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Keith Richards has been photographed in many flamboyant costumes as one half of the notorious Glimmer Twins, so playing a corsair hunting the mythical Fountain of Youth should be second nature to him. In his second appearance in the Pirates of the Caribbean as Captain Teague, Richards expects to be on the receiving end of frequent jibes about his “human cockroach” status as one of rock’s survivors.
“You can’t be vegetarian and straight and play rock ‘n’ roll,” Richards once famously said, and boy did he exemplify that one.
Keith is, for many, THE Rolling Stone, and it is his trademark honkin’ riffs that make a Stones song instantly recognizable. The baddest of rock ‘n’ roll’s bad boys, Keith has mellowed somewhat in recent years. Approaching 68 years old, he leaves a catalog of mayhem in his wake. Aside from the well-publicized drug and legal issues, he’s been in some wild relationships and even fell from a tree a few years ago, suffering injuries that required cranial surgery.
Keith’s autobiographical book, “Life”, is currently selling well, in both hardback and paperback. It has received great reviews from the newspapers and the New York Times went so far as to say it is “intense, elemental, utterly distinctive and achingly, emotionally direct.” Just like the sounds that issue from Keith’s guitar, right?
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Hey Stones fans, Mick Jagger has joined another band! You read that right; the swaggering frontman of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world has gone off and formed a supergroup with Damian Marley, Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics and Joss Stone. The supergroup is called Super Heavy, and it also contains Indian film composer and musician, A.R. Rahman. Each artist has a very distinctive sound, but this will enhance the fusion effect. The group stirred into life a couple of years ago, when Stewart contacted Jagger from his home in Jamaica, while several neighborhood sound systems blasted out several different kinds of music.
“I live in Lime Hall right above St. Ann’s Bay. It’s kind of the jungle,” Stewart explained, “and sometimes I’d hear three sound systems all playing different things. I always love that, along with Indian orchestras. I said to Mick, ‘How could we make a fusion?’ We were talking about an experiment, and then we started talking about voices. It was all born from that conversation.”
From little acorns, great jungles grow. Over a year back the foursome met in an LA recording studio, with no prepared ideas. They simply jammed together and songs emerged from the chaos. Even the band’s name came from an improv vocal session by Marley, who, according to Stewart, “was just singing ‘Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy, super heavy’. We thought that sounded good and it sort of stuck with us.” Now, the buzz is about Super Heavy tour tickets instead of Rolling Stones tickets, as a wide variety of music fans will want to see how this band of outlaws sounds live. It’s not clear when or if Super Heavy will go on tour, but it’s hard not to see this as a chance for Mick to rehearse some live material prior to the Stones 50th Anniversary tour scheduled for 2012.
Don’t get caught napping. Mick Jagger is in Super Heavy with the son of Bob Marley, the world’s leading film composer, one of the world’s most exciting soul singers and one half of the Eurythmics. That’s a big deal, and I for one cannot wait to hear this unlikely fusion. I anticipate something like Stewart heard through his open window two years ago, with some Indian orchestra grandness thrown in for good measure. Bookmark this site and return soon for more news on the formation and music of Super Heavy – Mick Jagger’s new band!
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While you’re waiting for the Rolling Stones to come into your life how about checking out one of America’s natural born sons on his latest amazing tour?! That’s right, you guessed it; Bob Seger tickets are the talk of 2011, as the old man of the heartlands hits the rustbelt and knocks ‘em dead. Bob Seger really is one of the most talented of rock’s elder statesmen, and at almost 66 years old this might be one of the last chances to get to see him perform live! If you’re tired of waiting for the Stones to come rollin’ along, how about a Bob Seger concert ticket to kill the time? And speaking of being “tired of waiting”, have you heard the latest on the Kinks reunion? The brothers Ray and Dave Davies, plus Mick Avory, are planning to hit the road on a much awaited Kinks tour! Imagine how awesome that would be? This past few years we’ve seen The Who play the Super Bowl halftime show, and the Rolling Stones constantly rumored to be planning a tour. Who knows, maybe the Kinks tour will run right into the Rolling Stones schedule and it’ll be pure bliss for those of us who love the wrinkly rock reunions!
And as an afternote – word on the Stones is that they they will be on tour in 2012! You heard it here first…or not as the case may be – but the boys WILL tour!
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As Rolling Stones tickets go on sale for the 2011 tour, the young man many credit with creating the image and mythos of the Rolling Stones, ex-manager Andrew Loog Oldham, has been discovered in Bogotá, Colombia, and guess what he’s up to…yeah, he’s managing rock bands! Oldham was a sprightly 19 year old in 1963 when he seized on the idea to exploit the simmering fears of a nation. Oldham built a “bad boy” image for the band who became the greatest in the world. “Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?” was the question he asked the press, and they ate it up. One look at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and an antithesis to the clean-cut Beatles exploded in Brits’ imaginations. The Rolling Stones tickets were selling to a huge audience overnight, and the swinging 60s had the perfect pin-up boys to spearhead a rebellious era. These days Oldham is living in the Colombian Capital and managing acts like Colombian singer Juan Galeano, who recently released his single, “Pilgrim” (“Peregrino “, in Spanish).
The Rolling Stones 2011 tour will soon be underway and people are wondering if Oldham will be taking in a show. Meanwhile the original Stones manager is happy to oversee the doings of Ratones Paranoicos, a Colombian band he says are “Just like the Rolling Stones”. Oldham was the driving force that made the Rolling Stones what they were, a sexual engine that drove itself around the world providing satisfaction to millions of rock fans and international media. Today, Oldham is 66-years old, married to Colombian actress and model Esther Farfan, and still looking youthful. His love of the “scene” had him almost dead on more than one occasion and by how own admission he was “out to lunch” from the 60s to the 90s. Andrew Loog Oldham is still rollin’ though, and we hope to bump into him somewhere along the Rolling Stones schedule in 2011!
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The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World are hitting the road again. Rolling Stones tickets remain the quintessential rock concert ticket, so what are you waiting for? Mick and the boys just gave you another reason to jump like Jack Flash and see some monster rock, live! The Rolling Stone schedule 2011 will be huge, and who knows, this time might really be The Last Time..oh no! Fear not, British Invasion fans, we have the Rolling Stones tour tickets here. Just make sure you get yours before they’re gone, or you’ll be having your nineteenth nervous breakdown!
The veteran wildmen have held the crown for World’s Wrinkliest Rockers for many years now. Be it Mick Jagger betraying his 66 years, dancing like a 20-year old beneath a gigantic inflatable woman, or Keith Richards roaming the stage with a smoking cigarette jammed under his guitar strings, The Rolling Stones 2011 tour is shaping up to be another epic trip for the London lads. Richards is also 66, Ronnie Wood is a baby at just 63, while drummer Charlie Watts is the Elder Stonesman at 69. In fact Watts will be 70 when those Stones tour tickets begin to yield their value and the band begin to play. Find Rolling Stones tickets here. Don’t wait till the last minute, scan our Rolling Stones tour dates and shout “Start Me Up!”
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