It took a few extra months, but the Rolling Stones brought their 50th anniversary tour to Australia on Oct. 25, starting a round of Down Under dates with a show at the Adelaide Oval.
The Rolling Stones are ready to begin their delayed run of dates in Australia and New Zealand, but longtime sax player Bobby Keys won't be along for the ride.
These days, any musician with a laptop and a microphone can record pretty much anything they want, but back in the good old days, you actually had to enter a recording studio and purchase expensive reel-to-reel tape if you wanted to make the magic happen -- even if you were part of a band that disregarded the rules as often as the Rolling Stones.
Gimme Shelter is one of those haunting songs that is the perfect song to paint a picture of the late 1960's. The song was before music videos were standard practice, so I thought I'd share a couple of versions.
The Rolling Stones' tour announcements have often surprised and delighted over the years, beginning with an impromptu performance on the streets of New York City.
In his first public comments since the tragedy, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger says he's "still struggling to understand" why his girlfriend, L'Wren Scott, apparently committed suicide yesterday.