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(left to right) Mick Jagger, Elvis Presley, John Lennon
Mick Jagger says John Lennon talked him out of meeting Elvis Presley — and he still regrets it

By Phil Weller Published

The Rolling Stones frontman says Lennon’s disappointing encounter with Presley convinced him to stay away — a decision he still wishes he hadn’t made

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LEFT: Bob Dylan at Live Aid during Live Aid Concert - July 13, 1985 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ()CENTER: Pete Townshend of The Who performs on stage at Live Aid in Wembley Stadium on July 13th, 1985 in London, United Kingdom. RIGHT: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin performs at Live Aid at Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1985.
For Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Bob Dylan, Live Aid was a case of bad vibes for a good cause

By Gary Graff Published

We look back at a few of the big guitar moments from the global music event, held 41 years ago this weekend

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Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood pose backstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album “Foreign Tongues” at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY.
The Stones used to labor in the studio, now they take a “bulldozer approach”

By Phil Weller Published

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have reflected on the band’s changing creative process as they ready their latest album, “Foreign Tongues”

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Mick Jagger lead singer with the Rolling Stones seen here relaxing in a West End hotel after almost a years absence from the UK, 10th May 1972
“I think it sounds lousy.” Mick Jagger says he isn’t a fan of the Rolling Stones’ most celebrated album

By Phil Weller Published

Though the record classic is now hailed as a masterpiece, Jagger calls it one of his least-favorite albums and blames the disorder that surrounded its creation

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Keith Richards (left) and Brian Jones, chat with Beatle Paul McCartney, in the early hours (7th July) at the Dorchester Hotel London, to celebrate the premiere (6th July) of The Beatles first film, A Hard Day's Night, The Stones were celebrating too, their disc, It's All Over Now, is top of the charts, pictured 2am Tuesday 7th July 1964.
“We haven’t got a single.” Paul McCartney recalls how the Beatles gave the Rolling Stones their first hit

By Phil Weller Published

McCartney says the bands’ supposed rivalry was largely invented by the press as London’s ’60s rock scene exploded.

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LEFT: Robert Smith performs with the Cure on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, April 30, 2004. RIGHT: Mmick Jagger with the Rolling Stones, July 10, 2024 in Inglewood, California.
“You are Robert Smith from the Cure!” Mick Jagger recalls the unexpected moment that led to a Rolling Stones collaboration

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The Stones frontman shared the story during a chat on Tuesday with Conan O’Brien in Brooklyn to announce the band’s new album, ‘Foreign Tongues’

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Mick Jagger onstage with the Rolling Stones circa 1980
Steve Stevens on the time Mick Jagger was mistaken for a session bassist

By Gary Graff Published

Jagger dropped in on a Billy Idol studio date hoping to interest Stevens in a new guitar company created by his brother

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LEFT: Rolling Stones Keith Richards getting interviewed on overseas beach, unknown, 1986. RIGHT: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin performs on stage at Oude Rai on 27th May 1972 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He plays a Gibson Les Paul guitar.
The night Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger discovered the blues

By Elizabeth Swann Published

Before Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones, they heard the blues live — and were inspired to change rock music forever

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Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, and Keith Richards onstage in 1987
How Steve Lillywhite made a Platinum album with the Rolling Stones in the midst of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger’s darkest moment

By Phil Weller Published

He’d scored hits for U2, Peter Gabriel and the Psychedelic Furs, but Lillywhite had never encountered sessions like those with the Stones

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LEFT: Bob Dylan at Live Aid during Live Aid Concert - July 13, 1985 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ()CENTER: Pete Townshend of The Who performs on stage at Live Aid in Wembley Stadium on July 13th, 1985 in London, United Kingdom. RIGHT: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin performs at Live Aid at Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 1985.
For Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Bob Dylan, Live Aid was a case of bad vibes for a good cause

By Gary Graff Published

We look back at a few of the big guitar moments from the global music event, held 40 years ago on July 13

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