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==> Ronnie's Troubles and a wake from coma

Ok, there hasn't been plenty of substantial news within the last days. Most of the headlines were about Ronnie's antics, his russian temptress, rehab and whether he is really leaving his wife and pal Jo for Ekaterina. I don't buy this. Actually, I can't imagine him to be that crazy. Ok, they may have a crush with each other - that just happens anytime to anybody. But then, Ronnie has to care about his rehab (and for the next Stones tour for chrissakes) and this is really important. Because it's about a relyable future.

As the mirror writes about Jo:

No mean feat considering her Russian opposition is 33 years her junior. Jo and daughter Leah, 29, tucked into the V Festival Bacardi mojitos with gusto and danced backstage as if they didn't have a care in the world. Meanwhile wrinkly Ronnie had his own (sober) outing. The Stones guitarist joined other residents of his rehab centre for a sedate day out boating. [ ... ] Ronnie - after a meeting with Jo this week - has pledged to stay in rehab for an astonishing FOUR more months.

If that last remark is true, then that definitely would be a good omen! Ekaterina, on the other side, believes she'll move in with Ronnie... [nowmagazine.co.uk]

A WAKE FROM coma?

Yup. Nothing less! One of the cutest stories I have read about something Stones-related for a very long time. You will have done so as well, it's no longer the latest news for some days now. But i case you haven't, go there and get some Satisfaction! [... among others: telegraphco.uk]

==> The Rolling Stones: Shine a Light on Blu-ray Disc

Review By Brandon A. DuHamel (bigpicturebigsound.com), who gives 3,5 out of 4 stars to this release. One of the most interesting details from this disc are the extras coming along with it: The extra materials offered on this release, though not abundant, will be a boon for Stones fans that just can't get enough of the band. Certainly the bonus song performances provided will offer the most playback value, but the Supplemental Featurette is sure to be welcomed by any Rolling Stones completist.

• Supplemental Featurette (1.85:1/high definition) -- A rambling documentary of sorts with more behind-the-scenes footage of the band rehearsing and discussing putting the film together. The featurette also features more archival news footage of the band throughout their careers.
• Bonus Songs (1.85:1/high definition) --Four bonus musical performances not shown in the film, the highlight of which is "Paint it Black"; other songs included are "Undercover of the Night", "Little T & A", and "I'm Free".

Here's his conclusion of this recommended read:

Shine a Light may be the Rolling Stone's best live concert release since Gimme Shelter. The band members show that, even at this stage in their careers, they can still rile a crowd up and bring the house down. Paramount's excellent video transfer and superb lossless soundtrack make this a must have for any Rolling Stones fan.

Get it from AMAZON, for instance ...

==> Mick is 65 now, there's a NEW DEAL, NEW PLANS, Ronnie's Rehab, Antics and the next tour!

=> Pics of Ronnie as he took a walk outside the rehab centre on July 30th. He looks scared, unsure and vulnerable ... but serious. Some more pics you'll find in te dailymail.co.uk!

I believe he'll be straight! Let's wish him all he needs to get sober and strong!

=> According to press-sources (showbizspy.com, digitalspy.com, people.co.uk), Ronnie called Mick yesterday to gratulate him for his birthday.

Boozy Ronnie Wood vowed to dry out and tour with the Rolling Stones - as a birthday gift for best pal MICK JAGGER.

In an emotional call from rehab, Ronnie, 61, told Mick, who was 65 yesterday: "Let's get the band on the road again before 2010."

Now does this sound promising or WHAT!??!

[...] But he knows his only hope of fulfilling the dream is to quit drinking. A source close to Ronnie said: "He wants to get better for his family - but also for the band. "They want to keep touring as long as they physically can and Ronnie doesn't want to let the others down. "He is doing really well in rehab and everyone close to him hopes he will make a full recovery and quit drinking once and for all. Mick has been really supportive and is delighted Ronnie has finally seen sense."

VIDEO-TIP:
SAINT OF ME from Bridges to Babylon

#1 Our heartfelt greetings to Mr. Jagger as He just turned 65!

As The Times says: He’s 65 - but Mick Jagger still looks as if time is on his side (not to mention the £225m)
Quote:

One thing that Sir Mick Jagger assuredly will not be worrying about this morning is how he is going to manage on his £87-a-week old age pension. [ ... ] Diffident [... compared to Ronnie and his recent antics ...] and rather quiet offstage, he remains a sizzling showman in front of an audience. Now branching out into film production, Mick the pensioner has achieved all the satisfaction he could want, and the Stones’ hit Not Fade Away still holds true.

#2 The new deal

Sir Mick Jagger yesterday supplemented his state pension by striking a £7.5 million deal that will take four decades of the Rolling Stones’ catalogue away from his long-time record company EMI. Albums such as Black and Blue and Exile on Main Street are estimated to generate about £1.5 million a year.
A spokesman for the Rolling Stones said: "The band are looking forward to working with Universal Music and are excited about this new venture."
Speaking last year Sir Mick insisted that the band had no intention of bringing their career to a close. "I'm sure the Rolling Stones will do more things and more records and more tours," he said. "We've got no plans to stop any of that really."

[from several sources as quoted below:]

=> Rolling Stones leave EMI for Universal (telegraph.co.uk)
=> Rolling Stones back catalogue gets Universal approval (timesonline.co.uk)
=> Stones ditch EMI for Universal (thesun.co.uk)
=> Universal Music signs Rolling Stones deal (reuters.com)
=> No satisfaction for Terra Firma as Rolling Stones abandon EMI (ft.com)

#5 shine a light - DVD is due these days!

#4 Ronnie rehabs

Ok, you might have already read all those bits about Ronnies affair with that russian waitress, his booze abuse, his wife Jo's wrath and his re-entering rehab.

Latest news about Ronnie sound promising: he's out for walks, does some football kickabout and still wears his wedding ring; Jo is going to visit him tomorrow (July 27th). Some more from the SUN: Strolling Stone goes for ramble

In case you missed something, here's the most reliable source for everything of this kind of tabloid smack: The Sun ...

Recommended to read: the Financial Times' article "Lunch with the FT: Ronnie Wood" (ft.com).

==> 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."

==> 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

What's it all about here:

well, stonesnews.com is about Stones-news, basically! ;-)

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 ...

I try to keep up with the latest news about The Rolling Stones as soon as I can find them. So if you want to know what's going on you can look it up right here - I'll do the searching for you ;-)

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

@ ON TOUR I will gather informations around the new tour

@ ARCHIVE you'll find a selection of better reports and pictures. Although they might not be of latest date, they'll provide you with a interesting and good read. Here's also the place for the 40 Licks Tour Setlists

@ RIDDLES you can try your knowledge about those little soundbits (now all in MP3) and if you're good at it, you'll be able to give the right answeres!

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

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