The Rolling Stones launches official app part of 50th anniversary via Endemol and Dainty Group

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RS Official Homepage.jpgAs part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the world’s greatest rock n’ roll band, the first ever official app for The Rolling Stones has launched worldwide today.

The Rolling Stones Official App has been developed and produced by global entertainment company Endemol in partnership with live entertainment promoters Dainty Group and the Rolling Stones.

 

The Rolling Stones Official App will allow fans across the globe unprecedented interaction with the rock icons. Developed with the personal involvement of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood, the app is free to download from today (some countries may take up to 24 hours to come online) and is initially exclusive to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

RS Official Videos2.jpgFans can unlock exclusive content including never seen before interviews and performances during the tour preparation – shot especially for the app and available in the exclusive paid-for section; win tickets to the upcoming tour ‘The Rolling Stones Live – 50 & Counting’; keep up to date with all of the latest breaking news – available in the app before anywhere else; see a spectacular collection of photos and videos of the band across the decades and more.

Announcements will be made soon regarding previously unreleased content, exclusive to the app; and a feature that will let fans worldwide vote for a favourite track to be played at a forthcoming gig.

 

The Rolling Stones Official App also allows fans anywhere in the world to connect with each other and with the band themselves; preview tracks for free; listen to and buy any song from The Rolling Stones catalogue on iTunes; buy exclusive merchandise; follow tweets from the Stones; check out tour dates and check-in to tell the world ‘I was there!’ and much more.

jager.jpgSays Mick Jagger: “We wanted to do something a bit special and innovative. An App that really connects with the user, lots of exclusive content, integration with social networks, and the ability to make a song request for the upcoming shows.”

 

keith.jpgSays Keith Richards: “There’ll be quite a few surprises in there for the fans; some behind the scenes footage; some old, some new stuff that very few people get to see.  It’s all part of a rather splendid celebration for us.”

 

The launch of The Rolling Stones Official App comes as the band prepares for their long awaited return to the stage with five spectacular arena shows in London and New York with the final gig on December 15 being telecast live via pay-per-view around the world (9pm ET in the US). For each country, details of how to watch the show, entitled “One More Shot”, can be found in the app.

 

RS Official News.jpgThe concerts will be the first opportunity for audiences to see The Rolling Stones perform on stage for more than five years. The rock icons will play to thousands of fans at London’s O2 Arena on November 25 and 29, and then cross the ocean to perform at Brooklyn Barclays Center, New York on December 8 and the Prudential Center, Newark, on December 13 and 15.

 

The announcement also follows the release of the Greatest Hits collection, GRRR! and the worldwide release of ‘Crossfire Hurricane’, the new film directed by Brett Morgen, chronicling the key periods of the Stones’ career spanning five decades.

 

Additionally, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City is now hosting “The Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Film,” a comprehensive film retrospective that chronicles the band from the mid-1960s until today; open through 2 December.