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Today in Rolling Stones history: October 24

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Happy birthday Bill Wyman!
Born William George Perks on October 24, 1936 in Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham, South London, England, Bill grew up in a working-class family during wartime Britain. He developed an early love for music, teaching himself piano and later bass guitar, which would lead him to join The Rolling Stones in 1962, shaping rock history.

Oct. 24, 1963: Odeon Theatre, Birmingham, England (2 shows)

October 24, 1964: Academy Of Music, New York City, NY, USA (2 shows)

October 24, 1978: At the New Court House in Toronto, the judge sentences Keith to a one-year probation, continue his heroin addiction treatment and also to hold a benefit performance for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind within 6 months, which was inspired by the presence at the trial of Rita Bédard, a blind teenage fan from Montreal. The Crown appeals the sentence, demanding incarceration.

Keith Richards, on his sentence: “I feel very good about it obviously, you know. I think it’s fair. Slightly strange. I mean, why not? It gives me a chance to carry on with what I’ve been doing for the past 18 months, which is kicking the habit, etc. I don’t think it was Canada’s fault or that it had anything to do with it. It could’ve happened anywhere. Mind you, you should do something about those Mounties (laughs)”
Read more: https://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/once-upon-a-city-archives/2018/02/21/keith-richards-arrest-led-to-rolling-stones-concert-for-the-blind-in-oshawa.html

October 24, 1981: Tinker Field & Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, FL, USA
Under My Thumb/When The Whip Comes Down/Let’s Spend The Night Together/Shattered/Neighbours/ Black Limousine/Just My Imagination/ Twenty Flight Rock/Let Me Go/Time Is On My Side/Beast Of Burden/Waiting On A Friend/Let It Bleed/You Can’t Always Get What You Want/Band introduction/Little T & A/Tumbling Dice/She’s So Cold/All Down The Line/Hang Fire/Miss You/Start Me Up/Honky Tonk Women/Brown Sugar/Street Fighting Man/Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Satisfaction

October 24, 1994: Release of the At the Max home video (Polygram Video 633 218-3)

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