Jan 7 - 18: Stones gather at London's Hit Factory Studio to record two bonus tracks for upcoming live album. The lyrics to one of the songs, "Highwire," allude to the crises in the Persian Gulf.

Jan 29 - 30: Keith produces two songs at Sorcerer Sound in New York for Johnnie Johnson's upcoming album on Elektra.
Feb 14: Mick flies to Atlanta to begin filming the movie Freejack, in which he plays a 21st Century bounty hunter. Emilio Estevez co-stars.

Mar 1: "Highwire" video shot at a Brooklyn armory with Mick, Keith, Ronnie, and Charlie on the scene (Bill is "unable" to attend). Julien Temple directs.

Mar 4: "Highwire"/"2000 Light Years From Home" ( a live version not on the album) released as the first U.S. single from upcoming album.

Apr 2: Sony release the live album, Flashpoint. It's the Stones' third LP with Sony and the fifth live album of their career.

Apr 3: Debut gig of the Charlie Watts Quintet at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London, to herald the release of the Quintet's album From One Charlie.. Included with the disc is a reprint of Charlie's '64 book about Charlie Parker, Ode To A High Flying Bird.

Apr 10: Keith records a guest session with John Lee Hooker at San Francisco's Russian Hill Studio. The song, "Crawling King Snake," appears on Hooker's Mr.Lucky album later in the year.

May 2: At the Ivor Novello Awards conducted at London's Grosvenor House Hotel, the Stones are honored for their "Outstanding Contribution To British Music." Ronnie Wood and Bill Wyman are present to pick up trophies on behalf of the band.

May 21: Stones tape a video for the song "Sex Drive" at Twickenham Studios in London with director Julien Temple. The video is banned by MTV because of scenes featuring women in see-through cellophane dresses.

Oct 25: Band concert film Rolling Stones At The Max opens in eight theaters around the world. It was filmed in London, Berlin, and Turin, during their 1990 Urban Jungle tour. Because it was shot in the IMAX format (requiring it to be projected onto a special 100-foot wide screen), it can only be shown in about 100 theaters on earth.

Nov 19: The Stones sign with Virgin Records.

Dec 10: Virgin releases Keith Richards And The X-Pensive Winos Live At The Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 on CD and video. They simultaneously release a box set (numbered and limited to 10,00.

Jan 15: At New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Keith inducts Leo Fender into the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame, then takes part in the closing jam with Jimmy Page and Johnny Cash on numbers such as "Purple Haze" and "Green Onions."

Jan 16: Mick attends the Hollywood premiere of Freejack at Mann's Chinese Theater. Then, it's off to the post-premiere bash at Asylum with David Bowie.

Mar 18: Keith begins recording his next solo album at The Site in San Rafael, California.
Mar 28: Ronnie holds a listening party at A&M Studios in Hollywood for his Slide On This album. Guests include comedian Richard Lewis, Izzy Stradlin, and Phil Spector.

Aug 3: Ronnie hosts a release party for his new album at Tatou in New York. Keith, in town mixing his own album, stops by. The next morning, Ronnie turns up on the radio with Howard Stern.

Oct 9: Keith shoots "Wicked As It Seems" video in Los Angeles. Mark Romanek directs.

Oct 20: Keith's second solo album, Main Offender, is released by Virgin.

Oct 28: Ronnie kicks off his Slide On This tour at The Sting in New Britain, Connecticut. Twenty shows later, the tour wraps up at Philadelphia's Chestnut Cabaret on December 5. At the gig in San Francisco, Van Morrison guests on "Little Red Rooster."

Nov 7: Keith plays Velez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina with the X-Pensive Winos for 40,000 fans. The performance is filmed for "Eileen," the second video from Main Offender.

Nov 27: Keith and the Winos begin European tour. Eleven shows in seven countries, ending at London's Town & Country Club on his birthday, December 18. Mick and Chris Jagger attend the December 2 Marquee show in London

Dec 28: Keith and the Winos video a concert at Chicago's WTTW-TV Studio for the PBS/VH-1 co-produced series, Centerstage.

Dec 31: Keith rings in the New Year with a concert at the Academy, just off Times Square. The concert is partially televised live on CBS-TV. The 985 tickets that were sold for the show were snapped up in two minutes. "Who knows," Keith says, "maybe I could end up as the next Guy Lombardo." The opening act is Pearl Jam.

Jan 6: During a live interview on the BBC's London Tonight news program, Bill Wyman finally officially quits the Stones. "I really don't want to do it anymore," he says. Regarding his efforts to prevent Bill from quitting, Keith states: "I did everything but hold him at gunpoint."

Jan 10: Ronnie plays the first of four solo concerts in Japan, wrapping up on the 14th at Tokyo's Budokan.
Jan 17: In Seattle, Keith opens the U.S. leg of his Main Offender tour. The tour lasts 22 dates, capped by a five night sold-out stint at New York's Beacon Theater. Soul Asylum is the tour's opening act.

Feb 5: Ronnie and Rod Stewart team up to tape MTV's Unplugged at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.

Feb 6: Mick guests on Saturday Night Live, performing two songs from his forthcoming album.

Feb 9: Mick's third solo offering, Wandering Spirit, is released by Atlantic and Mick plays an invite-only show at New York's Webster Hall to launch the album.

Feb 16: The Faces reunite at the Brit Awards in London's Alexandria Palace. Performing "Stay With Me" and "Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller" are Rod Stewart, Ronnie, keyboard player Ian McLagan, drummer Kenney Jones, and, filling in for the ailing Ronnie Lane on bass, Bill Wyman.

Apr: Keith releases a CD Five from Main Offender which contains a track called "Key To The Highway" and a live version of "Gimme Shelter."

Apr 20: Mick and Keith fly to Barbados to begin writing material for the next Stones album. Charlie joins them 10 days later.

Jul 9: The Stones begin a month of sessions at Ronnie Wood's house in Ireland.

Sep 28: Ronnie releases Slide On Live, an album recorded at his Slide On This concerts in New York, Boston, and Tokyo.

Oct 12: The Charlie Watts Quintet releases Warm & Tender.

Nov 2: Stones begin the final stage of their recording sessions, at Dublin's Windmill Lane Studio. Darryl Jones plays bass.

Nov 24: Virgin releases an 18-song greatest hits CD titled Jump Back in Europe and Japan, but not in the States.

Jan 9: Mick arrives in LA to begin four months of mixing for the new album. Keith arrives four days later. Ronnie and Charlie fly over for a couple of weeks in February.

Mar: In Nashville, Keith records two duets with country balladeer George Jones. Also sitting in are Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Leon Russell, James Burton, and Emmylou Harris. The two songs - "Say It's Not You" and "I'm Gonna Burn Your Playhouse Down" - will appear on Jones' forthcoming CD.
May 3: The Stones float down the Hudson River en route to a press conference at Pier 60 in New York. They disembark the "Honey Fitz" (a yacht once owned by JFK), meet the Press, and announce plans for this year's Voodoo Lounge World Tour.

Jun 18 - 19: Stones tape a video for "Love Is Strong" in New York and Toronto, directed by David Fincher.

Jun 20: On the outskirts of Toronto, Stones begin rehearsing for their Voodoo Lounge tour in the gym of a private boys school which was unused during the summer.

Jul 5: "Love Is Strong" released as the first single from the Voodoo Lounge album.


Jul 12: Voodoo Lounge is unveiled to the public. It's the Stones' 22nd studio album (36th overall) and marks their debut with Virgin Records.

Jul: Stones play an unannounced warm-up gig at Toronto's 1,100-capacity RPM Club. The charge is the regular five dollar cover which is donated to the Covenant Hospice. The band play 16 songs, including "Brown Sugar," "Street Fighting Man,""Tumbling Dice," and "Rocks Off," plus new songs such as "Sparks Will Fly" and "I Go Wild." Dan Akroyd is one of the guests that attend. It is bassist Darryl Jones' live debut with the band.

Aug 1: Stones launch their Voodoo Lounge tour at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Critics rave about the opening night. Edna Gundersen of USA Today writes, "The show is a magnificent cross-section of big hits, rarities, new tunes and choice covers...The battering ram of a show finds the Stones rock'n'rolling like hellions on wheels."

Sep 7: Stones play the MTV Awards and are presented with a Lifetime Achievement award. They perform "Love is Strong" and"Start Me Up" live on the program. The Stones' aftershow party is attended by everyone, from Aerosmith to Smashing Pumpkins.

Oct: Stones release the ballad "Out of Tears" in the U.S. "You Got Me Rockin'" is chosen as the second single for Europe.

Oct 19: Stones play two sell out shows at Pasadena's Rosebowl. Among the guests backstage and at the aftershow party were Kurt Russell, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Michael Stipe, Gary Busey, James Caan, Perry Farrell, Shannon Doherty, Goldie Hawn, director Penny Marshall, Judd Nelson, Nicholas Cage, OJ Simpson's best buddy Al Cowlings, and attorney Robert Shapiro.

Oct 31: Band celebrate Halloween in the Bay area with an unprecedented run of four sell-out shows at Oakland Coliseum. During his introduction to "Happy," Keith looks into the costumed audience: "Hey, you look great," he says, adding, "I don't have to wear a fucking costume, every night of my life is like Halloween."

Nov 10: Stones make history by being the first major rock'n'roll band to broadcast a concert live on the Internet. The 20-minute transmission came from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

Nov 25: The record-breaking pay per view special "Hoodoo U Voodoo" is broadcast live from Miami's Joe Robbie stadium. Whoopi Goldberg hosts the show which features musical guests Sheryl Crow, Bo Diddley, and Robert Cray. The two-and-a-half hour extravaganza also features the band playing a short acoustic set (which Mick Jagger describes as "the Stones Unglued") , including "Angie," "Sweet Virginia," and "Dead Flowers."

Nov 28: Stones announce Voodoo Lounge European dates for Summer 1995.

Dec 7: Comedian Dennis Miller presents the Stones with an award for Artistic Excellence at the Billboard Awards. The band perform "I Go Wild" via satellite from their concert in Montreal.

Dec 1: The Voodoo Lounge album passes the four million mark worldwide.

Dec 18: The North American leg of the Voodoo Lounge tour ends in Vancouver. Keith Richards celebrates his birthday with the news that this leg of the tour is the most successful tour in history -- surpassing 1994's record-breaking Pink Floyd tour and the Stones' own Steel Wheels tour.

Jan 14: The Stones start the year with a string of four sell-out shows at Mexico City's Autodromo Stadium.

Jun 3: The European leg of the Voodoo Lounge Tour begins in Stockholm. Other stops on the tour include Helsinki, Oslo, Cologne, Paris, London, Prague, Budapest and Berlin.
While on the road, the band finds time to stop and record acoustic versions of classics like "Street Fighting Man," and more arcane numbers like "Spider and the Fly" and "I'm Free." These tracks make up the live acoustic album Stripped.


Nov 14: Release of the Stripped album. Included are live tracks were recorded at small venues in Amsterdam and Paris, plus acoustic numbers from studio rehearsals in Lisbon and Tokyo. The single from the album is a version of Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone."

Nov: The Stones go high-tech. The Stripped CD includes a multimedia portion playable on home computers, featuring video clips of the band. The Voodoo Lounge interactive CD-ROM is released and the Stones World Web Site is launched.

Dec 7: Mick, in London, answers questions from Rolling Stone magazine editor David Fricke in New York for an interview in cyberspace. A select audience of journalists experience audio and video of the event, while Stones fans all over the world follow the proceedings on Compuserve and the Stones World web site.

Even when not active, the Stones are everywhere, with music featured in the films Casino (released late '95), Basquiat (in which Keith also has a song called "Nearness to You" recorded in 1980), and The Fan. Meanwhile, the band once again get involved in solo projects. Charlie Watts is the first to break cover with the June 11 release of his quintet's Long Ago & Far Away,
which features classics from the likes of Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Hoagy Carmichael. At his home in Jamaica, Keith completes production work on an album which features traditional Rastafarian Bingi drums (to be released later this year).

Bridges to Babylon released.

Stones unveil Bridges to Babylon website..