The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger penned a poignant Instagram post welcoming his band member Charlie Watts back into the group just days before he died today at the age of 80. The songwriter, 78, told how he was “really looking forward” to welcoming his friend back to the band following his recovery from an operation he underwent earlier this month, which saw him pull out of the band’s US tour.
In view of his 2.1 million followers, Mick shared how he was excited to get back to performing with the drummer.
He wrote: “We really look forward to welcoming Charlie back as soon as he is fully recovered.
“Thank you to our friend Steve Jordan for stepping in, so we can still play all the shows for you this fall,” Mick added.
The rock band’s guitarist Keith Richards also penned an emotional post, admitting that the news of Charlie’s withdrawal from the tour had been a “blow.”
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He wrote: “This has been a bit of a blow to all of us, to say the least and we’re all wishing for Charlie to have a speedy recovery and to see him as soon as possible.
“Thank you to Steve Jordan for joining us in the meantime,” he ended the post.
The news comes after the rockstar pulled out of The Rolling Stones’ No Filter tour due to health issues.
Charlie underwent a procedure and stepped down from the tour on the advice of his doctors, revealing at the time that his recuperation would “take a while”.
The first snap featured her standing in front of her godfather Charlie, while he played drums in the background.
Georgia captioned the post: “Starting of with my incredible godfather Charlie in the back swipe for the coolest tour sisters in the whole world!”(sic)
But today, the drummer’s London publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed the sad news of his death in a statement to the PA news agency.
“It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts,” the statement read.