The Rolling Stones seemed to be a magnet for controversy during their heyday. John Lennon expected them to face backlash in the 1980s, but they angered some anxious journalists years before that ...

LOS ANGELES - Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts passed away Tuesday at a London hospital surrounded by his family. He joined the Stones early in 1963 and remained over the next 60 years, ranked ...

The Rolling Stones drummer would have turned 81 on June 2 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has previously ...

Keith Richards’ “Life” was merely one interpretation of Keith Richards’ life, I think we can all agree upon that. The Rolling Stones guitarist’s memoir was full of both nasty and dull data about being ...

Former producer and engineer Chris Kimsey said he always wondered why the late Charlie Watts was a member of the Rolling Stones. “Charlie never changed over the years,” Kimsey tells Uncut. “When I ...

Mick Jagger spoke out about his beloved bandmate and pal Charlie Watts. On Wednesday, Howard Stern noted how the Rolling Stones have kicked off their North American tour with a tribute to the late ...

Watts, who played drums for the Rolling Stones, died on Aug. 24. The Rolling Stones played their first gig without late drummer, Charlie Watts, who died on Aug. 24 at the age of 80, and did so in his ...

Mick Jagger recalled Charlie Watts' final studio sessions with the Rolling Stones before his death and said the band would find it a challenge to record without the drummer. Watts laid down tracks to ...

Charlie Watts successfully drummed with The Rolling Stones for decades. He has received praise for his steady timekeeping and anchoring force in the band’s music. This doesn’t mean that he never faced ...

Fans haven’t heard the last of Charlie Watts. Although the late Rolling Stones drummer died this past August, his legacy will live on. The remaining members of the iconic British rock band — Mick ...

Shirley Watts, wife of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, has died at the age of 82, her family has announced. The pair met in 1961 and were happily married for 57 years until Charlie’s death in ...

The Rolling Stones are paying tribute to their late drummer Charlie Watts on what would have been his 81st birthday. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood each shared a personal tribute to Watts ...