{"id":754754,"date":"2021-09-15T10:21:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=754754"},"modified":"2021-09-15T10:21:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:21:28","slug":"rolling-stones-members-skip-drummers-funeral-stay-in-boston-rehearsing-for-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rolling-stones-members-skip-drummers-funeral-stay-in-boston-rehearsing-for-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stones\u2019 Members Skip Drummer\u2019s Funeral, Stay In Boston Rehearsing For Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frolling-stones-members-skip-drummers-funeral-stay-in-boston-rehearsing-for-tour%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=754754&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/stones-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Members of the Rolling Stones skipped memorial services for drummer Charlie Watts when he was laid to rest at a secret funeral in Britain last week, instead staying in Boston to rehearse for their new U.S. tour, which kicks off later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral went on without the attendance of singer Mick Jagger, 78, and guitarists Keith Richards, 77, and Ronnie Wood, 74, according to The Sun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe famed rhythm man\u2019s family organized a secret funeral in Devon befitting the fuss-free character&nbsp;of the rocker, who&nbsp;died aged 80 on Aug. 24, just weeks after pulling out of the Stones\u2019 US tour,\u201d the Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/16128811\/rolling-stones-drummer-bandmate-charlie-watts-funeral-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cBecause of&nbsp;Covid restrictions, they were forced to stay in Boston where they have been rehearsing for the Stones\u2019 rescheduled US tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn insider said the Stones would pay tribute to their fallen bandmate at the upcoming shows and were also planning a celebration of his life later this year in the UK,\u201d the paper said.<\/p>\n<p>The surviving members of the band are also planning a dedicated celebration of Watts\u2019 life later this year in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Watts announced Aug. 5 that he would sit out the band\u2019s rescheduled US tour after having surgery for an unspecified malady, which he said was \u201ccompletely successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor once my timing has been a little off,\u201d quipped the legendary drummer, one of the Stones\u2019 founding members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am working hard to get fully fit but I have today accepted on the advice of the experts that this will take a while,\u201d said Watts, who was also successfully treated for throat cancer in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all the fans\u2019 suffering caused by COVID I really do not want the many RS fans who have been holding tickets for this Tour to be disappointed by another postponement or cancellation,\u201d Watts said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have therefore asked my great friend Steve Jordan to stand in for me,\u201d he said of the respected session and TV talk show drummer who was also in Stones\u2019 guitarist Keith Richards\u2019 side project, the X-Pensive Winos.<\/p>\n<p>But on Aug. 28, Watts passed away.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the band said in a statement: \u201cIt is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts. He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCharlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation. We kindly request that the privacy of his family, band members and close friends is respected at this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After more than five decades with \u201cthe World\u2019s Greatest Rock \u2019n Roll Band,\u201d Watts was considered one of the greatest drummers of all time. Richards once said, \u201cEverybody thinks Mick and Keith are the Rolling Stones. If Charlie wasn\u2019t doing what he\u2019s doing on drums, that wouldn\u2019t be true at all. You\u2019d find out Charlie Watts<em>&nbsp;is<\/em> the Stones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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