The Rolling Stones guitarist marked his big day on Saturday and his pals organised a big bash between the band's sold-out shows in Chicago, Illinois. Wood took to his Twitter.com page to share photos of his party, including one of him playing a game of musical chairs. He also shared a snapshot of the special T-shirts guests wore, which read "66 and Counting: The Ronnie Wood Party" and featured the ape from the cover of the Rolling Stones' album GRRR! wearing a party hat and smoking a cigarette. He also tweeted a Happy Birthday message to his bandmate Charlie Watts, who turned 72 on Sunday

Sting will release his first full-length album of original material in a decade this September. The Last Ship, the follow-up to 2003's Sacred Love, grew out of musical of the same name that Sting has been working on, The New York Times reports. The musical, set in a shipyard near Wallsend, England, could make its Broadway debut in 2014.

The album will feature several songs from the musical including the title track, which is a waltz-time folk tune with Christian images related in a North England dialect; along with "And Yet," a funk number sung from the perspective of a sailor returning home wondering about the woman he left behind when he he shipped out.

The songs, which Sting has been working on for nearly three years, seek to advance the plot of the play and emphasize storytelling. The Grammy winner's collaborators have included Skyfall writer John Logan and playwright Brian Yorkey.

The play is a homecoming story set during the decline of the shipbuilding industry in England during the 1980s, and will be directed by Joe Mantello, best known for his work in Wicked and Other Desert Cities.

Since releasing Sacred Love in 2003, Sting has put out greatest hits compilations, an album of Renaissance-era lute music, a holiday LP and a symphonic album with orchestral arrangements of his previous work.

Richie Sambora Slams Jon Bon Jovi For Hinting He’s Back On Drugs & Alcohol: ‘Stop The Trash Talking!’

After Jon Bon Jovi hinted in an interview that member Richie Sambora recently left the famous rock band because he was back on drugs and alcohol, the guitarist is unleashing his fury and denying all the allegations.

“It’s getting more and more difficult every day to not just sit here and say something… Because all I can say is this — it’s for personal reasons,” Jon explained to the Standard about Sambora’s reason for leaving the band. “He’s been through it before, fortunately for us the same guy who filled in last time was available this time.” But Sambora claims he’s perfectly fine!

“I don’t have any major problems in life right now,” Sambora, who checked into rehab in 2011 for alcohol abuse, spat in an exclusive interview with The Daily Mail.
“I love my fans and I feel bad for them at the moment. Bottom line.” “My opinion is Jon wants to see if he can pull off stadiums by himself. He is making it very difficult for me to comeback,” Sambora continued about his take on the real reason he isn’t in the band anymore. “Enough with the trash talking!”