On July 12, the British rock band The Rolling Stones turned 50. On the date of their first concert, the legendary band did not organize noisy parties, a loud tour and the presentation of a collectible disc released in honor of the half-century anniversary. The Rolling Stones decided to celebrate the round date differently, but absolutely in the style of the band.
Their first concert took place on 12 July 1962 at The Marquee, a trendy London club on Oxford Street. 50 years later, the rock legends have decided to celebrate their anniversary with the opening of a free retrospective photo exhibition called "The Rolling Stones: 50".
The exhibition was housed in one of the halls of London's Somerset House. The exposition is a complete photo-biography of the group, consisting of seventy photographs. Visitors can see the first official photo session of young Rolling Stones in 1963, as well as a series of photographs taken by photographer Philip Townsend in the 70s, 80s, 90s. And, of course, the modern footage of Stephen Klein, from which already aged rockers are smiling.
On this day, the traditional London rain poured. Four performers The Rolling Stones walked the red carpet. At the entrance to Somerset House, the same old fans with experience were already waiting for them.
The rollings invited their closest friends to the jubilee, including former guitarist Bill Wyman, former Simply Red lead singer Mick Hucknell and their longtime friend, British playwright Tom Stoppard.
Most of the photographs are not staged. These are mostly newspaper pictures. Here you can also see a snapshot of the founder and member of The Rolling Stones - the tragically deceased 27-year-old guitarist Brian Jones.
The exhibition will be open to all comers until August 27.
In addition, a luxurious 352-page photobook "The Rolling Stones: 50" has been released for the rock band's golden anniversary. All photographs from the exhibition can be found in this anniversary photo-chronicle of the group, which includes 400 color and 300 black-and-white photographs with comments.
A documentary about The Rolling Stones is scheduled to be released in November. By the way, as the musicians assured the journalists, they are not going to retire. Moreover, they have started rehearsals again and are preparing for concerts. However, the dates of the world tour have not yet been announced.
