Rolling Stones

Momentous all-star blues jam in Chicago...

Keith Richards has admitted he sometimes forgets how to play The Rolling Stones songs. The guitarist said that sometimes during the first few bars of a song he forgets how to play the entire track, but that he has become so accustomed to playing the songs, he remembers it automatically. 'When you kick off a song you say, 'I can't remember how the middle bit goes', but the fingers remember even if you don't," he told Absolute Radio.

Mick Jagger has confirmed that The Rolling Stones will play together this autumn. The legendary band celebrated the 50th anniversary of their first ever gig earlier this month (July 12), and have been constantly surrounded by rumours that they are preparing to play together once more to mark the half-centenary landmark.

The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has said that the band didn't agree to play The Olympics opening ceremony because they weren't 'stage ready'. Speaking to ITN – via Rolling Stone - in a video which you can see below, Jagger said: "I didn't think, to be honest, we were quite stage ready. We haven't played in a long time and we weren't really stage-ready, and it's a very big gig and it's very risk-taking. I didn't think the band themselves felt they were really ready to do it at this point."

Keith Richards has confirmed that The Rolling Stones are rehearsing together once again. The band celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first ever gig today (July 12) and Richards has said that they are now back playing together again after a lengthy break, but could not say when they would be out playing live again.

Today, as you may have heard, is apparently the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ first gig.

The Rolling Stones are set to release a new bootleg from their archives this morning [July 11] Recorded at the Tokyo Dome in 1990, on the Steel Wheels tour, this is the fourth bootleg the Stones have officially released, following on from 1975's LA Friday, the Hampton Coliseum show in 1981 and 1973’s legendary Brussels Affair set. The Stones toured Japan for the first time in February, 1990, taking up a 10-date residence at the Tokyo Dome. Tokyo 1990 is available to buy from www.stonesarchive.com at 11am GMT.

The Rolling Stones have debuted an updated version of their famous lips and tongue logo, in honour of their 50th anniversary. The original logo was designed in 1971 by John Pasche, a student the Royal College of Art in London. It made its debut on the sleeve for the band's Sticky Fingers album. The updated version was designed by Shepard Fairey, best known for his work in the 2008 American presidential election campaign, for which he designed the Barack Obama "Hope" poster.

Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood is to reunite with former Rolling Stones members at a one-off gig this coming Saturday (June 30). The show, curated by Wood, is a celebration of legendary blues label, Chess Records, home to Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry, Etta James and Muddy Waters. Taking place at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo, Wood will be joined by the Stones' original bassist Bill Wyman and his immediate predecessor in the band, guitarist Mick Taylor.

Keith Richards has confirmed that the Rolling Stones will meet in London in July to discuss their 50th anniversary plans. "It's all very hush-hush," Richards is quoted in Rolling Stone. "I'm going over to London for a bit, so I'll find out more then."