Following this morning’s tragic news that Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger’s longtime girlfriend had been found dead in her New York apartment, promoter Frontier Touring have officially confirmed that tomorrow’s scheduled show in Perth, the kick off of the tour, is “not going ahead”.
“Frontier Touring and Concerts West regret to announce that The Rolling Stones concert in Perth will not be going ahead as scheduled for Wednesday 19 March 2014,” read a statement released by the promoter.
“No further information is available at this time,” it continued. “Ticket holders are asked to hold on to their tickets until a further update is available. Ticket holders can check frontiertouring.com, twitter.com/frontiertouring or this Facebook page for updates. Please note no further comment is available at this time.”
L’Wren Scott, an American fashion design who has been Mick Jagger’s girlfriend for more than a decade, was found dead in her New York apartment overnight. According to CNN, early reports suggest she took her own life. She was 49.
A spokeswoman for New York City Police Department said: “A 49-year-old female was found this morning at 10.05am at 200 11th Avenue. She was unconscious.”
“She was pronounced dead on arrival by the emergency medical services. The investigation is ongoing. We are awaiting medical examiners to determine the cause of death.”
A spokesman for the New York Fire Department confirmed only that firefighters had found a dead body when called to the address to respond to a “possible cardiac arrest”.
A spokesman for Mick Jagger said that the singer was completely shocked and devastated by the news. Jagger, along with his bandmates in The Rolling Stones – Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood – have just landed in Australia for a sold out six-date tour across Australia.
The ‘14 On Fire Tour will see the legendary rock institution playing five ‘one night only’ concerts across capital cities including a sold-out headline performance to an audience of 70,000 to open the refurbished Adelaide Oval, the band’s first performance in the SA capital in two decades.
In addition to the capital cities, the Stones are scheduled to perform a special outdoor concert at Hanging Rock in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges.
Mushroom Group, the parent company of Frontier Touring, were recently given the green light for a new 5-year deal to host more concert events at Hanging Rock, and with the Rolling Stones concert – on Saturday 30th March, 2014 – to follow in the vein of the sold-out and financially lucrative Springsteen Hanging Rock shows from earlier this year, joining a prestigious group that includes Leonard Cohen and Rod Stewart that have performed at the outdoor site.
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