Watts met wife Shirley Ann Shephard before the band hit the big time, and they married in 1964. I’d had enough of it - that was it,” he replied. The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has revealed the secret to his 54 year marriage. I used to think that at the end of every tour. I’ve thought that the band might stop a lot of times. He also touched on the idea of whether the Stones would ever retire. “There’s nothing worse than playing in a club with three people sitting in the front - one’s your girlfriend and the other’s your mate - and that’s the audience.” The Rolling Stones exist because people come to the shows,” Watts continued. “I love it and I do interviews because I want people to come and see the band. I’ve never been interested in doing interviews or being seen. The news comes just 16 months after the death of her husband Charlie Watts, who died of cancer in 2021. Charlie Watts met his wife, Shirley Ann Shepard before he experienced success through The Rolling Stones, and he has been happily married to her since 1964. Having said that, I do have four vintage cars and can’t drive the bloody things. Shirley Watts, the wife of The Rolling Stones’ drummer Charlie, has died aged 84. “Because I’m not really a rock star,” he said.

Meet Steve Jordan, the Rolling Stones drummer who may replace Charlie Watts Charlie Watts and his wife, Shirley, stayed together for 57 years before his death on Aug. We kindly request that the privacy of his family, band members and close friends is respected at this difficult time,” the statement concluded. “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation. He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family,” the band said in a statement. “It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts.

The couple smiled together at an event for the dog foundation Forever Hounds Trust in May 2020 in one of the last photos of Watts before he died. Rolling Stones drummer and music icon Charlie Watts attended one last charity event with Shirley Ann Shephard, his wife of 57 years. Rolling Stones reveal Charlie Watts recorded new tracks before death How the Rolling Stones overcame heroin addiction to make ‘Exile’ Shirley Watts, widow of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, dead at 84 The Rolling Stones to record new music with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr

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