August 26 gave the Rolling Stones everything from a 1981 tour announcement to major stadium shows—and Mick Jagger’s prediction about the band’s future proved surprisingly accurate.
Rolling Stones Chronology: August 26
Keith Richards on His Fights with Mick Jagger (1981)
Keith Richards admitted he and Mick Jagger had plenty of explosive periods—but also moments of extraordinary cooperation. In 1981, he revealed what really kept the Glimmer Twins together.
The Day Mick Jagger and the Beatles Met the Maharishi, 1967
Mick Jagger joined The Beatles, Marianne Faithfull and the Maharishi in Bangor in 1967. Then he called Keith Richards. Because apparently one Beatlemania adventure wasn’t enough.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Blues With a Feeling’, the Unreleased Little Walter Cover from 1978
Recorded during the Some Girls sessions, ‘Blues With a Feeling’ finds the Stones digging into Little Walter’s blues—then inexplicably leaving this gritty performance unreleased.
Los Rolling Stones, ‘She Was Hot’ y la alocada historia detrás del video (1983)
Anita Morris, un video surrealista, una estrofa adicional y Keith Richards sonando como Keith Richards: ‘She Was Hot’ tenía bastante más detrás de escena de lo que su modesto éxito en las listas podría hacer pensar.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Highwire’: The Political Song Behind ‘Flashpoint’ (1991)
‘Highwire’ wasn’t just another Rolling Stones rocker. Mick Jagger took aim at the Gulf War, while three guitars turned the political tension into something surprisingly explosive.
Rolling Stones Chronology: August 25
From the Maharishi and Tattoo You to Wembley and Jack Nitzsche, August 25 keeps producing remarkably strange chapters in Rolling Stones history.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Emotional Rescue’: Mick Jagger on Recording the Album
Mick Jagger recalls the Rolling Stones recording Emotional Rescue in Nassau, where late sessions with Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood took an unexpected turn.
The Rolling Stones and ‘The Man Who Killed Mick Jagger’: The 1977 Book
A strange 1977 novel turns Mick Jagger into the target of a troubled fan’s murder plot. The story is fiction—but its Stones connection is fascinating.
The Rolling Stones’ ‘Cookin’ Up’: The Unreleased 1982 Rocker
‘Cookin’ Up’ is one of the Rolling Stones’ hidden 1982 rockers, with boogie piano, buried Mick Jagger vocals and enough swagger to make you wonder why it stayed unreleased.
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