‘She’s an amazing singer, but I’ve worn sparklier dresses’: Mick Jagger gives shout-out to Adele at BST show

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She’s an amazing singer, but I’ve worn sparklier dresses.” The gig started with a video tribute to drummer Charlie Watts, who died last August. Jagger said: “We played with Charlie for 60 years and we really, really miss him, so we dedicate this show to him.” The band opened with “Get Off My Cloud” and at one point they played Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”, with Jagger saying there was a guy they knew “who won the Nobel Prize for Literature and he wrote us this song”. After “Honky Tonk Women”, he joked: “Welcome to the American Express British Summer Time Covid super spreader event.” The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park Jagger introduced guitarist and keen painter Ronnie Wood as “the Botticelli of Belgravia” and said Keith Richards had come “all the way from Dartford”. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Other fan favourites included “Miss You”, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, “Paint It Black”, “Start Me Up”, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”.