On July 12, 1962, an English group called The Rollin’ Stones (with an apostrophe) presented their first concert at the Marquee Club in London, in front of a hundred young people. The same group, or well almost, was last night on the stage of the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, in front of around 48,000 spectators. Manneken-Pis, the little man who relieves himself constantly, had himself dressed for the occasion in a costume adorned with the mythical labial logo of the formation.
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The Rolling Stones were formed at the time of their founding by guitarists Keith Richards and Brian Jones, singer Mick Jagger, pianist Ian Stewart and bassist Dick Taylor who, a few months later, in November 1962, chose to hang his instrument in order to continue his studies. He will reconnect with rock’n’roll in 1963 by creating the Pretty Things.
And who was playing drums on July 12, 1962? Rock historians are still debating this, as no footage of the evening was taken. Who of Tony Chapman or Mick Avory, later Kinks drummer, sat behind the cymbals? The gentlemen themselves say they are not completely convinced of having participated in this event.
The tour Stones Sixty Europe 2022 Tour began on 1er last June in Madrid and will conclude after 14 dates on August 3 in Berlin. The first European tour of the spindly septuagenarians since the death of drummer Charlie Watts, the trailer features the decimated troops that make up the current Rolling Stones roster. Each evening, the Jagger-Richards duo, as well as their fellow guitarist Ron Wood, soberly pay tribute to their late ally.
It was Steve Jordan, to whom Watts had given his approval, who replaced him on drums. A member of the Stones’ entourage since the 1980s, Jordan has notably co-produced the solo albums of the pirate Keef.
And the future?
On July 14, Mick Jagger had to go into quarantine after catching COVID-19, forcing his band to postpone a show in Amsterdam and cancel one in Bern. But the teeming singer quickly regained his exorbitant energy and added the coronavirus to the long list of things he survived, after the riots of the Altamont festival, the restless recording of the album Exile on Main St. and a life spent alongside Keith Richards.
True to form, Mick Jagger published yesterday on his Instagram account photos taken in the streets of the city where the tour was stopping, more or less ironic shots on which the rock star could hardly look more like a tourist. medium. We saw him this time in the heart of the Belgian capital, at the Fish Market in Place Sainte-Catherine, at the counter of La Pharmacie Anglaise, a cocktail bar, or exchanging a few notes with the statue of Jacques Brel.
In March, Keith Richards confided to the magazine bearing the same name as his group that a disc of new Stones songs was in the works and that it will contain the latest rhythms recorded by Charlie Watts. The most recent studio album of the eternal naughty rascals, Blue & Lonesomea collection of blues covers, dates back to December 2016.