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 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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