"They punched their way to the front and started spitting at us." The story behind the violent, riotous gig which got the Rolling Stones banned from an English seaside town for 44 years

"They punched their way to the front and started spitting at us." The story behind the violent, riotous gig which got the Rolling Stones banned from an English seaside town for 44 years

1964 was a banner year for The Rolling Stones. The band scored their first and second UK number one singles (It's All Over Now and Little Red Rooster), became the first band to perform on the BBC's new flagship music show Top Of The Pops, released their self-titled debut album, and toured the US for the first time. But it wasn't all good news, for on July 24, 1964, the quintet's show at the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool ended in a riot, and earn…

Some Of Us - The Rolling Stones

1X And we're going to close with "Some of Us" – "Some of Us" –. It's a ballad played by Keith Richards. Richards on the last albums since Bridges to Babylon, had been stylizing to make some ballads. He does with that spiritous, carrasposa voice, that morning voice that seems to be really telling the truths, confessing. And Keith Richards confesses that this is a subject that was in his head for more than a decade. It's been like this with many o…