Bring on the solo tour! Prove it to the world that RONNIE's still got it!

Ronnie Wood Solo Tour...

I hope Ronnie has so much fun on his solo tour that it continues well into next year, if you know what I mean!

Dont think theres a prayer of this happening until he's had a few months of rehab. Nor should it.

The whole thing smacks of hopeless optimism, to be honest. No doubt when his album comes out (and theres still no release date even though it appears to have been finished) he'll want to do something to promote it, but I'd imagine he'll do a TV appearance and a couple of gigs as he did when 'Not for Beginners' came out in late 2001.

Ronnie has a habit of having nice ideas that sound great in theory but which never seem to come off -

- saying at the start of the BTB tour that the Stones would probably put put another album by the end of the tour and that fans could expect albums every 18 months or so from now on

- suggesting that the theatre shows on the Licks tour might contain classic albums being played in full, such as an 'Exile' night

- claiming after the success of the 'Ronnie Wood & Fiends' show at Drury Lane in March 2005 that he was going to do something similar at the venue on a monthly basis. Five years on, there hasn't been another one.

- The Ronnie & Rod 'You Strum and I'll Sing' album which he's been talking about making for what must be a decade now

- The Faces reunion tour. Seems to be a 'certainty' to happen every year now when the Stones are inactive.


If there's any truth to all this, hopefully it'll give him something to focus on once he cleans himself up, but I wouldnt be holding my breath for it happening.

Hopeless optimism!? Gazza you kill me!

Didnt Ronnie play in a store window recently? Maybe he can continue to play in storefronts across the globe and display his clothing line too!  He should be able to handle that!

All this talk of a Rolling Stones tour with a brand new album this year??

Well yes, that would be great but when? where? how?

I mean these guys do not seem to be working on it much? They are scattered across the globe mostly it seems. Charlie is busy with his live thing.  Ronnie's in London shopping or who knows doing what (that's a real mystery in itself anymore). Micks on vaca most of the time. Keith is mostly MIA or in Connecticut relaxing...


They aren't even in the same country as one another that we hear of. Sure the Pro-tools remote sharing/recording of demos is a possibility but ....that's just not how The Stones "work". They normally work on these things face to face. It's not The Stones style (although they do go cutting edge in situations) on this type of thing to do it that way. I don't think it would produce as good of results this way for them.

Unless they have alot of things already worked out and worked on some how....I do not see any progress towards an album yet....


Ian

Ian Billen wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2010 at 10:41pm:



Ian - havent you been following the Stones news in the last couple of weeks? Its on this very thread.  There wont be a tour in 2010. So I think its pretty safe to forget about an album.

Gazza wrote on Jan 24^th, 2010 at 12:23pm:



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Naturally I have. But "who" released this so-called statement from the band? Nothing on RS.com about it at all ....and that is their official website. If an official statement regarding the band was to be announced it would be on there Gazza. It's not...

As well, who releases a statement saying a group is "not" planning on touring?

You know what I mean....

...oh by the way ....here is an official announcement hot off the wire from an official representative of The Rolling Stones...."The Stones aren't planning on touring this year....sorry everyone....".

Seems kind of odd you know. I am taking it with a grain of salt.



Ian

StPeteStone wrote on Jan 24^th, 2010 at 8:59pm:



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Yes. That's my point.


Ian

Ian Billen wrote on Jan 24^th, 2010 at 10:16pm:

Ronnie Wood swears 'I don't drink any more' as he steps out with ANOTHER young female companion

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:39 PM on 25th January 2010

He was only single for seven weeks, but Ronnie Wood's indescribable charm is continuing to attract young ladies.

The Rolling Stones guitarist, 62, stepped out with not one, but two, pretty twentysomethings on Saturday night as he club-hopped around the West End.

One is thought to be his new girlfriend, the other a friend.

Despite his high-spirited demeanour, the ageing rocker told photographers 'I don't drink any more'.




Wood started off the night at the Ivy Club in Covent Garden to attend businessman friend Nick Candy's birthday party.

He then moved on from the private members 100 Club in nearby Oxford Street, where he acquired two companions.

The new girlfriend is believed to be the brunette is leather jacket, jeans and suede boots.

They all ended the night at the Automat American brasserie in Mayfair.

When he finally left there in the early hours of Sunday morning, Wood was clearly in a good mood as he gesticulated in the street for paparazzi.

Despite his upbeat mood, Wood insisted he wasn't drunk.

He said: 'I don't drink any more. I don't drink any more.'

Wood has fought a high-profile battle with alcoholism for years and checked into rehab several times, the most recent being July 2008.

The couple ended up in a drunken row in the early hours of December 2, which ended their 18-month relationship.




Since splitting from Ivanova - 41 years year his junior - last month, Wood's latest companions are the third and fourth women he has been seen with in recent weeks.

At Christmas, he was spotted drinking with a mystery brunette named 'Camilla' at J Sheekey's fish restaurant, and enjoyed a three day fling with Russian PR girl Hannah Kamelmacher two weeks ago.

Kamelmacher told the Daily Mail: 'He was a gentleman throughout our time together. We watched a couple of movies, went for a meal and went to the snooker.'

But the 26-year-old ended their brief fling after declaring it had been 'a very challenging couple of days'.

Ivanova, who was recently evicted from Celebrity Big Brother, had already split from model boyfriend Dan Turner after a few weeks together and is hoping to continue her reality show romance with Swedish DJ Jonas Altberg, aka Basshunter.

Meanwhile, Wood's bandmate Keith Richards has reportedly quit drinking under strict instructions from his doctor.

Richards, 66, hasn't drunken for four months after his hedonistic lifestyle of the past few decades finally began to catchup with him.

A friend told The Sun: 'He has always quite enjoyed the fact that he seemed to be able to carry on drinking as much as he liked with no real negative impact on his health.

'But he has watched Ronnie fall well and truly off the wagon last year and he doesn't like what he sees. Plus he has started to feel for the first time like it might do him some good to give up the booze for a while.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jan 25^th, 2010 at 2:38pm:


Then again, he doesn't drink any LESS either.


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Hasn't drunken? Here in the USA we say "ain't dranked."

All this good Stones news is almost too much to bear!