Revered guitarist Eric Clapton is set to play in Shanghai, the latest rock legend to take the stage in China’s business and entertainment hub.

The music world was in mourning today after the death of keyboard legend Billy Preston.

The Rolling Stones have indefinitely postponed two Paris concerts, scheduled for June 3 and July 2 at the Stade de France stadium, French organisers said today without giving a reason.

Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was discharged from a hospital in New Zealand today following surgery to relieve pressure in his head following a fall, his publicist said.

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is in hospital with concussion after a fall out of a palm tree while on holiday in Fiji, reports said today.

You can’t always get what you want - but the Rolling Stones left a million fans satisfied at a free show on Brazil’s famous Copacabana Beach.

Screams and cheers greeted the Rolling Stones as they pulled up to their beach-front hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today in a huge police motorcade, and die-hard fans were already staking out spots before an enormous stage on Copacabana Beach, where up to two million people were expected to attend the band’s free concert tomorrow night.

Almost two million people are expected to flock to a free Rolling Stones concert on Rio’s Copacabana beach.

The Rolling Stones are convinced they have still got it as they prepare for yet another tour, 43 years since they first started out.

Bruce Springsteen was the boss of the concert business in 2003, raking in €95.4m to rank second only to the Rolling Stones for the most money ever earned by a concert act in a year.

Hong Kong politicians accused the government of false advertising today, a day after it was revealed that the Rolling Stones would not perform in an official post-Sars concert series as had been announced.