The book ­confirms 'that he repeatedly cheated on her during their 23-year relationship' ?

Fuck, who'd have known that?

The notion that Mick was taking heroin in 1977 is a bit of a revelation, though.

In fairness, thats the way the Daily Mail choose to abridge it in their serialization. That doesnt necessarily mean the whole book's like that.

LOL.

Just wait until you see how they carefully serialise Keith's book!

Mick took LSD for a year in the 60's?  I have trouble believing that, he never came across as a acid head ever, being a sex addict yeah, but the drugs no, he might have dabbled in Heroin, but he's always came across as a guy who likes fast drugs, Cocaine, but never a addict.

She's clearly realised that there isn't much more that she can milk out of being with Mick. She may as well release this shit now and get the publicity while she can cause anyone who truely wants to know about the Stones is gonna forget this shit in a few weeks when Keith's book is out.

Alot of things that she says are contradictoray, like claims she once made that Mick got Keith off drugs and now shes saying that Mick was on heroin all along and it was her that got him off the drugs.
She says that she never employed a nanny and that Mick never payed any bills. If she never employed a nanny, she musn't have been working cause she was lokking after the kids. So where the fuck was the money coming from if she didn't work and Mick wouldn't pay?

I wonder if she is naive enough to believe all this shite? Cause if she is, maybe Micks marriage to her was a marriage of convenience cause she was easily manipulated and lied to so he could sleep around.
Cause she wouldn't pf let that go on if she was really a media manipulator as this suggests. Unless ofcourse she wanted to cling on in the hope of gaining both publicity and a mega divorce settlement, and Mick had pulled the wool over her eyes with the whole wedding validity claims. Did Mick just out-manipulate her?


Well I got carried away there and I certainly analysed the shit outta that!

Textile, I am but 17 so I haven't really been into the Stones for much more than 3 years. I always thought her naivity was put on as part of her "Texan Gal Charm" act. She does seem kinda arrogant though, claiming Miss You was written for her and so on. Maybe she is naive and Mick just told her that to keep her in his bed!

I shall also be giving her book a pass, as will most Stones fans I suspect, because we all know that the only Stones book upcoming that may he of any real interest is Keiths, which I can't wait for.
Rocks Off will be going so highbrow as her book and Keiths book come out and we shall all be discussing "literature!"

Yeah, you can really tell that she's playing up to the cliche but it must be even more irritating if you are Texan!

If Miss You was about anyone in particular, it is most likely Bianca. Quite alot of Stones fans don't seem to like her but at least she retained a bit of dignity and didn't run to the press with all the dirty detail of her marrige with Mick. At least not that I know off....

Also, I wonder what the biography of Carla Bruni that's caused so much controversy in France has to say about Mick. A thing I read in the Times a few weeks back seems to suggest that she had Mick wrapped around her finger but I'm not buying it.

Carla Bruni's "fame" consists of a list of men she's shagged! She has kept her mouth shut but this biography is from some investigative journo and has been condemned as damaging. Besides Carla is in a comfortable position at the minute so she has nothing to gain by doing a Janice Dickenson and giving us a description of Mick's penis.

And as for Bianca, I have much respect for her, more than I have for Hall. She gets made out to be a sweethart but she was cheating on Brian Ferry with Mick WHILE he was still married, so she's hardly some innocent. The media seem to have taken a shine to her. It seems to be a trend that when a mega star marries the press seem to convey a petty jealousy. Lennon and McCartney were two of the top stars in the world when they married hence the press bitterness towards Yoko and Linda. Similarly, when Mick married Bianca he was the biggest rock star on the planet and centrepiece of the biggest band in the world, so Bianca got alot of press resentment. But she kept out of the spotlight and unlike Micks other women, she hasent used his name to feed some publicity craving. She has put the famous Jagger name to good use with her charity work but I can't help feeling that their marriage was superficial. It was often commented that they looked alike and suggested that this was a sign of ego on both their parts but I actually think Bianca looked pretty well back in the day. Of all the Stones women, the ones who could put forward the most interesting books would be her and Anita cause they were there when the Stones were a real phenominon and lived through all the excess and ofcourse the best music. They however have kept a dignified silence that is sadly lacking in some others.

Maybe that's why Bianca and to a lesser extent Anita get slated in the press, cause they didn't offer up any scandal on their respective lovers...

Agreed Textile, Anita and Bianca could write a good book about the Stones.  The best book would probably be from Shirley though.  She's been there from the beginning and has seen it all.  Although she isn't likely to write one either.  Patti could write a good one too.  I doubt she ever will.

Cheers Gazza! I live close enough to Belfast and my schools like 10 mins from the City Centre so I may pop in tomorrow. Thanks for the info.

Allegedly, Mick wrote a few notable songs with her in mind, such as Yesterdays Papers and 19th Nervous Breakdown. Nt sure how true this all is though. She seems to be known mostly for being with Mick. This is all tht Wikipedia has:

Chrissie Shrimpton (born 1945) is a former 1960s English model and actress. She is the younger sister of model Jean Shrimpton and was the girlfriend of Mick Jagger from 1963 to 1966.

Films

G.G. Passion (1966) as G.G.'s main girlfriend
All the Right Noises (1969) as Waitress
Moon Zero Two (1969) as Boutique Attendant
My Lover My Son (1970) as Kenworthy's Friend
Universal Soldier (1971)
All the Right Noises (1971)

She's probably rueing the fact that she isn't well known enough to get a book deal. The sixties stuff is what seems to interest most casual Stones listeners cause that's all they play on the radio here so it could sell decently if it was marketed as mainly about Mick/the Stones and general sixties lifestyle.

And as for the enthusiasm, nice to hear you say it but it was just a copy and paste job on an iPod touch whole lying on a sofa watching the Arsenal game. No effort at all. How times have changed! I used to have to get up and go to the computer to et the Internet, like a caveman!