Hey! You! Get off of that booze
Mick Jagger tells Ronnie Wood to quit drink or face sack from Rolling Stones OFF RAILS: Ronnie PACK IT IN: Mick
By Dan Evans, 03/01/2010
ROLLING Stone Mick Jagger will give hard-drinking Ronnie Wood an ultimatum - quit booze or be DITCHED from the band's tour.
Ronnie's worried family have asked Mick to get his bandmate into rehab to tackle his two bottles of vodka a DAY habit.
It follows a Christmas Eve showdown as ex-wife Jo and kids Leah and Tyrone begged veteran guitariest Ronnie to get help.
A source said: "Ronnie's on a path to self-destruction. His daily alcohol intake is over 50 UNITS."
Frantic Jo, 54, phoned Mick and pleaded with him to help. "If anyone can make Ron listen it's the band," said the source.
If the 62-year-old rocker doesn't clean up, he faces being dumped from the Stones' forthcoming tour, set to be announced in April. The source went on: "Mick is making it clear to Ronnie he must curb the drinking or he won't be coming on tour.
"He won't let Ronnie's boozing derail the band's plans and already has possible replacements in mind."
But Mick, 66, will support Ronnie - cautioned for assaulting ex-lover Ekaterina Ivanova, 21. His pal Nick Charles runs Gainsborough Foundation rehab in Cambs. Nick warned: "Ronnie looks as if he is heading for tragedy. I'd fix him up."
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