Stones Postpone Tour as Jagger Receives Medical Treatment

NEW YORK (AP) _ The Rolling Stones are postponing their latest tour so Mick Jagger can receive medical treatment.

The band announced Saturday that Jagger was told by doctors ``he cannot go on tour at this time.’’ The band added that Jagger ``is expected to make a complete recovery so that he can get back on stage as soon as possible.’’

No more details about 75-year-old Jagger’s condition were provided.

The Stones’ No Filter Tour was expected to start April 20 in Miami. Other stops included Jacksonville, Florida; Houston; the New Orleans Jazz Festival; Pasadena and Santa Clara in California; Seattle; Denver; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Foxborough, Massachusetts; East Rutherford, New Jersey; Chicago; and Ontario, Canada.

`I really hate letting you down like this,’’ Jagger tweeted Saturday. ``I’m devastated for having to postpone the tour but I will be working very hard to be back on stage as soon as I can.’’

Tour promoters AEG Presents and Concerts West advise ticketholders to hold on to their existing tickets because will be valid for the rescheduled dates.