Rolling Stones Weigh Offers for Full Tour in 2013

'We'll announce it when we've figured it out,' says Mick Jagger

By David Fricke

January 4, 2013 8:00 AM ET

"Everyone was trying to get the band really on," Mick Jagger says in a still-revved-up voice, describing the best and most important thing about the Rolling Stones' shortest and most intensive tour ever: their five 50th­-anniversary concerts in London, Brooklyn and New Jersey. "Keith concentrated on holding his parts together," the singer says of guitarist Keith Richards, "and I wasn't letting the vocals take second place. We wanted to put the music out in a good way, not just be flash."
With stripped-down arena production, career-spanning set lists and a renewed focus on their natural kinetic-blues drive, the Stones reasserted their right, at these gigs, to the title of the world's greatest rock & roll band. And they will keep doing it on the road next year. "There have been quite a few offers," Jagger says, two days after the final show in Newark. "I'm going to see what's on the table and discuss it with everyone," referring to Richards, guitarist Ron Wood and drummer Charlie Watts. "We'll announce it when we've figured it out."
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"Really, all you're going to have to do is wait for an announcement," Richards confirms with a raspy laugh. The birthday shows "went like a dream, at the same speed, man. But we barely got off the starting blocks," he insists. "It would be dopey to bring things up to this level and say, 'Well, that's that, 50 years, bye-bye.'"
The closing show – December 15th in Newark, shown on pay-per-view television – had the tour's highest concentration of guest-star power: a blues-guitar fusillade featuring John Mayer and rising star Gary Clark Jr.; the Black Keys pumping up the Bo Diddley beat in a rare Stones cover of "Who Do You Love"; Bruce Springsteen turning on his Jersey-bar roar in "Tumbling Dice"; and Lady Gaga going toe-to-toe with Jagger in "Gimme Shelter," the former in outrageously high heels. "She had big heels on for the rehearsal," Jagger notes. "But when it came to the show, they got even larger."
A recurring highlight in London and Newark was ex-Stones guitarist Mick Taylor, soloing in vintage form with Richards and Wood in "Midnight Rambler." But when they had the stage to themselves, the Stones – with pianist Chuck Leavell and bassist Darryl Jones – stuck close to "the band's natural feel," as Richards puts it: the rough heat and tight grind of their early-Seventies LPs and tours. "Everybody talks about how they like the sloppiness of the Rolling Stones," Jagger says. "But there's a difference between having swerve and being too sloppy."
Drummer Patrick Carney of the Black Keys says the first thing he noticed at rehearsal, the day before their guest spot, was that the Stones "were so friendly and down-to-earth. It wasn't nearly as scary as we anticipated." The second revelation: "There was nothing nostalgic about them. The way Keith and Ronnie play together – you don't see that kind of realness. Every song is a living, breathing thing."
"Nostalgia is not this band's strong point," Richards affirms. "It was almost kicking and screaming to get us to this 50-year thing. We eventually realized it was a good time to put things together again. 'Hey, 51 years? Don't give a shit.'"
Close to a year of rumination, discussion and planning went into the brief anniversary tour. "Mick took the longest to come along," Richards claims. "He was there with it, but it was always 'Give me another reason.' I know Charlie didn't need persuading. He just wanted to make sure Mick wanted to do it."
"It wasn't really a debate," Jagger counters. "I originally said, 'We can do anything. We can do one club show, if you want.' But I always imagined it was going to be brief." Jagger says the Stones added the 12-12-12 benefit in New York to the itinerary at the last minute "because we were there."
Despite extensive rehearsals in Paris, plus two club shows there, the band left some decisions to chance and the last minute. The Stones practiced "I Wanna Be Your Man," the Lennon-McCartney song they cut in 1963, at different tempos before settling on one closer to "Start Me Up," "with a lot more power and funk to it," Richards says. The Stones and the Black Keys didn't pick their Bo Diddley song until the Keys got to rehearsal, straight from the airport after finishing a British tour. And Springsteen nailed "Tumbling Dice" in practice right away. "We just did it once," Jagger recalls, "and he said, 'I think that's really gonna be good.'"
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The first hint of 2013 Stones concerts came the day before the second show in Newark, when the band's iPhone app listed an appearance next April at Coachella. That info quickly disappeared from the official schedule, and Jagger swears he doesn't know how it got there, that he had not been approached about playing at the festival. "I always said that we'd see how this would go, and then we'd think about doing more – or not."
It's his turn to laugh when asked about Richards' standard optimism on Stones shows: that there is always more down the line. "Keith and Ronnie say things to the press," he says, "because that's their line. They don't say, 'Oh, I think about it carefully.' But they think about it as carefully as Charlie and I do. The reality is they are as tentative as anybody else."
Richards concedes there are serious questions to be answered about live work in the Stones' 51st year: how much to do, how to do it. "That will definitely come into the equation," he says. "At the same time, a gig's a gig. The curtain opens and there you are. I just get the feeling – they're itching at the bit now." There's one more laugh. "This thing wasn't enough."

Rolling Stones, ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’ – Albums That Almost Killed a Band’s Career

by Matthew Wilkening

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OK, here’s where we stretch the boundaries of this list’s title right up to the breaking point. After all, it’s not likely that any one album could kill the Rolling Stones‘ career, even one as odd, out of character and poorly received as 1967′s ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request.’

But it definitely sent them back to the drawing board. Clearly influenced by the psychedelic music of the era — and some would say, overly focused on keeping up with the Beatles‘ ‘Sgt. Pepper‘ — the Stones delivered an ambitious but ultimately unfocused effort that made them look like followers instead of leaders — at least, until they kicked off perhaps rock’s most impressive four-album run ever with ‘Beggars Banquet’ the next year.

Ronnie Wood - Ronnie Wood plans summer wedding party

Ronnie Wood plans summer wedding party

Ronnie Wood and Sally Humphries will celebrate their recent marriage with a big party later this summer.
Ronnie Wood and Sally Humphreys plan to celebrate their marriage with a huge party later this summer.
The Rolling Stones rocker wed theatre producer Sally in a small ceremony last month, but they are planning to mark their union with a bigger celebration in the future.
Ronnie - who is currently in the Caribbean with Sally on honeymoon - said: ''Maybe on my birthday [in June] we can have a big bash and invite all our friends. 2012 was a blinding year. Really wonderful and so creative. The wedding was the culmination of all that.''
The ceremony on December 21 saw Ronnie, 65, joined by best men Sir Paul McCartney and Rod Stewart, but unfortunately the rest of Ronnie's Rolling Stones bandmates couldn't make the big day.
He explained to Britain's HELLO! magazine: ''[Sir] Mick [Jagger] was in Mustique with his family for Christmas, Keith [Richards] was in Connecticut for his birthday and Charlie [Watts] wasn't well and was down in Devon, but they've all sent their best wishes and support.''
Rod - who played with Ronnie in The Faces - was said to have put in a good speech about during the ceremony.
His wife, Penny Lancaster, said: ''Sally's dad made an emotional and funny speech and Rod's was a perfect tribute to his mate.''

Ronnie Wood/Sally Humphreys wedding on the cover of Hello! magazine

Pictured from left to right: Paul McCartney, Ronnie Wood, Sally Humphreys' niece Heather, Sally Humphreys and Rod Stewart at Wood and Humphrey's wedding in London on December 22, 2012

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Hello! magazine

The wedding of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and theater producer Sally Humphreys graces the cover of Hello! magazine in issue number 1258, dated December 31, 2012. Hello! magazine, which bought exclusive photo rights to the wedding, says that Wood and Humphreys are donating the money that Hello! paid them to children's charities, such as the Ben Kinsilla Trust, the Tom Cocklin Memorial Trust and the Thusha Kameleswaran Appeal.
In the issue, Wood gave an exclusive interview about the wedding, which took place on December 22, 2012, at the Dorchester Hotel in London.
The article reveals that Rod Stewart was not the only best man at the nuptials. Paul McCartney also served as best man.
In the official wedding photo published by Hello! and released by Hello! to other news outlets for publicity for the issue, the newlyweds are flanked by Stewart and McCartney, while Humphreys' 7-year-old niece Heather is standing in front of the adults.
Ronnie's three biological children (son Jesse, daughter Leah and son Tyrone) were seated in the front row. Noticeably absent was Ronnie's stepson Jamie, who is the eldest child of Wood's second ex-wife, Jo.
It's not too surprising that Jamie wasn't invited, since he said in a Daily Mail interview it was his idea to auction off many of Ronnie's personal belongings so that Jamie and Jo could get money that they say hey needed. Jamie told the Daily Mail that Ronnie essentially abandoned the items when Ronnie left Jo in 2008. Ronnie publicly objected to the auction, but the auction went ahead as planned. Jamie also said in the interview that Ronnie should still feel obligated to financially support his adult children because his kids were not raised to pursue any careers.
In few years, Ronnie, 65, may have another child as an addition to his family, since Humphreys, 34, said that she wants to have a child with him. Humphreys told the Daily Mail: "I would like children but not yet. Ronnie is relaxed about it but I just want to have some time just as ourselves."
Ronnie told Hello! that all of his children approve of his marriage to Humphreys: "They are happy to see their dad happy. They have always been very supportive of me and Sally."
Humphreys was Ronnie's date at McCartney's October 2011 wedding to McCartney's third wife, Nancy Shevell. Ronnie told Hello! magazine: "Paul was saying at the time, ‘Wow, this is wonderful, you two make a great couple."
Other couples at the wedding included McCartney and Shevell; Stewart and his third wife, Penny Lancaster; and Jesse Wood and his girlfriend Fearne Cotton, who is due to give birth to Ronnie's seventh grandchild in 2013. Jesse has two children with his ex-wife, Jamie has three kids, and Leah has one child.
The other members of the Rolling Stones (lead singer Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards and drummer Charlie Watts) did not attend the wedding.
As previously reported, Humphreys wore the same wedding dress that her mother was married in, but Hello! revealed some details that were previously not made public: During the wedding ceremony, Humphreys wore a red heart-shaped pendant which Ronnie designed. And the wedding dress was restored by Tommy Hilfiger.
For the wedding reception, "the bride changed into a pink dress with tailored coat by Ted Baker while Ronnie's two suits, his ceremony attire and after suits, were both handcrafted by Jonathan Saunders. Once outside the hotel the newlyweds stopped to share their first kiss as man and wife. The new Mr. and Mrs. Wood were then joined by Rod and Penny for dinner at the Ritz."
This is the third marriage for 65-year-old Wood and the first marriage for 34-year-old Humphreys. They have known each other for several years, but the couple didn't start dating until late 2011, a year before the engagement. They went public with their romance in February 2012, and they got engaged on October 18, 2012, the night that the couple attended the London premiere of the Rolling Stones documentary "Crossfire Hurricane." In late November 2012, they filled out wedding paperwork at a London register office. Wood also purchased the wedding rings.
Wood was married to model Krissy Wood from 1971 to 1978. (Krissy, who was the mother of their son, Jesse, died in 1995 of a suspected Valium overdose. Jesse was born in 1977.) Ronnie and his second wife, Jo Wood (a former model), were a couple for about eight years before they got married in 1985. They have two kids together: Leah (born in 1978) and Tyrone (born in 1983). Jo's eldest child, a son named Jamie (born in 1974), is from a previous relationship. Jo and Ronnie separated in 2008, she filed for divorce in 2009, and the divorce was finalized in 2011.

  - Ronnie Wood Opens Up About New Wife

Ronnie Wood Opens Up About New Wife

Newlywed rocker Ronnie Wood wishes he had met his third wife Sally Humphreys sooner as he is convinced there is no woman "more suited" to him than her.
The Rolling Stones guitarist exchanged vows with the theatre producer in a private ceremony at London's The Dorchester hotel on 21 December (12) after a six-month whirlwind romance.
Wood is 31 years older than his bride, and admits he regrets not getting to know her earlier.
He tells Britain's Hello! magazine, "I wish I'd met Sal earlier. I can't think of another girl more suited to me.
"It was a wonderful day. She looked beautiful walking through that doorway. I feel very blessed to have a new family. My dad and brothers are no longer with us so it's really nice to be welcomed by a new gang. Her relatives are lovely."
Sir Paul MCCartney and Rod Stewart were at the groom's side as best men, and Wood insists it was an honour to have his pals there on the big day.
He says, "They have always been very supportive of me and Sally. Paul was saying at (his wedding), 'Wow, this is wonderful, you two make a great couple.'"

Mick Jagger takes several of his kids on a museum trip in New York City

On December 17, 2012, Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger went with four of his kids on a trip to the Museum of Natural History in New York City. The Daily Mail published paparazzi photos of Jagger and his kids outside of the museum.
Mick accompanied three of his four children with Jerry Hall (Lizzie, 28; James, 27; and Georgia May, 20) and Mick's 13-year-old son Lucas, whose mother is Mick's former mistress Luciana Morad.
The Daily Mail reported that Mick tried to go unrecognized by pulling up his scarf to his face: "Pulling his red scarf up to partially cover his face and wearing a navy baseball cap and black wool coat, the apparently shy and retiring rocker looked a far cry from the confident figure he cut on stage at New Jersey's Prudential Center on Saturday night [December 15, 2012]. Lucas seemed to be particularly excited about his trip to the museum, running ahead of the group as he eagerly entered the grand building."
It is believed that 15-year-old Gabriel Jagger, who is Mick's youngest child with Jerry Hall, wasn't on the trip with his father and siblings because Gabriel was in school.
Mick's other children are 42-year-old daughter Karis (whose mother is Mick's ex-girlfriend Marsha Hunt) and 41-year-old daughter Jade (whose mother is Mick's first wife Bianca Jagger).
The Rolling Stones have not announced any tour plans yet for 2013, but many people are predicting that the band will do a full-scale world tour in 2013, after the success of the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary concerts in 2012.
There is also speculation that the Rolling Stones might release a new album in 2013. The Rolling Stones released two new and original songs in 2012: "Doom and Gloom" and "One More Shot," which were included on the Rolling Stones greatest-hits compilation "GRRR!"

Rolling Stones Hint at More Shows In 2013

by Dave Swanson 

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As Mick Jagger exited the stage at the Rolling Stones‘ final show of 2012, he told the crowd at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, “This is our last show … of the 50th anniversary tour. Hope to see you again soon.” With the band celebrating fifty years of rock and roll, expectations ran high and, by most all accounts, they surpassed them. So after two shows in London and this short East Coast run, we quote Peggy Lee and ask, “Is that all there is?”
“I think the Stones have always done things their own way, and they will always continue to do things their own way,” former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor told Billboard. Taylor, who joined his long lost brothers as a “special guest” at several of the anniversary concerts, went on to say, “I think everybody is having a good time on stage. It’s more than just nostalgia. I think they just feel re-energized and possibly very enthusiastic about doing things in the future.” He added, “I feel re-energized by the experience too.”
“We ain’t doing all this for four gigs!,” Keith Richards recently told Rolling Stone, and rumors are already running wild about the band’s plans for more in 2013 with talk of Coachella in the US and Glastonbury in the UK being tossed around as possible bigger events. 
If Taylor gets the call for more next year, will he be on board? “I’m up for [it] 150 percent, yes,” he emphatically said. “It’s been really amazing, thrilling and exciting. It’s been great to play with the band again. I still get the same feeling that I used to get when we played on stage before … We weren’t thinking about 50 years back when I was in the band. We were living in the moment, and I’m really enjoying the moment right now.”