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NEWS ABOUT: Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones stories: 29 news summaries

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Boyle Unveils Rolling Stones'
'Wild Horses' as New Single

Hyped fans greet Boyle in Los Angeles

Sep 13, 09 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first single from Susan Boyle’s much-anticipated debut album may come as a surprise: the Rolling Stones classic "Wild Horses," Perez Hilton reports. “SuBo puts her own spin on the iconic song and it sounds/feels very much her,” Hilton writes. Meanwhile, excited fans greeted Boyle... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • cover song • Susan Boyle • America's Got Talent

 Stones Legend 
 Bashes Guitar Hero 

Real instruments gathering moss, Wyman complains

Sep 9, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The growth of video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band means fewer real guitar heros in the future, complains former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. Playing the games "encourages kids not to learn, that's the trouble. It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and... More »

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Rolling Stones • Beatles • rock bands • Pink Floyd • Guitar Hero • Rock Band • rock music • video games • Jay-ZTV • Bill Wyman

Cops Take Another Look at
Rolling Stone Jones' Death

Hundreds of pages of new evidence dug up by journalist

Aug 31, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been 40 years since Brian Jones’ body was discovered in a swimming pool—but police are reviewing the death of the Rolling Stones' co-founder in the wake of “new evidence” that he was murdered, the Daily Mail reports. An investigative journalist provided police some 600 pages of... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • murder • rock and roll • Britain • police investigation • Jay-ZTV • Brian Jones

(Newser) - For the demanding bride-to-be who thinks a DJ just doesn't cut it, top-notch live entertainment can be had—for a few million dollars. The New Zealand Herald runs down the best paid wedding singers:
  1. Rolling Stones: These aging rockers garner upwards of $8 million for a private audience,
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entertainment • Paul McCartney • Elton John • Rolling Stones • list • Amy Winehouse • singer • Jennifer Lopez • Christina Aguilera • Kylie Minogue • George Michael • Leona Lewis • weddings • private concert

 Best Rock Documentaries 


Aug 11, 09 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of Woodstock—which happened 40 years ago this weekend—and the “seminal documentary” that captured it, John Farr shares his list of the 10 best rock concert/performance films—all of which are “meant to be played loud,” he writes on the Huffington Post. “So... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • Bob Dylan • list • documentary • rock and roll • concert • Elvis Presley • Beatles • rock bands • Neil Young • Jay-ZTV

 Ex–Beatles Manager 
 Klein Dead At 77 

Abrasive manager feuded with both Paul McCarney and Mick Jagger

Jul 4, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Allen Klein, the bare-knuckle Beatles manager whom many blame for splitting up the group, died today after battling Alzheimer’s disease, Reuters reports. The former New Jersey accountant, who also managed the Rolling Stones, became a legend in his own right, known for his gangster-like business style in a career... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • Rolling Stones • Beatles • Mick Jagger • Alzheimer's Disease • manager

A Little Bit Cloudy, a Little Bit Rock 'n Roll

Weather Channel abandons smooth jazz for harder-edged music

Jul 3, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Weather Channel has ditched its familiar smooth jazz background music for the likes of the Rolling Stones—to the delight of watchers and advertisers alike. “People would have it on but they wouldn’t be watching and they wouldn’t be listening,” the exec who pushed the... More »

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television • music • Rolling Stones • rock and roll • Weather Channel • smooth jazz • elevator music

 Town Cranks 
 Stones, Zeppelin 
 to Fight Crickets 

Up to mile-long swarms invade village regularly

Apr 24, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A tiny Nevada town faces a yearly menace next month in the form of legions of crickets that can be a mile long and two miles across. Among the more unusual tools in their arsenal: rock music. Residents of Tuscarora swear it works, or at least helps, and are getting... More »

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Rolling Stones • Led Zeppelin • rock • heavy metal • invasion • crickets • Mormon crickets

Bob Dylan: The Rolling Stones Are So Over

Crooner jabs former rivals

Apr 15, 09 1:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Dylan has stoked the flames of an old rivalry with the Rolling Stones, says the Independent. "They are pretty much finished, aren't they?" the songster observed in a recent MTV interview. Dylan noted that without bassist Bill Wyman, his former duet partners “are a funk band. They'll... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • Bob Dylan • rivalry

GLOSSIES

 Obamas Inherit 
 Sweet Record Stash 

White House album collection contains landmarks from Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles

Jan 29, 09 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s new digs not only grant him access to chefs and a bowling alley, but an LP stash that includes Led Zeppelin IV and the Ramones’ Rocket to Russia, Rolling Stone reports. Banished to the basement during the Reagan years, the White House vinyl vault contains Obama favorites... More »

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Barack Obama • Rolling Stones • Jimmy Carter • Bob Dylan • Rolling Stone • Ronald Reagan • Talking Heads • Bruce Springsteen • The Carpenters • Ramones • Led Zeppelin • Sex Pistols • music review • presidential library • President Obama • Obama family • Pat Boone • John Denver

 Stones' Lips Logo Locks $93K 

London museum buys rock-n-roll brand art

Sep 2, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Stones Exit EMI, 
 Jump to Universal 

Post-1971 catalogue comes with Jagger & Co., who take potshot at now-former label

Jul 25, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Ronnie Wood Rolls Into Rehab 

Rolling Stone seeks help after boozy jaunt to Ireland with teen waitress

Jul 17, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Rolling Stone's
 Top Guitar Classics 

The greatest riffs, from Bill Haley to Metallica

Jun 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(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:
  1. Johnny B. Goode:
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music • Rolling Stones • Rolling Stone • Jimi Hendrix • Nirvana • guitar • Van Halen • Beatles • Led Zeppelin • 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

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

Rock on!
EU May
Extend Song
Copyrights

Ditties from Beatles, Who, Stones at play

Feb 15, 08 8:31 AM CST
(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... More »

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

NEW RELEASE

Stones Shine in Scorsese's Doc

Berlin Film Festival has satisfying opening

Feb 8, 08 1:06 PM CST
(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... More »

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

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