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Here's the latest news on the Net 'bout the Rolling Stones.

Keith On The Net
If you missed Keith chatting on AOL, you can find a transcript of it on Jim Crowley's site.

Bowie Proves Top Of The Pops With Stars; Stones 25th

His career may be a series of critical highs and lows - but David Bowie has proved to be an enduring hit with contemporaries who named him the top music star of the past 30 years in a new poll.

The poll was compiled by London listings magazine Time Out to mark its 30th birthday, with votes from stars like Boy George, Robbie Williams and Mick Hucknall.

The list in full:
1. David Bowie
2. Beatles
3. Bob Marley
4. James Brown
5. Marvin Gaye
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Stevie Wonder
8. Kraftwerk
9. Iggy Pop
10. Bob Dylan
11. Stone Roses
12. New Order
13. Led Zeppelin
14. Public Enemy
15. Tom Waits
16. Happy Mondays
17. Al Green
18. The Clash
19. Abba
20. Marc Bolan
21. Joni Mitchell
22. Van Morrison
23. Sex Pistols
24. Kate Bush
25. Rolling Stones
26. Patti Smith
27. Aretha Franklin
28. Sly & the Family Stone
29. Miles Davies
30. (Tie) Blur and Pixies

(Editor's note: I haven't seen the complete list of voters in this poll, but I would suspect that the Stones' low rating is due to the age of the voters. I don't think many of them are actually Stones contemporaries.)

Rolling Stones tickets going for up to $600

The Rolling Stones will play a rare Connecticut concert next March, and local ticket agencies already are pricing seats at up to $600, the Hartford Courant reported Friday.

The band's publicists have said average ticket prices for the 1999 tour will run $75 a seat. The Stones charged $300 for the best seats last January when they played New York's Madison Square Garden, where three sellout shows grossed nearly $6.4 million.

The band rarely plays in Connecticut, even though guitarist Keith Richards lives in the southwestern part of the state. When it last played in Hartford 17 years ago, tickets went for $15.

On a roll, the Rolling Stones announce another tour
With a momentum unseen since the 1960s, the Rolling Stones on Monday announced their third North American tour in as many years, but this time they will bring their extravaganza to indoor arenas instead of huge stadiums.

Details were announced at a series of news conferences held throughout North America by the promoters of each concert. The Rolling Stones themselves did not attend any of the gatherings but did share their feelings in a 13-minute videotape.

"I don't know what they see in us, really," mused guitarist Keith Richards. "I know it's a good

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