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Royal Mail has announced a special set of stamps in celebration of The Rolling Stones.
The 12 stamps will be a tribute to the band, who celebrates their 60th anniversary this year after forming in London in 1962.
Eight of the stamps will feature images from some of their most famous performances over the years, including dates such as 1969’s London Hyde Park show held on July 5, just two days after the death of founding member Brian Jones.
The free outdoor festival, marketed as The Stones In The Park, saw the live debut of his replacement guitarist, Mick Taylor, who was later replaced by Ronnie Wood.
Other performances to feature on the eight stamps include those from Rotterdam, Netherlands, in August 1995 and their gig at the Knebworth Festival in August 1976.
A further four stamps will be available in a miniature sheet format and will feature two shots of the band together and two of their vintage worldwide tour posters.
The Rolling Stones – Sir Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards – worked closely with Royal Mail on the issue of the stamps, which also feature drummer Charlie Watts, who died in August last year.
The rockers are only the fourth music group to feature in a dedicated stamp issue, Royal Mail said, following The Beatles in 2007, Pink Floyd in 2016 and Queen in 2020.
David Gold, Royal Mail’s director of public affairs and policy, said: ‘Few bands in the history of rock have managed to carve out a career as rich and expansive as that of the Rolling Stones.
‘They have created some of modern music’s most iconic and inspirational albums, with ground-breaking live performances to match.’
The stamps go on sale from January 20.
The Rolling Stones are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era.
They pioneered the gritty, heavier-driven sound that came to define hard rock, with some of their most famous hits including (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Paint It, Black and Gimme Shelter.
Over the years, the group’s estimated record sales of 200million makes them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
They’ve also won three Grammys and a Grammy lifetime achievement award, and have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
They’re still going strong as their latest release, Blue & Lonesome, became their 12th UK number one album in 2016.
Following Watts’ death in 2021 at the age of 80, the band continued as a four-piece core, with Darryl Jones playing bass on tour and on most studio recordings.
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