Virus-hit Mick’s ex: We’re here for you
Jagger ‘will be back next week’
START me up next week, says Covidhit Rolling Stone Mick Jagger.
The rocker, who developed coronavirus symptoms after a sound check and had to cancel a show in Amsterdam on Monday, said yesterday: “Thank you all so much, I’m feeling much better and can’t wait to get back on stage next week.”
And at least one of Mick’s former partners has shown plenty of sympathy for the old devil.
The 78-year-old frontman’s ex, Luciana Gimenez, 52, said the whole family were behind his recovery. The Brazilian model’s message to their son Lucas, 23, said: “He will be ok my darling… we are here for him.”
On Tuesday the Stones are due to perform in Milan, Italy.
The band are also set to play two shows as part of the BST Hyde Park series of concerts in London. Their first, on June 25, will be the same night Sir Paul McCartney headlines at Glastonbury.
BST insiders said it was “business as usual” as they prepared for the massive gigs. The Stones last played Hyde Park in 2013, the year the BST concerts began. They performed a famous free gig there in 1969, just two days after bandmate Brian Jones was found dead in a pool.
The band also features guitarist Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, with Steve Jordan joining them on the tour following the death of long-standing drummer Charlie Watts, 80, in August last year.
The band made their return to the UK stage at Liverpool’s Anfield football stadium last week to rave reviews, including five stars in the Mirror.
The Stones are currently on their Sixty tour, where they had planned to play 14 shows in 10 European countries. Any cancelled gigs will be rescheduled.
He will be ok my darling… we’re here for him
LUCIANA GIMENEZ REASSURES THEIR SON