Was Mick Jagger's 'Primitive Cool' Tour Just a Ruse?
Was Mick Jagger’s ‘Primitive Cool’ Tour Just a Ruse? Simon Phillips, who played drums on Mick Jagger’s 1987 solo album Primitive Cool and was a member of the band he took on tour the following year, suggested that the road trip was just a ruse to get the Rolling Stones into Japan. Jagger booked shows in only Japan and Australia, seemingly as a result of the lukewarm response to the album. But in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Phillips said he wondered if there was another reason for the way things worked out on the 1988 road trip. “When we started playing shows in Japan, hal...
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