Rolling Stones cancel Spanish concert

The Rolling Stones cancelled a concert in the northern Spanish city of Valladolid on Monday night after Mick Jagger was diagnosed with laryngitis. Apparently he was ordered by his doctor to rest his voice.

"I'm very sorry to be canceling this show," the vocalist said on the group's official website. "I always love playing in Spain, but unfortunately I have no other choice and I apologize to everyone who bought tickets for tonight."

Last week the singer admitted during an interview on Virgin radio that he has hired a voice coach for the first time to help him preserve his voice.

Jagger's laryngtitis is just the latest health-related mishap to occur on the band's Bigger Bang tour. They band postponed the start of the European leg of the tour after Keith Richards suffered a head injury in a fall from a tree in Fiji in April.

The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour will continue as scheduled at London's Twickenham Stadium on Sunday, followed by shows in Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff.

The veteran rockers kicked off their world tour in Boston in August 2005 and have since played to more than 4.5 million fans.

Last month the band announced further dates in the US and Canada, which will take them from Boston on 20 September to Los Angeles on 18 November.
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