Mick Jagger

‘Something had gone horribly wrong’: me, Mick Jagger and the lost autobiography

Ghostwriter Barry Coleman says he was given two ‘awful’ weeks to finish an entire book with the Rolling Stone – then the singer pulled the plug in case it was too dull

Dave Simpson

24, Jun, 2021 @1:13 PM

Mick Jagger and Tilda Swinton join calls for new law to protect Venice

Open letter signed by 21 high-profile personalities after news that cruise ship will sail past St Mark’s Square

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

02, Jun, 2021 @2:51 PM

My favourite Dylan song – by Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, Judy Collins and more

Bob Dylan is 80 today. But what’s his greatest song? Stars pick their favourite – and recall their own encounters, from Marianne Faithfull turning him down to Judy Collins whacking a policeman to get backstage

Interviews by Dave Simpson

24, May, 2021 @5:00 AM

‘Bill Gates is in my bloodstream!’ Mick Jagger releases pandemic-themed solo track

Dave Grohl plays along on Eazy Sleazy, which sees the Rolling Stone learning TikTok and cookery in lockdown, and anticipating a ‘garden of earthly delights’ as pubs reopen

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

13, Apr, 2021 @4:34 PM

Mick Jagger narrates film to mark Royal Albert Hall anniversary

Venue kicks off 150th birthday celebrations with footage dating back to 1933, some of it unseen

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

23, Feb, 2021 @12:01 AM

Marianne Faithfull: 'I was in a dark place. Presumably it was death'

After battling Covid-19 for three weeks in hospital, Faithfull went on to finish her 21st solo album – and possibly her last. She reflects on how she might never sing again, her hatred of being a 60s muse and why she still believes in miracles

Alexis Petridis

15, Jan, 2021 @6:00 AM

The Burnt Orange Heresy review – Mick Jagger adds dash of malice to arty thriller

The rock star plays a wealthy art dealer mysteriously sheltering a renowned artist – Donald Sutherland – in this eventful melodrama

Peter Bradshaw

29, Oct, 2020 @11:00 AM

Sweet Dreams by Dylan Jones review – the story of the New Romantics

From Elizabethans to Hollywood vamps, Duran Duran to Spandau Ballet … how a teenage style cult became a 1980s pop phenomenon that speaks to today

Alexis Petridis

23, Sep, 2020 @6:30 AM

Tantra at the British Museum review – acrobatic lovers and human skulls

Embraced by the 60s counterculture including the Rolling Stones, the ancient spiritual philosophy of Tantra finds enlightenment not just in sex but death

Jonathan Jones

21, Sep, 2020 @11:01 PM

Lorde and Mick Jagger urge politicians to seek permission before using music

Letter, also signed by Keith Richards and Sia, suggests using songs without permission can ‘compromise an artist’s personal values’

Benjamin Lee

28, Jul, 2020 @2:44 PM

Remain in Love by Chris Frantz review – once in a lifetime with Talking Heads

The band’s drummer describes his glory years with the post-punk art-rockers, his bass-playing wife, Tina, and the enigma that is David Byrne

Andrew Martin

19, Jul, 2020 @6:00 AM

Lost Rolling Stones song with Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page to be released

Scarlet is joined by two other unreleased songs, Criss Cross and All the Rage, on a deluxe version of Goat’s Head Soup