Other reports have said the nature of his health issue was not released. It sounded like they found more issues than they anticipated he'd recuperate and just needed more rest.

MineralMan

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3. I saw on the CBS news this morning that he

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Wed Aug 25, 2021, 02:27 PM

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had said he wouldn't go on the 2022 tour for health reasons, so I suppose he has had health concerns. Since he was 80 years old, I would be surprised if he did not.

hlthe2b

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5. He had laryngeal cancer in '04. Not sure if he had a recurrence, but he was supposedly

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Wed Aug 25, 2021, 02:30 PM

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undergoing a "procedure" for some issue, which may or may not be associated. Those "hearing" it was a heart-related procedure are more likely to be right.

muriel_volestrangler

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7. 3 weeks ago, they'd said he was unlikely to be able to play in the tour starting in September

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The Stones are set to resume their No Filter tour with a stadium show in St Louis on 26 September.
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Watts said in a statement he did not want his recovery to further delay the tour, which is set to visit several US cities including Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

“For once my timing has been a little off. I am working hard to get fully fit but I have today accepted on the advice of the experts that this will take a while,” Watts said.

“After all the fans’ suffering caused by Covid I really do not want the many [Stones] fans who have been holding tickets for this tour to be disappointed by another postponement or cancellation. I have therefore asked my great friend Steve Jordan to stand in for me.”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/05/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-likely-to-miss-us-tour-to-recover-from-procedure

At 80, recovering from a 'procedure' can always be hard.

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