts, a former art student and prominent breeder of Arabian horses who met drummer Charlie Watts well before he joined the Rolling Stones and with him formed one of rock's most enduring marriages, has died. "Shirley died peacefully on Friday 16th December in Devon after a short illness surrounded by her family," her family announced Monday. The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood was among those mourning her.
news.yahoo.com4-hour docuseries on The Rolling Stones to air on EPIX
The Rolling Stones will help celebrate their 60th anniversary with an upcoming four-part docuseries on EPIX that takes turns focusing on the band’s most iconic members, with in-depth portraits of singer Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, and the late drummer Charlie Watts.
Keith Richards on the Rolling Stones and a solo reunion
The Stones guitarist, and frontman of Keith Richards & the X-Pensive Winos, talks about his solo career; the passing of Stones drummer Charlie Watts; writing new music with Mick Jagger; and how he kicked his most persistent addiction.
cbsnews.comMick Jagger seen all over Downtown Detroit with pictures to prove it
DETROIT - “She was hot, in the Detroit snow. She was hot, she had no place to go.” Those lyrics from the 1983 song by The Rolling Stones, “She Was Hot,” have never been more true as Mick Jagger strutted around Downtown Detroit the day of the first snowfall of the season. Jagger posted the photos with the caption: ““She was hot in the Detroit snow. See you later at Ford Field.”RELATED: Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones tours Motown with epic Studio A music momentThis concert is nearly two years in the making after being postponed in 2020 due to COVID. Surviving members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood kicked off the “No Filter Tour” on September 26 in St. Louis.
mlive.comRolling Stones open American tour, pay tribute to drummer
The Rolling Stones are touring again, this time without their heartbeat, or at least their backbeat. The legendary rockers launched their pandemic-delayed “No Filter” tour Sunday at the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis without their drummer of nearly six decades. It was clear from the outset just how much the band members — and the fans — missed Charlie Watts, who died last month at age 80.
news.yahoo.comRolling Stones bandmates salute late drummer Charlie Watts
Members of the Rolling Stones have saluted their unshakeable drummer Charlie Watts, who died Tuesday at the age of 80. Mick Jagger, the legendary rock band’s frontman, posted a photo on Twitter of a smiling Watts seated behind a drum. Lead guitarist Keith Richards shared a picture of a drum set with a hanging “Closed” sign.
news.yahoo.comCharlie Watts of The Rolling Stones dies at age 80
The drummer for one of the greatest bands in music history has passed away. Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones died peacefully in a London hospital surrounded by his family on Tuesday, Aug. 24, the band’s publicist said in a statement. “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also a member of The Rolling Stones, one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Watts’ spokesperson said. Watts and The Stones were set to go on tour last year, but postponed it due to COVID. ROLLING STONES 2021 U.S. “NO FILTER TOUR:”
mlive.comRolling Stones to release unheard tracks from 1973 album
FILE - Ron Wood, from left, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones perform during their concert in Pasadena, Calif. The Rolling Stones are releasing a new version of their 1973 album Goats Head Soup with three unheard tracks. The album coming out on Sept. 4, 2020 will have a four-disc CD and vinyl box set edition with ten bonus tracks. The Stones also released a video for one of the unheard songs, called Criss Cross. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)The Rolling Stones will release a new version of their 1973 album Goats Head Soup featuring three unheard tracks, including one featuring Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page.
You can't always get what you want, but the Rolling Stones are coming to Detroit in the spring and that's pretty good
It was announced Thursday that the Rolling Stones will embark on a 15-city trek, which will launch out of San Diego in May and will wrap in mid-July in Atlanta. Just last year, Jagger, 76, underwent a heart valve replacement surgery (and, in true Jagger fashion, was up and noodling around on stage like a teenager just three months later. )In 2018, Ron Wood, 72, announced that he was all clear following a lung cancer scare , meanwhile, Watts, 78, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2004 . As far as the indestructible Richards goes, he's flirted with sobriety in 2018, claiming cigarettes and coffee remain his only true vices. They are very institutionalized and bland, Richards told Neil McCormick in 2018.
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