Drummer Charlie Watts performs throughout the kick-off present of the Rolling Stones’ “No Filter” tour at Soldier Area in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. June 21. REUTERS/Daniel Acker
Aug 5 (Reuters) – Rolling Stones’ drummer Charlie Watts may not be part of the band’s upcoming U.S. tour, which was postponed to this 12 months due to the pandemic, as he’s recovering from a medical process.
A press release from Watts’ spokesman on Wednesday stated that the drummer’s medical doctors suggested him to relaxation and get better from the medical process, which was profitable. The assertion didn’t say what the process was.
“For as soon as my timing has been somewhat off,” Watts stated within the assertion. “I’m working onerous to get totally match however I’ve in the present day accepted on the recommendation of the consultants that it will take some time.”
Watts and the remainder of the band’s members – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wooden – are of their 70s. The band has performed greater than 40 excursions, making the quartet one of the vital enduring and profitable rock acts of all time.
Steve Jordan, who can be a drummer and has labored with Richards solo tasks, will take the stage for Watts.
A couple of weeks in the past, the band introduced rescheduled dates for its US tour, which is able to now kick off in September.
Jagger underwent coronary heart valve substitute surgical procedure in 2019 and was again on stage after two months when the Rolling Stones kicked off a delayed North American tour.
Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru. Enhancing by Gerry Doyle
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