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  • September 2008

    • Stones' Lips Logo Locks $93K

      Associated Press  |  Sep 2, 08 11:21 AM CDT

      Stones' Lips Logo Locks $93K

      (AP) - Mick Jagger's pout is officially fit for a museum. London's Victoria and Albert Museum announced today it bought the original artwork for the Rolling Stones' famous lips logo, inspired by the singer's mouth, for $92,500. The lips-and-tongue logo was designed by London art student John Pasche in 1970, and first used on the band's "Sticky Fingers" album the next year. More »

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      London  • art auction  • Rolling Stones  • art museum  • Mick Jagger

  • July 2008

    • Stones Exit EMI, Jump to Universal

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 25, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      Stones Exit EMI, Jump to Universal

      (Newser) - After the latest skirmish between EMI’s new owner and the recording label’s bands, the Rolling Stones have fled for Universal—in a $15 million deal that includes rights to all Stones releases since 1971. Mick Jagger & Co. knocked EMI on the way out the door, the Times of London reports, saying in a statement, “Universal are forward thinking, creative and hands-on music people.” More »

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      Radiohead  • Universal Music Group  • Rolling Stones  • EMI  • record label

    • Ronnie Wood Rolls Into Rehab

      Independent (UK)  |  Jul 17, 08 5:24 AM CDT

      Ronnie Wood Rolls Into Rehab

      (Newser) - Rapidly aging rocker Ronnie Wood has checked back into rehab—his seventh time—for help with his drinking problem, the Independent reports. The 61-year-old Rolling Stone returned to the UK to straighten out, apparently in a bid to save his marriage. He had fled to Ireland with a 19-year-old Russian cocktail waitress. Woods had been drinking two bottles of vodka daily and his troubles were "all booze-connected," said a source. More »

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      rehab  • alcohol abuse  • Rolling Stones  • rock stars  • rehabilitation center  • Ronnie Wood

  • June 2008

    • Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics

      Rolling Stone  |  Jun 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT

      Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics

      (Newser) - There are those tunes driven by the rhythm section, but nothing lights a fire in the blood quite like the power of the perfect guitar riff. Thus, Rolling Stone suggests its favorite guitar anthems, hitting all stops between BB King and King Crimson. The top five: Johnny B. Goode : Chuck Berry's "true story about how playing music on a guitar can change your life forever." Purple Haze : How Jimi Hendrix "opened a new age of expression." More »

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      music  • Beatles  • Rolling Stones  • Rolling Stone  • Led Zeppelin  • guitar  • Nirvana  • Jimi Hendrix  • Van Halen  • Chuck Berry

  • March 2008

    • Keith Riffs on 'Boinky' Groupies, Sexy Mick

      GQ  |  Mar 28, 08 2:07 PM CDT

      Keith Riffs on 'Boinky' Groupies, Sexy Mick

      (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 said. "They used to rub Vicks on your chest if you had a cold." More »

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

    • Keith Richards, Supermodel

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 6, 08 11:37 AM CST

      Keith Richards, Supermodel

      (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." But the aging rocker hasn’t sold out: He’s donating his pay to Al Gore’s Climate Project. More »

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

    • Hells Angels 'Plotted to Kill Mick'

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 2, 08 11:16 AM CST

      Hells Angels 'Plotted to Kill Mick'

      (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. "The Hells Angels were so angered by Jagger's treatment of them that they decided to kill him," the documentary claims. More »

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      Rolling Stones  • Mick Jagger  • Keith Richards

  • February 2008

    • Stones Sing New Tune: Don't Do Drugs

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 18, 08 8:27 AM CST

      Stones Sing New Tune: Don't Do Drugs

      (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 Richards, and Sir Mick Jagger is "worried she might die," reports the Daily Telegraph . More »

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

    • Rock on! EU May Extend Song Copyrights

      Times (UK)  |  Feb 15, 08 8:31 AM CST

      Rock on! EU May Extend Song Copyrights

      (Newser) - Early hits from the Beatles and the Stones are only a few years away from falling out of copyright and into the public domain, but the European Commission wants to change that and keep royalties flowing to rock stars in their golden years, reports the Times of London. Plans to extend the European performers' royalty period from 50 to 95 years would be a financial boon for elderly rockers—and their record companies. More »

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      European Union  • elderly  • copyright  • Beatles  • Rolling Stones  • rock music  • rock stars  • European Commission  • copyright law

    • Stones Shine in Scorsese's Doc

      Times (UK)  |  Feb 8, 08 1:06 PM CST

      Stones Shine in Scorsese's Doc

      (Newser) - Martin Scorsese doesn’t spare the wrinkles in his latest rock documentary, Shine a Light, which opened the Berlin Film Festival with a bang yesterday. These are the Rolling Stones, after all, and Scorsese’s big point, is that they’re fundamentally the same rockers at 60-plus that they were at 20. "There’s something indestructible about their chemistry," James Christopher writes in the London Times. More »

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      music  • movie review  • Rolling Stones  • Martin Scorsese  • Berlin Film Festival

  • January 2008
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  • August 2007

    • Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

      Associated Press  |  Aug 29, 07 11:18 AM CDT

      Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

      (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,” the AP reports. More »

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      concert  • musician  • Sweden  • Rolling Stones  • Keith Richards

    • Put Your Best Line Forward

      Spinner  |  Aug 24, 07 12:30 PM CDT

      Put Your Best Line Forward

      (Newser) - It's good to lead off with a bang, especially if your business is song lyrics. Spinner.com lists the 25 best opening lines: "She's a very kinky girl" (Rick James, "Superfreak") "I was born in a cross-fire hurricane" (The Rolling Stones, "Jumpin' Jack Flash") "Hey, ho, let's go!" (The Ramones, "'Blitzkrieg Bop") More »

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      list  • celebrity  • Beatles  • Rolling Stones  • Beck  • Bon Jovi  • The Ramones  • LL Cool J  • Patti Smith

    • No Moss, but Rolling Stones May Gather Fine

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 22, 07 5:01 PM CDT

      No Moss, but Rolling Stones May Gather Fine

      (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 is part of the Stones performance," one source said. More »

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

    • Keith Did, In Fact, Snort Dad

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 7, 07 5:13 PM CDT

      Keith Did, In Fact, Snort Dad

      (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 I chopped him up like cocaine, not with,” he clarified. More »

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

  • June 2007

    • 100 Biggest Celebrities

      Forbes  |  Jun 15, 07 10:39 AM CDT

      100 Biggest Celebrities

      (Newser) - Forbes’ new list of the 100 most powerful celebrities is packed with broken records, including the highest-grossing athlete (Tiger Woods: $100M in the past year), the highest-grossing concert tour (The Rolling Stones: over $400M in sales) and the highest-paid film role (Johnny Depp: $92M for Pirates II). But the ubiquitous Oprah topped the list. More »

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      list  • celebrity  • Tiger Woods  • money  • Oprah Winfrey  • Johnny Depp  • Rolling Stones  • 50 Cent  • Halle Berry  • Jim Carrey

  • April 2007

    • Keith Richards: "I Snorted My Dad"

      BBC  |  Apr 4, 07 10:20 AM CDT

      Keith Richards: "I Snorted My Dad"

      (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 told British music magazine NME. More »

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

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