Keith Richards in October.Photo:Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Keith Richardsis feeling the birthday love!
The legendaryRolling Stonesrocker turned 80 on Tuesday, and he rang in a new decade with tributes from his family and famous bandmates.
Stones frontmanMick Jagger— whocelebrated his own 80th birthdayin July — shared a photo of the pair smiling together in sunglasses toInstagram, wishing Richards a happy birthday and signing the post, “Love Mick.”
Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards backstage before The Rolling Stones surprise set in celebration of their new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’ on October 19, 2023 in New York City.Kevin Mazur/Getty
Kevin Mazur/Getty
Ronnie Wood also shared several photos of him with Richards, including a few throwbacks. “🎂🎉❤️😎Happy 80th birthday @officialkeef!🎸❤🥳,” wrote Wood, 76.
“Charlie said of his lifelong friend, ‘Keith is the most interesting, the most different of us all…He’s a man of vision, and one of the few people who hasn’t really changed over the years. Wherever he goes, whatever he does, he’s always Keith. He’ll be in his room and all the stuff that makes him Keith will be there. The music’s going, the wine’s there, his guitar’s there, and he’ll be sitting in the middle of it all like some wonderful sultan. It’s fantastic. It’s not a new thing, it’s the way he’s always been,’” the caption read.
Meanwhile, Richards’ daughters also got in on the fun; Theodora, 38, shared a photo toInstagramof her dad cuddling with a dog, as well as a throwback shot of him in all his rock star glory.
“Happy birthday to this amazing gentle rock n roll blues soul. Love you so daddio!!!!” she captioned her post.
Her sister Alexandra, 37, alsogave her dad a shoutoutwith a photo of a light in the sky and a shot of Richards with wife Patti Hansen, with whom hecelebrated 40 years of marriageon Monday.
“Happy 80 Happy 40 years! Your light forever burns bright within me. Love you both xx,” she captioned her post.
Keith Richards and Patti Hansen.Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
Richards marked his milestone anniversary with his own post dedicated to Hansen on Monday that featured a photo of them cutting a celebratory cake following their nuptials.
“For Patricia, Happy 40th Anniversary! I love you. Keith🖤,” Richards captioned the post, which saw him wearing a tuxedo alongside the model and actress, 67, who sported a satin, short-sleeve wedding dress against a backdrop of the ocean.
“Keith…long may you twirl, Splash, curl, slash, take a blue marble and turn it into a 49 Mercury saw the girl in half and make the elephant disappear…” Waits wrote, in part, according toAmerican Songwriter. “Happy Birthday KEITH the big 80 is here, slap it in the face and wake it up… Love, T O M W.”
Despite the big birthday, Richards is showing no signs of slowing down. He and his Stones bandmates released the new albumHackney Diamondsin October, and will take the albumon the road next yearfor a 16-date run of stadium concerts across the United States and Canada.
source: people.com
