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06.02.06 Keith Richards Is Given The All Clear To Get Back To Work As Stones Announce New Itinerary For European Shows

With the news that Keith Richards has made a complete recovery from his accident and is ready to return to the concert stage, The Rolling Stones have unveiled today their re-vamped European Tour Schedule.

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts will now kick off their 'A Bigger Bang' European Tour at the world famous San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on Tuesday, 11 July 2006.

There will be 21 stadium dates in 11 countries across Europe and these shows will be all the Stones will be doing in the summer of 2006. Concert promoters CPI/TNA have made every effort to accommodate fans in as many countries and cities as possible.

The new tour itinerary is as follows:

July 11, 2006 Milan Italy San Siro
July 14, 2006 Vienna Austria Ernst Happel Stadion
July 16, 2006 Munich Germany Olympiastadion
July 19, 2006 Hannover Germany AWD - Arena
July 21, 2006 Berlin Germany Olympiastadion
July 23, 2006 Koln Germany Rhein - Energie Stadion
July 28, 2006 Paris France Stade de France
July 31, 2006 Amsterdam Holland Amsterdam Arena
Aug 3, 2006 Stuttgart Germany Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion
Aug 5, 2006 Zurich Switzerland Dubendorf Airfield
Aug 8, 2006 Nice France Le Palais Nikala
Aug 12, 2006 Porto Portugal Estadio do Dragao
Aug 14, 2006 Valladolid Spain Estadio Jose Zorrilla
Aug 16, 2006 El Ejido Spain Estadio Santo Domingo
Aug 20, 2006 London UK Twickenham Stadium
Aug 22, 2006 London UK Twickenham Stadium
Aug 25, 2006 Glasgow UK Hampden Park
Aug 27, 2006 Sheffield UK Don Valley Stadium
Aug 29, 2006 Cardiff UK Millennium Stadium
Sept 1, 2006 Bergen Norway Koengen
Sept 3, 2006 Horsens Denmark Forum Horsens

All tickets purchased for previous itinerary are valid.

The Rolling Stones concerts that were originally announced to take place in Barcelona, Madrid (Spain), Brussels (Belgium), Gothenburg (Sweden), St Petersburg (Russia), Brno (Czech Republic), Warsaw (Poland), Athens (Greece), Zagreb (Croatia), and Frankfurt (Germany) are POSTPONED. Concert promoters are in the process of re-scheduling these cities and there will be news of these shortly. They ask ticket holders to hold on to their tickets and await further announcements.

The 2006 Rolling Stones Concerts in NURNBERG & LEIPZIG are CANCELLED.

Michael Cohl, World Tour Promoter, commented "We are delighted to announce the Stones tour is back on track and thank all the fans and ticket holders for their patience. We have put in as many shows in as many countries as was feasible. This is still going to be the most incredible rock show ever."

Keith Richards added "Excuse me, I fell off of my perch! Sorry to disrupt everyone's plans but now - It's FULL STEAM AHEAD! Ouch!!"

The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang European Tour is presented by American Express.

Rolling Stones World Tour 2005/2006 is promoted by Concert Productions International and The Next Adventure and produced by WPC Piecemeal Inc.