Report: The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger To Undergo Heart Valve Replacement Surgery

The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger will undergo heart valve replacement surgery in New York City this week according to The Drudge Report. The news comes two days after The Rolling Stones postponed their 2019 North American tour.

The 75-year-old vocalist is purportedly expected to make a full recovery and will be back on stage within months according to The Drudge Report’s sources. According to a study published by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, heart valve replacement surgery has a 94 percent five-year survival rate. Jagger was spotted in Miami on Sunday, where The Rolling Stones were supposed to start rehearsals. Here’s Mick’s statement from Saturday when the tour postponement was announced: