IN THE NEWS:
Although they haven't toured in almost five years and seem in no hurry to do so again anytime soon (and who wouldn't pay to see 70-year-old men in tight clothes play guitars), the Rolling Stones keep finding new ways to remind us that they're a pretty great live band.
Charlie Watts, who at age 70 is the eldest current member of The Rolling Stones, recently told BBC 6 Music that he hopes the legendary band can regroup in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
On some nights, like this one July night in Texas, they were still the only band that mattered.
Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle and Glen Hansard make up the first round of confirmed acts for an all-star tribute to the Rolling Stones this spring at New York City's Carnegie Hall.
The Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards, in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, said that he's planning to rehearse in London later this month with bandmates Charlie Watts and Ron Wood, but frontman Mick Jagger so far hasn't said he'll attend.
Guitarist Keith Richards said the Rolling stones, who haven't toured since the 2007 conclusion of their record-breaking "A Bigger Bang" trek, are gearing up to hit the road in 2011.
"Ladies & Gentlemen ... The Rolling Stones," a film capturing live performances from the band's "Exile on Main St." summer tour in 1972, will play for one night only, Sept. 16, in 531 U.S. movie theaters.
History has been especially kind to "Exile on Main St.," an album that mystified a good number of critics when it was released in the summer of 1972.
