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The Palladium Theatre opens in London, England, UK. It will become the city's most famous venue featuring stars such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Judy Garland, Sophie Tucker, Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, The Andrews Sisters, Bob Hope, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray.
Schoolboy Michael Jagger, later to lead The Rolling Stones, spends his first day at Maypole Primary School, Dartford, Kent, UK.Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones rents a flat in Edith Grove, Chelsea, London, UK, which will quickly become the band's base of operations.
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The Rolling Stones record Poison Ivy during their third recording session at Decca Records' studio in West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones play at Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Rolling Stones' second UK single, Poison Ivy / Fortune Teller, was scheduled for release on this date, but it was withdrawn. The Rolling Stones play at Ken Colyer's Studio 51 Club, Leicester Square, London, with Jimmy Powell And The Five Dimensions (with Rod Stewart on vocals].
The Group Scene 64 tour continues at The Granada, Woolwich, UK, with The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates and Marty Wilde.
The Rolling Stones are seen on UK tv series The Arthur Haynes Show, performing You Better Move On and I Wanna Be Your Man. The performances are pre-recorded.
The All-Star 64 package tour comes to an end at The Winter Gardens, Morecambe, UK, featuring The Rolling Stones, John Leyton, Mike Berry, Jet Harris, Billie Davis, Bern Elliott And The Fenmen, and The Paramounts
The Ready, Steady, Go! Rave Mad Mod Ball is held at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, with acts including Cilla Black. , The Searchers, The Rolling Stones, The Merseybeats, The Fourmost, Freddie And The Dreamers, Kathy Kirby, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Manfred Mann, Kenny Lynch, and Sounds Incorporated.
The Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour continues at The Town Hall, Birmingham, supported by Peter And Gordon, The Overlanders, The Barron Knights, David John And The Mood, Julie Grant and Tony Marsh.
The Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour continues at the City Hall, Sheffield, supported by Peter And Gordon, The Overlanders, The Barron Knights, David John And The Mood, Julie Grant and Tony Marsh.
The Rolling Stones spend the second of nine days of demo recording sessions at Regent Sounds Studio, London, UK.
In Melbourne, during their Australian tour, The Rolling Stones are interviewed for Radio 3KZ, and later record New Zealand TV ads and radio plugs for the New Zealand-shows.
UK tv show Top Of The Pops features a pre-recorded film of The Rolling Stones performing The Last Time. On the same day, The Stones also appear on UK tv show Scene At 6.30.
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Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones attends the wedding of photographer David Bailey to actress Catherine Deneuve, in London, England, UK.
On their first British tour, The Rolling Stones play at The Futurist Theatre, Foreshore Road, South Bay, Scarborough, England, UK.The Rolling Stones, Unit 4+2, and Spencer Davis Group play at The Granada, Shrewsbury, England, UK.
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The Rolling Stones tour of the USA ends with two shows in California on one day. In the afternoon, they play at the Convention Hall, San Diego, California, USA. In the evening, they play at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
As Tears Go By by The Rolling Stones enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No6.
The Byrds, Sopwith Camel, Jefferson Airplane, The Standells, The McCoys and The Tradewinds open for The Rolling Stones in a performance at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, USA. This proves to be the last US mainland concert with Brian Jones as a member of the Rolling Stones.
At the end of a tour of the USA, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones arrives home in London, UK, to find that his Italian-born girlfriend Anita Pallenberg has been issued with a Home Office ultimatum to leave the country. Her only option, if she wishes to stay, is to marry a UK citizen.
The End record My Friend and So Free at Olympic Studios, London, UK, with Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones as producer.
For the last of three nights, Status Quo record the album Live!, using The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland.
The In New York City, USA, The Rolling Stones watch a preview of their live documentary, Let's Spend The Night Together.
Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones becomes a dad again when daughter Elizabeth Scarlett is born to Jerry Hall.
In the wake of tabloid press rumours, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones issues a denial that the group is splitting up.
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones returns to New York City, USA, from Barbados, Caribbean, to prepare for the upcoming Live Aid concert. Ian Stewart, musician, founding member and road manager for The Rolling Stones, dies of a heart attack, aged 47, in London, England, UK, Europe. He had been experiencing respiratory problems, so he went to a clinic to have the problem examined, but he suffered a heart attack and died in the waiting room.
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A party is held for the opening of Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman's restaurant, Sticky Fingers in Kensington, London, England, UK, Europe.
The members of The Rolling Stones begin arriving in Rotterdam, Holland, Europe, where they are shortly to begin rehearsals for their Urban Jungle tour.The Verve release a new single, Bittersweet Symphony, in the UK. The use of a sample from a track by Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham will involve them in a costly battle with rock entrepreneur Allen Klein.
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The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Justin Timberlake, Rush, The Guess Who, The Isley Brothers, The Flaming Lips and Sass Jordan play in Canada's biggest-ever rock concert, attended by over 450,000 people in Downsview Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show is intended to counteract the effects on tourism of the recent SARS epidemic which had killed over three dozen Canadians earlier in the year. Facing a heavily rock-oriented audience, Justin Timberlake is booed and pelted with bottles when he takes the stage.
The 2011 Parliamentary Jazz Awards event is held in the Terrace Pavilion, House Of Commons, London, UK. The event is hosted by Paul Gambaccini and features a performance by James Pearson and The Ronnie Scott's All Stars. Jazz Musician Of The Year is Brian Kellok. Celebrities in attendance include Dame Cleo Laine, former Rolling Stones' bassist Bill Wyman, Jamie Cullum, Feargal Sharkey and Julian Joseph.
Al Rubin, nicknamed Mr. Fabulous, dies of lung cancer at the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, USA. He had worked for many years as a respected session musician, playing trumpet, flügelhorn and piccolo trumpet, with artists including Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, B.B. King, Sting, The Blues Brothers, Blood, Sweat And Tears, Aerosmith, Miles Davis, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway and Dr. John.Edwin Shirley, the rock'n'roll trucking pioneer whose fleet of vehicles transported artists including The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Abba, Queen and Michael Jackson, dies aged 64 in Homerton Hospital, Hackney, London, England, UK, Europe. He had been diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2009 but continued working for as long as possible.
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The estate of Prince demands that US President Donald Trump stops using the Prince song Purple Rain at his political rallies. A statement from the estate says, "The Prince Estate has never given permission to President Trump or the White House to use Prince's song and have requested that they cease all use immediately." Previously, The Rolling Stones had fired off a letter during the 2016 campaign after Trump used their song Start Me Up without permission.
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