The Rolling Stones Break Their Silence About Charlie Watts & Reveal Details About Their New Tour

[@chrisslade7012]

Too true Gerry, lets enjoy them still while we have them !!

[@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic]

The Stones as true artists and survivors!!

[@annbugbee5623]

@@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic Exactly Right.Stones,ROLLING AGAIN,They ARE THE GREATEST BAND ON THIS PLANET.!!! Walter B

[@TheNextGoogification]

Always look forward to The rolling Stones coming out with new nostalgia

[@pedenmk]

I'm sure they all miss their brother. When your mates this long together you become Brothers.

[@jerrylundegaard2592]

I can still recall the first time I heard Satisfaction. I was driving into a car wash in Maine. Never forget. On the flip side, my Mom thought the Beetles were a bad influence. Then she heard the Rolling Stones. Never forget.

[@peterwinslow8329]

Thanx DJ Gerry! Your sentiments & sharing's were lovely and very much appreciated! ❤

[@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic]

Hi Peter, Thank you so much for sharing your positive vibes!! Keep on Rockin my dear friend!!

[@lamontprospect9974]

There's an old saying: "If you're looking forward to retirement, you're working the wrong job." People think once they get to retirement, that suddenly all their problems will be over with. For many people, it's just the beginning of many problems. They have no idea what to do with themselves. They often return to a workplace that they couldn't stand. Finding your passion in life is not always a simple search. You have to keep trying things until something finally works. If you are truly blessed, you do what you love to do and you make money. People kept telling me that after Charlie passed the stones would stop touring. I said no way. Absolutely no way. Charlie would have wanted them to continue.

[@DutcherDog]

You better save more before retiring as it sounds like you are a loser.

[@TC-dw6wg]

LaMount I agree about the retiring scenario and am not sure how well these guys would do if they stopped. This is what they love to do and even though I don’t like the recent changes, it’s not my life. I’ll just listen to the old Stones and not 2021.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Excellent comment about retiring. Agree wholeheartedly. When I was young I looked forward to finishing work...especially for holidays....so Ai could indulge and enjoy my leisure time. Now I'm older, I really appreciate the things about work that make you feel worthwhile, that give you self-worth, that define you as a person. I work in music so I identify entirely with why the members of The Stones don't wanna go back and just sit in their huge homes! It's so much better to keep 'doing'.

[@davidsanderson5918]

@@DutcherDog If you think he's a loser for identifying with The Stones' ethos of carrying on beyond retirement age, do you think Mick, Keef and Ronnie are losers too?? Read his comment again.

[@davidsanderson5918]

@@TC-dw6wg Yep I'm with you. The Stones are carrying on because they want to and it's good for them and their well-being (they don't need the dough!) :). But us fans have plenty enough to enjoy the classic Stones (for me, Satanic up to Tattoo You) without having to watch the old and wrinkly version still at it. Mind you I love watching their interviews though, has to be said. Now the past is what it is, they have so much to reflect upon with older, wiser thoughts. Keef in particular....and I loved it when he took over BBC4 for a weekend a few years back and chose programmes and movies he liked.

[@kurtdavidson9808]

Well if Charlie hand picked Steve that’s that! He is a incredible percussionists. I don’t think Mick Keith or Ronnie would ever stop playing. It’s just that when the stones tour it’s like picking up a small city and moving it from place to place. I don’t think Mick or Keith could not be involved with every aspect. So that being said that is the exhausting part. Enjoy them while we can. Nothing lasts forever…. It’s sad not to see Charlie back there behind his kit. Can you imagine-how these guys must be feeling

[@petermills542]

Kurt. Actually Charlie was very involved with Set Designs and Staging etc along with Mick. Keith has never been much involved with it at all ! He's happy to leave it to them!

[@metallion0738]

@@petermills542 . I wonder if Woody was involved as well? May be not.

[@klmjtr]

They will never retire! There will never be a retirement announcement.

[@newspapertaxis1]

Stones don't "Re-tire" they "Re-tread".......................................

[@francesglenn937]

Thank you 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️🖤🌈☮️💖🎶 forever a universal friend

[@pedroballadares5253]

We will Miss you Charlie, as tears go by ….

[@cheryla.nicholas2808]

GOD BLESS MY ROLLING STONES 💋♥️

[@rwdavis22461]

We got spoiled with most of the originals . We got records and cds of the original band , then Mick Taylor, then Eon Wood then Bill semi retired . We got to be happy with todays roster. Let’s respect Charlie but give Jordan a chance.

[@zulmarlopes6021]

Tks DJ Gerry, Very cool. Charlie Watts was never the most flashy drummer. He wasn't known for the frenzied solos of Cream's Ginger Baker, or for placing explosives in his kick drum like The Who's Keith Moon. Instead, he was the subtle, stoic heartbeat of The Rolling Stones for almost 60 years.

[@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic]

Very true Jose. Thank you for your insight!!

[@etbiii2814]

Eloquently said!

[@zulmarlopes6021]

@@etbiii2814 🤟

[@debrasaunders7200]

Because Charlie knew it was a guitar band.

[@mikewheeler3994]

Charlie was the master at “knowing what not to do”

[@GOLDENFLYWARRIOR]

Charlie liked the older tunes. Rolling Stones should play as long as THEY feel up to it. Age is irrelivant..

[@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic]

Amen to that Goldenfly!! Age is just a number!!

[@nicholastanton8404]

They're all going to go out doing what they love. I hope that can be said of me in the end.

[@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic]

@@nicholastanton8404 That is something to aspire to do!!

[@creamydistortion]

You're really hot.

[@scottarivett496]

Wonder if Jordan will come off the hi hat on the backbeat like Charlie did. Big part of what gave the Stones their groove.

[@likearainbow7501]

Scott so true. I wanted to say the same, and you said it so well.. ty

[@DutcherDog]

He doesn’t ! And so he sucks !

[@jackmalcic2949]

Watch them do Living in a Ghost Town, he does it

[@likearainbow7501]

@@DutcherDog Rude

[@loripeterson6926]

Never ending Rolling Stones 😊

[@etbiii2814]

Steve can indeed play the drums. But Charlie made the drums play!

[@JM_33V]

Yes Indeed ‼️

[@tetesabaker5436]

Charlie made the lads stay focus but Steve . Change has come keep them lads in line . And you all need to play its a job but a adventure too. God Bless you all and stay safe. Play on.

[@bobbyd4400]

Didnt steve jordan play with niel young on an album landing on water

[@TC-dw6wg]

Yea Steve needs to practice Paint it Black as he dropped the ball not playing the distinct opening on 9/26. Maybe nerves!

[@gimmeshelter6448]

It's only rock n roll........but I like it, like it, yes I do..........

[@patcoen1113]

They're like wine! Better with age. And depth!

[@evipladra5340]

THANK you!!!! Nice ♥️👍👏💔

[@stevewilcock4767]

Charlie Watts,the greatest rock n roll drummer in the world. Rock on.

[@brian.7966]

oh stop it he was far from that, a good drummer yes no more no less.

[@MrKastaway66]

@@brian.7966 What is your deal, man? What is your criteria?

[@kingbeastie]

@@MrKastaway66 Brian's obviously not a drummer.

[@joeabstractjoe]

@@brian.7966 I agree. So many jump on the bandwagon especially when someone dies. Charlie was good and that's what was important.

[@theparalexview785]

Steve Jordan's drumming with Paul Shaffer's band on Letterman, and with Keith in the X-pensive Winos always sounded influenced by Charlie Watts. I remember a rock critic in the 1980s describing Jordan's style as a "slap-happy" clone of Watts. So far I haven't heard Jordan create those distinctive fills and riffs that Charlie Watts played to help make so many Stones songs into classics. But Jordan certainly has the style to effectively back up the Stones for as long as they feel like playing.

[@GooGyuelle]

That critic you mentioned was a no-nothing imbecile. Steve Jordan is as fine a drummer as you could get for the position. Problem is - as with Darryl Jones - the replacements could never ever make the same choices as the originals, which is what we loved them for. Thank you Charlie, for a life of excellent choices, and welcome Steve, and thank you for what you bring!

[@theparalexview785]

I just heard a new recording of Steve Jordan backing up the Stones on "Paint it Black." Hard to tell much from a phone cam in the audience but Steve sounded fine.

[@TC-dw6wg]

@@theparalexview785 you need to listen again if it’s the 9/26 show, he missed the distinct opening to Paint it Black! Maybe listen to Charlie playing and then Steve……you’ll notice. ✌️

[@petermills542]

@@TC-dw6wg Steve is not there to try & slavishly copy. That's the very last thing Keith & Mick want him to do!! He's there because he's bloody good & totally 'gets' The Stones music!

[@creamydistortion]

@@GooGyuelle Daryll and Chuck have been in the Stones for most of my lifetime, yet they're still the "new guys". Ha! Music critics in general don't know much about instruments or how to play, record, do a show, etc. It's obvious in the words they use to describe things - totally different from how actual musicians talk...

[@kusaaaasu]

Thanks man👍

[@jasonmoran1876]

Never the same

[@TheSuperHarrygeorge]

Nice . Thank you.

[@maureenfricke4181]

Welcome to the stones Steve. RIP charlie ♥️

[@maureenfricke4181]

Love to see them come back to Boston

[@evolvingwithmiriam]

Thank you Gerry.

[@geraldthibeaut1618]

The World Mourns

[@kevinbalcom1696]

Thank You

[@mikewheeler3994]

Been a Stones fan sense 73, seen them 25 time2 (I think). Would you go see them without Mick or Keith? That’s the difference to me with Mr Watts gone.

[@meandmymonkey5137]

As a stones fan longer than you I'm so over Jagger. They could replace him but watts they should go their separate way

[@majbrittcastrupjrgensen2874]

They must think about their own mortality now…….none of them are young anymore! Death suddenly came close to them! They have been lucky, that they have been able to play and live that long……I understand it is hard to let go…..they have known each other for so long.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

I can't imagine Keef looking back there and not seeing Charlie and thinking it's ok to continue. I was proven wrong. I thought if Keef, Mick or Charlie passed it would be over. Won't be long tho...

[@normastanley5853]

Its the beginning of the end for the Stones.. Can"t fight age or bad health, but dam you sure can try..

[@TC-dw6wg]

Yea, Steve isn’t on the same level as Charlie Watts and possibly may never get there. I heard a few songs from 2021 tour and Steve needs to listen to a lot of recordings on how Charlie and the Stones play. Peace and health to all and I’ll listen to the original (Mr Charlie Watts) on recordings.

[@janacrane2124]

Charlie 🕊🤍

[@roseblake5803]

Keith always said no Charlie, no Stones. I am done with the Mick and Keith band.

[@equipmentmanagementservice2310]

For The Stones to carry on as The Stones after this tour would be a huge mistake.

[@markzelepugas6046]

You can't stop being what you are

[@roseblake5803]

They need to make this their farewell tour. ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

[@TC-dw6wg]

Funny, but I agree with all 3 posts here. I have major mixed feelings about them continuing without our beloved Charlie Watts, but as Mark said, they can’t stop being who they are. Retirement might actually put a nail in the coffin. I see this as a tribute band……more ex Stones now than on stage. Always have their Fantastic recorded music…….THANKFULLY!

[@cashcarter7013]

Imagine these desperados 200 years ago as pirates or gunslingers in the desert. What a notion now !!! Where do we go from here aye buddy ?

[@nicholastanton8404]

Sounds like a movie

[@cashcarter7013]

Let's write the novel with a time traveler premise without a boring storyline. I've got great thoughts but honestly I have even greater treatments cooked up with addictively pro reader hooks to lead them to the emotional reward.

[@SwampEye1]

I'm afraid Steve Jordan is gonna give the songs an even better ( I know its blasphemia) feel and drive, he' s a grat drummer ...

[@TC-dw6wg]

You can’t improve perfection, only take away from it. He blew it on the opening to Paint it Black on 9/26. Didn’t even play the distinct opening for the song that always lets you know it’s PiB. Don’t try to change what has been mastered by Charlie……total disrespect to a legend. JMHO!

[@danlalonde2751]

There comes a time to put it away . They are now disbanded wether they want to or not . They should move on separately as solo artist.

[@VAPIDISM]

I see you have responded to a good few posts, but not mine. Read my question and tell us who the people are in the photo that I mentioned at 5,20 in on your video, and what relevance they have to the stones.

[@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic]

Your guess is as good as mine. I really didn’t notice that detail when first looking at the photo.

[@VAPIDISM]

@@DJGerryfromStarlightMusic Ah, ok, sticks out like a sore thumb to me but guess if yourself and other fans haven’t appeared to notice then a photo of anyone but the band will do, LOL.

[@creamydistortion]

So theoretically if Keith ever dies, who could replace him? Izzy Stradlin?

[@samueldoss9608]

Good choice But izzy wouldn't show up half the time Or Not want to play anymore half way through it

[@mikewheeler3994]

Drums are to loud imho. Sounds like a pop or modern drummer to my ears.

[@danhermon4922]

As for all these insults of Steve Jordan, those aren’t true and they miss the point. I can’t really analyze from these cell phone recordings how good he is or isn’t with the “Rolling Stones,” but I know from my recollection of the early days of the Letterman show that he’s certainly a good drummer with a vast knowledge of rock music history, but as I expected sounds like he will never be able to even approximate Charlie’s crucial and central role in the band, whatever his style, nor will anyone. Like when Kenny Jones joined “The Who,” he was a great drummer for the Faces but had no business playing in the Who. As I said, they can get who they want but as a fan just don’t call it Rolling Stones because it can never be that without Charlie Watts. It’s an insult. Also, with Elvis Costello, his bass player is still alive but they grew to hate each others’ guts; nonetheless when the other two rejoined him he still changed the name from the Attractions to the Imposters, because without Bruce Thomas whose virtuoso playing drove so many of their songs and was central to their sound it would be false advertising. As is still calling Townshend and Daltrey “The Who” and this bunch “The Rolling Stones.”

[@danhermon4922]

I don’t care what they do as long as they retire or modify the name Rolling Stones because they can’t be that band without Charlie Watts. “The Who” have been insulting Keith Moon and the audience for forty years by keeping that brand name, the Stones can’t need the money.

[@markkleindorf4151]

Ticketmaster don't believe in refunding tickets from Jazz Fest New Orleans no Charlie Watts we got a hurricane

[@raymichelsen8646]

It should be renamed the Mick and Kieth show. They are the only ones left.

[@RandomAuthor]

What about Ronnie

[@robert91667]

@@RandomAuthor Mick and Keith are the "historic" Stones 😃

[@roseblake5803]

@@RandomAuthor - He’s just a replica of Keith.

[@raymichelsen8646]

Ronnie is the 2nd replacement for Brian.

[@TC-dw6wg]

Random Author Ronnie replaced Mick Taylor and Mick replaced Brian Jones. Ronnie joined Stones in 1974-75. Exact date I’m not sure of.

[@DutcherDog]

Good Lord the new guy that Keith brought from his side band to replace Charlie , SUCKS !

[@markzelepugas6046]

You don't have a clue

[@RobertoPhilipp]

I'm not sure why your posts end up on my main page. Not into the content.

[@coreyjohnston4673]

It's because he's your twin brother.

[@RobertoPhilipp]

@@coreyjohnston4673 ???

[@coreyjohnston4673]

@@RobertoPhilipp Yes, I was going to tell you when you were younger, but you seemed so happy so, I just let you be. Sorry man.

[@RobertoPhilipp]

@@coreyjohnston4673 Your sarcasm is noted. I wasn't sure because it was pretty dim. Now, it's clear. Take care.

[@coreyjohnston4673]

@@RobertoPhilipp take care bro

[@cultfilmfreakreviews]

Steve Jordan's sound is NOT good. It sounds like he's smacking a trash can lid.

[@mikewheeler3994]

Agreed

[@markzelepugas6046]

You haven't a clue

[@mikewheeler3994]

Mark who doesn’t have clue?

[@markzelepugas6046]

@@mikewheeler3994 Fred Derry

[@mikewheeler3994]

@@markzelepugas6046 well I can understand his point of view, Steve does seem a little slap happy. I watched a couple of song from the Craft show. Steve sounds nothing like Charlie, in the old day the the saying was “ no Jones no Stones” then Mick T left, a brilliant lead guitarist, Bill left, the whole funk attitude was lost. Know Mr Watts gone, they sound like 2/fifths of a band. Now there the greatest tribute band of what was once the greatest band. Last tour Keith put as mush effort into playing as I do making a PB&J sandwich. I started playing guitar because of Keith back in 75. Ronnie is still good, Mick still has it, Chuck is the back bone. Keith is way past his use by date.

[@jrhunter007]

Give it a rest.Time to pack it in.

[@raymichelsen8646]

They haven't had a hit since Bill Wyman left.

[@mikewheeler3994]

Define hit, number 1 top 10? That doesn’t mean they haven’t put out great music.

[@ГалинаЛюкшина-п5и]

What about "Anybody Seen My Baby?", "Streets Of Love", "Out Of Control"?

[@ianstu1940]

Ghost town (2020) was a #1 on iTunes when it came out lol

[@cultfilmfreakreviews]

Keith said 20 years ago that Charlie wasn't that good and Steve Jordan was better. True story.

[@randyduncan5562]

Bullshit….SOURCE!!!!

[@likearainbow7501]

No one here will believe you unless you site your source and we all read that source. Pretty sure most of us have read, listened to everything available

[@mikewheeler3994]

Bullshit, Keith has repeatedly praised Charlie’s drumming. Never heard a bad word come out of Keith’s mouth about Charlie

[@artfuldodger8732]

Wat a load of crap

[@likearainbow7501]

@@artfuldodger8732 I hope you ment that for Fred Derry

[@edsnotgod]

Dave Grohl

[@Kanarie1973]

Tour? They should've stopped in 1980. After that, they only produced crap.

[@josehborba3004]

Well the rolling stones live concerts tours in the 1990s and even 2013. we're asaloultey amazing great tours .

[@carlosbuendia7642]

Rest in peace Charlie watts But he was a gray drummer Richards Is a bad guitarrist Jagger was a good vocalist Wood Is a clown on stsge They were Many Many years ago a good band Sorry that's whats i think

[@tetesabaker5436]

Shameful. Ronnie has had cancer and he keeps moving. Not the easy thing to do. Love all my Lads.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

No cares what you think Carlos .its ok.