Got this as well, mine was slightly different:

You recently received an e-mail from us with information about a scheduled renewal of your membership at RollingStones.com.

Please disregard this e-mail. 

The Rolling Stones Fan Club is not accepting renewals at this time. Instead we are extending all paid members' membership year at no cost for an indeterminate time as a thank you for being part of the Fan Club. We appreciate your patronage and will be in touch with any details regarding renewals at the appropriate time.

In addition, we want to emphasize that Ron Wood is our guitar player & will not be replaced by Mick Taylor or anyone else.

Best,
RollingStones.com
     

SweetVirginia wrote on Dec 4^th, 2009 at 3:17pm:

I think they are holding the party line. 

This is bad news and bodes ill for a new tour.....No renewals may mean no activity...I'm so starved for a tour I'd bite the bullet and re-up. But based on all the tour tickets I have bought since 72 and merchandise and  5 times remastered cds the buggers should play in my living room for free.

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 4^th, 2009 at 5:12pm:

AMEN!!

I didn't even get a message.  Although to be fair, I expired 2 years ago.  But like clockwork, I still get merchandise offers and fan asylum "deals" in my email..

Yes..

I will tell them to"Kiss Gazza's ass" when they come knocking...

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 4^th, 2009 at 5:12pm:



Dont agree. I think its a case of a lot of renewals expiring at this time of year - a lot of people bought memberships in December '05 for example when the 2006 leg was announced, so following on from that a lot of memberships are up for renewal at times of the year (May, December etc) when theres traditionally been a lot of past activity with tour announcements etc.

They're doubtless aware of the widespread dissatisfaction and have probably noticed that a large percentage of people aren't renewing because they arent going to be so gullible and fall into the same '$100 for nothing' trap that they did before (remember in '04 when so many people blindly re-subscribed simply because the mailshot promised them 'priority tickets should the band announce any shows' - which many people naively interpreted as a sign that a tour would take place).

So, they're going to have this void of several months before any tour is announced and they're just extending the period of memberships to reflect that. They've actually done this before, to be fair.

If people feel its worth $100 when a tour is announced to pay for this service then thats their own business, but certainly anyone who pays for a membership renewal when there's no guarantee of any shows taking place is a mug and deserves to be fleeced again.

Oh I missed that bit. Yes, that'd do nicely. Atlanta (isnt that where youre from?) looks like a fun place from what I've seen on TV of it's 'nightlife'... 

Gazza wrote on Dec 5^th, 2009 at 6:26am:


Really? They must have found some spots that have alluded me. Anyway we'd love to have you visit over here and have a few pints.

Paranoid Android wrote on Dec 5^th, 2009 at 9:16am:



LOL. They DO show it, actually. They also show some other documentary shows such as 'Sexcetera' which I do recall focussing on some interesting looking clubs and bars, suggesting that Atlanta's were the best in the US.

Not that I'd ever indulge in that kind of thing, of course.

Could have been worse. Just be thankful they didnt call you mikehunt instead.

The Mike Hunt band features the female MICK & KEEF.

i'm offering free herpes, free flu and free piss if anyone is interested, just renew.

jostorm wrote on Dec 6^th, 2009 at 7:21am:

oh don't worry, Jo..

me thinks many folks around here love the sick humor of our friends across the big pond!!

Our good friend denies that he watches that show..but how else would he know that Atlanta was well represented on it?