The “throwaway” Rolling Stones song Mick Jagger refuses to play live

The “throwaway” Rolling Stones song Mick Jagger refuses to play live

There’s no stopping The Rolling Stones. Over 50 years after their formation, the band are still touring the world and releasing new music to add to their mammoth discography. With 25 albums in their repertoire, there are bound to be tracks they’ve forgotten, but one track has always been discarded. Over the course of their…

‘Start Me Up’: The strange story of how The Rolling Stones helped to launch Microsoft

‘Start Me Up’: The strange story of how The Rolling Stones helped to launch Microsoft

If you want to be the best, whether that is the best musician, band, singer, or business, it is not enough to merely be good at what you do; you also need to have a strong brand so that people can recognise you as the best. The Rolling Stones understand this notion; their flamboyant stage…

The Rolling Stones’ backstage rider ‘cut back’

The Rolling Stones’ backstage rider ‘cut back’

The Rolling Stones have “cut back” on their backstage rider requests. The legendary rock’n’roll band’s longtime bass player, Darryl Jones, 62, has been performing with the ‘Start Me Up’ group since the nineties, and he says they no longer have big asks for their backstage area, such as huge gaming rooms, but there is still…

Lou Reed’s favourite song by The Rolling Stones

Lou Reed’s favourite song by The Rolling Stones

Although the two bands aren’t commonly mentioned in the same sentence, The Rolling Stones and The Velvet Underground emerged from the 1960s as kindred spirits. Both presented a bad-boy image to counter the concurrent technicolour hippie wave. Lou Reed wanted to “paint it black” like the Stones, but his more experimental work with John Cale…

The Beatles win Grammy award for ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ — over 50 years after their breakup

The Beatles win Grammy award for ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ — over 50 years after their breakup

The highly admired rock band won a Grammy last night for their 2022 music video — and they aren’t done yet The Beatles won the Best Music Video award at the 2024 Grammys Sunday night for the track “I’m Only Sleeping” — a song which was first released all the way back in 1966. The…

The final words Elvis Presley said on stage

The final words Elvis Presley said on stage

Elvis Presley is widely considered one of the entertainers to have ever lived, and his life was a total whirlwind. Filled with packed schedules that allowed little time for respite, Presley’s tragic final moments were a product of his unrelenting lifestyle. Elvis first burst onto the music scene in the 1950s, captivating audiences with his…

The three Elvis Presley songs that shaped Paul McCartney

The three Elvis Presley songs that shaped Paul McCartney

The Beatles’ love for Elvis Presley is to be expected. As the king of rock and roll, Presley paved the way for the Liverpool four-piece. With all four members initially being inspired by the rocker, it was the baby-faced Paul McCartney who was especially charmed by his work. Reflecting on The Beatles discography, McCartney’s contributions…

How Elvis Presley helped launch the career of Dionne Warwick

How Elvis Presley helped launch the career of Dionne Warwick

Singer, actor, television host and countless other job titles could be attributed to Dionne Warwick. The New Jersey-born musician reached a level of fame that can be considered legendary decades ago and has maintained that reputation ever since. It has not always been smooth sailing for Warwick, though, and it is possible she would not…