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Apr 3 2013 10:40 AM ET

Rolling Stones announce new American tour dates

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“You kind of knew it was bound to happen again,” Keith Richards says in a video the Rolling Stones uploaded to YouTube today.

Indeed. The Stones will be returning to the road, the band announced in the video. They’ll be hitting up nine American cities (well, one’s Canadian, actually, but you know) from West to East, starting in Los Angeles sometime before May 5 (their first date is still under wraps) and ending in Philadelphia on June 18.

After that, the boys will pop back into England to play their only London date, at Hyde Park on July 6.

“I thought that we should continue doing this when the 50th anniversary came up,” Mick Jagger says in the video, referring to the band’s milestone last year. Hence the name of the venture, “The 50 and Counting Tour.”

Watch the video yourself below, and see the full list of tour dates below that

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Feb 5 2013 08:15 AM ET

TV Jukebox -- Super Bowl commercials edition: Rolling Stones, Psy, Hans Zimmer and more

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When it comes to all the forms of entertainment in the Super Bowl telecast, music completes the package. No, we’re not talking about Beyonce’s halftime show. We’re talking about the tunes in all those commercials.

The music in this year’s Big Game ads was a mix of recent hits and decades-old classics. Appropriate for one of America’s biggest partying days, the song choices were mostly upbeat and celebratory, but there were a few more emotional tracks as well.

Here EW presents to you a special edition of TV Jukebox with those Super Bowl commercials in the spotlight. Check out our picks and Spotify playlist below. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 4 2013 08:16 PM ET

Facebook photo kinda, maybe suggests Rolling Stones to headline Coachella

Credit: Coachella/Facebook

Credit: Coachella/Facebook

In a move that has sparked a flurry of speculation, the Coachella festival posted a photo of a rock on its Facebook page. But it’s not just any rock. It’s a round rock. In a field.

Does this mean that the Rolling Stones are headlining the festival? Plenty of people are convinced that it does. And, to be honest, they’re not that crazy. Last month, the Stones briefly listed an April 12 Coachella performance on their mobile app before it was taken down. They also just wrapped a seven-gig tour celebrating their 50th anniversary, meaning they’re already on the road. Plus, the rock in that field does look a lot like a rolling stone.

A rep for the group didn’t offer any comment as of this writing.

Still, it seems a little rash to assume that the photo is bona fide proof of their appearance. Heck, it could just mean be a run-of-the-mill promo pic . Or, as one commenter put it:

“It’s a ball. Ball starts with B. Bjork and Blur start with B. Confirmed.”

My money’s on those two.

Update: We (along with everyone else) misidentified the object in the photo as a stone. Coachella reps have confirmed to Billboard, however, that the item in question is actually a polo ball.

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Dec 9 2012 11:39 AM ET

The Rolling Stones live in Brooklyn: On the scene

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Can a rock show ever be just a rock show when it’s the Rolling Stones?

The band’s appearance Saturday night at the brand-new Barclays Center in Brooklyn — one of only five live dates in their 50th-anniversary celebration — was a lot of things: A history lesson, a victory lap, a possible swan song, and most of all, a strange sort of meta experience, a living diorama of rock & roll legendry.

In some ways, the concert itself almost seemed beside the point. For many of the fans who had paid hundreds and even thousands of dollars for their seats (yes, tickets were famously expensive, but almost no one in the very full house looked like they regretted the outlay) just being in a room that held Mick and Keith and Ronnie and Charlie together onstage seemed to be its own giddy reward. Did the band also want to play a few songs? They did? Fantastic! READ FULL STORY »

Dec 7 2012 04:47 PM ET

Rolling Stones join Hurricane Sandy benefit concert

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It’s official: the 12-12-12 concert at Madison Square Garden is the most rockin’ relief effort since Live Aid.

The Rolling Stones announced on Twitter that they’ll be performing at the event on Dec. 12, adding their names to an already-stacked lineup that includes Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, and Roger Waters. And The Who. And Paul McCartney. And Kanye.

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Nov 21 2012 01:19 PM ET

Watch the Rolling Stones' new 'Doom and Gloom' music video, featuring Noomi Rapace

Is “Doom and Gloom” Mick Jagger’s own riff on “American Idiot”? Thanks to lyrics about costly overseas wars, class conflict, and “fracking deep for oil,” the Stones’ latest single sounds like it was co-written by an Occupy Wall Street protester, despite its British pedigree.

The song’s new music video — featuring a gloomy Noomi Rapace, at one point literally “sitting in the dirt” and “feeling kind of hurt” — reinforces that idea, though it augments war footage and an ironic American Flag with whimsical images that bring the song’s lyrics to life. If you’ve ever wanted to watch Lisbeth Salander fight off a horde of Cajun zombies or face some serious side effects after downing too much fast food, this is the video for you.

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Nov 13 2012 11:54 AM ET

Rolling Stones expands anniversary tour, add Brooklyn date

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Are the Rolling Stones going artisanal?

After watching tickets to their four-date 50th anniversary tour sell like hotcakes, the Stones have announced that they’ll be playing an additional fifth show for fans — in Brooklyn.

According the band’s site, Mick and the boys will be playing the borough’s new Barclays Center on Dec. 8, the Saturday before their two dates at the Prudential Center in New Jersey. (The first two concerts of the band’s victory lap will take place at London’s O2 Arena.) Presale tickets for the Brooklyn show begin tomorrow at 10 a.m. EST, while general tickets will be up for grabs starting the morning of Monday, Nov. 19.

And they’re not the only Brits invading Brooklyn that month: Coldplay recently announced that they, along with Jay-Z, will be playing Barclays Center on New Year’s Eve.

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Oct 11 2012 11:22 AM ET

Rolling Stones drop new single 'Doom and Gloom': Hear it here

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The boys are back in town.

In anticipation of their upcoming greatest hits collection, the Rolling Stones took to BBC Radio to debut their first new song in seven years, “Doom and Gloom.”  The howling single is one of two new works that’ll show up on the band’s GRRR! compilation, due Nov. 13.

So what are Mick and co. up to these days? Reading the news: as you might have gleaned from the title, Jagger laments the world’s current state of affairs, from economic disparity to fracking — and it’s all backed by the band’s trademark Exiled swagger.

Give the song a listen below and let us know what you think about the Stones’ return:

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Aug 31 2012 01:33 PM ET

Rolling Stones to play first shows since 2007 in New York, London

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In honor of the band’s 50th anniversary, the Rolling Stones will play their first shows since 2007 later this year, Rolling Stone reports.

The band is planning two shows at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center as well as a reported two performances at London’s O2 Arena.

The legendary rockers have also apparently recorded new music for an upcoming box set in France last week. “Had fun in the Paris studio this week!” Mick Jagger tweeted following the session.

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