Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood has gathered no moss this week as he fitted in plenty of family time alongside the band’s US tour.
At the start of the week he was happy to be hanging out with his old mate Mick Fleetwood in Glendale Arizona, saying: “So great to see my friend Mick and his family before the show.” While in Arizona, Ronnie, 76, and wife Sally, 46 - who are travelling with their twin daughters Gracie and Alice - also met up with rocker Alice Cooper.
In New Orleans, Louisiana, the couple were pictured enjoying “good vibes” with singer/songwriter Neil Young. Once the family made it to Las Vegas, Nevada, they took a shot with the iconic sign before taking in a show. Sally wrote: “We’re back in town! Been here for five minutes and already seen a show and popped to see the sign.”
The show was with magicians Penn and Teller. Sally added: “Legends! The magic continues.” The Rolling Stones are currently touring in the US to promote their latest album Hackney Diamonds. Last month, Mick Jagger, 80, made a heartbreaking confession as the legends took to the stage in Houston.
The start of the US tour, which came an impressive 60 years after they first hit the road in America, marked a bittersweet moment for Mick, Ronnie and Keith Richards, 80. They are missing Charlie Watts, the Stones drummer who died, aged 80, from cancer in 2021. Guitarist Keith said giving up on their music after Charlie’s death was never an option. He said: “Basically, we love each other and we love our music and when you’re doing it, you don’t really think about it.
“But I think with Charlie going, I have realised more and more how special that is. I mean, there is something about the Stones and there is something about us all that sort of says, ‘No, we stick together’. And then you can’t just drop it. You’ve, you got to follow it right down to the end, down the tunnel.”
Steve Jordan has taken Charlie’s place on the drums, and Mick has revealed Charlie was adamant that the group should continue performing live. He shared: "Of course, it’s hard. I mean, it’s all my life ever since I was 19 or whatever, it’s always been Charlie. Of course, it’s emotional, but you have to get past that in life. I love Charlie and all the things, but I still want to carry on making music.” Charlie had been a member of the Stones since January 1963, when he joined Mick, Keith and Brian Jones in their fledgling group.
The band have embarked on a 16 date tour across the US and Canada, which supports their album Hackney Diamonds, the band’s first record of original music since 2005. Keith has previously expressed gratitude for drummer Jordan's presence, stating: "He's been a friend of ours so he was a natural progression, it would have been a lot harder without Charlie's blessing." Charlie's cause of death was never publicised but his bandmate Keith Richards revealed in March 2022 that Watts had been battling throat cancer since 2004.
Just three weeks prior to his death, he announced he would be pulling out of the Stones' upcoming US tour. Mick Jagger revealed that the new album consists of 12 tracks, most featuring Jordan, with two tracks recorded in 2019 with Charlie. Original band member Wyman, who served as the bassist for the band from 1962 to 1993, also features on one of the tracks.
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