Keith Richards Lashes Out, Then Eats Cigarette

Keith Richards was not happy with a bad review after a show in Sweden earlier this month, and then traveled to London where he ate a cigarette on stage in protest of a smoking ban being put in place.

In a Swedish newspaper the Rolling Stones got two stars and Keith was given a personal zero stars with the quote “Keith was very drunk.” Richards responded with,

“This is a first! Never before have I risen to the bait of a bad review. But this time… I have to stand up for our incredible Gothenburg audience and for fans all over Sweden…to say that you owe them, and us, an apology,” Richards said in a statement released to the newspaper.

“You have a duty to wield the power of the press with honesty and integrity. There were 56,000 people in Ullevi stadium who bought a ticket to our concert – and experienced a completely different show than the one you “reviewed”. How dare you cheapen the experience for them – and for the hundreds of thousands of other people across Sweden who weren’t at Ullevi and only have your “review” to go on. Write the truth. It was a good show.”

The Rolling Stones then gave a show in London on August 26th where Richards proceeded to eat a cigarette in protest of a previous smoking ban put in place. That show ended a two year tour and is rumored to be the band’s last-ever -so Keith will have to find other ways to entertain us.

Source: “Keith Richards lashes out at Swedish tabloids” [thelocal]

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Keith Richards Lashes Out, Then Eats Cigarette

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