First Event of 2026!

Saturday, January 17th, at 2pm
at Port Washington Public Library
One Library Drive
in Port Washington, New York (Long Island)


This will be the full 90-minute "Under Their Thumb" presentation, followed by a Q&A and a book-signing. The event will be free and open to the public. (No ticket required, and purchasing the book will be optional.) This will mark the sixteenth anniversary of Bill German's first "Under Their Thumb" presentation at the Port Washington Public Library (in January 2010), so come and celebrate with him! https://pwpl.org/ 

Thanks to everyone who attended the recent events in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles. If you can't make it to an event, you can still purchase the expanded "Under Their Thumb" (featuring the original book + 40 new pages of text + 33 never-before-seen bonus photos) at your favorite bookstore (such as Barnes & Noble), or via the usual web sites (such as Amazon).

From Bill German:

Thanks to everyone who came to my “Under Their Thumb” presentations through the years. (I started doing them in 2009, when the book first came out as a hardcover.) It's been a blast meeting so many of you, and I'm thrilled to have more events lined up for 2026.

I’d also like to thank all the venues that have hosted my events. Too many to list (more than a hundred!), but they include bookstores (like Barnes & Noble in New York, Book Soup in L.A., and the now-defunct Borders in Philly), as well as college campuses (at Villanova, Wisconsin, Adelphi, NYU) and a ton of wonderful public libraries (who need your support!) in cities like New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and San Antonio.

Not to mention the “non-conventional places” that were open-minded enough to welcome a bunch of crazed Rolling Stones fans to come hear me speak – like the Brooklyn Museum, the San Francisco Art Exchange, and even Temple Israel of Great Neck (Long Island).

All because a sixteen-year-old kid started a Stones fanzine out of his bedroom! I’m grateful to everyone for the ongoing support!