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Fatboy Slim gets Rolling Stones' approval to rework mash-up after two decades

Fatboy Slim has finally persuaded the Rolling Stones to let him officially rework Satisfaction Skank.

BANG Premier · Dec 12, 2025

"Mick Jagger liked the mix but his management was just like, 'No, not even negotiable'." Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim finally releases fabled Rolling Stones mash-up

Satisfaction Skank is officially available now after getting approval from The Rolling Stones

Louder · Dec 11, 2025

“Over countless years I have always dreamed of an official release for this mash up. I can confirm it is thoroughly road tested and fit for purpose”: Fatboy Slim’s Satisfaction Skank bootleg is finally released

Track combines Stones classic with Rockerfeller Skank

MusicRadar · Dec 11, 2025

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The Rolling Stones give blessing to Fatboy Slim’s Satisfaction sample after 25 years

The mashup Satisfaction Skank was unofficial for years but band allow Norman Cook to remake it using original stems of their 1965 hit

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025

"His performance was so far out of time, out of tune": The shambolic story of The Rolling Stones' star-studded Rock And Roll Circus

With Brian Jones falling apart on set, the Rock And Roll Circus went so badly that the planned film wasn’t released until 28 years later

Louder · Dec 10, 2025

“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 · Dec 10, 2025

“I used to accommodate him. I'd isolate him, put him in a booth and not record him. The others, particularly Mick and Keith, would say 'Just tell him to get the hell out'": Beggars Banquet, the album that was the turning point for the Rolling Stones

Album was the original ‘return to form’

MusicRadar · Dec 5, 2025

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"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 · Nov 18, 2025

“We were afraid the record company was going to chuck us, so I started playing these chords. It all came about pretty quickly – like magic”: Dave Davies on the Kinks’ argumentative energy, mixed feelings on Van Halen, and Jeff Beck, the “loose cannon”

One of the O.G. progenitors of rock 'n' roll sits in with us to discuss the vital spark that lit the fire for a new generation – the sound, the fury, the friction, and the legacy

Guitar World · Nov 14, 2025

"One of those rare records where I literally love every note": Devon Allman picks the soundtrack of his life

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Devon Allman picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance

Louder · Nov 13, 2025

The Rolling Stones' pianist Chuck Leavell suggests European tour could be on the cards next

The Rolling Stones have no plans to "hang up the rock 'n' roll shoes yet".

BANG Premier · Nov 13, 2025

“We wrote the biggest-selling single that Rod ever had, and it took us an hour to put it down. It ended up selling millions all around the world”: When Rod Stewart and drummer Carmine Appice created a controversial disco-era smash hit

It all started when Rod said, "I want something like Miss You by the Stones"

MusicRadar · Nov 7, 2025

"I was in the hotel with Joni Mitchell, but then the helicopter pilots decided they wanted more money": The last interview with Terry Reid

Touring with Marvin Gaye when he was 16, being pals with Aretha Franklin, turning down Led Zeppelin, making wonderful solo albums… Late British singer/guitarist Terry Reid had quite the life

Louder · Oct 31, 2025

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.

BANG Premier · Oct 30, 2025

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Louder · Oct 29, 2025

"There's loads of Hives in South America": The Hives on making their Back In Black, royal waves, and how the official franchise programme is going

The Hives' Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist on Outkast, the Beastie Boys, the Rolling Stones and becoming rock royalty

Cinemablend · Oct 28, 2025

The Rolling Stones Concert Film That Kicked Off The IMAX Era Is Returning To Theaters, And It's A Must-See For All Stones Fans

Start me up!

Guitar World · Oct 27, 2025

“Eddie Van Halen said, ‘How do you guys do that with three guitars? I have a hard enough time with just myself!’” A salute to Freddie Salem, the guitar ace who delivered licks for Barbra Streisand, and Southern rock fire and brimstone with the Outlaws

The late guitarist went from hard-rock hijinks to a well-respected session career, and had skills and stories – a smoke with Johnny Depp in full Jack Sparrow dress, a 9 a.m. whiskey with Keith Richards – aplenty, but always remained humble and easy-going

Louder · Oct 25, 2025

“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

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Metal Hammer · Oct 18, 2025

"He was doing something that was light years away from all of my other heroes": The five albums that changed Ace Frehley's life

In 2018 late Kiss legend Ace Frehley picked the five records that guided his path towards the stars

Guitar World · Oct 16, 2025

“I toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan when he was sober and he was a freak of nature. I couldn’t relate to his playing”: The Outlaws' Henry Paul on opening for The Rolling Stones, finding fame thanks to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and his one-of-one red Gretsch Falcon

The Gibson loyalist who’s served three stints with the Outlaws has been there, done that – he's played to stadium crowds, seen rock's greatest guitar heroes up close, and witnessed prime-era Keith Moon debauchery

MusicRadar · Oct 14, 2025

“Everybody knew Jeff was a great drummer. It was the same when I joined The Who to replace Kenney Jones – and when I was with Mick Jagger, playing the Stones tunes that Charlie played”: How Simon Phillips succeeded in replacing Jeff Porcaro in Toto

"They didn't want somebody to come in and try to imitate Jeff"

MusicRadar · Oct 13, 2025

“He tried it when he came in and he said ‘I can’t do it as good as you, Ronnie. You get back on the drums.’”: When Charlie Watts ceded the drums to Ronnie Wood on a Stones track

Guitarist was behind the kit for Dirty Work track

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2025

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’

Guitar World · Oct 3, 2025

“When I first joined them I couldn’t believe how bad they were. I thought, ‘How do they make such good records?’” Mick Taylor’s Rolling Stones baptism by fire came just two days after Brian Jones’ death – in front of 250,000 people

Jones’ decline into drug addiction in the two years prior to his tragic death at the age of 27 prevented the Stones from touring, leaving them quite rusty – not that that lessened their drawing power

MusicRadar · Sep 30, 2025

“Yes, you will be getting a new album next year. It is done”: Ronnie Wood confirms a new Stones album is on the way

And band are planning live dates

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