The Rolling Stones resolve their differences after memoir revelations

KEITH Richards has apologised to Mick Jagger and admitted some parts of his autobiography, Life, “really offended” the singer.

The Rolling Stones guitarist described the frontman as “unbearable” and revealed that his nicknames for Jagger were “Brenda” and “Your Majesty”, in the candid memoir published in 2010.

Richards said: “As far as the book goes, it was my story and it was very raw, as I meant it to be, but I know that some parts of it and some of the publicity really offended Mick, and I regret that.”

Referring to a early chance encounter with Jagger when the pair bonded over a love of the blues, Richards said: “What some of our detractors forget is that, although we look like old codgers living an ocean apart, we are still at bottom the boys on platform three at Dartford Station.”

Speaking in New York for an interview to promote a new documentary about the band, Jagger admitted that the pair had a period in the 1980s when they “were not communicating very well”.

This year marks half a century since the band played their first gig at the Marquee Club in London with a line-up including the late Brian Jones, Jagger, Richards and long-time Stones sideman Ian Stewart.