Jagger's throat ails shelves Stone's shows

Mick Jagger’s throat trouble has resulted in the cancellation of Rolling Stones tour dates and delayed five U.S. concerts.

According to a statement in the band’s website, it has been informed that the 63 year old singer has been advised to take four days off to rest his throat, forcing the band to push back a scheduled November 18 concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles to November 22, November 5 show in Oakland has been postponed for November 6, November 3 show in Vancouver has been rescheduled for November 25. The group's scheduled Tuesday show at the Beacon Theater in New York City has been postponed until Wednesday.

Not only this, the bands tour's finale in Honolulu, Hawaii has been scrapped.

All tickets for the postponed concerts were expected to be honored at the rescheduled shows.

Fan Rosalie Druyan, from Brooklyn, is accusing the band of fraud and has sued them for $51m for canceling New Jersey show with four hours notice last week, complaining that she and thousand of other fans suffered money loss due to non-refundable hotel bookings.

In papers filed at Manhattan Supreme Court, she alleges that Sir Mick sought medical attention before the concert and knew he would not perform, but did not disclose that in time for ticket-holders to cancel travel reservations.

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band that rose to prominence in the early 1960s during the British Invasion. They were leaders of the British R&B boom of the 1960s and presented a rebellious, bohemian image that many other bands continue to imitate. During their 1969 American tour, the Stones were introduced and have often since been referred to as "The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World."

They later took up country blues, country music, psychedelia, and reggae. Starting in 1965, lead singer and harpist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards began writing almost all of the band's new material, including a string of number one songs for The Stones that continued until the early eighties.

The Rolling Stones continue to record and perform and are one of the longest running and most successful acts in show business. They are often the highest grossing concert act the years they tour.

For more than forty years of The Stone’s existence, Jagger, Richards, and drummer Charlie Watts, have been constant members.

The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, and they were rated number 4 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Jagger was not an immediate success as lead singer of The Rolling Stones. By his own admission, he was a stiff and awkward school boy in front of an audience, but he gradually developed a stage presence. When the Stones began to play live gigs throughout England with other artists, such as Ike and Tina Turner, Jagger learned from other singers how to entertain audience and quickly developed his own unique style.

Jagger’s recent throat troubles have resulted in many cancellations and delays of the band’s concerts and tours. In August 2006, Jagger's struggle with laryngitis forced the Stones to reschedule or cancel several dates in Europe as well.