Stones stop rolling

The Rolling Stones have cancelled their concert in Bangkok after a technical snag grounded their crew’s plane in Bombay, their Indian promoter said tonight.

The ageing rockers, with their 150-strong entourage, earlier cancelled what would have been their first concerts in China because of a deadly flu-like disease that has infected at least 2,400 people worldwide and killed at least 100 people, mostly in Asia.