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| Jeep |
From the Sunday Express (Daily Express week end):
From Herald On Sunday (NZ Herald week end) :
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| corgi37 |
Now his bandanna can be used to keep his brains in! |
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| Nellcote |
The writer in the 1st article obviously does not follow Keith enough to understand it is normal for him to wear at least three hats...
Thanks for the articles... |
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| Gazza |
I love the way they seem to know that Mick was "privately fuming" as he left London for America.
For what its worth, another report I've read mentions 6 shows needing to be rescheduled at a cost of £5 million
All conjecture. And as for the "unnamed friend who spent time with Mick" this week as the source - big yawn. Printing no names gives you the licence to make stuff up - plus if it was someone close to Mick, it wouldnt take him time to work out the source if true.
Plus, contrary to what the Sunday Express story says, while its been strongly rumoured about the Paris show being moved to June 29th, theres been no real indication that it will be the first show - whereas theres been every indication to suggest that the opening shows in Spain WILL be rescheduled, not cancelled
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| sssoul |
well, since the source of their estimate is "fans posting on the internet" that's not what i'd call real authoritative ... and now that the article's been posted here, i guess tomorrow they can print that the june-29th opening date has been *confirmed* by internet fan sites.
Keith, be *well* - all the way, baby, all the way |
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| Gazza |
Indeed. "Fans posting on the internet" has covered a multitude of angles in the last couple of weeks - everything from Keith being "in a coma and given the last rites" to "he'll be fine and only 2 shows will be postponed"
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| Gazza |
here's the report from "The Independent" which mentions only 6 shows likely to be rescheduled (thanks to Riffbuk on IORR for finding it):
A bump on the head costs the Stones £5m
By Robin Stummer
Published: 14 May 2006
Keith Richards's brain surgery could cost the Rolling Stones more than £5m in show cancellations, industry sources said yesterday.
The 62-year-old guitarist's recovery over the next few weeks, following an operation to relieve pressure within his skull after falling out of a tree, means up to six shows could be pulled from the start of the European tour until he is fit enough to rejoin the band.
The Stones' team is still negotiating how to reschedule the tour and fit in the axed shows, which should have kicked off in Barcelona a week on Saturday.
An industry insider said: "The Stones can make up to £1m per show. Obviously the tours are a real money-spinner, so they will be very keen to make sure they can keep the losses to a minimum."
The band's 2003 dates gave them the year's highest-grossing tour, taking $300m from 116 shows.
Richards fell from a coconut tree while holidaying in Fiji last month. He was taken to Auckland, New Zealand, where he underwent surgery on Monday, which a spokesman said was "100 per cent successful", to ease pressure after he complained of headaches.
He has checked out of Auckland's Ascot Hospital and is spending some time recuperating.
Inside Keef's brain: An exploration by John Walsh
On Wednesday, a tabloid newspaper told its readers how a blood clot was causing Keith Richards's brain to swell against his skull, and explained the process with the help of a cross-section cranial diagram. It didn't help much. What fans of the rock'n'roll vampire really need is a map of his brain after four decades of excess, a lifetime of tours, booze, groupies and more mood-altering chemicals than are stored in the warehouses of GlaxoSmithKline. What's it like to be inside Keith's ravaged, bandanna-ed cerebrum?
You can imagine a lot of brain energy devoted to the acquiring of the same sustenance and stimulants - the daily diet of shepherd's pie (it's the only thing he eats on tour), the Marlboros, the Jack Daniel's. You can intuit that whole sections of tissue are mildewed with toxic abuse. But don't be too certain. For years interviewers were told: don't bother him with questions about the 1970s and 1980s. Waste of time - he remembers nothing. It's not true. Woe betide the hack who got a date, a gig, a detail wrong about the Stones' back catalogue.
Keith has a few hundred songs washing around somewhere in his frontal lobes - maybe only the opening chords in some cases, but that's where his skill as the world's most exciting rhythm guitar player is best deployed. Locked in his head are the 12-bar Delta blues that first vamped him when he was a teenager - Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, and the unique sound of Elvis's guitarist Scotty Moore, that Keith could never quite replicate.
Along with the music, we can infer, is the foggy memory of a few thousand undifferentiated gigs - same view of the chaotically demented first 20 rows, same view of Michael Jagger's back, same duets with Ronnie Wood. But if would be odd if among them, two didn't rank high: the concerts at the Station Hotel Richmond in 1962-63 when the Stones were having their extended eureka moment, discovering how rock'n'roll could transform audiences, generations, eras; and the welcome-home concert at Brixton Academy at the end of their 1995 world tour, a gig at which half the posers in London pretended to have been present.
With his 60s has come a wheezy family sentimentality: he dotes on his daughters Theodora and Alexandra ("Little T and A") by the model Patti Hansen with whom he lives in Connecticut, and on his son Marlon, who disobligingly made him a grandfather in 1996.
And over in the memory corner, right at the front of the vast queue of songs and girlfriends, will be a large aide-memoire: "Coconuts. Don't climb the trees, man. Just buy a Bounty."
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/article447815.ece
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| UGot2Rollme |
The most disturbing thing about the first article is the report that Ronnie was drinking with Keith. Gotta consider the source, but hope it's not true! |
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| Gazza |
Unfortunately, that story has been pretty consistent in all the reports from day one. |
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| gimmekeef |
I would think that Mick would naturally be concerned about the unceartainty and logistics because thats his thing.As far as fuming about money loss that likely was the bs premise of the story just to get people to read it.Just hope for the sake of the fans accurate info will be made available so plans can be changed for travel etc.But as the fans are usually the least considered I'm not sure that will be done. |
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| telecaster |
Insurance will cover the loss
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| mac_daddy |
i can imagine that mick is indeed pretty pissed, and there are several aspects of this where he would be justified in feeling this way... however, it really kinda sucks that his "friend" decided to talk to the press - i bet mick is ripsh*t about that right about now... wtf?
"for ten thousand quid, some bimbo spilled the beans..." |
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| nankerphelge |
I heard Ronnie pushed him!
That's what I heard.
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| sssoul |
>> it really kinda sucks that his "friend" decided to talk to the press <<
it doesn't actually say it was Mick's friend - it says "a friend". reporters have friends for all occasions.
Keith, be well - all the way, baby, all the way |
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| monkeyman62 |
yeah like they really need the money, they are probably happy the tour is being cut short rather than upset about it |
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