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Message 1 - Tuesday 11th April 2006

Holland’s Forty Licks Fan Club is organizing a huge international Stones convention between Friday 29th and Monday 31st July 2006. The convention is anticipated to be the biggest Stones get-together ever and coincides with the Rolling Stones two Amsterdam Arena gigs on the 30th July and 1st August. The convention will be known as ‘The FLF Bigger Bash’ and will hopefully become an annual event.

Throughout the weekend it is hoped that many invited celebrities will perform and be available for various signing sessions. Several leading art galleries in Amsterdam and Rotterdam will exhibit Stones related work with paintings by amongst others Ronnie Wood and the exceptional photographs from the Philip Townsend archive.

The Forty Licks Fan Club will welcome the Stones to Holland outside Amsterdam’s Amstel Hotel in a traditional Dutch way.....!

Saturday the 29th July and the FLF has organized a jazz gig featuring Tim Ries at the famous Amsterdam jazz venue The Bimhuis, the gig will also feature the Rolling Stones Project with B. Fowler, Michael Davis etc. On the Monday (31st July) the infamous Paradiso Club has been commandeered for Stones fans from all over the planet to enjoy exhibitions of Stones collections, a convention with lectures from various speakers, sales of a huge range of books, CD’s and DVD’s and a base from which tours of the city and canal boat trips can be made. In the evening FLF have organised their own ‘Bigger Band’ concert with artists appearing to be announced and we’re told that there could be a few surprises….?

The FLF say’s, “We can assure everybody that this will be one of the biggest Stones gatherings the planet has ever known…!!! Regular updates on the programme can be found on our website www.fortylicksfanclub.com and the FLF looks forward to welcoming fans from everywhere. See you all in Amsterdam!”

Message 2 - Sunday 16th April 2006

Good Friday, 14th April 2006 and ‘oldies’ Birmingham (UK) local radio station SAGA 105.7 FM invited Trevor Hobley to talk live on air about Brian Jones, the BJFC and AfterMath, the investigation and research into Brian's death and the recent Stephen Woolley film, ‘Stoned’. Listen to Trevor in conversation with SAGA’s John Darval and if you’d like to make a comment, either for or against the views expressed then please contact us at editorbjfc@aol.com and we’ll set a forum up to discuss the issues raised.

Message 3 - Saturday 29th April 2006

I just stumbled across this great site that shows all of the most important Rolling Stones London locations. It's has loads of Brian Jones places and maps showing how to find them. It's well worth a look.

Jim Brennan

Message 4 - Thursday 4th May 2006

COMUNICATO STAMPA Dopo la grande paura nel mondo STONES per la brutta caduta dalla palma di KEITH RICHARDS, conseguente ricovero in ospedale e confortante bollettino medico gli Stones si accingono ad affrontare l’ European Leg del BIGGER BANG WORLD TOUR cominciato, come ben sappiamo in quel di Boston nell’agosto 2005. In occasione della partenza del tour europeo che toccherà anche l’Italia, con una sola data confermata per il 22 GIUGNO 2006 a San Siro, Milano, i VERI FANS si riuniscono per fare il punto sulla situazione. La data confermata per il raduno ufficiale e’ il 12 Maggio allo SHINDY CLUB di Bassano del Grappa (VI). In occasione di questo grande evento gli STEP STONES faranno da colonna sonora LIVE di introduzione alla serata danzante dopo la lauta cena indiana prevista (solo su prenotazione). Ci saranno proiezioni di documenti rarissimi riguardanti i NOSTRI BENEAMATI, pezzi rari della collezione di HRH PAUL STONES e un pubblico ricettivo e sapiente a caccia di notizie e rarita’ riguardanti la piu’ ARISTOCRATICA BANDS DI ROCK ‘N ROLL DELLA STORIA: THE ROLLING STONES!!!! Alla consolle del post concerto naturalmente HRH PAUL STONES (RadioBase Popolare Network/Shindy Club) + surprise guest.   NON MANCARE!!!! Infoprezzi e prenotazioni:   SHINDY CLUB – 0424 500 000 DIEGO RITZ – 329 216 0969 HRH PAUL STONES – 320 1888 425 paulstones@paulstones.org

Message 5 - Sunday 7th May 2006

In an interview with Rebecca Hardy in the Daily Mail, Saturday 6th May 2006, Bill Wyman tells how it was...... and how it is...... within the Stones. Under the banner headline of ‘In his most outspoken interview, Bill Wyman savages his ex-bandmate and reveals how leaving the Stones cost him £20M’ read the article by clicking on the image. Trevor Hobley (click image to read article)

Message 6 - Tuesday 23rd May 2006

THE FLF BIGGER BASH

International Rolling Stones fans convention in the Netherlands

The Dutch Rolling Stones fanclub, Forty Licks Fanclub (FLF) is organizing one of the biggest ever international Rolling Stones fans conventions in the 44 years of Stones history – FLF BIGGER BASH. This is to take place in the last week of July 2006 when the Stones will give two concerts in Amsterdam. The programme is as follows:-

Several art galleries in Amsterdam and Rotterdam will exhibit Stones (related) art, such as the paintings of Ronnie Wood and the work of some of the finest Stones photographers.

The Amsterdam Bimhuis, one of the leading jazz venues in the Netherlands is co-organizing a unique jazz concert by Rolling Stones saxophonist Tim Ries : The Rolling Stones Project on July 29th.

The actual convention will take place on July 31st when rock temple club Paradiso opens its doors for the FLF BIGGER BASH. Fans from all over the planet will be able to enjoy fashion, exclusive books, DVDs/CDs and films, Stones paraphernalia, exhibitions, art, canal boat trips and, last but not least, music: FLF presents Chris Jagger’s Atcha! and a performance by Bernard Fowler, Blondie Chaplin, Darryl Jones, Michael Davis, Kent Smith, Tim Ries, Earl Harvin and Fred Favarel.

Tickets for Tim Ries (€ 18) and the FLF Bigger Bash (€ 25) are available now. Any further information is available on www.fortylicksfanclub.com / www.bimhuis.nl / www.paradiso.nl / flfbiggerbash@hotmail.com or by telephone / +31(0)20-6683091 / +31(0)6-11161142 / +31(0)6-14315087

FLF celebrates the Rolling Stones with the FLF Bigger Bash fans convention in July 2006!

Programme may be subject to changes.

Message 7 - Thursday 25th May 2006

Dear Stones friends,

For 1960s addicts: The Summer Of Love will be on the UK’s BBC 2 this coming Saturday. It’s about the summer of 1967 and contains a lot of Stones material.

For those who were around in the 1960s, may I draw your attention to one of the forthcoming exhibitions in Rotterdam, which will also be part of the FLF BIGGER BASH programme – Sorry You Missed The Sixties, an amazing collection of photos by the very first Stones photographer Philip Townsend.

The exhibition will be from July 28 at Vips Art Gallery and will also include accessories, fashion and furniture. Townsend will not only soon start selling his photographs on the Forty Licks Fanclub website but he will also be present at Paradiso on the July 31st where he will deliver a talk, and do a slideshow about his first photo sessions with the Stones way back in January 1963. I attended the opening in London last March and was stunned! We are very proud to have Philip at Paradiso, he is such an adorable man!!!!!

See you at Paradiso!

Pauline

Message 8 - Tuesday 6th June 2006

FLF NEWSLETTER 06/06/06

'Full Steam Ahead' for the FLF Bigger Bash: now on July 30th!

The new date for the FLF Bigger Bash will be Sunday 30th July. This is the day prior to the Amsterdam Stones concert. The new Stones schedule forced us to reschedule the FLF Bigger Bash. Thanks to all the joint efforts of Paradiso and the bands we have been able to come up with for the new date. The programme remains unchanged. Tickets for the Bigger Bash previously scheduled for July 31 are now valid for the 30th. Hence to quote Keith; "It's full steam ahead", also for the FLF Bigger Bash! We look forward to welcoming fans from all over the planet to enjoy this unique convention!

Send your contribution to flfeditor@hotmail.com. It will be appreciated! Forty Licks Fanclub is not responsible for any errors regarding the contents of this newsletter, neither for the consequences involved. Copyright:FLF – the Netherlands

Message 9 - Wednesday 8th November 2006

As a result of the 10 minute news item aired on BBC’s Inside Out West current affairs programme on Monday 6th November, many local and national newspapers in the UK reported the BBC programme, including The Daily Mirror the following day.

Message 10 - Friday 10th November 2006

Dear BJFC and Trevor Hobley,

It's my pleasure to forward this article from the German newspaper "Die Welt" to you. It seems to be a good sign that even a foreign newspaper acknowledges the efforts of the BJFC to initiate a reinvestigation of the circumstances of Brian’s death. The news was, among other headlines, even on the displays we have in the carriages of the Hamburg underground. I am not especially experienced in the investigation of cold cases, but in my humble opinion as a surgeon I would like to reassure you, that you have gathered strong evidence, that Brian did not die by misadventure. Keep on fighting for the revelation of what really happened in that unlucky night on the 2nd of July 37 years ago.

Yours, Fritz Pieper

Verstorben Exhumierung von Brian Jones gefordert

Nach Jones' Tod am 3. Juli 1969 waren Ermittler zu der Auffassung gelangt, er sei in seinem Swimmingpool unter Einfluss von Alkohol und Drogen ertrunken. Daran bestehen nun Zweifel.

Mehr als 37 Jahre nach dem Tod des Rolling-Stones-Gründers Brian Jones haben Fans neue Ermittlungen gefordert. Die Staatsanwaltschaft müsse die Exhumierung seiner Leiche anordnen, sagte der Vorsitzende des britischen Brian-Jones-Fanclubs, Trevor Hobley. Ein von dem Fanclub beauftragtes Team von Gerichtsmedizinern habe hinreichende Verdachtsmomente für eine neue Untersuchung des Falls zusammengetragen.

Nach Jones' Tod am 3. Juli 1969 waren Ermittler zu der Auffassung gelangt, er sei in seinem Swimmingpool unter Einfluss von Alkohol und Drogen ertrunken. Nach einer neuen BBC-Dokumentation hatte der einstige Lead-Gitarrist der Stones "nur" die für seine Verhältnisse nicht besonders große Menge von knapp zwei Liter Bier getrunken und einige Schlaftabletten genommen.

Gerüchte, wonach Jones ermordet wurde, hatten im Sommer 2006 durch den britischen Film "Stoned" wieder Nahrung bekommen. Unter anderem wurde ein Bauunternehmer verdächtigt. Hobley sagte, es gebe auch eine Reihe von neuen Erkenntnissen über mögliche Tatmotive. Auch diese sollten der Staatsanwaltschaft übergeben werden. Jones hatte die Rolling Stones wenige Wochen vor seinem Tod im Streit verlassen.

DW

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