Charlie's cancer almost wrecked Stones' tour plans

Charlie Watts' throat cancer scare almost scuppered The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang world tour before it even started - frontman Mick Jagger insists he would have cancelled the whole thing if his bandmate was unable to hit the road.

Charlie's cancer almost wrecked Stones' tour plans

Charlie Watts' throat cancer scare almost scuppered The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang world tour before it even started - frontman Mick Jagger insists he would have cancelled the whole thing if his bandmate was unable to hit the road.

Jagger reveals he was a bag of nerves when Watts told him of his diagnosis, and feared it might signal the end of the Stones' touring plans.

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