Keith Richards turns 70 - in pictures

Performing with the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury, 2013 Photograph: Alicia Canter for the Guardian

Richards at the 2008 US premiere of Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light documentary on the Rolling Stones Photograph: Peter Foley/EPA

Richards, left, with Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007 Photograph: BuenaVista/Rex Features

The Rolling Stones speak with reporters about an upcoming concert, Grand Central Station, New York, 1989 Photograph: New York Daily News/Getty Images

Richards lounges in his New York office, 1980 Photograph: George Rose/Getty Images

Richards performs with Ronnie Wood's band the New Barbarians, on tour in Canada and the US in 1979 Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images

The Rolling Stones headline Knebworth festival, 1976. From left: keyboard player Billy Preston, Ronnie Wood, percussionist Ollie Brown, Mick Jagger and Richards Photograph: Steve Wood/Getty Images

Mick Jagger, left, and Richards at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany, April 1976 Photograph: Michael Putland/Getty Images

Richards arrives at Marlborough Street magistrates court, London, with girlfriend Anita Pallenberg, on 27 June 1973. The pair were charged with possession of cannabis and Richards was also charged with firearms offences. He was fined £250. Photograph: Frank Barratt/Getty Images

Richards in the desert in California, 1969. This photograph is on display in Stones 50, at the Borges Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires Photograph: Michael Cooper/EPA

Richard's Redlands Estate home, West Wittering, West Sussex, with Jagger, 1960s Photograph: David Cole/Rex Features

Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards, front, on Ready, Steady, Go, 1964 Photograph: Dezo Hoffmann/Rex Features

Richards in 1964 Photograph: Terry O'Neill/Rex Features

The Rolling Stones outside the Tin Pan Alley Club in London, 1963. From left: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones and Charlie Watts Photograph: Terry O'Neill/Getty Images

Richards uses an electric shaver plugged into the socket of a ceiling light, 1962 Photograph: Terry O'Neill/Getty Images