https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... t-1161926/
My oldest friend is a huge huge fan of the Stones. We were talking many years ago and I said something like "Those geezers are way too old to put on a good show". He was so offended he bought me a ticket to see them at the Oakland Coliseum (the football stadium, not the basketball arena) for their "The Bigger Bang" tour in 2006. I had to eat my words, as they were amazing. And that show was over a year into that tour!!! Not a lot of bands have such a deep well of hits, too, let alone hits that are mostly actually pretty good songs. I really appreciated the steadiness and feel and simplicity of Charlie's drumming in particular.Charles Robert “Charlie” Watts, the Rolling Stones’ drummer and the band’s irreplaceable heartbeat, has died at age 80. No cause of death was given.
Watts’ publicist confirmed his death in a statement. “It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts,” it read. “He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier [Tuesday] surrounded by his family.” The statement referred to Watts as “one of the greatest drummers of his generation” and closed by requesting that “the privacy of his family, band members, and close friends is respected at this difficult time.”