Wood reveals lung cancer emergency op

Rolling Stone star Ronnie Wood has revealed that he underwent an emergency operation after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

The guitarist, 70, who is father to two young twins, told the Mail On Sunday’s Event magazine that he wondered whether it was “time to say goodbye”.

His doctor made the discovery in health tests before the upcoming Rolling Stones tour.

Wood said: “There was a week when everything hung in the balance and it could have been curtains – time to say goodbye. You never know what is going to happen.”