The Story Behind the “Unfair” Prank The Rolling Stones Pulled on Their Motown Opener in 1972

The Story Behind the “Unfair” Prank The Rolling Stones Pulled on Their Motown Opener in 1972

CIRCA 1972: Singer Mick Jagger of the rock and roll band "The Rolling Stones" performs onstage in circa 1972. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) If there were ever a musical, low-stakes instance of bringing a gun to a knife fight, it might be the half-prank, half-celebration The Rolling Stones decided to pull on the last night of their 1972 summer tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Stevie Wonder, a popular Motown artist b…

“I said, ‘God, you nicked all my things!’ And he said, ‘Yeah, but it’s like an homage to you.’” Mick Jagger on his rivalry with David Bowie — and the Ziggy Stardust–era track that was Bowie’s Rolling Stones tribute

Mick Jagger has opened up about his friendly rivalry with David Bowie — and the period when he believes the late songwriter was at “his most Stones-y.”The two artists emerged from the London rock scene in the mid-to-late 1960s, with the Rolling Stones scoring their first chart success in the wake of the Beatles’ breakthrough and Bowie launching into the mainstream with 1969’s “Space Oddity.”They remained close throughout their careers, and Jagge…