The Swinging Sixties survivor on his friendly rivalry with The Rolling Stones, his former life as an atheist and why he’s touring at 83 ...

By 1969, it was clear that something had to change in The Rolling Stones as Brian Jones was becoming less and less reliable and more damaging to the group.

The "Great Pop Prom" event at London's Royal Albert Hall featured the chart-topping Beatles as the headliners, with the upstart Stones lower on the bill.