lifestyle THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013 MUSIC & MOVIES Soul of Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, turns 70 Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones performs at the Staples Center launching of their ‘50 & Counting’ tour on May 03, 2013 in Los Angeles, Perry Katy California. —AFP he Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards hit 70 yesterday with another tour on the Perry’s ‘Roar’ lip-sync performance: horizon, and probably a smirk for everyone who would not have bet he Twould make it this far in a life of excess. The unmatched guitar legend isn’t just hitting 70 — like Mick Jagger did in August. He is also celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary with former model Patti Hanson, with whom he has two daughters. He also has three children with the Italian actress Anita Pallenberg. NRJ music awards take the blame With his trademark bandana tied around his head, open shirt and face wrin- kled by years of hard partying and struggles with addiction, Richards’ image f you hear that “Roar” loud and clear, it might taking over the live performance of Katy at the can restart. We had a little problem with the sound.” incarnates pure, undiluted rock and roll. His low voice sounds otherworldly, actually be a backing track. Katy Perry’s mouth beginning of the delivery tube of the ‘Roar,’” a state- We’ll say. while his virtuosity on the guitar has turned even his critics into grudging fans. Iwas moving, but the (correct) words were just ment read, translated from French to English by “I’m sorry to stop all your energy - I prefer you to Along with the Beatles, the Stones revolutionized popular music in the 1960s. not coming out as the pop star performed her hit Google Translate. “TF1 and NRJ present their apolo- be the best,” the man added. The performance-crash- Richards hits the road with fellow bandmates Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and single at the 15th annual NRJ music awards in gies to Katy Perry ... for this technical problem er (who may have been the awards show host, he was Ronnie Wood plus special guest Mick Taylor, who played with the group from Cannes on Saturday. The lip movements and the beyond our control.” dressed nicely and had a microphone) then counted 1969 to 1974, on its “14 on Fire” tour that debuts February 21 in Abu Dhabi. In lyrics were not even close to being in sync - Perry’s Previously, Katy Perry’s reps did not respond to Perry down for another go at it, which she uncomfort- the run up to the two milestones Richards’ web site is urging fans to send him mouth was a few full seconds away from the play- TheWrap’s requests for comment. Unfortunately for ably complied with. But this time she definitely sang commentaries that will be presented to him as a gift. back, creating an incredibly awkward performance. Perry but fortunately for internet trolls, the whole live - and while it may have looked better, it surely “People say ‘why don’t you give it up?’ I don’t think they quite understand. Updated: On Tuesday, after the video of the inci- thing was caught on videotape and is currently didn’t sound like an improvement. “Roar” is Grammy- I’m not doing it just for the money, or for you. I’m doing it for me,” Richards said dent went viral, the NRJ Awards shouldered the making the viral rounds. At around the 52-second nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo in “Life”, his autobiography, published in 2010. Much has happened since blame: “Katy Perry sang live during the NRJ Music mark of the below clip, a smooth French guy hops Performance. Perry performed the hit single at the Richards left Dartford, a town on the outskirts of London where he lived with Awards in Cannes on Saturday night, but unfortu- on stage, awkwardly halting the performance, kiss- American Music Awards, where she drew some criti- his working class family, met Jagger on a train and with him formed in 1962 nately a bad soundtrack was accidentally launched, ing Perry’s hand and saying, “If you don’t mind, we cism for dressing as a geisha. — Reuters what is today regarded by many as the world’s greatest rock and roll band. The Stones in the 1960s drew on the work of black American rhythm and blues and maestros like Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. Richards’ guitar riffs are among the most emblematic in the history of rock, etched in the memory of millions with tunes like “Satisfaction”, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, “Sympathy for the Devil” “Brown Sugar”, “Let’s Spend the Night Together” and “Start Me Up”. Besides their musical wizardry, Richards and Jagger gained Swift, U2, Coldplay and Jay-Z will fame as womanizing boozers and drug users who were “anti-establishment” in a country steeped in tradition. Their excesses in the 1960s and 70s brought scan- dal, trials and jail stints and in 1969 the founding Stones guitar player, Brian Jones, drowned in a swimming pool. —AFP compete for Best Song Oscar aylor Swift, U2, Coldplay, Jay-Z and the Kings have three each. of Leon could all end up performing on the Incidentally, there’s no guarantee that any of the The list TAcademy Awards next year, if Oscar voters nominated songs will actually be performed on the choose them from the list of 75 eligible songs Oscar show. The show’s producers, Neil Meron and “Amen” from “All Is Lost” released by the Academy on Friday. All of those Craig Zadan, also produced the last Oscars, at “Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone” Bella Hardy pop stars perform songs that qualified in the which two of the nominated songs were per- “Doby” from “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” “Last Mile Home” from “August: Osage County” much-maligned Best Original Song category, which formed in full, a third was given a 40-second ver- “Austenland” from “Austenland” over the last three years has ranged from a low of sion as part of a medley, and two others were dis- “Comic Books” from “Austenland” 39 in 2011 to a high of 75 in 2012 and now 2013. pensed with through film clips. “L.O.V.E.D.A.R.C.Y” from “Austenland” U2’s “Ordinary Love” and Coldplay’s “Atlas” are And for the first time, the Academy is holding a “What Up” from “Austenland” featured in the films “Mandela: Long Walk to concert at UCLA’s Royce Hall three days before the “He Loves Me Still” from “Black Nativity” Freedom” and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” Oscars, at which all the nominated composers and “Hush Child (Get You Through This Silent Night)” from respectively. Swift performs the song “Sweeter artists will be invited to perform. Although the “Black Nativity” Than Fiction” from “One Chance,” Jay-Z “Test Of Faith” from “Black Nativity” “Forgiveness” from “Brave Miss World” does “100$ Bill” from “The Great Gatsby” “Lullaby Song” from “Cleaver’s Destiny” A minute with and the Kings of Leon do “Last Mile “Shine Your Way” from “The Croods” Home” from “August: Osage County.” “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2 Of course, Oscar Music Branch voters “Gonna Be Alright” from “Epic” British folk singer Hardy have never courted pop stars quite as “Rise Up” from “Epic” avidly as the Golden Globe voters, who “What Matters Most” from “Escape from Planet Earth” on delving into the past last week opted for a lineup that includ- “Bones” from “For No Good Reason” ed Swift, U2, Coldplay and Justin “Going Nowhere” from “For No Good Reason” “Gonzo” from “For No Good Reason” iddle player and songwriter Bella Hardy has been in the vanguard of the Timberlake (with “Please Mr Kennedy,” a “The Courage To Believe” from “Free China: The Courage to FBritish folk revival of the last few years, with six albums under her belt and song from “Inside Llewyn Davis” that Believe” numerous award nominations, including BBC Radio 2’s Folk Singer of the Year. isn’t eligible for the Oscars). So the stars “Let It Go” from “Frozen” Hardy has been hailed as a talent to watch since her 2007 debut album “Night on the list will have stiff competition “100$ Bill” from “The Great Gatsby” Visiting”, and in 2012 she won BBC Radio 2’s Folk Award for Best Original Song from the likes of “Let It Go,” the power “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” from “The for “The Herring Girl”. ballad from Disney’s “Frozen” that could Great Gatsby” Far from resting on her laurels, however, she is planning a tour of her 30 potentially give its co-writer Robert “Over The Love” from “The Great Gatsby” favorite venues to mark her 30th birthday next year and celebrate her work to Lopez the last leg of the Emmy- “Together” from “The Great Gatsby” “Young and Beautiful” from “The Great Gatsby” date before beginning afresh. “I’ve always been the youngest in all the things Grammy-Oscar-Tony grand slam known I’ve done,” she told Reuters by phone from a Stafford churchyard while on her “The Moon Song” from “Her” as the EGOT. Academy has not commented, many Oscar-watch- “I See Fire” from “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christmas tour. “As a teenager I was the youngest in a band called The Pack. My Other songs on the list include a number from ers have speculated that the concert, which is not nickname was ‘Baby Pack’.” “Bite Of Our Lives” from “How Sweet It Is” animated films, including Pharrell’s “Happy” from expected to be televised, is a way to move the “Try” from “How Sweet It Is” Turning 30 seemed like a good time to take stock with a tour that would “Despicable Me 2,” Snoop Dogg’s “Let the Bass Go” nominated music off the Oscar show.