Month: April 2019

=> We got a message from Mick, just after his surgery:
“Thank you everyone for all your messages of support, I’m feeling much better now and on the mend – and also a huge thank you to all the hospital staff for doing a superb job.”
– well that was really nice and it seems as Mick and all of us have a reason to be thankful!

See them work the Olympia, 2003:

=> In stead of The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac will play the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Thursday, May 2! Nice for Fleetwood Fans, a bummer to us Stones fans. But let’s see – maybe the Stones will play the Jazzfest next year!? See billboard.com or consequenceofsound.net for more on this…

=> Big relief everywhere: According to sources, Billboard reports that Mick has completed his heart valve procedure in New York and is recovering and in great health! To be precise, Mick underwent a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). He has to rest now for some days while his artery can heal and to avoid the danger of severe bleedings.

If you are interested in more details conderning this procedure, have a look at foxnews.com [thx Jean-Pierre!] for what Dr. Marc Siegel has to tell about it. In a nutshell: Mick has made a successful first step for recovery; now let us all keep our fingers crossed that all goes well during the next days!

=> Ok, Mick has eveloped a valve condition as we now know. By now, we’re slowly becoming heart valve specialists ourselves, hehehe … so according to dailymail.co.uk, the procedure which Mick has to face to fix his heart valve can be minimally-invasive. As he has taken care of his physis, he’s the ideal patient for this method where the cest is not opened but where the valve is fixed by passing a replacement through a catheter. Thus, he could recover this procedure within about two weeks, rather than two months…

=> The Stones management must have been really busy! As you can read at billboard.com or at bbc.com, the tourstart was shifted towards July and the new dates will be announced within the next weeks! Sadly, the date for the New Orleans Jazz festival, May 2nd, has been cancelled. Tough for the organizers there, they have to look for a replacement. All other dates seem to stay in the schedule, including the date in Canada – the exact dates are expected to be stated within the next weeks. Most dates were booked with NFL stadiums and until the next season, starting September 9 this year, dates can be rescheduled without great difficulties.

Some memories from 2017…

=> One more UPDATE: According to mediaite.com, Mick “is set to undergo heart valve replacement surgery in NYC this week … Mick is expected to make a full recovery and will be back on stage by summer … The procedure has a 95% success rate. And Jagger, 75, is in extraordinary physical condition“. See also rollingstone.com, where it’s said that Mick will undergo his surgery this Friday.

=> UPDATE: Mick will undergo heart surgery this week to replace a damaged valve! According to dailymail.co.uk, Mick is going to have a damaged valve replaced this week in New York. So this explains the need to postpone the tour. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for Mick and that he comes back clean and sound after his surgery!

=> Mick is well – but bored… As the SUN reports, thesun.co.uk Mick is resting in Miami but he’s getting bored already. A ‘source’ is told to say: “He’s massively frustrated, he wants to be getting back out there and at this moment in time he’s feeling absolutely fine. […] Of course he has taken the medical advice on board, but he looks after himself well and feels totally capable at this moment in time. He’s optimistic he won’t be laid up for long, and at the moment he’s just hanging out in Miami with the other guys.“. So far, so good. Again: the tour is POSTPONED, and NOT cancelled!
Check out the dailymail.co.uk with some hilarious pictures about our heroes and some super cute little twins, too…

=> No April fooling here, promised! According to telegraph.co.uk , Mick is in perfectly good health, but has in fact only injured himself after training for shows. That’s no big surprise as Mick, 75, traines very hard, as we all know, and especially in prparation for tours. So basically, he is well, but will need to recover from some injury he got while training – which could be some muscle or joint issue. Whatever be the case: get well soon, Mick. And let’s not forget to be VERY thankful for the other band members who seem to have passed the check-up well!

The tour will be postponed for around a month and the promoters AEG Presents/Concerts West told fans that their tickets will still be valid at the rescheduled concerts.