The Rolling Stones- Rock music band (founded 1961).

Often billed as the "World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band," the Rolling Stones are a British rock music band formed in 1961, forming a major part of the so-called "British Invasion" of rock bands in the 1960s. Along with the Beatles, the Who, the Kinks, and others, the Rolling Stones became very popular with young Americans when they first appeared in the early 1960s.

Fronted by the charismatic Mick Jagger, the Stones became a symbol of 1960s rebellion and sexual liberation. In the 1970s, the Stones also became symbolic of the drug-induced excesses of that generation, with several members’ drug addictions and drug arrests becoming front-page news. In the 1980s, the band overcame much of their drug problems and internal dissension to re-emerge as a potent rock band; joining the MTV-fueled video revolution and producing songs and videos that received extensive play on MTV’s regular rotation. The 1990s saw a slump in album sales, but the Stones proved a popular draw on tour, regularly selling out such oversized venues as Seattle’s Kingdome and Vancouver’s B.C. Place Stadium. The dawning of the 21st Century found the members of the Rolling Stones as senior citizens who could still put on a driving, energy-laced concert, drawing fans of all ages, from gray-haired remnants of their own generation, to young high school students to whom much of the Rolling Stones’ legacy may as well be written in a history book. Despite their age, they are among the few 1960s rock acts who continue to dominate the music business and receive regular media attention. To highlight this is the fact the Rolling Stones played at half-time of Superbowl XL in on February 5, 2006.

Following a tour of Japan, China, and other Asian nations, Keith Richards sustained a concussion following a fall from a coconut tree while in vacation in Fiji in late April, 2006. He underwent cranial surgery in New Zealand, later making a full recovery.

The Rolling Stones delayed the start of their summer, 2006 "Bigger Bang" tour due to Richards’ injury and Ron Woods’ stay in an alcohol rehab facility. The tour opened in Italy in July, 2006, with Mick Jagger inviting two members of Italy’s winning World Cup football (soccer) team onstage, and making a joke about Keith Richards’ head injury and the head-butt one of the Italian players received in the last game of the Cup finals.

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