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April 29 in Rolling Stones history proves one date can contain contracts, chaos, concerts, and the usual refusal to be boring. From management deals that reshaped the band’s future to rare releases, explosive live shows, and health scares involving Keith Richards doing Keith Richards things, this day covers every chapter of the Stones saga. It’s a reminder that The Rolling Stones never simply “had a career” — they staged a decades-long spectacle. If you’re exploring Rolling Stones chronology, April 29 delivers business moves, backstage drama, blues roots, and survival stories in one perfectly unruly package.
April 29, 1963: Publicist Andrew Loog Oldham and agent Eric Easton sign a management deal with the Stones after buying the rights to the band’s first recordings, which they paid for the sum of £90. They also persuade keyboard player Ian Stewart to drop out of the line up and instead become the band’s road manager, and play piano with the band onstage.
April 29, 1972: British publication New Musical Express issue included a flexi-disc withExile On Main St. Blues, an unreleased song featuring Mick on vocals and piano recorded earlier that year at Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles. Also included are excerpts from the Exile On Main St.album (to be released in May that year), all snippets of tracks like All Down the Line, Tumbling Dice, Shine A Light, andHappy. Mick sings thetrack with piano backing, blending lyrics from several album songs.
Apr. 29, 1976: Festhalle, Frankfurt, West Germany Honky Tonk Women/If You Can’t Rock Me-Get Off Of My Cloud/All Down The Line/Hand Of Fate/Hey Negrita/Ain’t Too Proud To Beg/Fool To Cry/ Hot Stuff/Star Star/You Gotta Move/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/ Band introduction/Happy/Nothing From Nothing/Outa Space/Midnight Rambler/ It’s Only Rock’n Roll/Brown Sugar/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Street Fighting Man
Apr. 29, 2002: Release of the Alexis Korner and Friends DVD (recorded live at the Marquee Club, London, on April 29 1983), with Bill, Charlie and Stu as guests, among other musicians. Songlist: Timber (John Picard) / How Long, How Long Blues (Leroy Carr) / Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon) / Willie’s Trick (John Picard) / Mean Fool (Alexis Korner) / Heavy Hearted Blues (Leonard Feather) / Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price, with Wyman on lead vocals) / I’d Rather Go Blind (Bill Foster/Ellington Jordan) / Blue Monday (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew)/ The Clapping Song (Lincoln Chase)
Long before many British rock stars became household names, Alexis Korner was laying the groundwork. This disc captures a powerful early-1980s tribute concert where Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ruby Turner and others celebrate his sharp, brass-driven blues style. Korner shines on vocals and guitar, especially on a fierce Hoochie Coochie Man. Extras add a documentary tracing how he inspired Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and others. There’s also an unexpected Furry Lewis feature, proving this release refuses to do anything the ordinary way.
April 29, 2006:After suffering severe headaches and seizures, Keith Richards is urgently flown from the smaller island to Fiji for immediate medical attention. As concern grows, he is then transferred to a hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, where doctors run further tests and diagnose a blood clot in his brain. The incident sends shockwaves through fans worldwide, turning what had been a quiet getaway into a serious health scare for one of rock’s most famously indestructible survivors.
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