It’s all over now: Jagger’s A-list party broken up by police
It’s all over now: Jagger’s A-list party broken up by police
Nick SquiresFri, May 22, 2026 at 10:28 AM UTC
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Sir Mick Jagger threw a party on Stromboli to celebrate the end of filming for Three Incestuous Sisters - Getty
It was a star-studded celebration to wrap up weeks of filming on one of the most dramatic and remote islands in the Mediterranean.
But a party thrown for Rolling Stones singer Sir Mick Jagger on the volcanic island of Stromboli was unceremoniously broken up by Italian police on Wednesday night.
The event – attended by Dakota Johnson, Josh O’Connor and other British and American celebrities – had fallen foul of local bylaws and zealous officials.
Police were sent in on the orders of the mayor of Lipari, a neighbouring island, which is the administrative centre of the Aeolian archipelago. He said Sir Mick’s party had contravened noise-control regulations.
Dakota Johnson, one of Sir Mick’s co-stars in Three Incestuous Sisters, was also at the party - Taylor Hill
The intervention of the police was met, according to local media, with “perplexity mixed with hilarity” by Sir Mick, 82, and his co-stars, who included Jessie Buckley, Saoirse Ronan and Isabella Rossellini.
Rossellini has a close personal connection to the island – her father Roberto directed Stromboli, the 1950 cult film, which was shot on the island. He also had an affair with its leading lady, the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, whom he later married.
Sir Mick and the cast and crew have spent the past few weeks filming an adaptation of an illustrated book called Three Incestuous Sisters by the American writer Audrey Niffenegger.
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Josh O’Connor plays a lighthouse keeper’s son in the gothic drama, which is set in Stromboli and Rome - Tristan Fewings / Getty
The book is about three sisters who live together in a house by the sea and vie for the romantic attentions of the lighthouse keeper’s son.
Sir Mick plays the lighthouse keeper in the gothic drama, which is directed by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher. His son is played by O’Connor, who received plaudits for his portrayal of Prince Charles in the Netflix drama The Crown.
While on Stromboli, Sir Mick reportedly stayed in a villa where Roberto Rossellini began his affair with Bergman.
Isabella Rossellini also stars in the film, based on a novel by US writer Audrey Niffenegger - Dave Benett
The break-up of the film party this week prompted a row between the two islands. Rosa Oliva, the head of the tourist office on Stromboli, said it was a mean-spirited decision by Riccardo Gullo, the mayor of Lipari.
Rather than being “valued and supported” after a tough winter of bad weather and suspended ferry services, Stromboli had been “penalised”. The celebrities should have been welcomed with open arms, rather than subjected to a “punitive intervention”, she said.
Ms Oliva added: “From the mayor of Lipari, one would have expected a welcome to the guests, or at least a greeting and a thank you for their crucial contribution to the Aeolian economy and their visibility. Our islands live off tourism.”
It is not known whether the reaction of the Rolling Stones’ frontman was annoyance or amusement. Either way, he left the island on Thursday by private helicopter.
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
