
The Faces at TW Classic, July 9 - Photo: Geert Van de Velde
From the Mick Hucknall interview in today's Daily Mirror:
The band, Mick, Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones and Ian McLagan, will play in Japan at the end of July.
And they are looking forward to headlining the Prince’s Trust Polo Rocks event at Hurtwood Park, on Saturday.
The Manchester-born singer, who has sold more than 55 million records in a career spanning 30 years, is also loving his new role as Rod’s stand-in.
Despite a barrage of criticism when it was announced he would be fronting the 70s band, Mick has won over the cynics to such an extent there are now calls for him to take over permanently.
Mick brushes that off: “I idolised Rod as a teenager, so I’m standing in until Rod wants to come back – then I’ll watch.”
But it’s not just Mick and Kenney, 62, who are loving being back in the limelight – they firmly believe that the group’s reunion has “saved” former alcoholic and drug addict, Ronnie.
The Rolling Stone has been sober for 18 months and Mick and Kenney believe it was the tour which gave him the incentive to live. Mick says: “Ronnie’s amazing. I’ve never seen him play this well. I think The Faces saved him and there’s nothing wrong with that.
“I still have a drink, I love a drink because I’ve never had that problem, that disease. I know my limit.
“But it’s hard for Ronnie when we come off stage and have a drink and start buzzing.
Poor Ron wants to get out of it before we start talking rubbish. I think he is still sensitive to it being around but at the same time, I really feel he’s not struggling any more.”
Daily MirrorGood on Ronnie, personally and professionally.
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