Richards Throws Stones at Swedish Critics

Reviews of 'superdrunk,' 'confused' performance get guitarist riled up

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 29, 2007 11:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – Keith Richards, the man who ate a cigarette onstage and snorted his father’s ashes, has reached his limit. The 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist wants Swedish newspaper critics to apologize for scathing reviews of a concert this month in which they called Richards “superdrunk” and “a bit confused,” the AP reports.

“There were 56,000 people in Ullevi stadium who experienced a completely different show than the one you 'reviewed,’” Richards wrote in a letter published in a Swedish daily. "How dare you cheapen the experience for them.” One reviewer says he'd like an apology from “a rock star who can hardly handle the riff to ‘Brown Sugar’ anymore.”

Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones performs during a concert at Valle Hovin Stadium in Oslo Wednesday night Aug. 8 2007.(AP Photo Stian Lysberg Solum / Scanpix Norway) (Associated Press)

Keith Richards of the legendary The Rolling Stones rock group speaks to the press as band member Ron Wood, right, looks on after their arrival with the band in Warsaw, Poland, early Monday, July 23,... (Associated Press)

Keith Richards performs during a concert of the Rolling Stones "A Bigger Bang" European Tour, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday July 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) (Associated Press)

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