The Stones need to roll off into the sunset. So says the Sex Pistols’ John Lydon, formerly known as Johnny Rotten, who is calling for the “Start Me Up” band to hang it up “By all means, The Rolling Stones should retire,” Lydon, 69, said on “Good Morning Britain” Wednesday. The he quipped: “I’ve offended … Read more
They went from “Get Off of My Cloud” to “Get Off of My Flatbed Truck.” That was the case when the Rolling Stones, taking their name quite literally, wheeled down Fifth Avenue in a surprise performance on a flatbed truck 50 years ago on May 1, 1975. But photographer Bob Gruen — who shot the … Read more
In the final stretch of making their iconic 1975 album “Toys in the Attic,” Aerosmith stumbled upon inspiration for “Walk This Way” while strolling through the seedy streets of Hell’s Kitchen and Times Square. “‘Walk This Way’ was the last song that we had to finish,” “Toys in the Attic” producer Jack Douglas exclusively told … Read more
Christmas may get most of the holiday music love, but it’s not hard to scare up a frighteningly good Halloween playlist either. Before Mariah Carey defrosts, here are 12 tunes for your pumpkin-pumping pleasure. Michael Jackson, “Thriller” Michael Jackson has inspired line dances all over the world with his “Thriller” video. Alamy Stock Photo Still … Read more
How the hell does Mick Jagger still have moves like that? That’s the question you kept asking yourself — in a state of complete and utter marvel — during the Rolling Stones’ first of two “Hackney Diamonds” Tour stops at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Thursday night. On his first tour as an … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Half a century removed from its heyday, classic rock still reigns supreme. Many of the biggest acts who ruled the charts in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s have … Read more
Call it Sympathy for the Seniors. In a pairing over 60 years in the making, the not-so-retiring Rolling Stones will be hitting the road in 2024 on a tour backed by the AARP. That’s right — Mick Jagger, 80; Keith Richards, who turns 80 on Dec. 18; and Ronnie Wood, 76, are throwing in with … Read more
When you’re Cher, you shouldn’t have to share icon status on your album release day. But unbeknownst to the legendary diva, a little band called the Rolling Stones was also releasing their new album, “Hackney Diamonds,” on Friday — the same day that she was dropping her first holiday LP, “Christmas.” “You know, I met … Read more
It may still be only rock ’n’ roll for the Rolling Stones. But that apparently does not include camera rolls. At Thursday night’s album release party for “Hackney Diamonds” — the legendary British band’s first LP of new material since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang” — the Stones put the “old” in old-school by requiring all … Read more
The last time The Rolling Stones put out an album of new material — 2005’s “A Bigger Bang” — it was all the way back in the pre-Taylor Swift era. In the interim, the pop superstar has dropped 10 studio LPs — and rocked the music world the way the Stones once did in the … Read more
Not a lot of news anchors would be suspected of helping to trash a pair of hotel rooms and still keep their jobs. But such was the case when Kurt Loder, then the face of recently shut-down MTV News, aimed to settle a feud with Kurt Cobain in 1992. It grew out of the the grunge … Read more