Rolling Stones to play Dome

The Rolling Stones have announced they will end their summer European tour with a concert at the Millennium Dome.The 27-date tour, which begins in Belgium on June 5, is the latest leg of the band's long-running "A Bigger Bang" tour, which began in 2005.The veteran rockers are due to play the Isle of Wight event on June 10 - their first British festival appearance in more than 30 years.The tour will end in August with a show at London's Millennium Dome, now known as the O2 Arena.Lead singer Mick Jagger reassured fans that the band won't be retiring any time soon."I am sure there will (be a time when it arrives) but I'm not right there yet. I am enjoying what I am doing so, that will be great. I'm really not worrying about when I am stopping."The Stones were forced to cancel a string of European dates on their tour last year. In April 2006, guitarist Keith Richards suffered a head injury, reportedly from falling out of a palm tree while on holiday in Fiji.Jagger joked: "We'll make sure he is tied to his hotel room and never leaves it, or something."The Rolling Stones topped the US music rich list for the second year running last year.Mick Jagger and his bandmates raked in £76.5 million, the majority of it from their A Bigger Bang tour.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.

ITN | March 23, 2007

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