"Some people think that's the best version of the Stones that existed" The rise and fallout of Mick Taylor in The Rolling Stones "We used to fight and argue all the time" MusicRadar · Jul 20, 2024
“If Mick Jagger held a gun to my head, telling me to play Satisfaction I'd have said, ‘Just shoot me’”: Joy Division hero Peter Hook looks back on his genre-defining legacy As the respective legacies of Joy Division and New Order grow, year on year, Peter Hook continues to tread his individual path Guitar World · Jul 9, 2024
I Was There by Alan Edwards review – the rock gods’ right-hand man The ‘godfather of British music PR’ delivers a raw, warm and anecdote-packed account of sometimes bruising encounters with Bowie, McCartney, Jagger et al The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2024
“I said, ‘This is what Bill played’ and Mick said, ‘No no, don't play that!’” When he joined the Rolling Stones, Darryl Jones had to change the way he approached classic Bill Wyman basslines The Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones looks back on joining the fold in 1993 Guitar World · Jul 4, 2024
"Rice Krispies for you and you and you!" That time the Rolling Stones were paid £400 to record a jingle for Kellogg's Rice Krispies Woke up this morning, got myself some tasty breakfast cereal Louder · Jul 4, 2024
"Brian Jones picked me up and sat me on top of the fruit machine": Why I love Brian Jones, by Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman pays tribute to late Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones Louder · Jul 3, 2024
"I need a girl who sounds like a shop girl to duet with me": How a retail assistant at Dorothy Perkins got to sing with David Bowie Originally written at a clandestine recording session, Absolute Beginners was the start of a 10-year musical relationship Louder · Jun 27, 2024
"The Beatles happened, and it became the thing to be in a beat group": Classic Charlie Watts interview His heroes, the first recording session, jazz, and what made the Rolling Stones the best - "We swung, a lot" MusicRadar · Jun 18, 2024
Peter Trollope obituary Other lives: Journalist, TV producer and biographical researcher of fierce intelligence and bone-dry wit The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024
‘Roger Daltrey told me I should have written this years ago’: PR guru Alan Edwards on his rock’n’roll life From being fired by Elton John to saying a final farewell to David Bowie, PR whizz Alan Edwards tells some extraordinary tales in his new book, ‘I Was There’ The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2024
Mick Jagger backs growing campaign against 'horrendous' 34-storey tower block at Battersea Bridge The Rolling Stones frontman signs campaign fighting to block building proposals Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2024
"There wasn't too much talking about who should play what, it was a very instinctive kind of relationship": Mick Taylor on life in the Rolling Stones, Altamont and leaving the band The Rolling Stones’ secret weapon throughout their golden period looks back on his time with the band Louder · Jun 13, 2024
Francoise Hardy, French singer and 60s pop icon, dies aged 80 Hardy became a pop icon in the 1960s with Mick Jagger describing her as his ‘ideal woman’ Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2024
French Singer And 60s Pop Icon Francoise Hardy Dies Aged 80 French singer Francoise Hardy, whose crystalline voice and melancholy lyrics shot her to international stardom in the 1960s, has died at the age of 80, according to her son. International Business Times · Jun 12, 2024
Radio France Internationale · Jun 12, 2024 French singer and 60s pop icon Francoise Hardy dies aged 80 French singer Francoise Hardy, whose crystalline voice and melancholy lyrics shot her to international stardom in the 1960s, has died at the age of 80, according to her son.
MusicRadar · Jun 5, 2024 “It was intimidating. He's just that good. In the studio, we used to play with our bands, or just us, as we both played everything”: Lenny Kravitz on jamming with Prince, having to tell Michael Jackson to stop singing and being blown away by Mick Jagger Kravitz says that he and Prince would “go see Michael in the studio and just mess with him”
Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2024 Forget Mykonos and Ibiza — Bodrum is 2024's chic summer holiday hotspot (just ask Kate Moss and Prince Harry) It’s all happening on the Turkish peninsula this summer, as a swathe of chic new hotels and beach clubs open. No wonder it’s a hit with the A-list, says Joe Bromley
The Canberra Times · May 31, 2024 The day a bleeding Mick Jagger made Canberra nurses swoon The pistol exploded, badly injuring the rocker's right hand.
The Independent UK · May 30, 2024 The Beatles ‘would not have existed’ if fab four had been forced to do National Service Rishi Sunak says his favourite band of all time were The Beatles - but they only existed because National Service had been scrapped
Evening Standard · May 30, 2024 Anita Pallenberg on sex, drugs and her time with the Rolling Stones In this interview from the archives, Chris Sullivan talks to the late model and muse about her life in swinging Sixties London
Guitar World · May 25, 2024 “There’s always been an open door… We were the only ones that knew what it’s like to have that extreme kind of fame, so that created a bond”: 10 times the Beatles and the Rolling Stones collaborated together The Beatles vs. the Rolling Stones? Not so much. Here’s our guide to 10 friendly – and occasionally excellent – collaborations between two legendary bands
Louder · May 24, 2024 "Her hair all flying and her big man-eater teeth flashing. She ate us all for breakfast": Remembering the Queen Of Rock’N’Roll, Tina Turner Tina Turner: November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023
Louder · May 24, 2024 "David was in great danger physically and could have gotten electrocuted or killed": The making of Bowie's Diamond Dogs and the tour that failed Diamond Dogs marked the point at which David Bowie began to shed his glam-rock skin. He then embarked on one of rock's most expensive – and dangerous – tours
Louder · May 22, 2024 "I got my left ring finger shot off. So that was the end of my guitar career pretty much": The incomparable tales of Dr John Late New Orleans legend Dr John on that time he drank a case of Blue Nun with Frankie Miller, and other stories
The Independent UK · May 22, 2024 Ayo Edebiri denies rumours of beef with Jennifer Lopez: ‘That would be like Mr Bean and Mick Jagger beefing’ The Bear star joked on a 2020 podcast that J Lo’s ‘whole career is one long scam’