Rolling Stones forced to ‘scrap huge 2025 UK and Europe tour’ leaving fans gutted

The Rolling Stones volition not beryllium heading connected circuit implicit summertime 2025 aft they were heavy rumoured to bash so, it has been reported.

The 70s rockers – Mick Jagger, 81, Keith Richards, 81, and Ronnie Wood, 77 – are said to beryllium hopeful shows volition spell up successful 2026 aft the set and their promoters ‘couldn’t marque dates work’ for this twelvemonth successful the UK and Europe.

Fan sites – who support up to day with each the latest rumours – suggested determination were imaginable stadium dates successful cities including London, Barcelona, Paris and Copenhagen.

This comes aft the merchandise of the Satisfaction rockers’ 24th medium Hackney Diamonds – with their deed opus Angry – successful 2023, which they toured soon aft successful a £188million US stadium hop.

But it seems determination whitethorn not beryllium immoderate Stones connected signifier this twelvemonth anymore, arsenic a root told The Sun: ‘Promoters had been locked successful discussions with The Stones astir coming to the UK and Europe.

‘There had been anticipation the gigs would instrumentality spot this summertime but it’s not worked out.

‘And present it’s been shelved. But Mick, Keith and Ronnie emotion to execute unrecorded shows truthful there’s a anticipation that the promoters tin fastener successful dates for adjacent year.’

Fans took to societal media to explicit their sadness astatine their hopes being dashed, arsenic Reddit idiosyncratic 0706 said: ‘Absolutely gutted.’

No-Reception3324 commented: ‘I’m truly disappointed due to the fact that I truly needed thing to look guardant to this summer. Let’s anticipation they tin bash it adjacent year. But that feels similar everlastingly distant :( .’

It was antecedently reported by the Daily Mail that the Brown Sugar rockers would beryllium playing 4 UK dates astatine Tottenham Hotspur stadium successful 2025.

The past clip they played successful the UK was successful 2022 astatine BST Hyde Park Festival, and they are yet to execute their Hackney Diamonds circuit connected location soil.

Before this, The Rolling Stones toured the UK successful 2018, making stops astatine The London Stadium, Manchester United’s Old Trafford, and The Principality Stadium successful Cardiff amongst different British stadiums.

Earlier this period a root told the Mail: ‘Mick, Keith, and Ronnie can’t hold to bring the amusement to UK audiences.

‘They’ve been readying it for months and are itching to get backmost retired connected the roadworthy and bash what they bash best, which is perform.

‘All 3 of them consciousness truthful live erstwhile they are successful beforehand of a stadium afloat of fans. It keeps them young.

‘They privation to amusement everybody that they person inactive got it. It is going to beryllium amazing.’

Sadly though, it appears this wasn’t meant to be.

Hackney Diamonds came aft the band’s drummer Charlie Watts died successful 2021 aged 80 and Steve Jordan replaced him.

Keith really revealed that Watts handpicked his replacement earlier his death.

‘Ever since Charlie’s gone, it’s different. He’s fig four. Of people he’s missed incredibly,’ Keith explained.

‘Thanks to Charlie Watts, we person Steve Jordan, who was Charlie’s recommendation. “If thing should hap to him, Steve Jordan is your man.”’

With a vocation spanning implicit six decades, the Rolling Stones are wide considered to beryllium among the biggest stone bands successful history.

They person sold implicit 250million records worldwide, making them 1 of the best-selling euphony artists of each time.

Metro has reached retired to The Rolling Stones for comment.

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