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\nCharlie Watts, 80, the drummer for the greatest rock band in history, will miss this year\u2019s 13-city U.S. \u2026<\/b>
\nMore like The Rolling Bones. Charlie Watts,80, the drummer for the greatest rock band in history, will miss this year\u2019s 13-city U.S. tour by The Rolling Stones after having emergency surgery. What surgery Watts underwent was not disclosed but it was a \u201ccompletely successful\u201d medical procedure, according to reports. \u201cFor once my timing has been a little off,\u201d the legendary drummer and a Stones\u2019 founding members said, according to The Daily Mail. \u201cI am working hard to get fully fit but I have today accepted on the advice of the experts that this will take a while,\u201d said Watts, who also underwent treatment for throat cancer in 2004. Watts was psyched to get back on the road, disheartened by delays prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. And like a true entertainer, he said the show must go on. \u201c\u2019I am working hard to get fully fit but I have today accepted on the advice of the experts that this will take a while,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter all the fans\u2019 suffering caused by COVID I really do not want the many RS fans who have been holding tickets for this Tour to be disappointed by another postponement or cancellation.\u201d \u201cI have therefore asked my great friend Steve Jordan to stand in for me,\u201d Watts said of the drummer who joined in on Stones\u2019 guitarist Keith Richards\u2019 side project, the X-Pensive Winos. \u201cWith rehearsals starting in a couple of weeks it\u2019s very disappointing to say the least, but it\u2019s also fair to say no one saw this coming,\u201d a spokesman said, according to the New York Post. Jordan told Variety that it was \u201can absolute honor and a privilege to be Charlie\u2019s understudy.\u201d \u201cNo one will be happier than me to give up my seat on the drum-riser as soon as Charlie tells me he is good to go,\u201d he said. The Stones have been performing since the 1960s. But now all of them are in their 70s, with Watts turning 80 in June. Stones\u2019 frontman Mick Jagger,78, underwent heart valve replacement surgery in 2019, prompting the band to cancel its planned tour. But in no time he once again had moves like, well, Mick Jagger. pic.twitter.com\/nx5JFB2ZuJ Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) May 15, 2019 On Watts, Jagger said: \u201cThe band \u201creally look forward to welcoming Charlie back as soon as he is fully recovered.\u201d Meanwhile, the band\u2019s 74-year-old guitarist, Ronnie Wood, also suffered health problems, battling cancer for a second time. Wood told the Sun he was diagnosed with rare and aggressive small-cell cancer last year. \u201cI\u2019ve had cancer two different ways now,\u201d he said. \u201cI came through with the all-clear.\u201d Jagger is ready to rock. \u201cI\u2019m so excited to get back on the stage again and want to thank everyone for their patience he said. \u201cSee you soon!\u201d The Stones tour is set to begin Sept.26. The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n