FILE PHOTO: Keith Richards and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones perform during a concert at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, October 12, 2017. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Keith Richards, the hard-partying lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones, has quit drinking - almost - saying he “just got fed up with it.”“It’s been about a year now,” Richards told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview. Just like all the other stuff,” he told the magazine, referring to his past addiction to cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs. Richards has said he quit drugs after a 1977 arrest in Canada for heroin possession.Bandmate Ron Wood, who battled alcoholism for years, said Richards was easier to work with since giving up drink.“Much more mellow. The cutoff point became shorter and shorter, you know, and he realized that,” Wood added.The Rolling Stones will launch their next North American tour in April.

Source: Egypt Today December 13, 2018 20:26 UTC