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July 19: Sad day in Toronto
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Reports from the Stones rehearsals in Toronto
are telling about the tragic death of the guitar technician
Royden "Chuch" Magee,
suffering a fatal heart attack during
rehearsals last night. Chuch has been working
with Ronnie Wood and The Rolling Stones for 30 years,
as a sound engineer on works like the album "I've Got My Own Album To Do" (1974),
then on Rolling Stones tours, and the recent shows of Ronnie in Dublin and
London last year. Also, Chuch was with Charlie on his tour with
the Tentet to Japan and USA last year.
See the official
Rolling Stones news
and the Toronto Sun article on
Canoe Jam.
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July 19: Rehearsals in Toronto at Crescent School
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The Rolling Stones are currently rehearsing at the
Crescent School in Toronto.
See report in the
Toronto Sun,
and the
Rolling Stones
reference page in Jam!
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July 19: New album to be called "40 Licks"?
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Recent rumours are telling that the title of the new
Rolling Stones 2CD album will be "40 Licks", featuring
38 old and two new songs, the new single "Don't
Know How to Stop" and Keith's country ballad
"Where Can I Meet You?"
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July 19: Mick & Keith on "The Simpsons"
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Mick and Keith will star in the season premiere of "The Simpsons," which will
air on Sunday Nov. 10 in the United States. Their episode, titled "How I
Spent My Strummer Vacation," will also feature Tom Petty, Brian Setzer, Lenny
Kravitz and Elvis Costello.
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July 17: The Rolling Stones in Toronto
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The Rolling Stones are now in Toronto,
to start rehearsals for their upcoming
World Tour.
See Toronto's
Pulse24.com and
Canoe Jam.
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July 16: The Rolling Stones Story on BBC2 tonight
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UK radio
BBC 2 will broadcast The Rolling Stones Story
tonight at 8.30PM - 9.30PM.
Available across Europe at 28.2 deg East+.
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July 12: Stones days all over the world
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Today Stones fans are celebrating 40 years of The Rolling Stones
all over the world. See
a list
of some of the events,
and check your local events for celebrations.
Happy celebration!
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July 12: Vienna world premiere on RS feature today
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The Dolezal-Rossacher Production "Let It Bleed - 40 Jahre Rolling Stones"
will be shown as world premier in Vienna, Austria
at the Summer Stage (outside location)
on Friday July 12 at 20:30.
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July 12: IORR magazine no. 44 out now
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The new It's Only Rock'n Roll magazine
no. 44
was mailed out last week,
and should have arrived to all members and subscribers by now.
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July 12: The Rolling Stones moving into Toronto
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The Rolling Stones will meet up in Toronto this week-end,
staring rehearsals for the upcoming
world tour. The rehearsals are expected to move into
the Fleet Center of Boston one week before the tour start.
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July 12: The Rolling Stones 40 years today
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Today it is 40 years since The Rolling Stones
performed live for the first time on stage at
the Marquee Club in London. See the
Rolling Stones story
for details.
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July 11: Iceland celebrating the Stones tonight
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This evening there will be a tribute concert in Restaurant NASA in
Reykjavik to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Rolling Stones. The Ivy
Legue of Icelandic rockers will be performing the early Stones songs among
them Runar Juliusson from Hljomar, Ottar Hauksson of Pops and Bjorgvin
Halldorsson one of the most popular Icelandic singers.
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July 2: New Stones book by Bill Wyman
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Bill Wyman will publish his new book Rolling With The Stones through
Dorling Kindersley
in the UK on October 21st.
It has 14 chapters and runs to over 500 pages.
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July 2: Stones festival in Norway July 12-13
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The 40th anniversary of the Rolling Stones will be
celebrated in Oslo, Norway on June 12 and 13 at
Smuget. The cover bands "Sticky Fingers",
"Little Boy Blue and The Blue Boys", "Wazoo"
and "Midnight Ramblers" will perform live,
and Stones live videos will be shown during the breaks.
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July 2: The Decca Years photo exhibition in London
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There will be a photo exhibition called "The Decca Years" at the Atlas
Gallery, 49 Dorset Street, London running from Sept. 3 to Oct. 11, 2002.
It will feature press photos, album cover shots and lots of photo outtakes.
Photographers to be represented will be Gered Mankowitz,
Michael Cooper, Ethan Russel, Peter Webb, Nicky Wright (first album sleeve),
Jerry Schatzberg and Michael Joseph (Beggars Banquet).
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July 2: ICE Magazine on Super Audio Stones
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ICE Magazine is running a great and detailed story
on the works of the ABKCO re-releases due out next month.
Check the
ICE Magazine web for details and getting a sampple,
and also make sure to check their
Daily News Flashes
for more Stones collector news!
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July 1: Stones photo exhibition in Washington DC
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The photo exhibition
The Rolling Stones: 40 X 20 opens Sept. 20 and continues through Oct.
26, 2002 at the Govinda Gallery in Washinton DC.
It includes Gus Coral's photographs of the Stones' first tour of England,
Gered Mankowitz's Between the Buttons photographs, Michael Cooper's Satanic
Majesties era images, Michael Joseph's Beggar's Banquet session,
and Dominique Tarle's photographs of their work in the south of
France recording Exile on Main Street.
Along with Fernando Aceves, William Coupon, Barry Feinstein, Claude Gassian,
Bob Gruen, Art Kane, Eddie Kramer, Chris Makos, Jan Olofsson, Michael Putland,
Ethan Russell, Mark Seliger, Dick Waterman, and Baron Wolman.
See
Govinda Gallery,
1227 Thirty Fourth Street NW,
Washington DC, USA.
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July 1: Stones documentary on German TV
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The Dolezal-Rossacher Production
Let It Bleed - 40 Jahre Rolling Stones
will be broadcasted by German TV channel ARTE
on Sunday July 14th at 20:40 - 23:15.
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June 30: New album and tour titled War Horses
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Unconfirmed rumours from Virgin and ABKCO are saying the
combined new 3CD album of old and new songs will be titled
War Horses, also the name of
the tour. The album
is due out in Aug/Sept, and there should be two new tracks:
Don't Know How To Stop and
Where Can I Meet You, a ballad by Keith.
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June 28: John Entwistle R.I.P.
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The Who's
John Entwistle
was found dead in his room at the
Hard Rock Hotel
in Las Vegas, USA last night. The Who was supposed to open their
summer tour in Las Vegas today.
See details on
CNN.com.
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June 18: Wild Horses by Garbage
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Garbage will have a cover version of the 1971 Stones song
Wild Horses on their new single "Shut Your Mouth",
due out in July.
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June 18: Miss You remix by Dr. Dre
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The 1978 Rolling Stones classic "Miss You" will be featured
in a 2002 remix by hip-hop legend
Dr. Dre,
on the soundtrack of
Auston Powers in Goldmember,
released by
Maverick Records on July 16.
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June 18: Hartford and Tacoma shows confirmed
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The optional show in Washinton D.C. on Oct. 5 has been
replaced with a new show in Hartford on that date,
and the Tacoma show on Nov. 6 is now confirmed finally.
See the
2002 tour dates.
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June 10: The Pretenders and No Doubt confirmed as support acts
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The Pretenders
will be the support act for the tour start,
at stadium and arena shows in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia
and New York/New Jersey Sept. 2002, while
No Doubt
will support
in Detroit, Toronta and Atlanta Oct. 2002. Other support acts
are said to be Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, and Jonny Lang.
See
LAUNCH.com.
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June 9: Sir Mick
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Mick Jagger is to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
of Great Britain for his services
to music, according to UK Sunday newspapers. Mick Jagger is supposed to be
given the title Sir Mick in the queen's birthday honors next
weekend, according to The Sunday Times.
The official comment is: "We never discuss honors until they are
actually awarded".
See reports by
Reuters
and
AP
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June 4: Watch out for The Blimp!
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The Blimp has been touring across the United States
since the press conference on May 7.
On Saturday June 1st it was observed close to
Dayton, Ohio, and it will probably
continue it's way across the States, promoting the
2002 Tour.
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May 30: ABKCO Records releases in USA for Aug. 20
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Finally it seems like we will be getting the complete set
of London and Decca record releases out on CD,
as ABKCO Records are announcing they will release
22 Rolling Stones titles on the new CD format SACD
in USA on Aug. 20. Even if this is a release
intended for the US market, we should expect the
other markets to be covered as well, as the
Stones tour move on next year. See
Billboard for details.
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May 29: Rolling Stones concert travel offers
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If you are looking for tickets and travel offers
to the Rolling Stones shows in USA please check out
the new IORR pages with
Rolling Stones concert travel offers.
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May 29: Being Mick out on DVD
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The "Being Mick" documentary Mick Jagger broadcast is
now out on DVD in USA.
See
Lions Gate Films.
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May 23: Stones concert travel packages available soon
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Knowing the U.S. ticket situation has been hard for European
Stones fans, the IORR fan club has been working with
the official Stones travel contacts to build travel
packages including tickets to shows. There will be packages
for Boston (including FleetCenter), New York (including MSG),
Las Vegas (MGM) and more. There will also be offers for
U.S. fans. Theater/club tickets will not be available, however.
Details will show up here within few days, Tuesday at the latest.
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May 22: Mick and Keith at Queen's gala
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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards will attend a gala at
London's Royal Academy of Arts on Wednesday evening,
where the Queen will celebrate the Golden Jubilee.
See
BBC news.
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May 22: The Rolling Stones in Paris
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The Rolling Stones have been observed in Paris last week,
as they have been working on tracks for the new 2CD,
to be released this fall. The 2CD will include old classics
as well as few new songs, as confirmed at the
Press Conference
on May 7th.
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May 22: How to get Stones tickets
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It seems like all tickets for some U.S. shows are totally sold out,
but the fact is people have been buying up for friends and family,
plus some to make a nice profit. Please be patient, don't waste
your money on the scalpers market.
Check out
Ticketmaster daily for extra tickets,
and use the IORR
Ticket Trade
pages for fair trades.
Also, see more rumoured and confirmed shows in the IORR
Tour Dates pages. There will be more shows,
and tickets will circulate at face value on show day,
most probably (except theatre shows, where picture id is required).
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May 13: Shows added in Boston and San Francisco
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The tour start is now Sept. 3rd in Boston,
as a new show is added on that date for the Fleetcenter,
and another show is added for San Francisco Pacific Bell Park
on Nov. 9. See the updated
Tour Dates.
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May 11: Stones fan party in Holland today
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There is a great Stones fan party today in Centrum de Stolp, Stolpwijk
(near Gouda) in Holland. Party time 18:00 to midnight.
Dutch bands like Q65 and Golden Earing, with new name for
tonight "Flight 505". They will play Stones songs all night.
For details contact Gerrie Schouten tel. 0031-182-510903.
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May 9: Andrew Loog Oldham to address NXNE conference in Canada
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Former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham will deliver the
keynote address at the annual NXNE (North By Northeast) Music Festival
and Conference in Toronto on June 7. The next installment of Oldham's
memoirs, "2Stoned," is due out in October.
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May 8: Press conference details
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See the details from the Rolling Stones press conference
last night on the special IORR
press conference report.
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May 7: The Rolling Stones tour start in Boston
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The Rolling Stones arrived into their press conference
at New York's Van Cortland Park in a RS-yellow blimp,
i.e. a Zeppeliner-type air ballon, with a large red Stones tongue,
shortly before 2pm this afternoon.
Great tour plans for 2002 and 2003 were presented,
and Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie all were just great.
A complete report with pictures will be available here
soon. In the mean time, enjoy the official tour dates
on the
IORR World Tour pages, and check out the official sponsor
SamGoody.com for how to get tickets before they go on sale
in public. Finally,
do also check out the official Stones site
RollingStones.com for the new and exciting official
fan club.
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May 7: Tour announcement today
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The Rolling Stones World Tour 2002 - 2003 will be
announced today in a press conference in
New York's Van Cortland Park.
There will be stadium, arena and theatre shows,
with different set lists for each venue type.
See
Billboard for details.
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May 3: Arena, stadium and club shows
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The Rolling Stones will play mainly arena shows in the
Norh American tour 2002/2003, but there will also
be club/theatre shows, plus some stadium shows.
See the new designs for the tour at the
Stonesworld.com test page,
while waiting for the real
Stonesworld.com,
and if you can't wait until the press conference on Tuesday,
see what might happen in
Beggars Banquet.
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May 2: Tour announcement on Tuesday May 7
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The Rolling Stones will make their official tour
announcement at a press conference in New York City
on Tuesday May 7. It will be a great press conference
as allways, and then all tour details will be announced,
including the tour list, ticket sales etc.
Once it is official, all the details will be available
for you here!
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April 28: Tour announcement
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The Rolling Stones are expected to announce their
new
world tour
during the next two weeks in New York City,
probably on Tuesday May 7.
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April 28: Mick Taylor guest playing with the Stones?
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Mick Taylor might show up as a guest artist with the Stones
during their upcoming tour, according to sources being
in contact with Mick Taylor. It is unclear how many
shows he might attend.
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April 16: Keith Richards in Willie Nelson tribute show
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Keith Richards, Ryan Adams, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow and Emmilou Harris
were amongst the stars who took part in a tribute to Willie Nelson in
Naashville on Sunday April 14.
Billed as 'Willie Nelson & Friends: Stars & Guitars', the show
at the Ryman Auditorium was recorded for a television special due to be
aired May 27 on the USA Network.
The show's highlight saw Richards, Adams, Hank Williams III and Nelson
himself take to the stage in front of four mics and play the Rolling Stones
classic 'Dead Flowers'. The quartet called themselves the Lost Highwaymen,
a nod to Nelson's membership in the legendary Highwaymen - his occasional
band which featured Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings.
Also, Keith did "The Worst" with Sheryl Crow, plus a country song.
See
Yahoo.
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April 14: Michael Cohl in Canadian Music Hall Of Fame
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Michael Cohl, the Toronto-based tour promoter who has kept the
Stones on the road for the past tours, was inducted into
the Canadian Hall of Fame last night. See
Canoe for details.
About the tour, he says "It's not a done deal.
If it was a done deal we'd announce it. I'm hopeful".
According to strong rumours,
the tour
will be announced within few weeks.
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April 14: Switzerland celebrating the Stones today
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Thirtyfive years ago today, on April 14, 1967,
the Rolling Stones played their notorious gig at
the Hallenstadium in Zurich, Switzerland,
where fans turned the venue into a batting-field.
The Z�rich paper
Neue Z�rcher Zeitung is publishing an interesting and detailed
article by Stones fan and expert Felix Aeppli to celecrate this
as well as the 40th anniversary of the Stones.
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April 14: Mick Taulor on tour with Todd Sharpville
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Mick Taylor will be guest playing with Todd Sharpville
during April/May in Germany, The Netherlands and Norway.
See the
Todd Sharpville
and
MickTaylor.com
web pages.
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April 14: Bill Wyman on tour 2002
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Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings will tour this year as well.
A number of shows are scheduled for UK, Italy and Spain.
See the
Bill Wyman
web pages for details.
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April 5: Mick and Keith in studio with Peter Wolf
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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are among the guest musicians
on the new solo album Sleepless by former
J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf.
Keith joined in on Too Close Together,
while Mick is singing on Nothing but the Wheel.
The recordings were done in New York City,
and the album should be out by August.
See
Rolling Stone.
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April 4: The 2002 tour to open in Boston?
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The rumour about Philadelpia being the city of the tour start might
be wrong, as the city of Boston is now said, unofficially
of course, to be a probable city for the tour start.
Also, there are rumours about a show at the new
Ford Field in Detroit in October.
See the
2002 tour pages.
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March 15: IORR no. 43 out now
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The new It's Only Rock'n Roll fan club magazine
IORR 43
is out now, and should have arrived this week
to all IORR members and subscribers.
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March 2: Concert for New York on DVD
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The Concert For New York City featuring Mick Jagger and
Keith Richards will be out as a region 2 DVD release in UK on March 18th,
as a 2DVD at price �24.99.
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March 2: Mick Jagger single releases in UK
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The Mick Jagger single CD "Visions Of Paradise" will be
released in UK on March 11th. It's a three-track including the
non-album tracks "If Things Could Be Different" and "Blue".
Also, a 7" vinyl single b/w "God Gave Me Everything" (Dan The Automator remix)
will be out on the same day, limited release of 5000 copies.
Also, there is a 4-track version of "Visions Of Paradise"
with both non-album tracks on
Amazon.com, and also a
DVD-release.
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March 2: Mick Jagger single releases in The Netherlands
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The new Mick Jagger single "Visions Of Paradise" will be out on Monday 4th
in The Netherlands, as a 4-track maxi also including "God Gave Me Everything"
(Dan The Automator remix). Also, there will be a two-track cardboard
sleeve release with "Visions Of Paradise" and "If Things Could Be Different".
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Feb. 23: The Stones to play China
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The 2002/2003 world tour of the Rolling Stones is
said to be including a visit to China.
Other countries on the list are Japan and Mexico.
Rumours of places the Stones will play
are starting to build up, and one that might happen is the
Glastonbury Festival 2003 in UK.
See the new list of
rumoured 2002 dates.
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Feb. 22: World Tour 2002 starts in September
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The Rolling Stones are expected to start their 2002
world tour in USA in September. While we expected an
arena tour like No Security 1999 in USA, the 2002
world tour will most probably be the biggest and
most exciting tour in the 40 years of the Stones playing live.
The greatest rock'n'roll band in the world will take their tour
to many cities in USA, before going to Europe, South America
and Asia, taking them to more than 100 shows worldwide.
There will be stadium shows, arena shows and also several
club shows. Indeed a 40th anniversary party for
Stones fans all over the world. More details in
IORR 43.
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Feb. 6: Visions of Paradise single out now
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The new Mick Jagger single Visions of Paradise is out now
in Germany, featuring the title track in two mixes,
plus "If Things Could Be Different" and also a mix of
God Gave Me Everything.
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Feb. 6: Mick Jagger chat on msn.com tomorrow
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Mick Jagger will chat live on
MSN.com on Thursday Feb. 7 at 7pm Eastern (NY) time.
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Feb. 4: Ronnie Wood with The Corrs
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Ronnie Wood guest played with The Corrs at a recent MTV recording
which is to be published as "The Corrs - Live in Dublin".
Ronnie joined The Corrs on stage to play guitar on their version
of Jimi Hendrix "Little Wing", accompanied by a complete orchestra.
Ronnie also re-appeared on stage as they encored with
The Rolling Stones hit "Ruby Tuesday".
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Jan. 29: Mick Jagger to perform at Golden Jubilee in UK this summer?
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Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain will celebrate her Golden Jubilee
this year with visits, concerts and dinners across U.K.
One of the highlights of the celebrations comes on June 3,
when a rock concert will be staged in the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
Performers are said to be Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Phil Collins
among others. See
Reuters for details.
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Jan. 26: The Rolling Stones special on Swiss radio tonight
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The Swiss national radio station DRS3 will air a 4-hour special on
the Rolling Stones tonight Saturday 26th. The show titled
"40 Jahre Rolling Stones" is celebrating the
40th anniversary of the Stones, and will include unreleased material,
interviews, rare tracks plus famous cover versions.
See
drs.ch.
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Jan. 24: Being Mick on Canal+ in Scandinavia
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The programme Being Mick will be featured
on Canal+ in Scandinavia next month.
Check your local broadcasting schedules, showing
in Sweden on Feb. 9 at 21:30, followed by an interview
at 22:35, same date in Denmark.
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Jan. 24: Mick Jagger on Swedish television tomorrow
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Mick Jagger & Paul McCartney will be featured
on
Swedish TV2
tomorrow Friday 25th at
22.40 to 23.40 hours.
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Jan. 21: Mick Jagger on German TV on Saturday
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Mick Jagger will be performing Visions of Paradise
at the German TV show
Wetten dass
on Saturday Jan. 26.
The show will take place in Braunschweig, near Hannover.
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Jan. 21: Mick Jagger on NRJ France
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Mick Jagger performed Visions of Paradise
at the NRJ Awards broadcasted live on French television
on Saturday Jan. 19. The performamce might be
a play-back.
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Jan. 17: Being Mick on Canal+ in Europe
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Check out your local Canal+ broadcast lists,
as Being Mick will show on
Canal+ Netherlands today and
Canal+ Poland tomorrow.
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Jan. 17: Mick's album almost out of the U.S. charts
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"Goddess in the Doorway" fell 29 places to No. 192 on
the U.S. pop charts for the week
ended Jan. 13, which will likely be its last
appearance in the top 200 unless the new
single can revive interest in the album.
Sales in the latest period of 6,557 units take
its U.S. total to 259,707 in its eighth week of release.
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Jan. 15: Ronnie Wood in the press
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Ronnie Wood is featured in an interview with the UK
magazine
Guitarist. Also,
the latest issue of Classic Rock magazine
(January 2002, Axl Rose cover) has
an 8 page Ronnie interview.
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Jan. 14: Mick Jagger on "The Simpsons"
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Mick will follow in the illustrious footsteps of
such rockers as George Harrison and Billy
Corgan by appearing on "The Simpsons".
His episode will air next fall during the show's
2002/03 season premiere (usually September).
Fox made the announcement this weekend during
a press conference.
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Jan. 10, 2002: Keith paying tribute to Johnny Cash
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Keith Richards is paying tribute to Johnny Cash on
an upcoming two-disc career retrospective.
The Essential Johnny Cash, due February 26 from Columbia/Legacy Records,
features more than 30 testimonials to Cash from artists including
Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Bono and the Edge of U2, Elvis Costello
and more.
I.e. it might be sleeve notes by Keith, rather than Keith on a track.
See
Yahoo.
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Jan. 10, 2002: Keith collaboration with Sheryl Crow
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Keith and Sheryl Crow have been working on a song
called "High and Low", she told
reporters backstage at the American Music Awards
in Los Angeles last night. It is still
a work-in-progress and it won't be on her album,
which comes out in a few months.
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Dec. 24: Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings on tour next year
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Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings will tour next year as well.
So far these dates are set: Southampton, Guildhall May 7th (on sale now);
Basingstoke, Anvil May 12th (on sale now);
Salisbury, City Hall July 4th (on sale in January).
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Dec. 23: The Rolling Stones on Dutch music channel today
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The music channel
TMF in the Netherlands will do a 3 1/2 hours broadcast
tonight Sunday Dec. 23rd, with unique Rolling Stones material from
Paradiso 1995, Amsterdam Arena 1998 and a Mick Jagger Goddess In The Doorway
special, plus other previously unpublished material.
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Dec. 23: Keith on new Ivan Neville album
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Keith Richards and Bonnie Raitt are among the guest artists on the new solo album
by former X-Pensive Wino, Ivan Neville. The R&B album, "Saturday Morning Music" is
due out in mid-January via Uptop Entertainment, a new music production company
formed by actor Bruce Willis. According to a press release, the rock'n'roll
lifestyle took its toll on Neville, who succumbed to addiction and ill health. But
he has recovered and he plays around Los Angeles.
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Dec. 23: Mick's album falls to No. 96 on U.S. pop charts
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"Goddess in the Doorway" fell 19 places to No. 96 on the U,S, album charts for the
week ended Dec. 16, and appears not to be getting a boost from the Christmas buying
season. Sales stand at just 172,231 units after four weeks of release.
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Dec. 23: Mick Jagger will not perform at the American Music Awards
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It is now confirmed - Mick Jagger will not perform at the American Music Awards
in Los Angeles on Jan. 9. Mick is currently on vacation with his family. After the
holiday Mick will shoot the video for Visions of Paradise,
his next single, due out in January.
The organizers of the awards say that Mick's management asked for him to be included
in the lineup some time ago, but obviously things changed.
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Dec. 20: Mick Jagger backs out of American Music Awards ???
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Recent rumous is telling that Mick is backing out of the
American Music Awards, i.e. he will not perform there after all.
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Dec. 18: Mick Jagger at the American Music Awards
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Mick Jagger, Britney Spears and Usher are the latest performers who have
been added to the 29th annual
American Music Awards
roster on January 9, 2002, joining
previously announced artists Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Shaggy.
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Dec. 18: Keith, Ronnie on UK TV broadcasts
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ITV1 in UK will broadcast Classic Albums on Dec 29th,
featuring Elvis' first album, with comments from Keith Richards.
Then on Dec. 31st BBC2 will broadcast Jools Hollands
Hootenanny where Ronnie and Slash will perform Little Queenie.
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Dec. 17: Rufus Thomas dies aged 84
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Versatile soul icon Rufus Thomas, a pioneering radio DJ
and a singer/songwriter famed for the R&B standard
Walking The Dog,
has died in Memphis at age 84, his family said Sunday.
"Walking The Dog", from 1963, marked his first top 10 pop
hit and has since been covered by more than 100 artists,
including the Rolling Stones.
See
Reuters.
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Dec. 17: Mick Jagger on new Matchbox Twenty album
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Mick Jagger will appear on Matchbox Twenty's third record,
which the band will record next year. Returning a favor to
Matchbox frontman Rob Thomas -- who co-wrote and contributed
vocals to "Visions of Paradise" --
Mick sings on the band's "I Got a Disease".
See
Rolling Stone.
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Dec. 14: Ronnie Wood on BBC1 tonight
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"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" will be broadcast on BBC1 tonight -
Friday 14 December at 10.35 pm. Ronnie is interviewed by Jonathan and
the 'stripped down' band - Ronnie, Jesse, Martin, Mark and Leah -
perform 'This Little Heart'. NOT to be missed as Ronnie is on top
form!
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Dec. 13: Ronnie Wood with guests in London
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Ronnie Wood did two shows in London this week.
First Ronnie played to a full house of may be 2000 people
at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on Tuesday 11th.
Andrea of The Corrs guested on a few songs, singing and playing flute.
Slash joined in like in Dublin for most of the show.
The night after Ronnie and the same guests played
the intimate CC Club in Leicester Square in front of some 450 fans and
invitees who paid 260 pounds to be in such a small place.
After the CC Club show Ronnie was on to TV studio recordings.
See reviews, set lists and show details on the
Ronnie Wood live 2001
pages.
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Dec. 6: Mick Jagger with Lenny Kravitz on My VH1
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Mick Jagger and Lenny Kravitz performed "God Gave Me Everything"
during the My VH1 Music Awards 2001 at the Shrine Auditorium in
Los Angeles, December 2, 2001. See a great
photo of Mick & Lenny,
and
another one.
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Nov. 29: Uncut magazine with special Rolling Stones issues
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The UK based
Uncut
magazine is paying tribute to the Rolling Stones with its special collectors'
January issue, coming with two different commemorative covers.
The first cover is from the 1960s by Gered Mankowitz,
the second cover is an unpublished photo for the Sticky Fingers photo session
by Peter Webb.
Both covers also feature a separate CD, which together include
over 30 covers of classic Stones hits, including tracks exclusively
recorded for Uncut by Ryan Adams and Beth Orton, Lambchop,
The Handsome Family and Stereophonics' Kelly Jones.
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Nov. 29: Mick on "Saturday Night Live"
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Mick is tentatively scheduled to perform on
"Saturday Night Live" in the United States
on Dec. 8. Virgin says he has not officially
committed, but they expect he will agree to
do it. With regard to future live solo shows,
Virgin Records America co-president Ray
Cooper says: "I think that's a discussion point
for the future. We're not ruling it out,
but we're not confirming it yet either."
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Nov. 29: Mick debuts at No. 39 in the United States
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"Goddess in the Doorway" debuted at No. 39 on the U.S.
pop album charts, selling 67,839
units in the week ended Nov. 25.
By contrast, "Wandering Spirit" sold 59,710 units in
its first week in 1993, debuting at No. 11.
Other international chart bows for the new
record include: No. 2 in Germany, No. 3 in Austria,
No. 6 in the Music & Media
Eurochart, No. 8 in Switzerland, No. 9 in Japan,
No. 12 in France, No. 14 in Denmark,
No. 15 in the Netherlands, No. 19 in Italy, No. 44 in Britain.
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Nov. 29: Mick Taylor on Dutch radio Monday
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Dutch radio 192 will do more Mick Taylor broadcasts on Monday December 3.
There will be interviews where Mick talks about the Stones,
and also more live recordings.
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Nov. 26: Mick Taylor on Dutch radio tonight
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Last Saturday afternoon Mick Taylor recorded
"Time waits for no one" with Dutch singer/songwriter Erwin Nijhoff
in Hilversum, the Netherlands. Now it seems like Dutch Radio 192 will
broadcast this recording tonight.
Other recordings done at the same session are said to be
"Dead Flowers", "No Expectations" and unfinished versions of
"I got the blues" and "Sister Morphine".
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Nov. 21: "Being Mick" TV broadcast tomorrow
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The
Being Mick documentary of Mick Jagger and his new solo album
Goddess in the Doorway will include live recordings from the
El Rey Theater as well as studio works.
"Being Mick" will broadcast tomorrow Nov. 22 in USA,
UK (Channel 4 at 9pm) etc. Check your available channels!
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Nov. 19: Mick Taylor with Roffe Wickstr�m Band in Sweden
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Mick Taylor will make some guest appearance shows with the
Roffe Wickstr�m Band in Sweden.
See separate list of the
Roffe Wickstr�m Band
dates.
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Nov. 16: Mick Jagger live at the El Rey Theatre
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Mick Jagger performed four songs from his new album live
at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles last night Nov. 15.
Also, he performed the Stones classics Respectable
and Miss You. See complete review of the
El Rey Theater release party.
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Nov. 15: Ronnie Wood event invitation to IORR readers
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The total number of guests at the private Ronnie Wood
event in London on Dec. 12 is 450 people,
and IORR have been able to get access to some of these
seats. See the
Ronnie Wood party invitation
for details and reservations.
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Nov. 15: Ronnie Wood event in London Dec. 12
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Following his two concerts in Dublin Dec. 8 and London Dec. 11,
Ronnie Wood will do an exclusive private party at London's CC Club,
Wednesday December 12.
Ronnie will be joined on stage throughout the evening by
celebrity friends performing a wide range of songs.
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Nov. 15: Mick Jagger five star review in Rolling Stone
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Mick Jagger is featured in the
Rolling Stone U.S. edition no. 883/884 just out.
There is an exceptional five-star solo album review,
plus an interesting interview in which Mick is saying
the Stones will probably not do a whole new
studo album before they tour next year. Also, a photo
of Mick all tied up on a ladder by Carl Lagerfeld.
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Nov. 12: Ronnie Wood live in Dublin
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Ronnie Wood will play live at the
Vicar Street
in Dublin, Ireland
on December 8. Tickets are on sale by
Ticketmaster Ireland.
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Nov. 11: Mick Jagger extra track on Japanese release
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The song "If Things Had Been Different" will be an
additional track on the Japanese version of
Goddess in the Doorway, due out Nov. 19/20.
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Nov. 11: Ronnie Wood live at Shepherds Bush Empire
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Ronnie Wood will play live at the
Shepherds Bush Empire
in London
on December 11. Tickets are on sale by
Ticketmaster UK.
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Nov. 9: Mick Jagger interview in El País, Spain
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See the Mick Jagger interview in Spanish
El País
kindly translated into English by the fans!
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Nov. 7: Mick Jagger alternate tracks in various markets
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The Mick Jagger maxi-single has got two
extra non-album tracks/edits in Germany and Italy.
There will be a 2-disc
vinyl album out in Germany with 3 different tracks,
and also different tracks on the Japanese CD,
plus probably different tracks in Australia.
Please let us know by
email to IORR
what sorts of label numbers, tracks and edits
you do see in your market, and all this information
will be compiled in the
Mick Jagger solo pages. Thanks!
PS. Single out on Monday in Europe (selected countries only),
album out on Nov. 19/20 in most markets.
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Nov. 7: Mick Jagger maxi-single out in Europe
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Just released in the European market,
the brand new Mick Jagger maxi-single,
including the non-album track "Blue",
The tracks are
"God Gave Me Everything" (album edit),
"Blue" (not on album) and
"Goddess In The Doorway (instrumental).
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