Mick Jagger on touring without The Rolling Stones’ “heartbeat” Charlie Watts

Paul McCartney seems to have reignited the longstanding rivalry between The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.

“blues cover band” in an interview with The New Yorker.Jagger, 78, and his mates played at the LA’s SoFi Stadium on Thursday, where he called out the plethora of celebrities that were at his concert, including A-listers like Megan Fox, Lady Gaga and Leonardo DiCaprio.Then Jagger added, “Paul McCartney is here.

The New Yorker, the Beatles member called rival British rock band The Rolling Stones a “blues cover band.”Ouch.“I’m not sure I should say it, but they’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what the Stones are,” McCartney, 79, said. “I think our net was cast a bit wider than theirs.”It’s not the first time he took a dig at the band, either.

The Rolling Stones have discussed why they haven’t been playing their hit ‘Brown Sugar’ on their current US tour.The band’s ‘No Filter’ tour kicked off in St Louis, Missouri on September 26, which the band dedicated to their late drummer Charlie Watts, who died at the age of 80 in August.In a new interview with The Los Angeles Times Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were asked about ‘Brown Sugar”s omission from the setlist so far, and whether it’s related to its slavery-referencing opening line:

The Rolling Stones weren't "allowed" to see Charlie Watts before he died. The group's drummer passed away in August at the age of 80 and his bandmates admitted it came as a shock because they thought he was on the mend after undergoing a medical procedure, only to then experience a "complication or two".

The Rolling Stones have recalled their final meetings with Charlie Watts in a new interview.The longtime Stones drummer died at the age of 80 last month (August 24), prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.

died this past August, his legacy will live on.The remaining members of the iconic British rock band — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood — revealed to the Los Angeles Times that Watts recorded some new music before he passed.While the coronavirus pandemic delayed the group’s upcoming album, the trio said that Watts had worked on several new songs before his death.“If everything hadn’t gotten closed down, we might’ve finished the damn thing,” Richards, 77, said.

Mick Jagger is remembering life with bandmate Charlie Watts.

Mick Jagger has recalled the time The Who‘s Keith Moon broke into his hotel room dressed as Batman for a midnight prank.Speaking to Howard Stern on his Sirius XM radio show, the Rolling Stones frontman revealed that sometime in the 1970s Moon climbed up the fire escape of his Los Angeles hotel in order to get into his room.“Keith was a complete lunatic,” Jagger said of the late drummer.

Sir Mick Jagger has found it “very cathartic” to get back on stage following the death of Charlie Watts. The Rolling Stones kicked off their North American ‘No Filter’ tour earlier this week, but the shows have been missing the band’s late drummer, who passed away last month.

ST. LOUIS — The Rolling Stones are touring again, this time without their heartbeat, or at least their backbeat.The legendary rockers launched their pandemic-delayed “No Filter” tour Sunday at the Dome at America’s Center in St.

The Rolling Stones kicked off their ‘No Filter’ tour in St Louis last night (September 26).The band played without their late drummer Charlie Watts for only the second time since his death and paid tribute to him from the outset at the Dome at America’s Center.The show opened with an empty stage and only a drumbeat, with photos of Watts flashing on the giant stage screens.“This is our first-ever tour we’ve ever done without him,” frontman Mick Jagger said during the early part of the show.

The Rolling Stones have reflected on the “huge loss” of Charlie Watts in their first interview since the drummer’s death.Watts died at the age of 80 last month (August 24), prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.Earlier this week, the Stones dedicated their first show of 2021 to the late drummer. “We all miss Charlie so much,” Mick Jagger told the crowd.

The Rolling Stones are ready to move forward with a new drummer, Steve Jordan, and the spirit of Charlie Watts flowing through them.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe Rolling Stones played the first — albeit unofficial — show of their 2021 No Filter tour at a private event on Monday night.Organized by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, the small concert took place at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., and was their first show since the death of drummer Charlie Watts on Aug. 24.