Fifty years ago today, the Rolling Stones played their first gig.

On July 12, 1962, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, founding guitarist Brian Jones, and two other musicians who later left the band, played at London's Marquee Club.

On Thursday, Jagger and Richards, along with drummer Charlie Watts and guitarist Ron Wood, were set to commemorate the occasion at a photography exhibition at Somerset House in the same city.

Richards and Jagger talked to the BBC at the gallery on Wednesday, surrounded by photos of their historic career.

Richards, who famously abused drugs and alcohol for decades, said looking back at the group's early days was "weird."

"It's amazing - most of these pictures I think, 'where was the cameraman?'" he said. "I don't remember them being there."

Jagger said he felt like the same "happy go lucky" kid who borrowed money from his parents so the band could play that first, fateful gig.