Ron Wood

Ron Wood

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The Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary celebration may include a tour, but it won't include new music. At least, that's what guitarist Ronnie Wood revealed in a recent interview. Previously it was believed the band wouldn't be ready to tour until 2013.

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With the recent induction of both the Small Faces and the Faces into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, we thought we'd take a minute to explain the connection between the two related but definitely separate bands.

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Well, apparently there are things that last shorter than a Kardashian marriage, yet are every bit as contentious: stories about the Rolling Stones getting back together. Ron Wood is now claiming he was misquoted when he said last week the Stones were going back into the studio to “throw some ideas around.”

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In an open letter last week, Axl Rose made himself perfectly clear: he didn't feel "wanted or respected" by his former Guns N' Roses bandmates, so not only would he skip the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he didn't want to be inducted at all.

A couple names you may recognize said the decision was a mistake, and the crowd on Saturday night made their feelings known as well.

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Roger Daltrey continues to do what he can to make sure the kids are all right.

On March 28, Daltrey performed Who and solo material as the headliner for a Teenage Cancer Trust benefit show at London's Royal Albert Hall. And he wasn’t alone: The concert’s impressive list of guest musicians included Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, as well as Steve Winwood and Paul Weller.

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We've been waiting for months to hear whether the Rolling Stones will mount a world tour to celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, and we've heard that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are trying to iron out the details -- and that drummer Charlie Watts is eager to join his longtime mates on the road. According to guitarist Ron Wood, things are "on the verge" of coming together.

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Ronnie Wood has revealed another historical rock jewel during his show on Absolute Radio U.K. The Rolling Stones guitarist says he could have been a part of Led Zeppelin.

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Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood is invading American airwaves. The musical legend has finally brought his one-hour radio show, ‘The Ronnie Wood Show,’ which is based in the U.K., to our fine shores.

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Guitarist Ron Wood recently recalled his friendship with the late, great Jimi Hendrix. Speaking on their friendship recently on his show on Absolute Radio UK, Wood said  “Jimi was a really sweet, well-mannered boy, and I’m very honored to have shared a little space of time with him back in the late 1960s."

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Paul McCartney played his only London gig of 2011 last night (Dec. 5) -- and he made it count, delivering a hits-packed, three-hour set to his O2 Arena fans, including several songs he'd never played in the UK before.

But that wasn't all McCartney had in store for fans: as the evening drew to a close, he told the crowd he had a "surprise" for them before bringing out Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, who joined McCartney for an energetic performance of 'Get Back.'

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