The Rolling Stones

Latest about The Rolling Stones

LEFT: Nancy Sinatra and Billy Strange in a recording studio in 1966. RIGHT: Front image of a 1966 Gibson Maestro Fuzz Tone FZ-1A
How Grady Martin, Nancy Sinatra and Ann-Margret helped fuzz become every guitarist's favorite effect

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Between the effect's creation and its development as a guitar pedal, interest was kept alive by a trio of fuzz-loving musicians

Pedals & Pedalboards
LEFT: David Bowie onstage for his Serious Moonlight World Tour in Brussels, Belgium, May 18, 1983. RIGHT: Mick Jagger onstage at John F. Kennedy Stadium for Live Aid, Philadelphia,, July 13, 1985.
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

Guitarists
(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

Guitarists
Mick Taylor (L) and Mick Jagger (C) of the Rolling Stones perform with Stevie Wonder (R) at Madison Square Garden. The concert was the final performance of the group's 30-city, 3-month tour of the United States and Canada.
“It’s rather unfair for Stevie.” Mick Jagger recalls the onstage pie fight that ended the Rolling Stones’ 1972 tour with Stevie Wonder

By Elizabeth Swann Published

In a new interview, the Stones frontman says the final show of the band’s celebrated 1972 tour culminated in an onstage food fight that even Stevie Wonder joined

Music
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

Guitarists
A close-up portrait of guitarist Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. He wears a vest over a leopard-print shirt and holds a cigarette in his hand.
“Other bands follow the drummer. The Stones follow Keith…" Keith Richards: The Guitar Player Interview, 1983

By Tom Wheeler Published

“Other bands follow the drummer. The Stones follow Keith…" In 1983, we sat down with Keith Richards, then aged 40 (for perspective: just four years older than Taylor Swift is now) and talked guitars, songwriting and drug busts

Guitarists
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”

Guitarists
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

Guitarists
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.

Guitarists
Ron Wood performs with the Rolling Stones at Ciudad Deportiva on March 25, 2016 in Havana, Cuba.
“‘Do you remember that guitar that went missing?’” Ronnie Wood says he took a bass guitar from a store to play with Jeff Beck

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The Rolling Stones guitarist also revealed that he recorded a nine-minute guitar solo for the group’s new album in memory of Brian Wilson and Sly Stone

Guitarists
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives