Today marks the 69th birthday of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts. We wish him all the best and hope he'll be back on the road with the Stones soon enough!

Today (June 1st) marks Ronnie Wood's 63rd birthday! Please join us in wishing him a Happy Birthday!

The Guardian has reported that rumours of Charlie ditching future tours, and perhaps even the band itself, have been denied by by an official Rolling Stones spokesperson.

The spokesperson said: "Contrary to a fabricated and ill-informed report that appeared yesterday on a small music website in Australia, we would like to make it clear that drummer Charlie Watts has not left the Rolling Stones."

The spokesman pointed out that Watts had been taking part in media interviews to promote the band's latest projects – the release of the album Exile on Main Street and the forthcoming DVD of the film Stones In Exile.

Recently, the "ill-informed" website, undercover.com.au., has also claimed that Ronnie Wood is no longer a member of The Stones - even claiming that it was stated on the Stone's revamped website as such. The news report reads...
"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts are all listed as being with the band from 1962-present. Founding member Brian Jones is listed as 1962-1969. Bill Wyman is listed as 1962-1992. Mick Taylor is down from 1969-1974.

However, Ronnie Wood on the Rolling Stones very own website is listed as 1976-2010."

This is not true. Ronnie Wood is listed as 1976-present, therefore he has not left the band.

The Telegraph has reported that Mick Jagger has called for marijuana to be legalised on the Isle of Man, as a trial to see how it affects social behaviour.

"The whole question of legalising drugs is fraught," Sir Mick told the Larry King Live show on CNN.
"You usually try these things out in very small places. You know, like you try a new product out in a small kind of society or an island somewhere.
"In England they always try out new mobile phones in the Isle of Man. They've got a captive society. So I said, you should try – you should try the legalisation of all drugs on the Isle of Man and see what happens."

Gigwise.com has reported that in interview with XFM, Keith Richards has described the Stones's sessions in the south of France as "kind of Hitleresque".

"It was a bit like stoking the boilers. It was the height of the summer in the south of France and it did get pretty sticky down there, it had a dust floor."

Remember, it's only 11 days (UK) until Exile On Main Street is re-released with ten unheard bonus tracks!

To pre-order your copy, click here!

Bill Wyman appeared on the front cover of The Belfast Telegraph on May 1st 2010, after playing in the Londonderry Millenium Forum with his band The Rhythm Kings during the first of two dates as part of the City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival.

Read on to see the image!

According to The Belfast Telegraph, Mick Jagger has criticised the band Oasis for not connecting with their audience at gigs, when on Absolute Radio as a guest on the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show.

Jagger said: "Well that's what they do, they don't move - that doesn't mean to say they don't connect - they do connect sometimes, sometimes they're not always good ways."

He went on: "What was that famous story when they were in New York and they didn't think the New York audience was loud enough, and they said something like 'You're rubbish' or something, 'New York, you're a load of c**p' or something like that - which is not what you do anywhere really, especially in New York."

Of the Kings of Leon, Jagger had this to say: "The Kings Of Leon at the beginning, they didn't really do that successfully, but everyone has to do it in the end because otherwise it becomes kind of embarrassing, being in a room when you're not really connecting.

"But now they play arenas and they're really good and they're much more forthcoming. They still have their shy moments, but they seem to have cut down."

According to The Sun, in a new interview with Classic Rock magazine, Keith Richards has said that he's finally grown up - at 66 years of age.

"I pace myself. Even I couldn't be that kind of Keith Richards all the time. When I'm at home I do as I'm told. 'Yes darling, no darling', like any other guy. But I know there's a streak in me that, given the opportunity, will show you what Keith can do.

"I've never felt driven to live up to this image they've made of me. That's a mug's game, a sucker shot. But I don't mind using it occasionally."

We all know that Keith's still got it!

Janice Dickinson, who dated Mick Jagger back in the 80s, will "scorn [Mick] for the rest of [her] life", according to NME, after he dumped her over the phone. Commenting on the size of Jagger's manhood, she said, "He's a nasty little Sir Mick, with a little dick. It is very little."

With all the flings Mick has had over the years, I seriously doubt the genuineness of this statement.

Reportedly, Ronnie Wood has broken up with his latest girlfriend and left her hospitalised after their latest argument. Apparently, Araujo (30) got very jealous after seeing a picture of his ex-girlfriend Katia Ivanova.

A source from The News of The World has said: "An ambulance arrived and the crew went into Ronnie's place. They eventually emerged with Ana and sped off with her."