Stones tour to go on despite Wood reports

LONDON (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones tour due to start in
Italy next month will go ahead on schedule, the band’s
spokeswoman told Reuters, despite reports that guitarist Ronnie
Wood has been admitted to an alcohol rehab clinic.

“The Stones are absolutely going ahead on tour beginning
July 11 in Milan,” spokeswoman Fran Curtis said by telephone
from the United States.

“I can confirm that for you because I got a note saying see
you all there,” she added.

She did not comment on reports that Wood had been admitted
to an alcohol rehab clinic in London, and referred enquiries to
the band’s London-based representative who was not immediately
available for comment.

The tour was initially delayed when fellow guitarist Keith
Richards had to have brain surgery after falling out of a tree
onto his head while holidaying in Fiji.