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Mick Jagger on his rivalry with David Bowie — and the Ziggy Stardust–era track that was Bowie’s Rolling Stones tribute
By Phil Weller Published
The pair would eventually turn their friendly jousting into a 1985 cover of “Dancing in the Street” for Live Aid’s famine-relief efforts

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

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

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”

“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

“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.

“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’

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

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

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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