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Almost 20 years ago: Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards (from left) at the press conference before their world tour 2002/3
Photo: Cewzan Grayson / dpa
The Rolling Stones commemorated the recently deceased drummer Charlie Watts with a video collage.
In the two-minute clip, which was shared on the band's social media channels on Friday evening, you can see, among other things, pictures and excerpts from performances and interviews from the almost 60 years that the drummer was part of the legendary rock band.
"I thought it would run for a year and then dissolve," Watts can be heard in an interview excerpt.
He was referring to his entry into the Stones in 1963. The video is backed by the Stones hit "If You Can't Rock Me".
Watts died on Tuesday (August 24) at the age of 80 in a London hospital.
A few weeks ago it became known that he should not take part in the upcoming US tour of the Stones.
It was said at the time that he was recovering from an unspecified medical treatment.
Steve Jordan, who has already been heard on several solo albums by guitarist Keith Richards (77), is to step in.
According to the US magazine "Rolling Stone", the organizer announced that the tour should take place as planned.
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