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“It was the guitarhe played on the band’s earliest demos and at their early club gigs”: The Harmony Stratotone that Brian Jones used to teach Keith Richards and played on the Rolling Stones debut single fetches $150,000 at auction

It is a lot of dough for an entry-level instrument – but given the Stratotone's provenance, the auctioneers were estimating it would go for more than twice that

Guitar World

Sir Mick Jagger shocks students with surprise trip back to his old school

The Rolling Stones frontman was a pupil at Dartford Grammar in Kent

Evening Standard

Sir Mick Jagger’s sweet message as he makes surprise visit to his old school

Sir Mick presented a trophy to the current Dartford Grammar basketball team, having played the sport himself at school in his early days

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Sir Mick Jagger makes surprise visit to his old school

The Rolling Stones frontman was a pupil at Dartford Grammar in Kent.

Evening Standard

"The sound of an enduring rock'n'roll firm updating the business": The Rolling Stones' first album without Mick Taylor, now available in super deluxe form

Mick Taylor exits the Stones and fun times return

Louder

“I said, ‘If you let me borrow one for tonight, I promise I’ll come back.’ I didn’t go back until 5 or 6 years later”: The Rolling Stones legend who stole his first guitar

Before he became rock royalty, Ronnie Wood couldn’t afford the Fender Jazz Bass that he needed to gig

Guitar World

“The guitar he used to teach a young Keith Richards”: Brian Jones' Harmony Stratotone from the Rolling Stones' early years is heading to auction

The guitar was featured in the band's earliest demos, gigs, and even their first-ever single, a cover of Chuck Berry’s Come On – and is now expected to fetch $400,000

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Mick Jagger Turns Heads at Gala with Ex-Wife and Fiancée 44 Years Younger Than Him

Mick Jagger reunites with ex-wife Bianca Jagger and former partner Jerry Hall as he attends the British Museum Ball with fiancée Melanie Hamrick, 44 years his junior.

International Business Times UK

Lucas Jagger thinks it is 'cute' to match outfits to dad Sir Mick Jagger

Sir Mick Jagger's son Lucas, 25, thinks it is "cute" they often dress the same.

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“She had scratches on the side of her face. I said, ‘What happened?’She said, ‘Oh nothing, Keith threw the cat at me’”: Bill Wyman on Jimi Hendrix’s brilliance, Keith Moon’s madness and Mick Jagger’s brutal reaction to him leaving the Rolling Stones

The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix – ex-Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has known them all

Louder

Ronnie Wood reveals new Faces music in the works

Ronnie Wood and Sir Rod Stewart are "working on" new Faces songs but find it hard to get their diaries to match up.

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Rolling Stones’s Ronnie Wood says he is working on new songs with Rod Stewart

Speaking on Desert Island Discs, guitarist says pair, who were in the Faces in 1960s, have ‘good body of songs going’

The Guardian - UK

The Rolling Stones' new album is ready to roll

The Rolling Stones have finished their follow-up to 2023's Hackney Diamonds and are also hoping to hit the road.

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The Rolling Stones reunite with Ozzy Osbourne and Post Malone's producer on new album

The Rolling Stones have a new album on the way that seemingly features outtakes from 2023's Hackney Diamonds LP.

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New Rolling Stones podcast launched - first episode includes Andrew Loog Oldham interview

The Lip Service podcast promises in-depth interviews with the Rolling Stones' inner circle

MusicRadar

“He says to Mick Jagger backstage ‘They hate me!’ Mick told him, ‘if you’re going to play to a crowd this big, you have to have a rock band. You have to have a big sound’”: Did Prince’s "humiliating" Rolling Stones experience inspire his later success?

Producer Andrew Watt recalls what Jagger told him when he happened to be wearing a Prince T-shirt in the studio

The Independent UK

New James Bond writer insists Brits should celebrate ‘creative nationalism’ and not ‘glorify division’

Steven Knight thinks the UK should be flying the flag about ‘The Beatles, Rolling Stones and our fantastic actors’

Louder

“Drug dealers and freaks and crazy people left over from the 60s – all defiant and distorted”: The story behind the Rolling Stones’ iconic Exile On Main Street album cover

How a guy with balls in his mouth became an unlikely Stones cover star

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Rolling Stones 'nearly done' with new album

Rolling Stones are "nearly done" working on a new album, Keith Richards' son Marlon has revealed.

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The Rolling Stones working on new album – is an EU tour coming?

Following the chart-topping and Grammy-winning success of the band's 'Hackney Diamonds' album, The Rolling Stones are reportedly finishing off their 25th studio album - and could be heading to Europe next year...

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Ronnie Wood came through his 'druggy years pretty unscathed'

Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood believes he came through his "druggy, drinking years pretty unscathed" because he's still able to play music and paint.

International Business Times

New Documentary Casts Marianne Faithfull In New Light

A new documentary about British singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull urges viewers to take a fresh look at the extraordinary life of the "Swinging 60s" icon who died in January this year.

MusicRadar

“If you’re given the choice between boxing kangaroos and John Lennon you choose John Lennon”: The strange, brief existence of the John Lennon-fronted supergroup hidden for decades

Back in 1968, Lennon, Keith Richards and an unlikely collection of musical cohorts tore through a White Album highlight

Guitar World

“One of the greatest to ever do it”: Terry “Superlungs” Reid, the guitarist, singer, and songwriter who forged his own path after turning down Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, has died aged 75

Reid toured with the Rolling Stones, Cream, Jethro Tull, and Fleetwood Mac, released seven studio albums, and was even a session player for the likes of Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt

Evening Standard

Elton John says Ozzy Osbourne was ‘in the pantheon of rock gods’

He joined Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and other famous faces in paying tribute to the Black Sabbath singer.

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