Rolling Stones to Gather Moss Again
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
By Roger Friedman
Brace yourselves — they're back!
The Rolling Stones are determined to recapture the title of World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band from pretenders to the throne U2.
I'm told they will announce a new album and tour next Tuesday in New York. A press conference/concert has been booked for midtown, possibly Bryant Park.
A publicist will only say: "It's at a very accessible place."
In the past, the Stones have performed on a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue in NYC. But they've been upstaged in recent years by U2, who took a page from the Stones' book by rolling on their own truck across the Brooklyn Bridge to announce their current tour.
The tour is set to start in late summer and hit New York in September, right before Paul McCartney's tour blows through town. Shades of the old Beatles vs. Stones rivalry!
A new Stones album may also be announced Tuesday, making it their 407th since 1964, or at least it feels that way.
But seriously, none of that matters, as long as we get a full version of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and maybe Billy Preston as a surprise treat.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155453,00.html
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2005/05/04/1025366.html
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
By Roger Friedman
Brace yourselves — they're back!
The Rolling Stones are determined to recapture the title of World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band from pretenders to the throne U2.
I'm told they will announce a new album and tour next Tuesday in New York. A press conference/concert has been booked for midtown, possibly Bryant Park.
A publicist will only say: "It's at a very accessible place."
In the past, the Stones have performed on a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue in NYC. But they've been upstaged in recent years by U2, who took a page from the Stones' book by rolling on their own truck across the Brooklyn Bridge to announce their current tour.
The tour is set to start in late summer and hit New York in September, right before Paul McCartney's tour blows through town. Shades of the old Beatles vs. Stones rivalry!
A new Stones album may also be announced Tuesday, making it their 407th since 1964, or at least it feels that way.
But seriously, none of that matters, as long as we get a full version of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and maybe Billy Preston as a surprise treat.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155453,00.html
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2005/05/04/1025366.html