Rolling Stones to attend 'Crossfire Hurricane' world premiere in London

The Rolling Stones will attend the world premiere of their official 50th anniversary documentary, "Crossfire Hurricane," at the 2012 London Film Festival on October 18, according to an announcement made by the film festival.
As previously reported, the Rolling Stones announced that "Crossfire Hurricane" (directed by Brett Morgen) will be released in cinemas for a limited time in October 2012. Eagle Rock Entertainment will release the movie on DVD and Blu-ray in October or November 2012. HBO will have the U.S. television premiere in the autumn of 2012, on a date to be announced. BBC 2 will have the U.K. television premiere. All of the dates for the releases and TV premieres are to be announced.
In late April/early May 2012, the current members of the Rolling Stones (Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, drummer Charlie Watts and guitarist Ronnie Wood) gathered for rehearsals in the New York City area. The rehearsals were reportedly filmed for the documentary.
In December 2011, Wyman and former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor did jam sessions in London with the current lineup of the Rolling Stones. These sessions will also reportedly be in "Crossfire Hurricane."
The official Rolling Stones website included this description of "Crossfire Hurricane" in the announcement of the movie's title and other details.

"The film illustrates the Stones’ evolution from being, as Mick vividly describes it, “the band everybody hated to the band everybody loves”: through the hedonistic 1970s and Keith’s turning-point bust in Canada to the spectacular touring phenomenon we know today. Richards also reveals the song that he believes defines the “essence” of his writing relationship with Jagger more than any other.
"Asked in a formative interview in the film what it is that sets them apart from other groups, Jagger says with quiet understatement: 'A chemical reaction seems to have happened.' Keith Richards added, “You can’t really stop the Rolling Stones, you know when that sort of avalanche is facing you, you just get out of the way”. It’s been happening ever since, and the life and times of the Rolling Stones have never been as electrifyingly portrayed as they are in 'Crossfire Hurricane.'
"Director Brett Morgen added, '"Crossfire Hurricane" invites the audience to experience firsthand the Stones’ nearly mythical journey from outsiders to rock and roll royalty. This is not an academic history lesson. 'Crossfire Hurricane' allows the viewer to experience the Stones’ journey from a unique vantage point. It’s an aural and visual roller coaster ride.'"

"Crossfire Hurricane" isn't the only Rolling Stones documentary set for release in 2012.
ABKCO announced that it was releasing the Rolling Stones documentary film "Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965," which will have its world premiere at the New York Film Festival in New York City on September 29, 2012. On November 6, 2012, ABKCO is also releasing the movie on DVD, Blu-ray and as a super-deluxe edition box set that will include a DVD, Blu-Ray, 2-CD set and a vinyl LP.
Meanwhile, the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary concerts are going to be announced any day now. Billboard.biz reported that the Rolling Stones will be doing concerts at the O2 Arena in London and the Barclays Center in New York City's Brooklyn borough in November 2012. The exact dates are to be announced, but Billboard.biz says there will be two concerts in each city. (And, of course, there is a possibility that more concerts will be added.)
These shows will be the first Rolling Stones concerts since 2007, when the Rolling Stones concluded their tour for "A Bigger Bang."
Since the Rolling Stones have already announced that they will not do a full-scale tour in 2012, there had been speculation that there will only be a few Rolling Stones concerts this year that will take place in major international cities. It looks like that speculation was correct. Richards told Rolling Stone magazine in a March 2012 interview that it is possible that the Rolling Stones will do a full-scale tour in 2013.
On August 23, 2012, the Rolling Stones confirmed that they were at a recording studio in Paris.
The Stones later announced that during those sessions in Paris, they recorded two new, original songs titled and "Gloom and Doom" and "One Last Shot," which will both be on the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary greatest-hits collection titled "GRRR!" "Gloom and Doom" and "One Last Shot" are the first new and original songs to be released by the Rolling Stones since the 2005 album "A Bigger Bang."