Mick Jagger took to the stage and performed for the first time since undergoing heart surgery in April, as the Rolling Stones resumed their U.S. tour.
The rocker, 75, looked delighted to be back on stage with the band at Soldier Field in Chicago, following a short absence while he recovered from his recent operation.
Mick was back to his best in a monochrome leather jacket, which boasted a diamond checker-board print pattern which he paired with skinny black denim jeans.
He’s back! Mick Jagger took to the stage and performed for the first time since undergoing heart surgery in April, as the Rolling Stones resumed their U.S. tour
During the show Mick unzipped his jacket to reveal a black and grey striped shirt underneath, which was layered with a black T-shirt.
Mick brought his signature moves to the show as he writhed and gyrated up on stage proving to his fans he is fighting fit after his recent health woes.
The star resumed the tour alongside his band mates Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts and the crowds were no doubt pleased to see the band back together.
Moves like Jagger! The rocker, 75, looked delighted to be back on stage with the band at Soldier Field in Chicago, following a short absence while he recovered from his recent operation
Fighting fit: Mick was back to his best in a monochrome leather jacket, which boasted a diamond checker-board print pattern which he paired with skinny black denim jeans
Mick’s appearance comes after he threw himself back into tour rehearsals for the band’s North American shows which were postponed to give the legendary singer time to focus on his recovery.
A source told The Sun: ‘Mick is delighted to be back to full health and feels 100 per cent after his op. He is his normal chipper and positive self.
‘Doctors are really pleased with his progress and were happy to give him a clean bill of health.
Stylish: During the show Mick unzipped his jacket to reveal a black and grey striped shirt underneath, which was layered with a black T-shirt
Work it: Mick brought his signature moves to the show as he writhed and gyrated up on stage proving to his fans he is fighting fit after his recent health woes
‘His healthy eating has really helped with his recovery and he’s been taking it easy and resting, as well as enjoying down time with his friends and family. The health scare has just reminded him to keep taking good care of himself.’
Mick had heart valve replacement surgery using a technique pioneered by Professor Alain Cribier.
His surgery method, transcatherter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, allows surgeons to swap a patient’s cardiac valves without resorting to open heart surgery and cracking open their chests. As a result, recovery times are far quicker.
Legend: The star resumed the tour alongside his band mates Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts and the crowds were no doubt pleased to see the band back together
Icon: Mick’s appearance comes after he threw himself back into tour rehearsals for the band’s North American shows which were postponed to give the legendary singer time to focus on his recovery
A source told The Sun: ‘Mick is delighted to be back to full health and feels 100 per cent after his op. He is his normal chipper and positive self’
The most common — and serious — of valve diseases, age-related aortic stenosis occurs when the valve narrows and hardens with calcium deposits.
Valve replacement has historically been done by opening the chest surgically, stopping the heart, and placing the patient on a heart and lung blood machine – all, of course, under general anaesthesia.
More than 200,000 such procedures are performed every year worldwide, according to NewHeartValve, in Britain.
Making progress: ‘Doctors are really pleased with his progress and were happy to give him a clean bill of health’
Recovery: ‘His healthy eating has really helped with his recovery and he’s been taking it easy and resting, as well as enjoying down time with his friends and family. The health scare has just reminded him to keep taking good care of himself’
Surgery: Mick had heart valve replacement surgery using a technique pioneered by Professor Alain Cribier
New technology: His surgery method, transcatherter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, allows surgeons to swap a patient’s cardiac valves without resorting to open heart surgery and cracking open their chests. As a result, recovery times are far quicker
Common: The most common — and serious — of valve diseases, age-related aortic stenosis occurs when the valve narrows and hardens with calcium deposits
Cribier’s technique, done under local anaesthesia, is minimally invasive by comparison and has far shorter recovery times.
A surgeon or cardiologist accesses the femoral artery with an incision near the groin to insert a catheter fitted with a replacement valve inside a collapsed stent, and a balloon for inflating it.
The new heart valve, once expanded, pushes the old one out of the way and takes over the job of regulating blood flow. ‘It has revolutionised patient care in this area,’ Montpellier-based cardiologist Stephane Cade told AFP.
The old way: Valve replacement has historically been done by opening the chest surgically, stopping the heart, and placing the patient on a heart and lung blood machine – all, of course, under general anaesthesia
Regular procedure: More than 200,000 such procedures are performed every year worldwide, according to NewHeartValve, in Britain
New technique: Cribier’s technique, done under local anaesthesia, is minimally invasive by comparison and has far shorter recovery times