The Rolling Stones have announced their tour dates after having to cancel because of Mick's heart surgery. The tour will start around the third week in June not even a full twelve weeks after surgery!
This video clip shows him at six weeks post procedure. It's staggering to think he is 75! He would have put my whole rehab group to shame and only two of us had the full works (OHS). I must find out his secret! 😎
Love Mick good for him
I remember the Stones had their absolutely, guaranteed, definitely final farewell tour in the early 80's, I couldn't get tickets in London so I drove to Leeds to see them, worth the journey because I'd never again get the chance to see the legendary Rolling Stones. Ho, ho, ho. I must have seen them half a dozen times since.
Here they are, performing "Angie" at that 1982 concert,
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The last time I saw them was in Hyde Park in 2013. I only managed it as I had angioplasty to my left leg at the end of February as my walking had become very limited. The problem came back after 18 months and I suspect masked the CVD until it got really bad at the start of 2017. Such is life! Enjoy a video:-
Stardom - greed - exhibitionist. What sane person would force themselves into a commitment of this magnitude after major heart surgery. I agree that you are as old as you feel, however there is something called common sense - how much will he earn irrespective of whether the tour is eventually cancelled or not due to ill health?
It’s what they do. They just happen to do it better than most and certainly have been doing longer than just about everyone. I rather suspect money gas very little to do with it any more. To quote Walt Disney, ‘growing old is mandatory, grow up is optional’. I hope I’m as active at 75!
After all these years I think they start to become restless some months after a tour finishes. They all have various projects on the go, get together for studio albums, take time out, etc. but then feel a need to get back on the road. Things were quite hectic for me at one time clocking up miles visiting clients but when it gradually dwindled away I missed it. Working within the same four walls every day can get quite dull!
For a lot if performers I think stopping touring is something they all want to avoid as it means age has caught up with them. Hereabouts Marty Wilde is still touring at 80!
Yeah. I’ve just had to get a refund on tickets we had for Foxborough (Boston) as we will be back in the UK for the rearranged date ☹️
Good luck to Sir Mick, but it's really not healthy to compare his progress post surgery with the general population. It puts a lot of pressure on. Firstly, he didn't have open heart surgery. Secondly he doesn't have the practical difficulties many of us would experience - begging lifts to hospital, waiting for people to take you for a walk to the next lamp post, waiting for on line deliveries of whatever Sainsbury's have on offer, wondering when someone will call who will change the duvet, waiting 10 days for a prescription to get sorted to tackle this Ramipril cough, waiting 11 weeks for cardio rehab assessment. Despite all of this at 65 I have an alternative video of my progress which I'm quite happy with. Can't share it on here as it features a friend's 3 year old - we had a hobby horse race around the garden yesterday and that was quite strenuous. I need my energy and my driving licence back for my busy schedule - got very elderly relatives at distances away who need me back on weekly caring and company duty. I'll be watching out for Sir Mick's return to performing, I'm looking forward to it, and I'm aiming to move it like Jagger too, but I won't be comparing our progress.
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Sounds like he's on schedule . They leave the old valve in and wedge a replacement using a catheter . Amazing stuff . No need for the 12 week sternum healing
Thanks Deanosbeano and stevejb1810 I had forgotten about the ways of inserting valves etc and the options available and your comments Steve which are also relevant, as are all of the comments. I still think he's nuts and have always liked the Beatles in preference to the Stones who my mother disliked with a passion calling them rude and crude. With an Oxford accent please - "The Beatles are far more refined - lovely collarless suits"
I’m a keen Stones fan. Do remember that for majority of his life he has been enormously fit. Doesn’t smoke. Always been skinny. Life long yoga practitioner. Oh and he’s very rich! Hardly surprising that he can bounce back. 😎
He is amazing but he had less evasive surgery than open heart. I had same procedure but had open heart and took longer to recover even though I did go back to work full time after 9 weeks. !
Mick had a TAVR, not OHS. So the recovery is much easier.
Bet he’s not on Statins!
We are unlikely to ever kniw. The majority of people on statins have no side effects .
Can’t think what it is that helped Multi-millionaire Mr Jagger recover so well! Like all the compliments to HRH, Phillip, Kate/Meghan etc on their seeming glorious health!
I'm sure Mick has gone through a very real traumatic experience. The guy has endured the , not knowing what is wrong, the tests, exploratory procedures ect. Any heart procedure is scary, with money or without. He deserves the same respect as the rest of us. Yes he will have better after care than most of us but I'm dam sure he'll put a lot of effort into his rehabilitation. Good luck Sir Mick. I'm sure you'll be back jumping in a Flash.
Yes, for Mick, along with many of the posters on here who've always been super fit, finding out that you're no longer bomb proof must be a massive shock. Based on his performance last summer at Twickenham, he must be the fittest 75 year old on the planet!
Good for him, always glad to see anyone back on the road to recovery. The old saying comes to mind money does not buy your health. But it certainly helps, he will have had top notch care that only money can buy and everyone on hand to help him recover, no financial pressure and having to return to work for purely financial reasons, but at the end of the day heart disease is heart disease. His healthy lifestyle will help his recovery and I sincerely hope his good recovery continues. p.s also been following Glen Hoddles recovery who seems to be on the mend.
I am not a great football fan but have followed the career of another Spurs' player Gary Mabbutt. Like myself he is also a long term Type I diabetic, has PAD and has had a bypass.
Used to go to Spurs when Mabbutt was a player and he had my total admiration playing with type 1 diabetes and if I remember correctly think I read he had to have insulin at half time. Did not know he had also had a bypass.
Yes, Gary had a bypass in 2017 after developing chest pain. I developed angina in 2017 and had a bypass in 2018. At the start of 2913 I had angioplasty to my left leg to treat PAD. The day I went for my checkup Gary had a bypass to his left leg after suffering a leg attack (i.e. clot). Coincidences I could do without!
It was the leg bypass that made him give up plans for a training/management career.
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