Keith Richards

[india7]

That is awesome! I love Keef!

[pepper67]

ROFLMAO! He absolutely clobbers the guy!

[PearlySweetcake]

...Keef takes off his guitar, bashes the guy over the head with it, puts his guitar back on and continues playing.

"El Kabonnng!!!!"

[abbynormal]

LOL. Never fear people, he's back to his old self!

[PearlySweetcake]

Update: Keith recovering from weekend brain surgery.

[Yossarian]

Keith's been discharged but has to stay in NZ for on-going treatment:

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was discharged from hospital today but may stay in Auckland for some time, his publicists says.

"Keith Richards was discharged today from the Ascot Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand," New York-based publicist Fran Curtis said in a brief statement received here on Thursday.

"He will be an outpatient returning to the hospital for check-ups," she said.

The legendary rocker, 62, reportedly fell from a coconut tree while on holiday in Fiji last month. He underwent surgery on Monday to relieve pressure on his brain from a blood clot, after reportedly complaining of headaches.

Curtis denied media reports in Britain and New Zealand that Richards had undergone two operations and had possibly suffered brain damage.

"There's a lot of cockamamie stories that just aren't true. He's fine," she said on Tuesday from New York.

"The first and only operation was done on Monday, May 8. It was 100 per cent successful."

The New Zealand Herald quoted an anonymous source as saying Richards had a first operation on April 28 to stop bleeding in his skull.

There had been fears for his life, it said.

Curtis had said at the time Richards was suffering a mild concussion.
Richards's operation early on Monday required holes to be drilled into his skull for a craniotomy, which involved removing a portion of the skull, the Herald said.

Yesterday, Jerry Hall, the ex-wife of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, said Richards was "doing very well", adding that she was in email contact with his family, who had been at his bedside in Auckland.

"We are very upset about it. Mick is on holiday at the moment so he is hearing the same news as we are," the 49-year-old Texan model told reporters yesterday at the London launch of a helpline for victims of child abuse.

Hall, who said she introduced Richards to his wife Patti Hansen, said she had not been in phone contact with Richards's family in New Zealand.

Following Monday's surgery, Richards was "up and about chatting, and phoning New York", the spokesman said.

The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour of Europe will begin in June, after the initially scheduled opening gig in Barcelona, Spain late this month was delayed to allow Richards to recover.

Richards was holidaying in Fiji last month after the New Zealand leg of the band's tour and was reported to have been climbing a palm tree at the resort with fellow Stones guitarist Ron Wood, 58, when he fell.

The resort, with private suites costing up to $US7,600 ($A9,830) a night, is a favourite vacation spot with the rich and famous, with Pierce Brosnan, Bill Gates, Michelle Pfeiffer, Celine Dion and Nicole Kidman among past guests.

Yesterday it was reported that the hard-living 62-year-old rocker may have sustained brain damage after a second operation following his fall from a coconut tree in Fiji last month.

However, his United States-based spokeswoman Fran Curtis said the reports were untrue and Richards had had only one operation, on May 8.

In a statement today, she said Richards was discharged from the Ascot Hospital in Auckland.

"He will be an outpatient returning to the hospital for check-ups."

The band's European tour has been delayed but is scheduled to begin in June.

Cockamamie! What an under-utilised word!

[abbynormal]

Thanks Yossarian. I'm really glad he's alright.

BTW, for any Stones fans, I found this performance of Jumping Jack Flash at Youtube that I had never seen before. It's really good in case anyone is interested.

[abbynormal]

Picture of Keith and his wife Patti Hansen leaving a hotel in Auckland. He looks well.

[Deleted]

Geez, Patti is like, what? 50 years old? She looks so young!

Keith looks healthy (as healthy as he can anyways!).

[abbynormal]

Confirmed role in POTC III.