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The Rolling Stones play for Bill Clinton

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

At his very special birthday party

The Rolling Stones are set to play former US President Bill Clinton’s 60th birthday party.

Clinton’s birthday is on August 19, but celebrations will take place at The Stones' Beacon Theatre show in New York on October 29.

The event will double as a fundraiser for Clinton's charitable foundation and is due to be filmed by legendary director Martin Scorsese, the New York Post reports.

As previously reported by NME.COM, the band are to begin the US leg of their 'A Bigger Bang' tour in Boston on September 20 at the Gillette Stadium.

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