Legendary The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80

2021 MTV VMAs at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center. As the former drummer of Nirvana, it’s only fitting that Foo frontman Dave Grohl’s crew paid some form of tribute to Rolling Stones skinman Charlie Watts with a handwritten message on Taylor Hawkins drum kit: “Charlie R.I.P.”Watts, the rock legend who pounded out the badass bottom line on classics such as “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Gimme Shelter,” died “peacefully” at 80 in the UK on Aug.

Billy Joel has paid tribute to The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts at his concert in Cincinnati last week (September 10).Watts died last month (August 24) at the age of 80. The drummer had undergone an undisclosed medical procedure in the weeks before his death, which had caused him to pull out of the Stones’ upcoming US tour.Joel included a partial cover of the band’s 1971 single ‘Brown Sugar’ during his show at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park on Friday.

Jason Isbell has performed a cover of The Rolling Stones’ 1969 classic ‘Gimme Shelter’, dedicating it to the late, great, Charlie Watts, who died earlier this week at age 80.Currently touring the US in support of their 2020 album ‘Reunions’, Isbell and his band, The 400 Unit – alongside support act Brittney Spencer – performed the cover at their show in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Thursday night (August 26).Check out a crowd recording of the group performing ‘Gimme Shelter’ below, then have a

The Rolling Stones have announced that they’re set to play their upcoming US tour dates as planned despite the death of drummer Charlie Watts.It was announced earlier this month that Watts wouldn’t join the band on their autumn ‘No Filter’ tour dates, with his bandmates sharing messages of support.

It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, so the Rolling Stones will play on without drummer Charlie Watts — and you’ll like it. The rock band will continue their US tour in September, according to the Sun, and the band will pay an emotional tribute to their fallen friend at their concert next month.

without drummer Charlie Watts — and you’ll like it.The rock band will continue their US tour in September, according to the Sun, and the band will pay a very emotional tribute to their fallen friend at their concert next month.Watts died at the age of 80 on Aug. 24.

Charlie Watts has died at the age of 80 on Tuesday. His London publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed the sad news in a statement.

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Miles Davis were his musical idols, and his playing was inspired by jazz drummers such as Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes and Philly Joe Jones. Watts’s career with the Stones ran from the cramped clubs of Britain’s early-1960s blues boom to the international stadium tours that became their metier.

died  “peacefully” at 80 in a London hospital on Tuesday — was the foundation of the British band that was the foundation of rock and roll as we know it today.“The heartbeat — both literally and figuratively — of that band came outwards from Charlie Watts,” Alan Light, co-host of SiriusXM Volume’s “Debatable” show, told The Post.“And I think you could see it when you would see them play live.

passed away on Aug. 24 at the age of 80 in the UK.

the death of drummer Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones may have found a replacement: Steve Jordan.Jordan, 64, was already filling in — at Watts’ request — following recent surgery the legendary drummer received that required him to take time off to recuperate.

Rolling Stones on social media, following the news that the legendary drummer has died today aged 80.News of his death was confirmed in a statement provided to the PA news agency today (August 24).Watts played in The Rolling Stones from 1963.

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