Irish Examiner view: Death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts

The drummer was the rock behind the iconic British Rock band

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, right, performs behind singer Mick Jagger during their concert at the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California, in 2019. Watts died in London at age 80 on Tuesday.  File picture: AP

Tributes continue to pour in for Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer who has died aged 80.

When he announced that he wouldn’t be going on the band’s USA No Filter tour earlier this month, he rather poignantly said: “For once my timing has been a little off.”