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NEWS ABOUT: Keith Richards

Keith Richards stories: 14 news summaries

 Ten Pre-Kanye Stage Rushes 

West even makes the list with a pre-Taylor Swift intrusion

Sep 14, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kanye West is only the latest celebrity to invade the stage and rain on someone else’s parade. The Daily Mirror runs down 10 other notable moments, from funny to tragic:
  1. Keith Richards: Famously guitar-chopped a fan who rushed the stage.
  2. Noel Gallagher: On-stage shove
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entertainment • Keith Richards • 50 Cent • Kanye West • celebrity • Michael Jackson • Pete Doherty • Robbie Williams • Iggy Pop • Noel Gallagher • Jarvis Cocker • Dimebag Darrell • Ian Brown

 Top Sexiest Ugly People 


Jun 2, 09 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - There's pretty, and there's ugly, but there's also sexy ugly. Nerve runs down the "sexiest ugly people alive." The top 5, in reverse order:
  • Paul Giamatti: "Somebody's got to say no to firm jaw lines and six-pack abs, and no one does it with Giamatti's panache.
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Courtney Love • Keith Richards • Paul Giamatti • Mickey Rourke • Sandra Bernhard • sexiness • sexy • looks • pretty • beautiful • ugly

 50 Top Pop Brainiacs 

Lennon, Marley, Berry rock on

May 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Towering natural abilities" and "exceptional creative powers" infuse the most memorable music of generations, forged by Blender's top 50 pop-music geniuses. The top 10:
  1. Bob Dylan: Each of his brave self-reinventions is "an authentic American original."
  2. John Lennon: "His drive pushed the Beatles
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music • Kurt Cobain • Keith Richards • rock stars • Bob Dylan • John Lennon • pop music • celebrity • musician • Stevie Wonder • Miles Davis • Madonna • Mick Jagger • Thom Yorke • Bob Marley • Chuck Berry

 Keith Riffs on 'Boinky' 
 Groupies, Sexy Mick  

Jagger's 'excruciating campness' gets a dig in wide-ranging GQ sit-down

Mar 28, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rolling Stones mummy Keith Richards is still kicking, and GQ got him talking about—what else?—sex, drugs and rock 'n roll in his Manhattan "office" while he downed a vodka on the rocks. Richards doesn't debunk any myths, certainly. "It wasn't just boinky-boinky" with the groupies, he... More »

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drugs • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • homosexuality • rock and roll • Mick Jagger • GQ • groupies

Keith Richards, Supermodel

Rolling Stone mugs for Louis Vuitton

Mar 6, 08 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Keith Richards is featured in a new Louis Vuitton ad, accessorized as usual with headscarf and guitar—but wearing no LV, writes Elizabeth Snead in the Los Angeles Times. The Rolling Stone isn’t identified in the pic, as, a rep notes, “Keith Richards needs absolutely no introduction."... More »

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music • Al Gore • Louis Vuitton • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • advertisements • Annie Leibovitz • Climate Project

Hells Angels 'Plotted to Kill Mick'

Bikers out for revenge when rocker dumps deadly gang: BBC

Mar 2, 08 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - The notorious Hells Angels motorcycle gang once plotted to kill Mick Jagger, according to a BBC documentary to air tomorrow. Gang members sought revenge after Jagger decided never again to use them as security when a fan was beaten to death by bikers during the Stones' infamous 1969 Altamont concert.... More »

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Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • Mick Jagger • The Stones • Jagger • Altamont • Altamont Speedway • Gimme Shelter • Hells' Angels • motorcycle gang

Ugh! 10 Worst Smiles in Music

Some rockers seem to have chronic dental hygiene problems, gold grill addictions

Feb 28, 08 5:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Inspiring melodies and tongue-twisting rhymes may issue from their pipes, but for some rockers the sound passes through a terrifying portal. Blender inspects the 10 worst sets of teeth in music, starting with the bottom of the barrel.
  1. Pogues frontman Shane McGowan's utterly decomposed dents
  2. Amy Winehouse's missing canine
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Keith Richards • list • teeth • musician • Amy Winehouse • Thom Yorke • Paul Wall • David Bowie • Shane McGowan • Mick Jones • Trick Daddy • Jewel

Stones Sing New Tune:
Don't Do Drugs

Don't do as we did, Jagger, Richards
urge Winehouse

Feb 18, 08 8:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Stick with the sex and rock 'n' roll, but skip the drugs, say the Rolling Stones to the next generation of musicians. In particular, the 64-year-old front men warn pal Amy Winehouse that she can't always get what she wants. "She should get her act together," says Keith... More »

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drugs • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • rock and roll • Amy Winehouse • Mick Jagger

Your Hotel Bill? That'll Be
$18K, Please

10 celebs who wreaked historic havoc on innocent rooms

Jan 1, 08 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - No bad-boy or bad-girl celeb's resume is complete without a trashed hotel room, and Budget Travel has checked into 10 wrecked rooms:
  1. London's Sanderson hotel: Amy Winehouse and her husband did $18,000 in damage and left behind blood-splattered walls.
  2. Flint, Mich., Holiday Inn: Keith Moon instigated $24,
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Keith Richards • Lindsay Lohan • Johnny Depp • Hyatt • Kate Moss • hotel • Amy Winehouse

Still in Love With Jumpin' Jack Flash

Even GOP candidate fawns over rock stars, Washington Post says

Sep 2, 07 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rock stars snort powders and cremated parents, promote thuggish personas, and do it all for a corporate dollar – yet we only love them all the more, says the Washington Post’s Robin Givhan. Even Mike Huckabee revealed his un-GOP admiration for Keith Richards, pardoning his reckless driving charge and... More »

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music • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • Mike Huckabee • 50 Cent • Justin Timberlake • Giorgio Armani • James Brown • Jerry Lee Lewis

Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

Reviews of 'superdrunk,' 'confused' performance get guitarist riled up

Aug 29, 07 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Keith Richards, the man who ate a cigarette onstage and snorted his father’s ashes, has reached his limit. The 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist wants Swedish newspaper critics to apologize for scathing reviews of a concert this month in which they called Richards “superdrunk” and “a bit confused,... More »

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Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • Sweden • concert • musician

No Moss, but Rolling Stones May Gather Fine

Richards, Wood defy smoking ban at UK show, plan to continue

Aug 22, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Threat of fines appear unlikely to keep the Rolling Stones from smoking onstage, the Times reports. Guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood lit up during a show yesterday in London despite frantic warnings from venue staff. "You might say that Keith and Ronnie lighting up while they swap licks... More »

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London • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • United Kingdom • smoking • England • smoking ban • concert • musician • Ronnie Wood

Keith Did, In Fact, Snort Dad

But Rolling Stone
can’t get cocaine
satisfaction

Aug 7, 07 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Keith Richards says that—reported denials aside—he did indeed snort his father’s ashes. The Rolling Stones sideman revealed in an interview yesterday that media reports had mixed up the story, and that he’d only meant to deny mixing the remains with a popular opiate. “I said... More »

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drugs • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • cremation • cocaine • guitarist • musician

Keith Richards: "I Snorted
My Dad"

Rolling Stones guitarist is just as weird as we all suspected

Apr 4, 07 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary rock guitarist and professional strange person Keith Richards—still alive against all apparent odds—admitted yesterday to snorting cocaine laced with his own father's ashes. "He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he... More »

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entertainment • music • drugs • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • rock stars • weird • cremation • cocaine

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