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A restored and expanded version of “The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965” will premiere at New York City’s Walter Reade Theater on September 29, ahead of a DVD/Blu-ray release in November. The film is being presented as part of the 50th New York Film Festival, which runs from September 28 to October 14. A second screening will take place at the same venue on October 3.

Originally titled “Charlie Is My Darling,” the movie was shot on the band’s tour of Ireland in 1965 and features the first professionally filmed concert performances of the Rolling Stones, including “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “The Last Time” and “Time Is On My Side”. The original movie was directed by Peter Whitehead and produced by Rolling Stones manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham. The 2012 version was put together by director Mick Gochanour and producer Rick Klein, who previously worked on “The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus”.

“The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965” comes out on DVD, Blu-ray and as a super deluxe box set on November 6. Scroll down for pre-order information.

In other Rolling Stones news, there is also fresh speculation that the band will celebrate their 50th anniversary with new material after they were photographed leaving a Paris recording studio last week. This was followed up by Mick Jagger tweeting the following photograph, with the message “Had fun in the Paris studio this week!”

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Mick Jagger has also recently confirmed that the band will definitely be performing live soon, perhaps as earlier as this autumn.

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