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The iconic British rock band will change their infamous lips-and-tongue logo from red to black to memorialize late drummer Charlie Watts.
They will pay tribute to Watts with their new logo design when they tour according to the Sun, and the emblem will be used on merchandise and tour visuals.
Band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood also agreed to show an archival montage of Watts during their shows.
“They don’t want it to be a concert that is a downer because they know fans have paid good money to see them,” a source told the Sun.
“But it feels only right that they referenced Charlie’s passing because he was such a vital part of the band and it will be strange for them all to not have him there,” the insider said. “They think the plans make for a fitting tribute.”
Watts died Aug. 24 at 80. The band will be resuming their No Filter tour Sept. 26 in St. Louis. Watts was put to rest early last week in a private funeral in the UK, but his bandmates were unable to make the trip due to COVID restrictions. Jagger, 78, Richards, 77, and Wood, 74, were in Boston rehearsing and couldn’t fly home to England.
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