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Peter Tosh Museum Grand Opening from PeterTosh on Vimeo . Kingston, Jamaica -- Following the Grand Opening of the Peter Tosh Museum in New Kingston, Jamaica last month- friend and Rock & Roll legend Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones recently sent a video congratulating the family and estate of the late reggae icon which can be viewed exclusively on PeterTosh.com ! The Museum officially opened to the public November 1st, and it’s hours of operation are Monday-Friday: 10:30AM to 7PM and Saturday: 10AM to 6PM at Pulse Centre- 38a Trafalgar Road, New Kingston, Jamaica. Tosh was also the only reggae artist signed to the Stones’ record label from 1978 until 1981, and collaborated with Jagger on 1978’s “Walk and Don’t Look Back”. He also opened for the Stones throughout their 1978 US tour, and is featured in the opening scene of the group’s video for “Waiting On A Friend.” A self-taught guitar and keyboard player, he and The Wailers became pioneers of the burge...

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER By: G.H. Harding **** Eric Idle PYTHON RESURRECTED --- So, the original members of Monty Python team are going to reunite? Each time rumors of the surviving five Pythons getting back together have resurfaced over the years – a US tour in 1999, a sequel to the Holy Grail – hopes have been successively squashed as flat as a man with roses in his head beneath a giant animated foot. (In fact, Eric Idle once joked back that they would only do a reunion if Graham Chapman, who died of cancer in 1989, came back from the dead. “So we're negotiating with his agent.”) But, in the way that no one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition, later today Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Jones are due to make an announcement at a press conference in London after months of secret talks. Idle, Cleese and Jones have all since taken to Twitter to confirm that it is true. Jones went on to confirm it w...

The Rolling Stones showed the other night why, despite their advancing years they are still the greatest rock band in the world.The band put on a blistering performance at London's O2 arena that had fans - young, old and very old - out of their seats and rocking from the very first power chord.The show - the first of three hometown concerts - was the culmination of the band's two-year 'A Bigger Bang' tour.Being back in London was not lost on the band - who have a combined age of 253 - who started their life playing the pubs and clubs of Richmond, south-west London.Frontman Sir Mick Jagger, 64, told the crowd: "It's taken us 40 years to get from Twickenham to Greenwich!"Opening with 'Start Up' the band had the thousands in attendance on their feet, before launching into a handful of new numbers, including 'Rough Justice' and 'You Got Me Rocking'.At one point, the band paid homage to late soul legend James Brown performing a cover of...

Keith Richards believes he will live to 150.The 63-year-old Rolling Stones rocker says death is a "long way off" after amazed doctors told him his heart, liver and kidneys were "all perfect", despite his legendary rock 'n' roll lifestyle. He told Mojo magazine: "I'm looking to be a good 150 before I think about croaking. It's a long way off."Hey, when I'm gone, I'm done. Everybody else can decide what to do with me. My folks know what's what."I've never even thought about it. I mean I don't want to be paraded down Whitehall on a f***ing carriage. I don't want nothing."The guitarist also revealed he serenaded his beloved 91-year-old mother Doris in her final days before she lost her battle to cancer in April this year. He said: "I sat on the end of her bed for two days before she kicked the bucket. I brought round a guitar and sat there and played to her."Keith also cleared up the confusion surrou...

Keith Richards is set to make over $7 million from his autobiography.The Rolling Stones rocker has sparked a bidding war for his memoirs and he is now set to receive a staggering $7.3 million in advance. Publishers Harper Collins and Little Brown are the two favourites for the tome.The 63-year-old guitarist, his agent Ed Victor and his manager for three decades, Jane Rose, will now have to choose a 'winner' between them. As the publishers have matched each other on the price, the decision will be made on who can offer the best marketing plan and the editor they can offer the rocker and collaborating writer James Fox. A source said: "Price is no longer an issue."Whatever the outcome Richards is certain to be happy, as he stated before the bidding war he wanted to surpass the $5 million advance rival guitarist Eric Clapton received for his book, due out this October. Hell raiser Richards was paid $1.6 million for his diaries in the 80s by publisher Bantam, however, he ...

Cocaine Kate Moss Kate Moss has moved in with Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to help her get over her split from Pete Doherty. The 33-year-old supermodel - who dumped the Babyshambles frontman earlier this month - is reportedly enjoying some "quiet time" with the rocker, a recovering alcoholic, and his wife Jo at their Surrey mansion in Kingston.A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Ronnie and Kate have a history of partying together so it's unusual that they are having some quiet time."Kate is washing her hair of Pete, and Ronnie and his wife Jo have been taking her mind off things. He's on the wagon and that is great for her."Kate and Ronnie became notorious for their wild nights out.In 2004, the 60-year-old guitarist decided to check into The Priory rehab centre following a drunken episode at a restaurant with the supermodel and Jo.Kate is living with Ronnie - who once confessed to consuming eight pints of Guinness, two bottles of ...

Ronnie Wood is selling paintings Ronnie Wood was forced to borrow £250,000 U.S. ($500,000.) from his Rolling Stones band mates.The guitarist had blown so much of his fortune after years of extravagant spending and failed business ventures that he had to ask Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for the cash.The pair lent Ronnie the money with the provision he paid it back with his earnings from future tour dates.The 60-year-old rocker agreed to the conditions of the loan in 2004, ahead of the band's 2005 'Big Bang Tour'. A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "The 'Big Bang Tour' came just in time for him. He'd had to borrow a serious chunk of cash from Mick and Keith to see him through."Ronnie - who has been a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975 - lost around £8 million (U.S. 16 million) when he founded London's exclusive Harrington Club in 2000. Despite the hype surrounding the venue, the club proved a huge financial flop and went bust with...

Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards British rock legend KEITH RICHARDS has dismissed reports his band THE ROLLING STONES are near retirement, insisting they will continue rocking the stage for many more years to come.Richards will today headline the Isle of Wight Festival in England with the legendary band, and is adamant the Brown Sugar stars - who are all in their 60s - will keep playing live shows for at least the next 12 months.The 63-year-old says, "We’re digging what we’re doing. After 40 years, there are absolutely no murmurings of mutiny and I think we will continue next year as well."People have been saying we’re going to retire for 30 years now. But we’re simply having a hell of a lot of fun up on stage!"

Icon 'Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood Ronnie Wood has been given a Romany gypsy caravan for his 60th birthday.Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie woke up to find the $80,000 traditional painted caravan parked in his drive, left there as a surprise from his wife Jo. A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Ronnie rolled out of the house in the morning and burst out laughing when he saw it. He's delighted with the caravan."He has Romany gypsy roots and always said he wanted one."The ageing rocker joked he might even take the caravan on tour this summer.The source added: "The Stones are playing the Isle of Wight Festival in the summer so he'll have a perfect chance to give it a good road test."Ronnie, who turns 60 on June 1, was born to Romany gypsy parents and spent some of his childhood living on tugboats.Former model Jo married Ronnie in 1985. The couple have two children together - Leah and Tyrone - and both have one child from previous relati...

Mick Jagger reportedly tried to enlarge his penis by letting bees sting it.The Rolling Stones front man, whose "small penis" was mocked by a former lover, covered his manhood in bees in the hope that their stings would cause it to swell. Film director Julien Temple, revealed how the ageing rocker attempted to use the ancient Amazonian marriage ritual while filming scenes for 1982 movie 'Fitzcarraldo'. Julien, 53, told Radio 4's 'Film Program : "It involved putting bamboo over the male member and filling it with stinger bees so the member attained the size of the bamboo."Mick spent months in the jungle in Peru. He was going mad out there I think."British director Julien was with The Rolling Stones in Mexico making their 'Undercover of the Night' video.Former US supermodel Janice Dickinson, 52, humiliated Mick when she told TV chat show host Jonathan Ross "Mick has a very small penis".The singer, whose band's hits include ...

Rolling Stones Keith Richards Keith Richards' mother has died. Doris Richards peacefully passed away on Saturday night aged 91 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith, 63, had been keeping a bedside vigil at the clinic in London's Harley Street where she was treated before her death.The band's spokesman Bernard Doherty said: "Doris Richards, aged 91, mother of Rolling Stone Keith Richards, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday 21 April 2007."Family and friends request that their privacy is respected at this time."Doris separated from Keith's father Bert - who passed away in 2002 aged 84 -in 1962. Before her death she had been living with the rocker's stepfather William in Kent. Doris was responsible for buying her son his first guitar on his 15th birthday, setting him on the path to rock 'n' roll success. Her father, Gus Dupree, toured the UK as a jazz musician and gave grandson Keith his earliest guitar l...

Sir Mick Jagger has been visited by aliens.Michael C. Luckman - author of 'Alien Rock: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection' - says The Rolling Stones rocker developed an interest in extraterrestrial phenomena after a close encounter of the third kind in the 60s. Luckman told BANG Showbiz: "Mick Jagger has been very involved with the subject of UFOs for many years."In 1968 he went camping in Glastonbury with his then girlfriend, singer Marianne Faithful, and encountered a rare, luminous cigar-shaped mothership."Around the same time Mick had a UFO detector installed at his British estate. The alarm kept on going off whenever he left home, indicating the presence of strong electromagnetic activity in the immediate area."The 63-year-old singer also sighted a UFO over the crowd during The Rolling Stones' infamous 1969 Altamont Concert in California. Mick is not the only member of the band to believe in aliens. Guitarist Keith Richards has a...

The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones have sparked outrage over suggestions 300 horses should be drugged when they play their first Serbian concert.The legendary band are to perform at Belgrade's hippodrome race course in July to a crowd of around 100,000 people. However, fears are mounting for the horses who are stabled just a few yards from the venue and it has been suggested that sedative shots be administered to keep them calm during the raucous show. Jovanka Prelic, who cares for the equine residents, said: "Horses differ,the same as people. Some are more nervous, more skittish. If they get toonervous or start to panic during the concert, they'll get sedatives."The sedative could be diazepam, which was commonly used on horses during the 1999 Nato air strikes. Plans to calm the horses down have sparked fury in Serbia, with animal rights group Orca demanding the concert be moved to another venue. Head of Orca Elvir Burazerovic said: "Research has shown that n...

Rolling Stones Keith Richards has done it all ! Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all. In comments published today, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father's ashes mixed with cocaine. "The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME. "He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he said. "... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive." Richards' father, Bert, died in 2002, at 84. Richards, one of rock's legendary wild men, told the magazine that his survival was the result of luck, and advised young musicians against trying to emulate him. "I did it because that was the way I did it. Now people think it's a way of life," he was quoted as saying. "I've...

L. Wren Scott And Boyfriend Mick Jagger L'Wren Scott will never have children with Mick Jagger.The celebrity stylist, who has been dating Mick for six years, is happy looking after Mick's children from previous relationships and has no desire to have her own baby. L'Wren told Britain's Style magazine: "I have inherited many children. I feel overwhelmed and lucky because I have all these fantastic children in my life, who all have incredible personalities and fun."L'Wren, who is about to release her third fashion collection 'Under My Skin', remains tight-lipped over engagement rumors. When asked about the enormous diamond ring on her engagement finger, she blushed and said: "It's a very beautiful ring and that's all I'm going to say about it."The 40-year-old former model - who was chosen as the Pretty Polly girl in the iconic David Bailey advert where her 42 inch legs formed the hands of a clock - says her modelling work made ...

Sir Mick Jagger says Keith Richards' boast that he created the stage set for The Rolling Stones' 'A Bigger Bang' world tour is a lie. During a live web cast announcing the band's forthcoming European tour, Mick said: "The set is amazing. It's really quite beautiful."Keith has been claiming he came up with most of the ideas for it."That's a good one! I think he's been telling porky pies (British slang for lies)."The legendary rockers will play more than 20 shows across Europe, kicking off in Belgium in June and finishing in London on August 21. Mick, 63, said: "I never get tired. I'm really looking forward to it."In reference to Keith - who last year had to have brain surgery after falling out of a coconut tree in Fiji causing the band to cancel several dates - Mick joked: "I'll nail him to the nearest room. I don't think he'll be climbing any palm trees."

The Rolling Stones have topped the US music rich list for the second year running.The veteran rockers, who made $150.6 million in 2006, topped the annual listof music's top money makers compiled by Forbes.com . Like the majority of the biggest music earners, The Stones made most of their money on the road - their 'A Bigger Bang' tour generated $138.5 million. Forbes magazine said: "The Rolling Stones don't sell many discs these days, but they have little trouble luring fans to see them live.''Country music duo Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are second with $132 million.The married couple's 55-city tour grossed $88.8 million and McGraw made $34.3 million in album sales alone. Country trio Rascal Flatts - last year's best selling artist in the US -claimed third spot after selling five million albums and earning $43.6 million touring. Madonna is in fourth place after raking in $96.8 million last year. Her 14-date 'Confessions' tour made $85.9 mill...

The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has apologised to Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones for saying they are too old to tour.The 61-year-old rocker - who famously penned the line "I hope I die before I get old" in the band's classic hit 'My Generation' - previously claimed musicians from the 60s should call it a day and stop playing live. But Townshend has now taken back his scathing comments, insisting he acts like he's "drunk" when he shouts his mouth off in interviews. He said: "When I do interviews I must imagine being drunk and decide to shout my mouth off for old time's sake. But why do I pick on folks I love?" When he attacked Dylan and The Stones, Townshend insisted he wouldn't pay to go and see any of his contemporaries from the 60s, even his own band, because they are all past it. He said at the time: "I don't think the big bands are going to be able to do this much longer. I don't want to go out and see Bob Dylan...