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The Rolling Stones have discussed why they haven’t been playing their hit ‘Brown Sugar’ on their current US tour.The band’s ‘No Filter’ tour kicked off in St Louis, Missouri on September 26, which the band dedicated to their late drummer Charlie Watts, who died at the age of 80 in August.In a new interview with The Los Angeles Times Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were asked about ‘Brown Sugar”s omission from the setlist so far, and whether it’s related to its slavery-referencing opening line:

The Rolling Stones weren't "allowed" to see Charlie Watts before he died. The group's drummer passed away in August at the age of 80 and his bandmates admitted it came as a shock because they thought he was on the mend after undergoing a medical procedure, only to then experience a "complication or two".

The Rolling Stones have recalled their final meetings with Charlie Watts in a new interview.The longtime Stones drummer died at the age of 80 last month (August 24), prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.

died this past August, his legacy will live on.The remaining members of the iconic British rock band — Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood — revealed to the Los Angeles Times that Watts recorded some new music before he passed.While the coronavirus pandemic delayed the group’s upcoming album, the trio said that Watts had worked on several new songs before his death.“If everything hadn’t gotten closed down, we might’ve finished the damn thing,” Richards, 77, said.

Mick Jagger is remembering life with bandmate Charlie Watts.

Sir Mick Jagger has found it “very cathartic” to get back on stage following the death of Charlie Watts. The Rolling Stones kicked off their North American ‘No Filter’ tour earlier this week, but the shows have been missing the band’s late drummer, who passed away last month.

Mick Jagger has opened up about The Rolling Stones touring without their “heartbeat” Charlie Watts.The longtime Stones drummer died at the age of 80 last month (August 24), prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.

Ringo Starr has recalled a story of him jamming in his attic with the late Charlie Watts and John Bonham, saying it makes him wish TikTok existed in the 1970s.The Beatles’ drummer was speaking in a press conference about his new EP ‘Change The World’, when he remembered the three iconic drummers sharing a jam session.“I had a drum kit up in the attic – it was like a cinema attic, music, whatever you want to do up there. Charlie came, and so did John Bonham,” he remembered.

The Rolling Stones are touring again, this time without their heartbeat, or at least their backbeat.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Rolling Stones opened the latest leg of their ‘No Filter’ tour in St. Louis on Sunday night, and as expected, the group paid deep tribute to Charlie Watts, their drummer since January of 1963, who passed away last month at the age of 80.The show opened with a video montage of Watts across the years, as an isolated drum track played, sometimes in sync with the video.

ST. LOUIS — The Rolling Stones are touring again, this time without their heartbeat, or at least their backbeat.The legendary rockers launched their pandemic-delayed “No Filter” tour Sunday at the Dome at America’s Center in St.

The Rolling Stones kicked off their ‘No Filter’ tour in St Louis last night (September 26).The band played without their late drummer Charlie Watts for only the second time since his death and paid tribute to him from the outset at the Dome at America’s Center.The show opened with an empty stage and only a drumbeat, with photos of Watts flashing on the giant stage screens.“This is our first-ever tour we’ve ever done without him,” frontman Mick Jagger said during the early part of the show.

The Rolling Stones have reflected on the “huge loss” of Charlie Watts in their first interview since the drummer’s death.Watts died at the age of 80 last month (August 24), prompting a huge outpouring of tributes from the music world and beyond.Earlier this week, the Stones dedicated their first show of 2021 to the late drummer. “We all miss Charlie so much,” Mick Jagger told the crowd.

The Rolling Stones are ready to move forward with a new drummer, Steve Jordan, and the spirit of Charlie Watts flowing through them.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Rolling Stones and much of the rock world were by the death of Charlie Watts, the band’s drummer since 1963, on August 24. While the group had previously announced that Watts (pictured above, right, in 2019) would not be joining them for their upcoming “No Filter” North American tour due to illness, and his role is being filled by veteran drummer Steve Jordan, it is still difficult to imagine them without him.With the tour launching in St.

Ringo Starr has paid tribute to late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, calling him a “beautiful human being.”Watts died last month (August 24) at the age of 80.

The Rolling Stones have dedicated the music video for ‘Living in the Heart of Love’ to their late drummer, Charlie Watts.The song was recorded during the session for 1981’s ‘Tattoo You’ but not included on its official tracklist.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe Rolling Stones played the first — albeit unofficial — show of their 2021 No Filter tour at a private event on Monday night.Organized by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, the small concert took place at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., and was their first show since the death of drummer Charlie Watts on Aug. 24.

The Rolling Stones returned to the stage for their first concert in more than two years, marking the first time the band has performed without drummer Charlie Watts, who died last month at age 80.

The Rolling Stones’ first concert since drummer Charlie Watts died was a memorable one, attendees said — and it took place at an exclusive private party bankrolled by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.The Monday event turned into an emotional evening for the band as a group of just 275 guests dined on sushi and sipped cocktails inside an enclosed tent on the Patriots’ home football field at Gillette Stadium in Boston, sources said.

The Rolling Stones played their first show of 2021 last night (September 20) and dedicated it to drummer Charlie Watts – watch the footage below.During the show, Mick Jagger addressed the audience and said: “This is our first show of our 2021 tour, so this is it, it’s a try out, it’s the debut night for us.”He then added: “I must also say, it’s a bit of a poignant night for us because it’s the first tour we’ve done in 59 years without our lovely Charlie Watts,” who died last month aged 80.“We

Charlie Watts. The legendary band took to the stage at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on Monday night for a warm-up gig ahead of their 13-date US tour.

memorialize late drummer Charlie Watts.They will pay tribute to Watts with their new logo design when they return to touring next week, according to the Sun, and the emblem will be used on merchandise and tour visuals.Band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood also agreed to show an archival montage of Watts during their shows.“They don’t want it to be a concert that is a downer because they know fans have paid good money to see them,” a source told the Sun.“But it feels only right

fuss-free character of the rocker, who died aged 80 on Aug.

2021 MTV VMAs at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center. As the former drummer of Nirvana, it’s only fitting that Foo frontman Dave Grohl’s crew paid some form of tribute to Rolling Stones skinman Charlie Watts with a handwritten message on Taylor Hawkins drum kit: “Charlie R.I.P.”Watts, the rock legend who pounded out the badass bottom line on classics such as “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Gimme Shelter,” died “peacefully” at 80 in the UK on Aug.

Billy Joel has paid tribute to The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts at his concert in Cincinnati last week (September 10).Watts died last month (August 24) at the age of 80. The drummer had undergone an undisclosed medical procedure in the weeks before his death, which had caused him to pull out of the Stones’ upcoming US tour.Joel included a partial cover of the band’s 1971 single ‘Brown Sugar’ during his show at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park on Friday.

Nick Cave has recalled the time he met late Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts after a rare trip to a gym.Cave dedicated his latest post on The Red Hand Files to Watts, who passed away last week at the age of 80.Cave recalled the time he met Watts after a trip to the gym when dressed awkwardly in “a tiny tracksuit”.He said: “As I walked back out, in my tiny tracksuit, my giant white trainers and my bucket hat, there, walking toward me, was Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones.“He had silver