Hi y'all... I've been off here for so long that I literally forgot my username for a moment  there simply wasn't that much stuff to talk about regarding the Stones lately, so I stayed away. Of course now that changed and if amyone cares I wanna add my thoughts also just to talk about it...

I've been as gutted as everyone since Sunday when the news about the called-off tour first broke, but I'm glad we got some actual perspective now as for what was going on. When I woke up on Sunday and the first thing I saw was Doug's post over on the Shidoobe FB group I almost had a heart attack cause I thought someone died...

Knowing now that Keith simply made the decision that big stadiun tours are too much for him at 82 years, it's sad but kind of a relief, also, because it means the guys are alright. And this doesn't sound like they never wanna play any shows anymore either, seeing how their spokesperson saif they'l be back when they're ready... I can't imagine Keith of all people not wanting to be on stage anymore. I completely understand that big 3 month long tours and changing hotels every 4 days, staying away from home for so long is excrutiating at that age. But that totally doesn't exclude some mini-residencies of maybe 3 shows in NYC and London each for the album release...this is what I'm gonna hope for now in order to not be too nummed for the moment, because as long as Mick and Keith don't publically announce that they are gonna retire for good, we can always still hope for a few shows, even if touring is over

Sorry for making so many posts at once but I also agree with what some of y'all have been saying before about some people over on IORR, they're going completely crazy, but tbh some of it is very entertaining, almost makes me wish I had popcorn other comments however made me mad because it's just uncontrolled spreading of rumours and fake news, like that clown claiming what Hendrik apparently said altho Hendrik himself denied it then, stating he never said so...

What I also find beyond ludicrous is some people thinking Mick would go on touring with the Stones without Keith...Mick and Keith ARE the Rolling Stones, there is no Rolling Stones without either of them, plus Mick never wanted to play with the Stones without Keith, he was the one who told Brian in the very beginning that he'd only join his band if Keith would be allowed to join as well...so Mick playing shows under the Stones name without Keith is entirely ludicrous to imagine and I doubt many actual fans would wanna see that, I for sure wouldn't

The spokesperson comment seems legit because NME also contacted them and they confirmed that the things that have been stated are true, so that's that. I believe with "good" they mean healthy and thank god the guys seem to be, Mick is out and about appearing on another red carpet or event like 2 times a month or so, Ronnie has done the Jools Holland thing a few days ago, Keith played in NYC a few weeks ago, so at this current moment, thankfully, they all seem to be fit and healthy, no question there for me.

The ready part is the interesting thing about that comment imo^^ because the way it's been phrased with Keith not being able to commit to a few months long tour in half a years time doesn't seem to be so absurd to me. He's 82 years old (on Thursday), I think he's allowed not to feel ready any longer to play three 2h long shows per week over multiple months and jetting across an entire continent, hopping from one hotel to the next every 4 days

So I think everything about these statements is entirely legit and also understandable but it doesn't exclude a mini-residency to celebrate the new album and that's what I'll be looking forward to and hoping for as long as Mick or Keith doesn't say otherwise.

Btw I just watched Sticky Fingers live at the Fonda and when JJF came on, I was like: there is simply no way in hell that Keith is never gonna wanna play JJF again live on stage as long as he's still alive and breathing, he loves this song so much and has said multiple times it's his fave song to play live, I don't see Keith living happily without being able to play it live anymore tbh (maybe I'm being dramatic here but that's how I feel based on what Keith has said previously)

Both of Keith's daughters with Patti are pregnant. I bet that's the reason he wants to chill out next summer. Once babies and the Mommas are home, then he can roll with the Stones.

My bank account thanks Keef

Steel Wheels wrote on Dec 17^th, 2025 at 9:55am:



Thanks I didn't see those, I just found a video and you're right, Theodora looks pretty pregnant indeed, like the baby would probably be due in 1-2 months by now it seems...Alexandra doesn't look pregnant to me and this was only one week after when she was partying on Halloween

So I highly doubt this would be the primary reason for Keith cancelling an entire tour, especially since Theodora had her first kid right in the middle of the HD tour last year...

I simply think he physically isn't up for how excrutiating an entire tour would be, and family reasons just come on top of it...like I was thinking what if during that Bruce Willis charity thing he noticed that yeah can still has fun playing small gigs like that but being up on a huge stage for 3 months is simply too much, he barely moved around anymore last year as compared to 2022, e.g. he didn't even attempt to walk out on the catwalk at all during the HD tour, during the Sixty tour he joined Mick on the small stage for Rambler every show and also for Satisfaction...

Rev, one gotta admire your optimism hahah, it almost makes me hope a little more as well... these past few days I kinda wemt through all stages of grief simultaneously, but since I'm an indie writer on the side, last night I started to write kind of my own tour memoir called My Stones Journey – Munich 2017 to Orlando 2024 and it is SO fun to reminisce and write down all those little special moments, I'll add pictures and links to the videos I took and then share with y'all in case some of you went to the same shows and wanna reminisce as well

https://www.instagram.com/p/DScVx2SjPMc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I found a postcard of this one popular picture of Keith's hands the other day and I just had to write a post about this amidst all these unfounded fake news regarding the tour "cancellation" (it was never announced so how can it be cancelled?) due to his arthritis... media outlets really gotta start doing some proper journalism again and not just copy laste everything without using a single brain cell...

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 19^th, 2025 at 5:34pm:


Which photos??

Mick's name was mentioned in those files before already, as was e.g. Lady Di's you wouldn't honestly assume that Lady Di has anything at all to do with that bs so why should Mick, just cause he is in a pic with Bill Clinton when everyone knows that Clinton is close to the Stones, he literally was in Shine A Light...

I don't think that'll have any effect on the album release/promo shows cause I didn't expect that to happen anymore early in the year anyway. Now that the album release won't be followed by a big tour, I think they'll push it back to September, seeing how loads of people (including Mick and Ronnie) will be busy following the World Cup in June and July. So September is my best bet, after holiday season, it's also still warm enough then to play outdoor shows in London, Bon Jovi does, I just bought a ticket for the last Wembley show

The hypochondriacs at IORR are doing their best to ruin the vibe in the fandom. The longer their Chick Little porn goes on the dumber it gets. Now they’re chattering that it’s good the Stones aren’t coming to the States because … Trump (seriously).

There’s a lot of acreage between doom and cope, but a lot of them haven’t found it yet. Even that widely dispersed Rolling Stone piece was speculative garbage.

We know/accept, from public appearances, generally reliable insiders, and a couple of official comments, only a few things, and only one of them is certain about the future: (1) The Stones were offered a summer stadium tour in Europe and turned it down because it didn’t appeal to Keith. (2) We have it on good information that Mick isn’t interested in residencies, or hasn’t been when offered them in the past. (3) We have seen every member of the band out and about recently, ambulatory and making pop-up performance appearances. (4) We know there is an album on the way.

Summing it up: They’re healthy, they’re still active musically, they have a brand to promote, but they won’t be doing it with a large summer stadium tour in Europe.

There’s no cause for doom. History, including recent history, tells us the band does its own thing on its own schedule and will pop back up with something that will catch us off guard.

The rep’s comment that the band will be back on stage when they’re good and ready sounds like PR noise to me, a neutral statement that means nothing, though it actually sounds oddly defensive in tone. I doubt that’s what the band told him to say, at least not in those words.

They might be back, they might not. Odds are very good (because they love to play, they’re healthy enough to be on stage, and they have something to sell) that they’ll be back in some form or fashion.

But if you skim what’s going on at IORR, you see a perverse human tendency to doom over nothing. Patti must have cancer! Trump’s mean tweets about celebrities ruined the touring market in Europe! Mick had dinner with jet setters at Epstein’s pad, with their clothes on! Keith’s knuckles! Bring back Mick Taylor, call Waddy!

Anything will do, psychologically, except the ambiguity of not being in control of the future. The Stones are fine. Be excited while we still have time. Don’t watch the pot come to a boil.