Stones bring ‘memories’ to NY – US rocker makes surprise appearance at tribute show

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Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger (center), poses with The Rolling Stones (from left), Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts at the opning night party for ‘Exhibitionism’ at Industria on Nov 15, in New York. (AP)
Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger (center), poses with The Rolling Stones (from left), Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts at the opning night party for ‘Exhibitionism’ at Industria on Nov 15, in New York. (AP)

NEW YORK, Nov 16, (Agencies): British rock band The Rolling Stones celebrated the arrival of their travelling exhibition of memories and memorabilia in New York with a star-studded party on Tuesday.

“Exhibitionism” features nine galleries of costumes, instruments and personal notes collected by band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts over more than 50 years.

“There’s a sense of nostalgia, but I think I walked away from it with how much the Stones mean to so many people. And that was kind of humbling in a way,” guitarist Richards said of the exhibition.

US television host Jimmy Fallon and designer Tommy Hilfiger were among the party attendees on Tuesday.

“Exhibitionism” is open in New York until March 12 before heading to Chicago, Illinois.

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When Mick Jagger was coming up with ideas for an exhibition highlighting The Rolling Stones’ five-decade long career, he wanted to re-create the mood of the band in its early years.

So, he had a team re-create the first London apartment he and his band mates shared in 1962, complete with dirty dishes, beer bottles and blues records placed throughout the flat.

“That was the weirdest thing really. … The building is still there — it’s not a building that’s been knocked down or anything, it’s right around the corner from where I actually live now,” Jagger said. “It’s very redolent of the space … and it smells like it and feels like it.

“I just remembered how it really was,” he added.

“There were a lot of places like that in the early ’60s … you wouldn’t want to live there now,” Charlie Watts said.

The Stones also re-created their recording studio, complete with original instruments, for “Exhibitionism — The Rolling Stones,” the band’s exhibit that debuted at Industria in New York City on Saturday after launching in London earlier this year. It includes colorful tour outfits, Jagger’s lyric book, Keith Richards’ 1963 diary, Watts’ toy drum kit and various photographs, from posters to magazine covers.

“None of it made me cry particularly. Some of it made me laugh,” Jagger said of the memorabilia.

The exhibit runs in New York through March 12, 2017. Some of the pieces are works by Andy Warhol, Alexander McQueen and John Pasche, who designed the Stones’ iconic tongue logo.

“It’s like bumping into memories everywhere you look for me,” Richards said. “You turn the corner (and say), ‘Oh, that’s where I left it. Whether it’s a guitar or a piece of clothing, everything sort of rings a bell somewhere.”

Ronnie Wood, who joined the group in 1975, said he enjoyed seeing the “little motifs” throughout the exhibit, and added that one of his favorite memories was joining the band for his first public performance — on his birthday.

“I had to learn the entire Stones back catalog to get ready to go onstage on June 1, my birthday, for my first public show with them,” he said, smiling.

Of his highlights, Richards said, laughing: “I can pick out a few lows but we won’t bother with them, but otherwise, it’s been pretty much a high all the time.”

The Stones will release a new album of blues cover songs called “Blue & Lonesome” on Dec 2. When asked what his future goals are for the band, Watts said: “Staying alive I think is the biggest thing at the moment, or getting up in the morning.”

 Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes on Tuesday made a surprise performance at a London tribute concert to his “dear friend” Nick Alexander, the roadie killed in last year’s Paris attacks.

The US rocker performed a solo set and joined in a mass singalong of Neil Young’s classic hit “Rockin’ in the Free World” with other artists including British indie group Maximo Park and solo artists Gaz Coombes and Frank Turner.

Alexander, a 36-year-old Briton, was selling merchandise at the band’s concert at Paris’ Bataclan concert hall on Nov 13 last year when he was killed by Islamic terrorists.

Hughes ended his set with a acappella song “I’ll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind”, saying it was “specifically for my dear friend Nick, who I miss every day… it’s from our favourite episode of ‘Bewitched’.”

Alexander’s mother Sheelagh gave Hughes a standing ovation as he left the stage, while sister Zoe Alexander was presented a bouquet of flowers before the sell-out crowd.

“What is happening here is one of the most beautiful things you could ever ask for,” the 44-year-old singer told the audience. “The only answer there is for things that are terrible is love, beauty and peace.”

Dressed from head to toe in white, Hughes earlier played Eagles of Death Metal hits “Cherry Cola” and “Whorehoppin’” accompanied by a backing tape, reminiscing that he and Alexander had “joked about how cool Britney Spears was and how it was OK she played from recorded tracks”.

“I’m so glad that he was here, I’ve been a massive fan of Jesse for a long, long time and he’s been through a lot,” concertgoer Kerry-Ann Clarke told AFP after the gig.

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LOS ANGELES: Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Kaskade has seen the headlines proclaiming the beginning of the end of the electronic dance music craze — but he’s not buying it.

“I don’t think that at all, obviously. I’m busier than I ever have been and I think, really, we just kind of scratched the surface,” he said in a recent interview. “As far as the impact that it’s had on the music culture, we’re kind of just beginning still.”

As proof, Kaskade — whose real name is Ryan Raddon — pointed to his groundbreaking show at the Los Angeles Convention Center in May. He became the first dance music headliner to perform in the massive venue, which drew more than 20,000 fans.

“There’s a lot of naysayers out there who are like, ‘It’s done. It’s happened.’ Whatever. I’m like, ‘25,000 tickets later, I think we’re OK,’” he said while brushing imaginary dust from his shoulder.

In the last seven years, electronic dance acts like David Guetta, Calvin Harris and Skrillex have dominated pop radio, collaborated with A-list singers and sold out stadiums and arenas like modern rock stars. Kaskade plans to take EDM to more heights with a new multivenue partnership with Hakkasan Group in Las Vegas. The Chicago native, who pioneered the EDM residency in Las Vegas in 2010, will kick off his new residency on Dec. 30 at Omnia in Caesars Palace. He will also perform at the company’s other Vegas venues, including Jewel, Wet Republic and Hakkasan Nightclub.

He said he’s continuing to raise the production value of his already bright, high-volume performances.

“Just technically where things have gone, I mean from a disco ball hanging in the middle of the room to what Omnia has this multimillion dollar chandelier that moves around and like, I don’t know, will shine your shoes at the same time. Like it just does everything. ‘I want chicken wings’ — chicken wings fall from the ceiling,” he joked. “It’s just really unbelievable how far the experience has gone from just like a disco ball and like a laser to this massive, all-encompassing experience at these world-class venues.”

And the 44-year-old father of three isn’t stopping there: “I’m always looking to try and top myself … I go to Dodger Stadium and I’m like, ‘Hmm, I mean we could put a stage over here.’”

Kaskade has teamed with artists across genres, including Estelle and Neon Trees, and has remixed hits from Justin Bieber to Fleetwood Mac. But one chart-topping group remains on his collaborator wish-list: Twenty One Pilots.

Of the duo’s album “Blurryface,” which includes the big hits “Stressed Out” and “Ride,” Kaskade said: “It sounded fresh. It was music that was produced in today’s fashion, but then had their own style to it, which I like because not a lot of pop music sounds current to me.”

“So if you guys are out there and listening to this interview, I’ll send you something!”

 

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