Now The Who frontman Roger Daltrey described the Rolling Stones as a "mediocre pub band" in a recent interview.
His comments follow those of Paul McCartney, who reignited the Beatles-vs.-Stones argument when he called Mick Jagger's group a "covers band" — leading to a lighthearted response from Jagger during a concert.
In conversation with the Coda Collection, Daltrey offered his own views, saying: "Mick Jagger, you've got to take your hat off to him. He's the number one rock 'n' roll performer." He continued with a laugh: "But as a band, if you were outside a pub and you heard that music coming out of a pub some night, you'd think, 'Well, that's a mediocre pub band!'"
The longstanding rivalry between the Beatles and the Stones had a new chapter. (People)
At the Rolling Stones concert at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Thursday night, Mick Jagger called out fellow music legend Paul McCartney after the Beatles star referred to his band as a "blues cover band."
"Paul McCartney is here, he's going to help us — he's going to join us in a blues cover later," Jagger, 78, joked during the show.
Earlier this week, McCartney, 79, told the New Yorker, "I'm not sure I should say it, but they're a blues cover band, that's sort of what the Stones are."
Mick Jagger has set out to one-up him on the Rolling Stones' current tour by crashing bachelorette parties and showing up to dive bars unannounced.
The 78-year-old singer announced during the band's Saturday show at Nashville's Nissan Stadium that he visited some of Music City's local haunts the previous day.
During Thursday's show, Jagger also mentioned some other celebrities that were definitely not at the show that night, including the late Kirk Douglas, and Lady Gaga, who is in Las Vegas performing her own shows.
The exchange is the latest example of the rivals commenting on each other's rock star statuses.
In April 2020, Jagger shared his opinion on how his band stacks up to the Fab Four during an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music with bandmate Keith Richards.
"One band is unbelievably luckily still playing in stadiums, and then the other band doesn't exist," Jagger said at the time.
That comment followed McCartney's appearance on The Howard Stern Show around the same time, during which he told Howard Stern that "the Beatles were better" than the Stones.
And even though the music icons' rivalry goes back decades –– as early as 1987, when Jagger said the Beatles breaking up "was a very good idea" –– it seems like it is mostly in good fun.
Jagger and McCartney have known each other since practically the dawn of their fame in the 1960s –– with McCartney and fellow Beatle John Lennon writing the Stones' second-ever single "I Wanna Be Your Man" in 1964.
Jagger even introduced the Beatles as inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
See you tonight Nashville!
Shot/edited by Matt Clifford pic.twitter.com/bIFVCAOYXn
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) October 9, 2021
Exploring Nashville! pic.twitter.com/1gwDKj5SvR
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) October 8, 2021
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger visited Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens while in Pittsburgh After Rocking Out a show.
In a tweet posted to his official Twitter account, Jagger shared a photo from a visit to Phipps on Tuesday.
Thanks Pittsburgh for giving us a great time! pic.twitter.com/9HeGMtAkAa
— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) October 6, 2021
The Rolling Stones played in front of a packed house at Heinz Field on Monday.
The band tweeted that its first show in Pittsburgh was on June 17, 1964, at West View Park.
“Thanks Pittsburgh for giving us a great time!” he tweeted.
Related: Jerry Hall Tells Out on Mick Jagger and Brian Ferry
