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The Rolling Stones will play gigs in New York and London later this year, according to Rolling Stone magazine.

Rolling Stone reports that the band will play two gigs at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center before the end of the year, and two gigs at London’s O2 Arena in November.

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Chuck Berry’s “Let It Rock” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons. “Let It Rock” was released on single in January 1960, backed with “Too Pooped to Pop”. It also featured on the album “Rockin’ at the Hops” six months later.

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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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The “Ed Sullivan’s Top Performers” television special debuts on PBS tonight. The special, produced by TJL Productions in association with SOFA Entertainment, includes performances from some of the biggest acts of the 1960s, including The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, and Tom Jones.

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