“He runs on a treadmill and, with a trainer, works out with weights,” according to The New Yorker. “It has paid off. His muscle tone approximates a fresh tennis ball.” Most recently, he’s been sweating at Jersey Strong gym (the re-branded Workout World) in Marlboro, NJ, where he’s seemingly sticking
On tour, Sting works out twice a day. The first session is Pilates at 9.30 daily, on the reformer that he brings with him all over the world; the evening session is a mixture of core work and stretching to help him get rid of any tension and bring correct
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as Keith Richard, is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. The 75-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist sat down with MOJO Magazine for a
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader. Zappa was, and still is, one of the most misunderstood of the psychedelic rockers. He didn’t take drugs and did not tolerate them in his band, The Mothers of Invention. He even
Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer-songwriter and composer. As a child, Ronnie James Dio learned the trumpet and his father made him have lessons for two hours every day. “He played on trumpet onstage
Ronald Belford “Bon” Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was an Australian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, best known for being the second lead vocalist and lyricist of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. He was the wildcard frontman for AC/DC who
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He became known as the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits. Knopfler never made a secret of appreciating peace and quiet. The headbands he used to wear on stage
Brian Harold May CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and astrophysicist. May maintains such a non-stop schedule as a guitarist, songwriter, humanitarian and so many other roles — “rocket ship builder,” says his Twitter description — that he may not pause for long
Ordinarily an American rather than British attitude, it came from being the son of a Greek Cypriot villager born poor but determined to work his way up and out no matter where it took him. Eventually, his father owned a restaurant. Whereas it seemed that Steven Georgiou, a.k.a. Cat Stevens,
In 1977, Eric Clapton released a version of the J.J. Cale song “Cocaine.” At the time, Clapton was consuming copious amounts of cocaine — and alcohol — and had only recently kicked a heroin habit. Now 62, the legendary guitarist looks back and wonders how he survived his decades of