Mick Jagger says he is on the mend after heart surgery

 

FILE PHOTO: Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs during a concert of their "No Filter" European tour at the Orange Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger said on Friday he was "on the mend" after undergoing surgery that caused postponement of the band's planned North American tour.

 

The 75-year-old British singer underwent heart valve replacement surgery in New York earlier this week, according to media reports.

 

Jagger and his representatives did not provide details of the surgery but said it had gone well.

 

"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," Jagger wrote on Twitter.

 

His U.S. publicist said the treatment had been successful and that Jagger was expected to make a full recovery.

Jagger's need for surgery forced the Rolling Stones last weekend to postpone its entire North American tour that had been due to start later this month.

 

Billboard magazine, citing unidentified sources, said the surgery involved the replacement of a heart valve by going through Jagger's femoral artery.

 

The procedure, known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, is an increasingly widely-used alternative to surgical valve replacement that requires the chest to be opened. TAVR typically allows for shorter hospital stays and quicker recovery times.

 

The Rolling Stones tour is now expected to begin in July, Billboard said.

 

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Keep on rolling, Mick.  Wishing you a fast recovery in thanks for all the enjoyment I've received from your great music. (I'm sure Mick reads TVF regularly.  ????)

Edited April 6, 20197 yr by Inn Between
Grammatical error, god forbid!!

Years back, my buddy Joe gave Mick a guided tour of Bangkok.  Joe and I were in the same Peace Corps group and he went on to write the Lonely Planet guidebook for Thailand.

 

Nearly 57 years ago I was lucky enough to get into The Marquee on Oxford St for your first gig and later at the Ealing Club, Ealing Broadway. Great then, legendary now. Get well soon Sir Mick, the world is watching. Time is certainly on your side. 

heart surgery gives new meaning to "Start Me Up". 

17 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Years back, my buddy Joe gave Mick a guided tour of Bangkok.  Joe and I were in the same Peace Corps group and he went on to write the Lonely Planet guidebook for Thailand.

 

I remember Joe writing about it later, he said Mick asked him to keep quiet about it at the time. Mick was a great companion apparently.

 

 

17 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Nearly 57 years ago I was lucky enough to get into The Marquee on Oxford St for your first gig and later at the Ealing Club, Ealing Broadway. Great then, legendary now. Get well soon Sir Mick, the world is watching. Time is certainly on your side. 

For me I think it was the Woolwich Odeon...????

I saw them live in the 90's for the first time.  That energy coming from the stage is unbelievable. 

 

 

2 hours ago, transam said:

For me I think it was the Woolwich Odeon...????

They played the Woolwich Granada on Jan 20  1964. 

Their first gig was at the Marquee in July '62. 

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/rolling-stones-first-ever-gig/

Edited April 7, 20197 yr by ratcatcher

November 30, 1981, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan on the "Tattoo You" tour. Opening Acts: The Clash, Iggy Pop AND Santana.  Three coaches made the trip from my university in Kitchener, Ontario down to Pontiac. The only bad part was that we had to consume all of our "herbal remedies" before we got to US border, so my memories of anything after the bus ride are only sporadic.

 

Saw them again in Macau in 2014, 33 years after Pontiac. Still a great show and Sir Mick was all over the stage.  Keith seemed to be slowing down a bit but he will always be a legend.

18 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

heart surgery gives new meaning to "Start Me Up". 

The heart is important cause you can't live without it - unlike the brain ...

Take care Mick, we need your energy back on stage. 

Edited April 8, 20197 yr by balo

heart surgery gives new meaning 

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On 4/7/2019 at 5:17 AM, balo said:

I saw them live in the 90's for the first time.  That energy coming from the stage is unbelievable.

I saw them at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC in 1972.  Lots of energy.  And a bit of teargas wafting in from the parking lot.

With all the toxic stuff these lads injected in their veins during their glory hole years, amazing they did not explode.

 

Strong chaps,  and wish you many more healthy years despite your crazy drug patterns and don't stop rock n'roll. 

Good time to retire there Mick....@75 and nothing fresh in years time to hang up the microphone...

On 4/8/2019 at 3:01 AM, ttrd said:

The heart is important cause you can't live without it - unlike the brain ...

Like it. So true. 

3 hours ago, AlexRRR said:

@75 and nothing fresh in years time to hang up the microphone..

No way, he will be rocking at 90, just wait and see. 

On 4/6/2019 at 7:54 PM, Inn Between said:

Keep on rolling, Mick.  Wishing you a fast recovery in thanks for all the enjoyment I've received from your great music. (I'm sure Mick reads TVF regularly.  ????)

Twitter is proving to be the best online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages among users across the globe

On 4/10/2019 at 6:16 PM, AlexRRR said:

Good time to retire there Mick....@75 and nothing fresh in years time to hang up the microphone...

You are 15...?

2 hours ago, transam said:

You are 15...?

No mate...i dont live in the past you could say...NOTHING FRESH IN YEARS... and i meant it....think the LP with Miss You was the last half decent by the Stones and that was the 90's i think....like there well and truly over it...Get use to it...

 

Ps ....popularity dont mean good....i been alive long enough to have worked that out..

 

But hey im a big Santana fan and i pretty much love everything they do so i understand where your coming from.... still if some one put shit on Santana i would understand...like its close to 60 years now...

It's all a big scam, just look at him; Mick Jagger has been dead for years.   He's a Zombie for goodness sake. So is Richards, but that's another medical story for another time.  As we all know of course, Charlie Watts is a Alien and the only one that is actually alive (mostly) and almost human is Ronnie.  

3 hours ago, officially4h said:

Twitter is proving to be the best online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages among users across the globe

 Do you work for Twitter?

 

I'm one of those freaks who has never used Twitter or had a Facebook account, and I'm actually pretty sure that Mick has never been to this forum, so ......