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The Rolling Stones will perform in St. Petersburg on June 13 as scheduled, the local concert’s promoter PMI said in a statement this week.
PMI confronted press reports that the local concert, which is the only Russian show on the band’s current tour, may be canceled due to an accident involving the Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards.
Richards, 62, underwent surgery on Monday to relieve pressure on his brain. The operation involved drilling a hole in his skull to drain blood from the brain, the New Zealand Herald reported on Thursday.
According to the paper, his spokeswoman, Fran Curtis, said Richards would be staying in Auckland as an outpatient and would be returning to the hospital for check-ups.
Richards injured his head when he fell out of a coconut tree while on holiday in Fiji at the end of the Stones’ tour of New Zealand and Australia.
“The only changes in the previously planned schedule will affect Spain,” said PMI, adding that the concerts in Barcelona and Madrid, originally due to be held on May 27 and 29, respectively, will be postponed.
“The band has confirmed that the European leg of the tour will start on June 1,” said PMI. “Before that, on doctors’ advice, Keith Richards is not to strain himself physically and should have several weeks’ rest.”
Tickets were available from the local box offices this week costing between 1,500 (standing) and 4,000 rubles ($55 to $148.)
Meanwhile, another promoter announced a concert this week to honor the upcoming summit by the heads of state of the G8 group of industrialized nations and, at the same time, fight counterfeit CDs and DVDs.
Scheduled to be held on Palace Square on July 13, the open-air event will feature the German hard-rockers Scorpions, the Swedish alt-pop band Cardigans, the Canadian pop singer Bryan Adams and Finnish glam rockers Rasmus and HIM. The Russian acts will include pop band Zveri and vocalist Zemfira Ramazanova. Sptimes.ru
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