Rod Stewart says One Direction need ''protection'' from the pitfalls of fame and the group should always be careful of who is handling their business...

Rod Stewart warns One Direction

Rod Stewart says One Direction need ''protection'' from the pitfalls of fame and the group should always be careful of who is handling their business.

Rod Stewart says One Direction need ''protection'' from the pitfalls of fame.
The rocker was a member of The Jeff Beck Group and the Faces before going solo, and warns the boyband - Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Niall Horan - to be wary of who is handling the business side of their group.
He told the Daily Star newspaper: ''Good luck to them, what I think they need is some sort of protection.
''I know when I was with The Faces, and there's a comparison there because we were young and drunk all the time too, you need somebody to take care of business.
''Nobody did with us, we were like: 'You take care of it... No, you take care of it' and in the end we were screwed out of a few shillings as a result.''
The 'Maggie May' hitmaker also said he is ready to tour with the Faces and only bandmate Ronnie Wood's commitment to The Rolling Stones has prevented them going on the road together.
Rod said: ''It's always been top of the list. The only reason why the Faces hasn't happened is Woody's in another band, he can't commit [but] it now looks like he's going to have a year free.''
Faces formed when former Small Faces members Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane - who died in 1997 - and Kenney Jones teamed up with The Jeff Beck Group's Rod and Ronnie in 1969, before originally splitting in 1975.
Plans for a reunion were announced in 2008, but the following year Rod's spokesperson said he had no plans to take part, so the group drafted in former Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall as a replacement vocalist.
Rod added: ''I thought Mick Hucknall did a great job of replacing me.''

Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood is set to hit the stage with Sir Paul Mccartney's son for a gig in London on Wednesday (27Mar13).

Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood is set to hit the stage with Sir Paul Mccartney's son for a gig in London on Wednesday (27Mar13).

The guitarist will play with the Beatles star's son James at a preview of the musician's new show, which he is set to take to America for a 47-date tour later this year (13).
Announcing the show in a post on Twitter.com, Wood writes, "Don't forget I'm going to be playing at the James MCCartney gig this Wednesday."
The concert will take place at the Ambassadors Theatre and is being put together by Wood's theatre producer wife, Sally Humphreys.

The Rolling Stones to play Hyde Park?

The Rolling Stones will play London's Hyde Park in the summer, according to a story in Rolling Stone.
The band are believed to be readying themselves for an 18-date North American tour, which Rolling Stone - quoting a source close to the band - reveals will start on May 2.
The story goes on to say that, according to their source, the Stones will play Hyde Park in July, with the possibility of further European festival dates.
Rolling Stone goes on to report that the Stones have hired AEG Live as their promoter for the North American tour. According to the story, the Stones will receive between $4 and $5 million per show. The story also reveals that AEG will announce details of the tour in early April.
Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno recently let slip he believed the Stones were due to play Glastonbury this year.

Ronnie Wood Thrills Stars With Surprise Charity Performance...

Rocker Ronnie Wood thrilled a celebrity-packed crowd when he took to the stage for a surprise performance at a charity gala in London on Wednesday night (20Mar13).

The Rolling Stones star joined blues legend James Cotton and saxophonist MACeo Parker onstage at the U.K. capital's Roundhouse venue for Save the Children's annual A Night of Blues.

Guests including Helena Bonham Carter and her director partner Tim Burton, actress Joely Richardson and model Erin O'Connor, were also treated to performances by KT Tunstall and singer/songwriter Dr. John.
The bash raised more than $1.6 million (£1 million) for the charity through ticket sales and the night's auction, with an original illustration by Burton from his classic movie Edward Scissorhands raising $98,000 (£65,000).

Rolling Stones: Band will make between $4 million and $5 million per show; top tickets to cost $500-$600

Rolling Stones Settle on Promoter for Arena Tour

Sources: Band will make between $4 million and $5 million per show; top tickets to cost $500-$600

The Rolling Stones have chosen AEG Live to promote their upcoming North American tour, according to concert-business sources privy to the tour negotiations, after the concert giant made what one source calls "a real crazy offer" to outbid a coalition of promoters including Australia's Paul Dainty and veteran independent companies in U.S. cities. The Stones will receive between $4 million and $5 million per show, which likely means top tickets will cost $500 to $650 – slightly less than what the band charged for the priciest seats at its shows in Brooklyn, Newark and London in late 2012.
As previously reported, the tour will include 18 North American arena dates. A source close to the band told Rolling Stone the tour is set to kick off on May 2nd. The Stones will also play London's Hyde Park in July, and may add European festival dates. It's possible the Stones might expand the tour even further later in 2013, but the band has no concrete plans. "Are the Stones going to do anything after this? I doubt it," says one source. Adds another source, "Look, anything's possible. But it's Mick and Keith's show, so we don't know."
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The Stones were planning to go with Dainty's group until Tuesday morning, when a lawyer for the Stones called AEG executives and granted the bid before lunch. AEG tentatively plans to announce the tour in early April. Sources for the Los Angeles promoter – the world's second-biggest after Live Nation – declined to comment.
The Stones, who haven't done a full tour since 2006-2007, grossed $18.3 million with their four North American shows last year, according to Pollstar. After the 2012 run, which included guests from Lady Gaga to the Black Keys, the band seemed energized. "This thing wasn't enough," Keith Richards told Rolling Stone in early January. "It would be dopey to bring things up to this level and say, 'Well, that's that, 50 years, bye-bye.' Really, all you're going to have to do is wait for an announcement."

AEG Live signs deal to promote Rolling Stones 2013 North American tour

The Rolling Stones have chosen AEG Live as the concert-promotion company for the Rolling Stones' 2013 North American tour, according to a Pollstar report published on March 20, 2013.
AEG Live and Examiner.com are both owned by the Anschutz Company.
The news comes within one week of the Anschutz Company announcing that it was no longer selling the Anschutz Entertainment Group, which is the parent company of AEG Live. AEG Entertainment Group had been put up for sale in September 2012, but had not been sold to another company. In the announcement (which was made on March 14, 2013), the Anschutz Company announced that Tim Leiweke would be leaving his position as CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group, and that Anschutz Company chairman Philip Anschutz would “resume a more active role” in the company.
As previously reported, the Rolling Stones' 2013 tour is expected to launch in May, according to reports from Billboard and Rolling Stone. The tour dates are to be announced, but sources told Billboard that there will be less than 20 concert dates on the North American tour.
The Rolling Stones had been in discussions with Australian promoter Paul Dainty and Virgin Music, which teamed up to promote the Rolling Stones' five "50 and Counting" 50th anniversary concerts in late 2012 at arenas in London and the New York City area. But according to Pollstar, those talks fell apart, and AEG Live came up with a deal that the Stones liked more.
RollingStone.com (the website for Rolling Stone magazine) confirmed the Billboard report on March 8, 2013. According to RollingStone.com, the tour will begin on May 2. However, until an official announcement is made, this date cannot be thoroughly confirmed. In addition, there will likely be more tour dates added after the official announcement is made.
Pollstar, Rolling Stone and Billboard did not mention in their reports what size venues the Rolling Stones will be playing on the 2013 tour. Most of the band's concerts in the 21st century have been at arenas, as opposed to the larger stadium tours that the Rolling Stones did in the 1980s and 1990s.
As is the Rolling Stones' tradition, the band is expected to hold a press conference in New York City to officially announce the tour. The press conference date and location are to be announced, but Pollstar says the announcement is expected to be made in early April 2013. Tickets are also expected to go on sale in April 2013.
As previously reported in a RollingStone.com article published on January 4, 2013, Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger confirmed what he previously hinted at in interviews: The Rolling Stones will tour in 2013. The website Jagger as saying: “There have been quite a few offers, I’m going to see what’s on the table and discuss it with everyone. We’ll announce it when we’ve figured it out.”

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones too old to party

The Rolling Stones are too old to party all night, with drummer Charlie Watts claiming they are all in bed by 2am these days.

The 'Brown Sugar' band were known for their hard living throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s, but drummer Charlie Watts claims they were all in bed at a reasonable hour their 50th anniversary shows in the UK and the US last year.
He told British station BBC Radio 2: ''There's no sort of going to bed at five in the morning. It's quite normal to wander down the corridor and go to bed at five in the morning when you're young. None of us do that. We try to do it, but by 2am we're [gone].''
He added that his bandmates Sir Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards have all become ''mellower'' with age, but admits he never personally lived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle.
He added: ''We are exactly the same really, as people, except we're mellower. We don't really hang out a lot together, we never have done, except in the very early days when we kind of lived together, we used to work so much there's no need to, we just wanted to get away.
''I was never into the rock 'n' roll sort of thing, I never had been. I was never into that whole thing I don't look like it and I never behaved like it really.''
The band's subdued living is a far cry from when they toured in the 80s and Keith would stay up for days on end.
Photographer Denis O'Regan, who photographed the band on their European tour of 1982, said: ''Keith would usually stay up until the night before the show, so if we arrived on a Monday and the show was a Wednesday night, he would stay up until Tuesday morning then sleep until just before the show.''