Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood made a surprise appearance onstage last night (19 February) at Stereophonics’ invite-only Q The Music Club Live At The Hospital show.
Having turned up to watch the gig with pal, World Champion snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan, Wood joined Kelly Jones and co for their last song, a cover of The Beatles’ Don’t Let Me Down.
Performing acoustically for a 100-strong audience of competition winners at The Hospital Club in London’s Covent Garden, Stereophonics had earlier treated fans to a selection of tracks spanning their entire career, from debut single Local Boy In The Photograph (which went “triple plywood with a bullet” in 1996) to cuts from their recent Number 1 album Pull The Pin.
Joking that he had “no fucking clue what was going on”, frontman Kelly Jones was on mischievous form, sipping red wine throughout and indulging in filthy scatological banter. He also acknowledged the fact that actress-turned-musician Scarlett Johansson was in town, just down the road in Leicester Square, quipping: “We’re going to go and find her after the gig. Maybe she’ll let us be her backing band.”
The full set-list was as follows:
Bank Holiday Monday
The Bartender And The Thief
I Wouldn’t Believe Your Radio
My Friends
Pick A Part That’s New
It Means Nothing
Local Boy In The Photograph
Just Looking
Dakota
[encore]
Maybe Tomorrow
Don’t Let Me Down
Highlights of the show will be broadcast on Q Radio in March. You can read an in-depth review of the gig in the May issue of Q, on sale 1 April.
You can browse a gallery of images from the night here.
Watch fan footage of the impromptu collaboration here.
11:22 AM | 20/02/2008
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Thanks for a great night out Q! It was amazing, and Ronnie Wood coming on at the end was a bonus!
Fingers crossed for the Seth Lakeman tickets aswell!
xx
Posted by Sam at 3:37 PM | 21/02/2008 | Report Abuse
A fantastic gig. Was great to see the songs played acoustically, the way that most of them were written.
Ronnie was quite the surprise and a very welcome one at that!
Posted by Rob at 3:57 PM | 21/02/2008 | Report Abuse
Fantastic night, awesome gig, Ronnie Wood at the end was the icing on an already very enjoyable cake!
Thanks Q Magazine!
Posted by Ju at 11:58 AM | 23/02/2008 | Report Abuse
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