Examiner 180: When Charlie Watts and the Rolling Stones played in Cork
Charlie Watts can just about be seen with the Rolling Stones at the Savoy in Cork in 1965. He’s obscured by the late Brian Jones, while the other band members in the shot are Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive
The unfortunate death of Charlie Watts, 80, has prompted the inclusion in our series of archive pieces of this report of the Rolling Stones' visit to Cork in 1965.
Also playing in Belfast and Dublin, it was the band's first visit to Ireland, with drummer Watts being the third to die of the touring lineup, following Brian Jones and short-term keyboardist Ian Stewart.
