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You can't always get what you want: Mick Jagger gets Covid

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You can't always get what you want: Mick Jagger gets Covid
In this file photo (From L) Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform onstage at Hard Rock Stadium on August 30, 2019 in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Rolling Stones on April 23, 2020 released their first new original music since 2012, a single aptly named "Living in a Ghost Town." Frontman Mick Jagger announced the surprise release on Twitter, saying, "The Stones were in the studio recording new material before the lockdown & one song -- Living In A Ghost Town -- we thought would resonate through the times we're living in."
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LONDON, United Kingdom — Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger on Monday said he had caught COVID-19, forcing the band to cancel its latest gig in Amsterdam.

"I'm so sorry that we've had to postpone the Amsterdam show with such short notice tonight," the 78-year-old singer tweeted. "I have unfortunately just tested positive for Covid. We aim to reschedule the date ASAP and get back as soon as we can."

The legendary British band opened their European tour with a gig in Madrid on June 1, to mark six decades since they were formed.

The "Sixty" tour includes 14 concerts across the continent, and follows the band's "No Filter" tour, which began in 2017 but saw the North American leg postponed due to the pandemic.

They wrapped up the tour late last year despite the death of drummer Charlie Watts who died last August aged 80.

Jagger, who has been vaccinated against COVID-19, last April unveiled a new song — "Easy Sleazy" — that he recorded at home during the COVID-19lockdown.

The same month, they gave a socially distanced rendition of their 1969 classic "You Can't Always Get What You want" from their own homes.

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