QUIRKY WORLD ... Can’t always get what you want, but town eyes Stones

USA: A Massachusetts newspaper publisher is asking the Rolling Stones to return to town 50 years after they cut short a show during a thunderstorm, leading fans to rampage.

Ted Grant, publisher of the Daily Item in Lynn, said in an open letter that “a lot has changed” since the band was last in town, on June 24, 1966, and he wants the rockers to finish the set that ended when they left the stage during a storm at the Manning Bowl stadium.

Angry fans broke through barriers, prompting police to use tear gas, and the Rolling Stones pledged never to return to the city, 16km from Boston.