8th August
Rolling Stones' first gig in Holland at the Kurhaus theatre, Scheveningen, Den Haag ends in a massive riot.
7th August
Rolling Stones headline 4th National Jazz & Blues Festival, Athletic Ground, Richmond, Surrey.
25th July
Release of Stones' third US single - It's All Over Now b/w Good Times, Bad Times – London 45-LON.9687. Reached No.26 in the charts.
26th June
Release of Rolling Stones 4th UK single – It's All Over Now b/w Good Times, Bad Times – Decca F.11934. Went to No.1.
13th June
Release of Rolling Stones second US Single - Tell Me b/w I Just Want To Make Love To You – London 45-LON.9682. Reached No.24 in charts.
10th June
First edition of UK Rolling Stones Monthly magazine (30 editions published on 10th of every month).
21st April
Show: Beat Festival, Withdean Stadium, Brighton, Sussex which was originally scheduled for May is cancelled by the police.
19th April
The Stones went abroad for the first time and played at the International Golden Rose TV Awards, in Montreux, Switzerland.
16th April
Show: Cubi-Club, Rochdale, Lancashire – where there was a massive riot and the show was cancelled by police.
March 14th
Ray Coleman (Melody Maker) wrote his famous piece 'Would You Let Your Sister Go With A Rolling Stone'.
Bill Wyman joins the Rolling Stones
Following Dick Taylor's departure in September, Bill Wyman joins the Rolling Stones in December 1962.
Bill says: "I went to the Wetherby Arms pub in World's End, Chelsea. I was introduced to Mick, who was quite friendly, and I was then introduced to Brian and Keith. And they were very cool and showed little interest. However, I got the equipment out and set it up and suddenly there was lots of interest because I had a huge bass amp that I'd made. I had an AC30 Vox amp, and another smaller amp, a Watkins Westminster. They had horrible amps, so they were happy. I bought a round of drinks for everyone and offered them cigarettes, and of course, they were jumped upon immediately because they all smoked but couldn't afford any.
"We rehearsed some Jimmy Reed songs and some pretty authentic Blues. I thought the general opinion from the boys was 'really good amps, bass playing is nothing special, but we'll keep him so we can use the amps. They asked me to come to the next rehearsal and I agreed."
10th October
Brian saw the Chris Barber band & Alexis Korner Concert in Cheltenham, where he met Alexis & chatted.