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The U.S. website Drudge Report, citing
unidentified sources, said Jagger, 75, would undergo surgery
this week in New York to replace a heart valve. New York Post's
Page Six website, citing unidentified sources, said the surgery
would involve placing a stent in the singer's heart.
Representatives for Jagger in the United States did not return
requests for comment. A spokesman for the British band in London
declined to comment on the Drudge Report article.
The band on Saturday announced it was postponing all dates on
its tour of the United States and Canada to give Jagger time to
receive medical treatment. It did not specify what treatment
Jagger needed but said he is expected to make a full recovery.
The North American tour had been scheduled to run from April 20
until June 29.
Jagger was photographed on Sunday in Miami Beach, Florida on the
beach with his current girlfriend, ballet dancer Melanie
Hamrick, their young son, and daughter Georgia May, one of his
seven adult children.
The British singer has not explained his medical issue but told
fans in a tweet on Saturday that he would be "working very hard
to be back on stage as soon as I can."
After a storied sex, drugs and rock-'n-roll lifestyle in his
earlier days, Jagger now follows a healthy diet, runs, and works
out frequently.
Stents are typically used to prop open arteries that have been
cleared of a blockage.
(The story refiles to remove extra letter from headline.)
(Reporting by Costas Pitas; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and
Bill Berkrot)
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