Mick Jagger and Ron Wood revealed their final conversations with the Rolling Stones' late-drummer Charlie Watts. Watts died of cancer on August 24th, 2021 at the age of 80. London's Daily Mirror quoted some of Jagger and Wood's recollections as featured in Paul Sexton's Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Authorized Biography Of Charlie Watts, coming on October 11th.
Mick Jagger looked back to 2021 and Charlie Watts falling ill: “It was all so quick. That was the shocking part of it. One minute I was speaking to him about the tour and what the logo was going to be and the next minute he was gone.”
Jagger recalled that despite his health issues, Watts had originally planned to play on the band's last tour, telling Jagger, “'You’re the cheerleader of the group and if you say I should do it, I’ll do it. Of course I will. I’m happy to.'”