In case you missed it last week – and I am sorry if you did – Steve and I gave away what may have been the coolest prize I have given away in all my years of radio. I am talking about the crown jewel of them all! We gave away tickets to see The Rolling Stones when they come to Philadelphia this summer!

We played a game called Take The Fifth, which involved us giving a clue (the left side of the picture below) and the contestants guessing the song name to go with the clue (the right side of the picture below).

Take a look at the songs we used below. 

I know what you are thinking, “Matt, you and Steve give away cool prizes and tickets all the time, what makes these tickets to see The Rolling Stones so special?”

Well, let me tell you, these were not just any old tickets to see The Rolling Stones – we gave out tickets in the fifth row, the fourth row, the third row, and even the second row!

But wait, it got even better – we even gave out tickets in the very first row to one lucky listener!

I have been doing radio for a long time, and I don’t think I ever have given out Stones tickets in the front row!

I mean we are talking about the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world, and we gave away tickets in the first five rows! What could be better than that?!

To put that in perspective of just how close all of our winners will be, when the Stones come to town on June 11th, they will be playing at The Linc. There’s like one hundred rows in there! We are talking about an NFL stadium, and Steve and I were fortunate enough to give away tickets in the first five rows!

If you can’t tell by now, I am a huge fan of The Rolling Stones. 

I have seen them over 30 times in my life, and each of those times I was left impressed with how great of a show the guys put on.

I have actually met them backstage a couple of times, and they could not have been cooler. Take a look at the main picture of this story and you will see me right next to the legend himself, Mick Jagger!

Plus, I actually had the chance to see them perform at The Tower Theatre back on September 22nd, 2002. It was the only time they played at that great venue.

Anyway, I hope all of our winners have an amazing time on June 11th, and maybe I will see a few of you there!

Beatles and Rolling Stones fans got some potentially exciting news this week, with word Paul McCartney will be appearing on the new Rolling Stones album. According to Variety, Paul reportedly played bass on a track from the upcoming release.

While this is fantastic news, it's not the first time The Beatles and Rolling Stones intermingled on record. Below are a few highlights:

The Stones had released their debut single in June, 1963, a cover of Chuck Berry's "Come On," and it did relatively well on the charts.   The story goes Mick ran into John and Paul and asked them to give the Stones a song for their second single, and they responded with "I Wanna Be Your Man," which cracked the UK top 15.  Of course, The Beatles would release their version a week later on their album, With The Beatles.

You can see Mick and Keith on the video for the song, recorded at Olympic Studios and broadcast live from Abbey Road Studios around the world on the BBC.

On the original master tape box of this classic Beatles track is written, "The Beatles...+ Mick Jagger?" Jagger ostensibly did attend the session at Olympic Studios, adding background vocals at the very end of the song that would appear as the b-side of the "All You Need Is Love" single.

Just one month after the release of The Beatles' "Baby You're A Rich Man," the Stones put out a standalone single for their fans, grateful for the support they received amidst Mick and Keith's drug possession allegations.  The song was "We Love You," and John Lennon and Paul McCartney join in on the chorus vocals.

This quirky song was released as the b-side to "Let It Be" in 1970, though it was recorded in 1967.  Apparently, Paul had invited Ther Stones' Brian Jones to the session, assuming he'd bring a guitar to play.  He showed up "very nervous," according to Paul,. and brought a saxophone with him instead. That's his "ropey" solo you hear at the end of this song.

This one-off supergroup, made up of John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell, formed for the Rolling Stones' pseudo concert film, "The Rock And Roll Circus."  They did one of John's great White Album tracks for the film.

Back in 1973, John Lennon produced a version of the Holland-Dozier-Holland song "Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)" for Mick Jagger.  It featured a killer lineup of musicians, including Harry Nilsson, Jack Bruce, Al Kooper, Jesse Ed Davis and Jim Keltner, and remained unreleased for 34 years!