The Rolling Stones have canceled the Wednesday night launch of their Australian tour in the wake of the death of frontman Mick Jagger’s longtime girlfriend, L’Wren Scott.
The fashion designer, 49, was found dead in her New York apartment Monday morning.
“The Rolling Stones concert in Perth will not be going ahead as scheduled for Wednesday 19 March 2014,” the group’s site
says in a note. “No further information is available at this time,
ticket holders are asked to hold on to their tickets until a further
update is available.”
Jagger, 70, began dating Scott in 2001, notes People.com.
On Monday night, Jagger’s publicist put out a statement squelching a story that the singer and Scott had split.
“The story in the New York Post
re a split between Mick Jagger and L’Wren Scott is 100% untrue,” said
Jagger rep Victoria Scarfone. “There is absolutely no basis in fact to
this story. It is a horrible and inaccurate piece of gossip during this
very tragic time for Mick.”
The Stones are due to perform in Sydney, Melbourne
and Macedon later this month before playing two dates in Brisbane and
Auckland, New Zealand, in April. The On Fire tour is then scheduled to
move to Europe in June, with concerts planned for the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Belgium.
Meanwhile,
AP and British sites report that Scott’s fashion business seemed to be
struggling. Accounts filed by her company, LS Fashion Ltd. in London,
show liabilities that exceeded assets by $5.9 million, as of Dec. 31,
2012.
