Rolling Stone Exhibit Heads For New York [UPDATE]

A recent  press release about this exhibit is saying it is headed to New York now ahead of the world tour. The Rolling Stones are no doubt legend and history of our culture here in the US and even more to the point in Britain.  This I am sure why the esteemed Saatchi Gallery felt it prudent and no doubt lucrative to feature them in an exhibit that spans their humble beginnings to their world domination.

The exhibit started in April and runs through September in London before going on tour around the world. Covering nine rooms and two floors of memorabilia visitors will see thing like:

• A hand-typed Q&A from their fan club that asks Mick Jagger to state his personal ambition. His answer? "To own a business." From 1963.
• A re-creation of the flat that members of the band shared in Edith Grove, Chelsea, back in 1962.
• 500 objects, covering everything from personal journals and stage outfits to instruments and original artwork.
• A room for all the stuff that doesn't fit easily into the regimented areas covering "The Studio", "Film", “Design”
• An entire room devoted to the band's working methods in the
• Fashion playing a big part in this business, and a hall of mannequins finds Brian Jones's dogtooth jacket and Keith's animal prints rubbing shoulders with Jagger's skimpy jumpsuits and the designer creations he wears on stage for Sympathy for the Devil.
• A video by Martin Scorsese's about the various Stones documentaries down the years (including rare footage from the long-suppressed Cocksucker Blues).
• And an area devoted to album design is brimming with trivia nuggets, including the creative solution to the Sticky Fingers zip conundrum.
• The final showpiece, a “3D experience” of seeing the band in concert, is cheesy as hell, but guaranteed to have you leaving with a smile on your face. It may also have you booking to see them play at your local enormo-dome soon. And that, Mr Jagger, makes for good business.