Mick Jagger and Keith Richards immortalised in bronze of their house city

Aug 10, 2023 at 4:44 AM
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards immortalised in bronze of their house city

Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been honoured of their house city with a pair of statues to have a good time their musical achievements with The Rolling Stones.

The bronze sculptures, dubbed The Glimmer Twins, seize Sir Mick strutting with a microphone whereas Richards strums a guitar.

Created by artist Amy Goodman after she was commissioned by Dartford Borough Council, the statues had been unveiled at One Bell Corner in Dartford on Wednesday.

Ms Goodman mentioned that sculpting the works had been “one of the hugest honours” of her profession and known as the expertise “very overwhelming”.

She mentioned the method of making the work, which concerned making fashions, casting into bronze and assist from the Talos Art Foundry group, took a couple of 12 months.

Ms Goodman added: “I didn’t quite know how to handle it but it’s wonderful and it’s a great job.

“Commissions like this make my job the very best job on the earth.”

The council based the venture to have a good time the musicians who had been each born within the city in Kent, which is south-east of central London.

Richards indicated his approval of the statues on X, formally referred to as Twitter, posting two thumbs up emojis.

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Dartford Council chief Jeremy Kite mentioned: “I’ve had overwhelmingly good responses to it today, I think there’s a surprise that actually they’re so kind of animated and dynamic, the statues, and I think that’s a really nice thing.

“We may have had the quaint standing upright statue, however that is Mick Jagger and Keith Richards we’re speaking about, they usually do not stand nonetheless, so our statues do not.”

Sir Mick and Richards first met as classmates in Dartford, Kent and went on to discovered The Rolling Stones within the Nineteen Sixties.

The group grew to become one of the vital in style and enduring bands of the rock period.

Among their hits are Paint It Black, Gimme Shelter, It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It), Honky Tonk Women, Start Me Up, Sympathy For The Devil and (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.