Jagger was in such perpetual motion from the time he hit the stage to “Start Me Up” — the Stones’ 1981 hit that remains one of the most perfect concert openers of all time — that it was ...

Dez Dickerson, guitarist with Prince and the Revolution from 1979 to 1983, has reflected on Prince’s disastrous stint opening for the Rolling Stones in 1981. Those shows are some of the most ...

By Gary Graff On July 12, 1962, The Rolling (then Rollin’) Stones played their first show at the famed Marquee Club in London. By the fall of 1963 they were on the road in Europe, on the low end ...

When the Rolling Stones took the stage at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia in 1981, they had a crowd of thousands waiting for them. On September 25, the Stones opened the first night of their 1981 U.S ...

But when that opportunity landed on the young Minneapolis man’s lap way back in October 1981, the dream turned into what’s ... R&B and outright lyrical filth - might have sat outside most Stones fans’ ...

1981, St. Paul Civic Center: The Stones were never better here, including their new hit "Start Me Up." (You can listen to a soundboard recording of their full set here.) Jagger provided Stonesian ...

There’s imagery from the Stones’ 1981 comp, Sucking in the Seventies, their 1974 concert film, Ladies & Gentlemen, their 1982 tour, and on and on — all mixed up and all made to seem like ...

but then the music pounces to life with an elasticity no Rolling Stones album has possessed since the big ba-boing of “Tattoo You” circa A.D. 1981. Who could be angry with that? Maybe those ...