Rolling Stones Fall Out Over Axing of Tour
March 28, 2001

LONDON (Reuters) - Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have fallen out because Jagger scuppered plans for the band's latest tour in order to concentrate on producing films, Britain's top-selling Sun tabloid reported on Thursday.

Richards was angry because he loved touring with the band, the tabloid said.

"He gets restless when he's not on the road, but Mick has told the rest of the band he's too busy with film stuff," a source close to the group was quoted as saying.

The Stones, who shot to fame in the 1960s, were due to play concerts in Britain and the United States later this year, the Sun said.

"(Jagger) seems more interested in the film business now and we are all worried that it might be it as far as touring is concerned," the source said.

"Mick said he might tour next year, but it's all up in the air."

Jagger, 57, has experienced success with his movie production company Jagged Films.

The first film produced by the company was an adaptation of the Robert Harris thriller "Enigma," about the battle by British scientists to break German secret codes during World War Two.

Jagger is expected to take the movie, starring "Titanic" actress Kate Winslet, to the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Last year it was reported that the rock idol was teaming up with acclaimed Hollywood film maker Martin Scorsese to write a script about a pop music star.

The movie is being billed as a no-holds-barred expose of the pop world -- a subject Jagger, famed for his philandering ways and hedonistic lifestyle, knows plenty about.

Source: Reuters Entertainment News