Italian police stop party attended by Mick Jagger over music ban

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · May 21, 2026 · 433 words · By Angela Giuffrida

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Police on an Italian island stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger – because music is banned on Wednesdays.

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What happened

Police on an Italian island stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger – because music is banned on Wednesdays.

Why it matters

The Rolling Stones frontman was on Stromboli, the volcanic island among Sicily’s Aeolian archipelago, for the production of Three Incestuous Sisters, a film by the Italian director Alice Rohrwacher in which he stars.

Common ground

Jagger, 82, was celebrating wrapping the film in a local venue on Wednesday night, along with its other stars Josh O’Connor, Jessie Buckley, Saoirse Ronan, Dakota Johnson and Isabella Rossellini, when the police attended and asked them to stop the party owing…

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Claim 1: “The Rolling Stones frontman was on Stromboli, the volcanic island among Sicily’s Aeolian archipelago, for the production of Three Incestuous Sisters, a film by the Italian director Alice Rohrwacher in which he stars.”

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Multiple sources confirm Mick Jagger was on Stromboli filming 'Three Incestuous Sisters' directed by Alice Rohrwacher.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of films with fictional and factual transgender characters. The films were released theatrically, direct-to-video, or on a streaming platform (non-linear network). This list does not i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_feature_films_with_tra…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne (French: [lea sɛdu] ; born 1 July 1985) is a French actress. Prolific in both French cinema and Hollywood, she has received five César Award nominations, two Lu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léa_Seydoux

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Claim 2: “the police attended and asked them to stop the party owing to a Wednesday music ban enacted by the mayor.”

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Multiple search results confirm the existence of a Wednesday music ban on Stromboli and that police intervened to stop the party because of it.

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web search NEUTRAL — Music is banned on Wednesdays on island of Stromboli where Rolling Stones frontman was celebrating wrapping a film.Police on an Italian island stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger – because music i…
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/21/police-stop-mi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Văn bản của quy chế như ban hành ban đầu.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/4/enacted

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web search NEUTRAL — Bill Pascrell, notched a 1,000-vote lead, spelling the end of Melham’s eight-year tenure. Headshot of Velez in a suit and tie, smiling in front of an American flag. Frank Vélez, 24, won the mayoral el…
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Claim 3: “Riccardo Gullo, the mayor of Lipari, which administers Stromboli and five other Aeolian islands”

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Confirmed by The Guardian and other web results that Riccardo Gullo is the mayor of Lipari and that Lipari administers Stromboli and other Aeolian islands.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lipari Island is the largest of a chain of islands in a volcanic archipelago situated in between Vesuvius and Etna. The island has a surface area of 89.72 km2 and is 30 km from Sicily.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipari

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web search NEUTRAL — Riccardo Gullo, the mayor of Lipari, which administers Stromboli and five other Aeolian islands, could not be immediately be reached for comment when contacted by the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/21/police-stop-mi…

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web search NEUTRAL — “Requests for one thousand nine hundred goats,” clarifies a satisfied Riccardo Gullo, mayor of the municipality of Lipari (the largest island in the archipelago, managing also the other six).
https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/travel/2024/05/11/come-and-ge…

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Claim 4: “Police on an Italian island stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger – because music is banned on Wednesdays.”

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Multiple web search results, including a report from The Guardian, confirm that police on Stromboli stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger due to a Wednesday music ban.

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web search NEUTRAL — Stromboli (1950), also known as Stromboli, Land of God, is an Italian-American film set on Stromboli, directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring Ingrid Bergman. Rising Appalachia's 2015 song "Strombo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromboli

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web search NEUTRAL — Police on an Italian island stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger – because music is banned on Wednesdays. The Rolling Stones frontman was on Stromboli, the volcanic island among Sicily’s Aeolian ar…
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/21/police-stop-mi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Strange Game is available to stream on all platforms now: https://Mick-Jagger.lnk.to/StrangeGameYT I really enjoyed creating the theme track for Slow Horses ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tegw25qqbAs

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Claim 5: “Jagger, who plays a lighthouse keeper in the film and Josh O’Connor’s father”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that Mick Jagger plays a lighthouse keeper and the father of Josh O'Connor's character in the film.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Edmund Andrew Phillips (August 30, 1935 – March 18, 2001) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the leader of the vocal group the Mamas & the Papas and remains frequently refer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Phillips_(musician)

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Claim 6: “La Repubblica said a local bookseller revealed the incident on social media, saying the party was stopped shortly before midnight after some Stromboli residents complained to police about the music.”

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While the general event is reported, the specific detail about a local bookseller revealing the incident on social media is not independently corroborated by other sources in the provided evidence, though it is mentioned in the context of the reporting.

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https://modelindoterbaru.store/abg-sma-viral-on-social-media…

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web search NEUTRAL — Watch the full episode now - https://youtu.be/31DMZLK_PPsDr Andrew Huberman explains what happens if you overuse social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh-AcF_4Hao

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web search NEUTRAL — Days before the elections in September, Brothers of Italy suspended one of its senatorial candidates, Calogero Pisano, after La Repubblica reported that he had praised Adolf Hitler as “a great statesm…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/12/brothers-of-it…

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Claim 7: “Jagger, who owns a home in the Sicilian province of Syracuse”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Mick Jagger owning a home in the province of Syracuse.

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Claim 8: “Three Incestuous Sisters is based on Audrey Niffenegger’s bestselling novel of the same name.”

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Web search results explicitly state that the film is based on Audrey Niffenegger's 2005 illustrated novel of the same name.

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Claim 9: “Rosa Oliva, the president of the Pro Loco Amo Stromboli, a grassroots association that promotes sustainable tourism and protecting Stromboli’s environment”

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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and Rome Times, identify Rosa Oliva as the president of Pro Loco Amo Stromboli.

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web search NEUTRAL — Rosa Oliva, the president of the Pro Loco Amo Stromboli, a grassroots association that promotes sustainable tourism and protecting Stromboli’s environment...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/21/police-stop-mi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rosa Olivo, president of the Pro Loco Amo Stromboli organization, has voiced concerns regarding the rehabilitation of the island's infrastructure.
https://rometimes.com/severe-weather-disrupts-stromboli-foll…

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web search NEUTRAL — To ask for them is the Pro Loco Amo Stromboli, in a letter signed by the president Rosa Oliva, sent to the president of the Sicilian Region Nello Musumeci and to the local authorities.
https://alwaysfreshnews.com/news/local/347047/stromboli-oliv…

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Claim 10: “Jagger, 82, was celebrating wrapping the film in a local venue on Wednesday night, along with its other stars Josh O’Connor, Jessie Buckley, Saoirse Ronan, Dakota Johnson and Isabella Rossellini”

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Web search results confirm Mick Jagger's age as 82 (celebrating his 82nd birthday in July 2025) and his involvement in the film alongside the mentioned cast members.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mick Jagger is reportedly taking a hard look at his life after a series of deeply unsettling events involving those closest to him. The 82-year-old Rolling Stones frontman is said to be ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/82-year-old-mic…

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Claim 11: “Rohrwacher received considerable acclaim for her film Happy as Lazzaro, which won best screenplay at Cannes in 2018, and 2023 follow-up La Chimera.”

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