Hard to believe that The Rolling Stones are still together and still playing their music!!
Bandmates Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts joined a star-studded list of guests at the London launch of The Rolling Stones: 50. A free display at the Somerset House opening to the public on Friday, the retrospective photo exhibit (and accompanying book) charts the R&B, blues and soul-inspired rock band's five decades in music, from the group's first official photo shoot to myriad performances at tiny venues to recent massive arena tours.
"It's like walking into an old diary," Richards said of the exhibit after having described the band's career as "an incredible adventure."
The band touts July 12, 1962 as the inaugural Rolling Stones performance, with the group — then comprising Jagger, Richards, Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Dick Taylor and Tony Chapman — taking the stage of London's influential Marquee Club with a name inspired by a Muddy Waters song.
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