Rolling Stones 1973 Australian Tour Doco

It's been just ever so slightly over 40 years since the Rolling Stone's 1973 Pacific Tour.

This video above is a documentary about the Rolling Stones aforementioned tour including interviews with the band and some concert footage.

The interviews were filmed at Montsalvat Castle in Melbourne on February 16, 1973 and the concert footage featured is from the Kooyang Tennis Courts in Melbourne on February 17th. Sadly nothing from the Brisbane leg at the Milton Tennis Courts.

It originally aired on March 6th, 1973 on ABC. At times, it's actually a rather amusing piece with the reporter offering some charming observations about the band. For instance, she speculates that Keith Richard, the "Deadly Nightshade", won't live until 70 and that Bill Wyman will be the first to quit the Stones.

It also touches on the troubles Mick Jagger had entering the country and a brief scandal when drugs were found on the plane they arrived on in Brisbane.

February 14, 1973: Milton Park Tennis Courts, Brisbane
Set list - Brown Sugar / Bitch/Rocks Off / Gimme Shelter / Happy / Tumbling Dice / Love In Vain / Sweet Virginia / You Can't Always Get What You Want / All Down The Line / Midnight Rambler / Band introduction / Bye Bye Johnny / Rip This Joint / Jumping Jack Flash / Street Fighting Man

Album News - Foo Fighters, Rolling Stones, The Kinks

Foo Fighters are set to begin recording their next studio album in September, frontman Dave Grohl has revealed.

Grohl, who is also set to release new Them Crooked Vultures material this year with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones, said that the band he heads up had just started the writing process for what will be their seventh studio album.

"Foo Fighters have just started writing and we're going to start recording in September so life is full of music," the guitarist/drummer told BBC 6 Music.


The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards has hinted that the band could hit the studio later this year.

Talking to Rolling Stone, the guitarist said that although no plans were set in stone new material before the end of 2010 could be on the cards for the veteran rockers.

"There's no definite plans, but I can't see any of them [band members] stopping," he explained. "I wouldn't be surprised if we did some recording later this year."

Despite the potential for a new album, Richards added that the band may consider scaling down any future touring plans.

"Maybe we'll search for a different way for the Stones to go back on the road, maybe not the football stadiums anymore," he admitted. "Maybe something different. You can't go around there in lemon-yellow tights forever."


The Kinks' Mick Avory has confirmed that the band are planning to release an album featuring old as-yet unreleased songs and possibly new material.

The band, who officially split up in 1996, already have "eight tracks" lined up for a new LP, he said.

"Things are always bubbling under or over with The Kinks," the drummer told SpinnerMusic.co.uk. "We are certainly doing another album. We've got old tracks which need to be baked. You have to go through this process to transfer them to digital, it's a bit of a process and you only get one shot at it."

He added, "We've certainly got eight tracks we could use there, so we're going to have to do some more to make the numbers up for an album."

Speaking about the problems between band members Ray and Dave Davies, Avory added that the delay in releasing the new album was because of the brothers' ongoing feud.

"In our case it's Ray and Dave that have got to work together," he said. "Once they've slotted together, we can go ahead. All the while they are not wanting to do what the other wants to do, it goes nowhere."