Three of the four Rolling Stones are to meet up and get back into the music later this month, fuelling the long-lived rumours that they will go on a 50th anniversary tour next year. Mick Jagger has not confirmed his attendance.

"We're just going to play a little together," Keith Richards told Rolling Stone magazine. "You don't necessarily want to rehearse or write anything – you just want to touch bases. That's a good start: me, Charlie and Ronnie. Mick's welcome, and I'm sure he'll turn up, but right now we just want to get our chops down."