Ronnie Wood says the Stones and the Faces are invited to play 2012 Olympics...
| February 15, 2012
Ronnie Wood says the Stones and the Faces are invited to play 2012 Olympics
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood says that the Rolling Stones and the Faces have each been invited to perform at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Wood was in the Faces before he joined the Rolling Stones in the mid-1970s.
The Rolling Stones have not performed on stage together since 2007, at the the end of their tour for "A Bigger Bang."
In 2010 and 2011, Wood toured with a revamped lineup of the Faces that included Mick Hucknall on lead vocals (because original Faces singer Rod Stewart declined to participate in the Faces reunion tours); original Faces members Kenney Jones on drums and Ian McLagan on keyboards; and former Sex Pistols member Glen Matlock on bass. It is unknown if Stewart and/or Hucknall will perform with the Faces if the band ends up doing the Olympics show.
"We've got more meetings, everyone wants to do it. I've been asked to do the opening ceremony with the Stones and close the games with The Faces. I've got to be the first bi-athlete musician.
"I'm busy with The Faces getting inducted into the Hall of Fame in April and then art exhibitions this year.
"Then there's my Sky Arts programme, which is the radio show televised in HD. There's plenty of music on the table, but it's just a matter of choosing which one to go with."
As previously reported, the Faces are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on April 14, 2012. This will be Wood's second Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. His first induction was with the Rolling Stones in 1989. Wood is the only past or current member of the Rolling Stones to have two separate inductions in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"The Ronnie Wood Show" on Sky Arts 1 HD premieres on February 24, 2012, and can be seen Fridays at 11 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time. This will be the first time that a member of the Rolling Stones is starring in his own TV series.
