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BILL WYMAN AND THE RHYTHM KINGS Birmingham Town Hall IMAGINE a concert featuring Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles and Otis Redding.

CAPTION(S): BIG SMOKER: Bill Wyman is fag in hand in his Stones heyday and more recently.

Byline: Jade Wright WHEN Bill Wyman retired from The Rolling Stones in 1993 you could forgive him for playing the odd charity cricket match and putting his feet up.

The living proof came yesterday when former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman steppedback into the limelight.

Ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman, who turns 70 in October, was keen to get a piece of the action at his former bandmates' concert last night.

Byline: BILL WYMAN WHO could have guessed, when these snaps were taken 40 years ago, that this gawky bunch would go on to become arguably the greatest rock and roll band in the world?

Byline: Caroline Summers Bill Wyman's Treasure Islands: Britain's History Uncovered (Sutton Publishing, pounds 25) IT may surprise you to know that when bass player Bill Wyman (right) wasn't standing behind Mick Jagger strutting his stuff on a Rolling Stones tour, he could often be found land fishing - better known as using a metal detector to unearth interesting finds from history.

Eight years ago I talked to Bill Wyman at Lordenshaws Iron Age hillfort overlooking the Coquet Valley.