'Sharing a private jet with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood was like a chemical factory'

A new book has unearthed the dark side of drug taking at Keith Richards' former home, Villa Nellcote on the Cote D'Azur.

The Rolling Stones were on the Cote D'Azur in 1971, escaping high taxes under Harold Wilson's Labour government. Now a 2025 version of the book The Curious Chronicles of Villa Nellcote, reveals how heroin and cannabis were used by Keith Richards , his first wife Anita Pallenberg and The Rolling Stones' late saxophonist Bobby Keys, while recording there.

Author Geir Hornes has seen a 1,000 page French police report claiming that a group of young French men - nicknamed Les Cowboys - delivered drugs to Nellcote each week.

Marshall Chess, former president of Rolling Stones Records, says in the book: “Drugs were part of the backdrop. Some nights, Mick Jagger was disg