JOY FEELINGS MAGAZINE Feb.2015 | Page 86

greatest-hits album, GRRR! The album included two new tracks, "Doom and Gloom" and "One More Shot." On October 25, they played a surprise show to about 600 people in Paris. In November 2012, the group played two shows at London's The 02 Arena, and in December, they performed at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the Prudential Center in New Jersey. The Stones were joined on stage by Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman for these gigs. The band also joined artists including the Who, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney for "12-12-12," Recently……… the Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden. Through their five decades as a band, no one has yet stripped the Rolling Stones of their title as the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band. In 2002, Keith Richards had this to say in USA Today about the group’s improbable longevity: “People thought it couldn’t be done. We never thought of trying it. We are just here. It’s a vague mission you can’t give up until you keel over.”