Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger paid a visit to his old educational stomping grounds in Dartford, England, last week in order to dedicate a new performing arts center named in his honor.
On Thursday, Jagger was joined by his former wife, Jerry Hall, and three of the couple's children at a ceremony christening the $3.5 million center at Dartford Grammar School according to the Associated Press. As part of the event, the Stones singer spoke to the students during an assembly and even defaced one of the walls with the graffiti, "I was back - Mick Jagger," under the approving eye of the school's current headmaster. "I had many wonderful teachers," Jagger said of Dartford Grammar, the school he graduated from in 1961. "I have a lot of fond memories of this place." Funds for the multi-million dollar performing arts space were raised for the school by Britain's National Lottery. Jagger topped of the appearance by posing for photos with the school rock band, the Cherry Sunbursts, after they played a rendition of the Stones 1971 classic, "Brown Sugar," which includes the line: "I'm no school boy, but I know what I like." As a band, the Rolling Stones have remained fairly quiet since the release of its 1998 concert album, "No Security," although the British press has reported rumors that the Stones will return to the studio, possibly as early as this fall, to start work on a new record.
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