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The Temptations’ “My Girl” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.

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The Rolling Stones’ highly anticipated appearance at Glastonbury was a triumph last night as the band entertained tens of thousands of music lovers with a hit-filled two-hour set.

The show continues the Rolling Stones’ 50 and Counting Tour, which concludes with two gigs at London’s Hyde Park on July 6 and 13.

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The Rolling Stones have continued their 50th anniversary celebrations by releasing their entire catalogue on iTunes. The content has been mastered exclusively for iTunes, with the aim of “more closely replicating what the artists, recording engineers, and producers intended”.

In addition to the individual album downloads, there are also two “Complete Collections” covering the periods 1963-1971 and 1971-2013. These feature the following titles:

The Complete Collection Box Set 1963-1971

• The Rolling Stones (EP)
• The Rolling Stones (UK)
• Five by Five (EP)
• The Rolling Stones No. 2
• Out Of Our Heads (UK)
• Aftermath (UK)
• Between The Buttons (UK)
• Their Satanic Majesties Request
• Beggars Banquet
• Let It Bleed
• Metamorphosis
• No Stone Unturned Vol. 1 (22 singles, B sides and more)
• No Stone Unturned Vol. 2 (20 singles, B sides and more).

The Complete Collection Box Set 1971-2013

• Sticky Fingers
• Exile On Main St. (Deluxe Edition)
• Goats Head Soup
• It’s Only Rock n Roll
• Black & Blue
• Love You Live
• Some Girls (Deluxe Edition)
• Emotional Rescue
• Tattoo You
• Still Life
• Undercover
• Dirty Work
• Steel Wheels
• Flashpoint
• Voodoo Lounge
• Stripped
• Bridges To Babylon
• Live Licks
• A Bigger Bang
• Shine A Light
• Doom And Gloom – (Album Version + Jeff Bhasker Mix)
• One More Shot – (Album Version + Jeff Bhasker Mix).

Also available are “Crossfire Hurricane,” “Charlie is my Darling – Ireland 1965,” “Ladies And Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones,” “Rock and Roll Circus,” “The Rolling Stones 50 eBook,” music folios and The Rolling Stones Official App.

To browse the Rolling Stones iTunes content, go to iTunes.com/RollingStones (US) or iTunes.com/RollingStones (UK).

Earlier this month saw the 50th anniversary of the first ever Rolling Stones release. The single, a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Come On”, was released on June 7, 1963 and would reach number 21 on the UK single chart.

The Rolling Stones played an unexpected show last night at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, ahead of their US tour which starts on May 3.

Tickets for the gig at the 700-capacity club were announced with just one hour’s notice and priced at $20. Many fans who hadn’t been lucky enough to get a ticket showed up at the venue anyway in the hope of catching a glimpse of the band.

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The acclaimed Rolling Stones documentary “Crossfire Hurricane” will finally receive its North American release on DVD and Blu-ray on May 21 (both were released in January in the UK).

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