The Rolling Stones 2000-present
 Before leaving Atlantic the Stones released Undercover (UK 3; US 4) in late 1983. Despite good reviews the record sold below expectations and there was no tour to support it. Subsequently the Stones new marketer/distributor CBS Records which took over distributing the Stone's Atlantic catalogue.
By this time the Jagger/Richards split was growing. Jagger had signed a solo deal with CBS to be distributed by Columbia, much to the consternation of Richards. Jagger spent much of 1984 writing songs for his first solo effort and as he admitted, he began to feel stultified within the framework of the Stones. In 1985, co-founder, pianist, road manager and long-time friend Ian Stewart died of a heart attack. According to Richards, Stewart's death left the band without a moderating force that could have helped during a period which, according to Richards, he and Jagger waged WW III. By 1985, Jagger was spending more time on solo recordings and much of the material on 1986's Dirty Work (UK 4; US 4) was by Keith Richards, with more contributions by Ron Wood than on previous Stones albums. Rumors surfaced of the two rarely, if ever, being in the studio at the same time and Richards trying to keep it all afloat. Jagger refused to tour in support of the record feeling that several band members — including Charlie Watts who was fighting a heroin addiction[citation needed] — were in no shape to tour. Reviews were mixed although many fans at this time feel it was the nadir of the group. The Stones were awarded a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement. Jagger's solo records, She's the Boss (UK 6; US 13) (1985) and Primitive Cool (UK 26; US #41) (1987)), met with moderate success, yet Richards disparaged both. With the Stones inactive due to Jagger's solo career and feeling he was backed into a corner, Richards released his first solo album in 1988, Talk Is Cheap (UK 37; US 24), which fans and critics received well, going Gold in U.S. Included on the Talk Is Cheap album was the song You Don't Move Me, Richards' stab at his estranged songwriting partner.
In early 1989, The Rolling Stones, including Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood and Ian Stewart (posthumously), were inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jagger and Richards appeared to have developed a new understanding and they recorded an album as The Rolling Stones, which became Steel Wheels (UK 2; US 3). Heralded as a return to form, it included the singles Mixed Emotions, Rock and a Hard Place and Almost Hear You Sigh. Additionally, the album included Continental Drift which included musicians from the Moroccan mountain village of Jajouka with whom Brian Jones had recorded and released a record.
The subsequent U.S. Steel Wheels Tour saw the Stones touring for the first time in seven years (since Europe 1982), and it was their biggest stage production to date. The opening acts were Living Colour and Guns N' Roses. By the time the tour reached Europe in 1990, the name had ghbeen changed to the Urban Jungle Tour. Recordings from the tour produced the 1991 live album Flashpoint (UK 6; US 16). The live album included two songs recorded in 1991, the single Highwire and Sex Drive. This tour was the last for Bill Wyman who, after years of deliberation and increasing unwillingness to tour any longer, left the band, although it was not made official until 1993. He then published Stone Alone, an autobiography, based on memoirs he had been writing since the early days in London. A few years later, he formed Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings and began recording and touring again.
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