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Tax Exiles on Main Street
In 1975, at the height of the international fame that turned them into multimillionaire tax exiles, the Rolling Stones embarked on a 27-city, 10-week “Tour of the Americas.” LISA ROBINSON went with them. From tapes and notes hidden away for 25 years, she reconstructs the surreal, sometimes Marx Brothers-like atmosphere that accompanied the Starship 720S tour jet: Mick Jagger’s late-night phone calls and dedication to the group; Keith Richards’s dark and elusive aura; and the groupies, hangers-on, and celebrities—Liza Minnelli, Elton John, Goldie Hawn—who swarmed around “the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world”
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Tax Exiles on Main Street
In 1975, at the height of the international fame that turned them into multimillionaire tax exiles, the Rolling Stones embarked on a 27-city, 10-week “Tour of the Americas.” LISA ROBINSON went with them. From tapes and notes hidden away for 25 years, she reconstructs the surreal, sometimes Marx Brothers-like atmosphere that accompanied the Starship 720S tour jet: Mick Jagger’s late-night phone calls and dedication to the group; Keith Richards’s dark and elusive aura; and the groupies, hangers-on, and celebrities—Liza Minnelli, Elton John, Goldie Hawn—who swarmed around “the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world”
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