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==> Lea Wood marries

The telegraph reports:
" Keith Richards sported his familiar pirate look, replete with green headscarf, while the bride's father Ronnie Wood, 61, wore the kind of suit so skinny that only a living rock and roll legend could get away with.

Wood's daughter Leah was resplendent in a pre-Raphaelite-inspired gown with pleated bodice and billowing skirt.

Miss Wood, a 29-year-old model who also sings in a rock band, married Jack MacDonald, a television producer and her boyfriend of 11 years at Southwark Cathedral, close to the banks of the Thames in London."

=> A small pics-gallery from the telegraph, 8 pics

Paint it white as Rolling Stone's daughter weds (timesonline.co.uk)
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood's daughter Leah marries at Southwark Cathedral (telegraph.co.uk)
Ronnie's girl, the Rolling Stone bride...but late Kate still steals the show (dailiymail.co.uk)

==> More on the new deal: Stones deny!?

Whereas before we heard that the Stones might end their relationship with EMI, we now are informed that the Stones deny all these speculations.

What a pity! Why? Because not only would the deal involve - and that's the major bit of any deal with the Stones - the back catalog of the Stones (and that's a huge pile of sound) but it would also encompass future albums and tours and THAT'S what we all pray for, right?

However, The Rolling Stones denied through a spokesman on Monday that it is in recording contract negotiations with Live Nation.
Reuters reports:
"We are not in talks with Live Nation in connection with any record deal," London-based Rolling Stones spokesman Bernard Doherty said on Monday, reading from a brief statement.
EMI was not immediately available for comment.

The Observer weekly newspaper reported on Sunday that the Stones were on the verge of ending their relationship of more than 30 years with EMI and were "close to clinching a deal with Live Nation". It quoted unspecified "sources".

Aside from having recorded some of the best rock songs of all time, the Rolling Stones are the kings of today's live music industry, with some tours grossing nearly three quarters of a billion dollars. Under terms of the deal, according to The Observer, Live Nation would run those tours in addition to handling the band's recorded music business.

EMI acquired the band's post '71 catalog in the early '90s when it purchased Virgin, which had itself acquired the catalog in the late '80s. The albums are said to earn EMI about $3 million per year.

==> meanwhile, some gossip ...

Satisfaction from Rolling Stone Sir Mick Jagger for L'Wren Scott?
[This is a report from telegraph.co.uk]

Mandrake is the stepson of Sir Mick’s brother Chris, and since he disclosed last summer that L’Wren Scott was keen to bear Sir Mick Jagger’s eighth child, the Rolling Stones singer has shown little inclination to provide her with the engagement ring she craves first. Some members of his family believe that Sir Mick may, however, now be contemplating making L’Wren, who is 23 years his junior, his third wife.

"Mick and L’Wren are very happy together, so, yes, there is a possibility they might settle down," the singer’s nephew Arthur Potts Dawson said last week. ...

==>Stones to perform at Wood kid's wedding?

Maybe the Stones have another gig! The Rolling Stones reportedly are to perform at the upcoming wedding of Leah Wood, the daughter of Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, in Surrey, England. A spokesman for Wood confirmed to the Daily Telegraph that dwarves are "one of the ideas that's been discussed."
"We want to keep back a few surprises for guests," he added.
The Rolling Stones are also scheduled to play during the celebration at Wood's home in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, the Telegraph said.

Also in the news:

==> Ronnie Wood plays guitar on new Starsailor album: The band has finished work on their fourth studio album and wrapped up the record, tentatively titled 'All The Plans', in May, and are now waiting for their label to finalise a release date. The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood plays guitar on the track 'All The Plans We Made'. Starsailor frontman James Walsh said the cameo came as a surprise to them; he said: "We kept asking him [Ronnie Wood] if he'd be up for playing some guitar on the record, and at the time he was busy promoting the film ('Shine A Light') so there were a couple of months where he just wasn't available to do it." However, Walsh got an early morning call confirming Wood could play on the tune. He added: "Then I got a call about half-past-six one evening from his son Jesse saying, 'My dad really wants to do this now. Can you be at the studio [at] nine o'clock?' So from having sort of given up the ghost it all came together out of the blue. It was amazing; he stood there playing the guitar, saying the song reminded him of 'Maggie May' - quite high praise, indeed."

==> Keith was seen (according WZLX Boston's classic rock station) in Boston on Friday, 6/5/08 at the Four Seasons and is attending the Celtics/Lakers game on Saturday...

==> RIP Bo Diddley!

Primal rock and blues musician Bo Diddley, who helped cast the sonic template of rock more than 50 years ago with a signature syncopated rhythm that became universally recognized as "the Bo Diddley beat," died Monday. He was 79.

Diddley died of heart failure at his home in Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said.

Jagger said the US rock 'n' roll pioneer, who has died at the age of 79, was "a wonderful, original musician".

Jagger, whose band recorded cover versions of Mona and Crackin' Up, said: "He was very generous to us in our early years and we learned a lot from him. ... We will never see his like again."

BBC-Video about the man

=> L.A. Times: His Beat marked Rock'n'Roll
=> Australien News: Diddley's influence from Stones to U2
=> Rolling Stone
=> Bo Diddley: The Rolling Stone Interview (by Kurt Loder, Feb 12, 1987)

==> A good read: What's in it for the Rolling Stones?

~ Sex, drugs and celluloid: the unlikely sheltering of Jagger & co ~

Under this title you'll find some good lines to read about the Stones and their latest film. It's by the honorable Times of England and written by Alan Jencins, Deputy Editor of the TLS which is "The Times Literally Supplement" - no less!

[Here is a small sample; you'll find the link to the complete text below]

"No such misgivings are allowed to mar Shine a Light, which is all rolling, rollicking fun from beginning to end, and even features a turn by the blues legend Buddy Guy, declared inspiration of both Richards and Rocking Ronnie Wood (who have the best moments of their evening jamming with him). “Comical little geezer”, James Fox’s hard man calls a capering Turner/Jagger in Performance; “You’ll look funny when you’re fifty.” At over sixty, he doesn’t look funny at all; he looks as if he’s enjoying himself, doing the only thing he knows how to do. The Rolling Stones are not quite what they were, or what they set out to be all those years ago, but they seem grateful enough to still be here, living the music, performing their songs. Ronnie Wood puts this nicely in his book when he says that, what with all the paraphernalia of fame, the meeting-and-greeting, the press and the photo shoots and the small army of helpers, family, friends and hangers-on that accompanies the band everywhere on their practically non-stop tour of the world (only Bob Dylan seems a more indefatigable survivor), he and Keith look forward to getting out on stage, for a bit of peace and quiet. Of course: that’s what’s still in it, for all of them."

[Read the complete article at timesonline.co.uk]

==> Keith and 3000 guitars: museum?

Keith owns about 3000 (three thousand, in words) guitars, maybe more, maybe less. Anyway, he calls this an "incredible collection of beautiful instruments" and due to the fact that he can't and even didn't has played all of them - as he claims, he plays only 10 of them haww, haww... - he thinks about opening up a museum. He even started to give them away: you might have seen the scene in Shine A Light where he gave his guitar away to Buddy Guy.

All those guitars, and all of them such beautiful instruments. He comments: "I don't know what I've done to deserve that. I've been one of the biggest assholes in the world!"

Read on here (cmj.com) and here (monstersandcritics.com) and here (sofeminine.co.uk)

==> STones filmography

Still Rolling: 40 Years of The Rolling Stones on Film

Matt Singer from IFC.com has written something like a filmography about the Stones on film. He writes: "In honor of their 40 years on movie screens, from 1968's "Sympathy for the Devil" to last week's release of "Shine a Light," we're taking a look at The Rolling Stones' filmography, featuring enough collaborations with great directors to make any actor jealous and enough abandoned or aborted projects to give any movie investor heartburn."

Part 1: Sympathy for the Devil (1968), directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Part 2: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Part 3: Gimme Shelter (1970), directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin
Part 4: Cocksucker Blues (1972), directed by Robert Frank and Shine a Light (2008), directed by Martin Scorsese

==> Stones team up with youtube

The Rolling Stones and the YouTube video Web site have teamed up to launch a new entertainment channel.

According to a statement from the band and record label Universal, fans can upload questions to the Stones about "Shine a Light", a new documentary about the veteran rockers directed by Martin Scorsese, as well as "any other burning questions." [more]

==> Blues Brothers - The Rolling Stones and Jack White shine a light on the roots of their music

Read excerps of the interview in Rolling Stone with Keith and Jack White and Mick

There's also a making of from the Cover Shoot ; it reads:

What happens when you stick a trio of rock legends in the same room for a Rolling Stone cover shoot? They crack a bottle of wine, grab some acoustic guitars and get comfortable chatting about playing live and Martin Scorsese’s new documentary Shine a Light. Click above to check out Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Jack White in action as photographer Max Vadukul snapped away.

Oh, and also something worth reading: A gem from the past, a comment from Eric Hellweg about Cocksucker Blues - "A rare public glimpse of the Stones at their darkest"

==> Shine A Light premieres in London!

The Rolling Stones attend the premiere of their "rockumentary", Shine A Light, in London's West End. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts were hosting a unique party in London's Leicester Square to mark the premiere of Shine a Light, the new Stones film directed by the highly acclaimed Martin Scorsese...

==> Pressconference for shine a light: the newest pics, clips & more!

==> 23rd Album Plans!!!!

The Rolling Stones are planning to head back to the studio later this year to begin recording their 23rd studio album. [more]

==> 10 new clips from Shine a light!

==> Ronnie to form supergroup

Ronnie Wood, who is promoting the forthcoming Stones documentary Shine A Light, said he was hoping to go into the studio with a host of stars before heading out on a live tour over the next year ... [more]

==> WOAH! 44-year ban lifted! Hilarious!

In 1964, the boys were banished from the town of Blackpool after a concert at its Empress Ballroom ended in a riot. Now, though, the ban from Blackpool has been lifted and the band is welcomed and free to return.
A spokeswoman is said to ... [more]

==> A must-read: THE GQ&A: KEITH RICHARDS

==> 2 versions of shine a light // Rolling Stones Radio returns!

==> Watch Some Girls from SHINE A LIGHt [complete]

==> Keith as Louis Vuitton model [see the making-of!]

==> Jagger escapes assassins and
Stones will attend the London premiere ...

Tickets for the premiere screenings will be on sale from March 7.
For more information and tickets visit Shinealightmovie.co.uk

==> New Double CD out on April 4th!

Stones in Berlin!

==> More Details, Clips, Articles: => newspage
==> Listen: "Pressure Drop", "Run Rudolph Run"
=> newspage

==> Stones open up in Berlin,
==> Ronnie weeps @ wedding => newspage

==> Mick 'Austin powers' Jagger? => newspage

==> Now official: Ronnie recovers => newspage

==> Keith Re-issues rarities! => newspage

==> A Bigger Bang SETLISTs

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Something from Charlie?? No problem; I'll recommend these 2 minutes:

Here, congrats to Charlie's birthday; but see him explain his dances (Keith joins in) as a pre-gig ritual he took off from the Cotton Club jazz scene ...

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@ NEWS, you'll find the latest of general news and reports..

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With Buddy Guy, Milwaukee, Aug 5th, concert #8

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