After the successes of the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle tours, the band took a break. Recordings from the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle tours produced the 1991 concert album Flashpoint (UK 6; US 16), which also included two studio tracks recorded in 1991: the one “Highwire” and “Sex Drive”. After Wyman’s departure, the Rolling Stones’ new distributor/record label, Virgin Records, remastered and repackaged the band’s back catalogue from Sticky Fingers to Steel Wheels, except for the three live albums, and issued one other hits compilation in 1993 entitled Jump Back (UK 16; US 30). By 1993 the Stones set upon their next studio album. The band headlined the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto live performance in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to help the city which they’ve used for rehearsals because the Steel Wheels tour recover from the 2003 SARS epidemic. The Rolling Stones performed a personal tribute concert for him at London’s a hundred Club in February 1986, two days earlier than they were introduced with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The writing of the one “The Last Time,” The Rolling Stones’ first main single, proved a turning point. Jagger, recalling when he first heard the likes of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Fats Domino and other major American R&B artists, stated it “appeared probably the most actual thing” he had heard as much as that time.
In 1988, with the Rolling Stones inactive, Richards released his first solo album, Talk Is Cheap (UK 37; US 24). It was nicely received by fans and critics, going gold within the US. On 26 September 2007, it was introduced The Rolling Stones had made $437 million on the A bigger Bang Tour to list them in the latest version of Guinness World Records. On 10 June 2007, the band carried out their first gig at a festival in 30 years, on the Isle of Wight Festival, to a crowd of 65,000. On 26 August 2007, they played their final live performance of the A much bigger Bang Tour at the O2 Arena in London, England. Despite the Rolling Stones’ predilection for blues and R&B numbers on their early dwell setlists, the first unique compositions by the band reflected a extra huge-ranging interest. In a 2007 interview with Mick Jagger after practically two years of touring, Jagger refused to say when the band goes to retire: “I’m certain the Rolling Stones will do more things, more data and extra tours, we’ve obtained no plans to cease any of that really. So far as I’m involved, I’m positive we’ll continue.” In March 2008 Keith Richards sparked rumours that a new Rolling Stones studio album may be forthcoming, saying during an interview following the premiere of Shine a Light, “I feel we’d make one other album. Once we get over doing promotion on this movie”.
A much bigger Bang was released on 6 September to sturdy opinions, together with a glowing write-up in Rolling Stone magazine. Keith Richards in Hannover, 2006, throughout the A bigger Bang TourThe Rolling Stones ended the nineties with the album Bridges To Babylon (UK 6; US 3), launched in 1997 to combined reviews. Richards referred to as it “a bridge into fascinated with writing for the Stones. It gave us a stage of confidence; a pathway of how you can do it.” The tune was based on a traditional gospel song popularised by The Staples Singers, but the Rolling Stones’ number options a particular guitar riff (performed on stage by Brian Jones). On 29 October and 1 November 2006, director Martin Scorsese filmed the Rolling Stones performing at New York City’s Beacon Theatre, in front of an viewers that included Bill and Hillary Clinton, released because the 2008 movie Shine a Light; the movie also options visitor appearances by Buddy Guy, Jack White and Christina Aguilera. Los Angeles, New York and London. York University to study filmmaking and attended writing lessons.
Jagger and Richards took part in “The Concert for brand spanking new York City”, performing “Salt of the Earth” and “Miss You” with a backing band. On 9 November 2003, the band performed their first live performance in Hong Kong as a part of the Harbour Fest celebration, additionally in support of the SARS-affected economy. Charlie Watts released two jazz albums; Ronnie Wood made his fifth solo album, the first in eleven years, known as Slide On This; Keith Richards launched his second solo album in late 1992, Main Offender (UK 45; US 99), and did a small tour together with large concert events in Spain and Argentina. Drummer Charlie Watts remarked that he obtained ailing each time he stopped working. Darryl Jones, former sideman of Miles Davis and Sting, was chosen by Charlie Watts as Wyman’s alternative for 1994’s Voodoo Lounge (UK 1; US 2). The album met strong critiques and gross sales, going double platinum in the US. 1994 also brought the accompanying Voodoo Lounge Tour, which lasted into 1995. Numbers from numerous concerts and rehearsals (mostly acoustic) made up Stripped (UK 9; US 9), which featured a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone”, in addition to infrequently played songs like “Shine a Light”, “Sweet Virginia” and “The Spider and the Fly”.