London
(ANI):
Brit
rock
band
The
Rolling
Stones
have
blasted
rumours
that
they
are
planning
to
tour
this
year
without
guitarist
Ronnie
Wood,
insisting
that
there
are
no
gigs
planned
for
2010.
Rumours
had
started
that
the
band
met
behind
Woods" back
to
discuss
ditching
him,
because
of
his
ongoing
struggle
with
alcohol
addiction
and
his
doomed
high
profile
relationship
with
lover
Ekaterina
Ivanova.
Sources
had
claimed
that
songwriters
Sir
Mick
Jagger
and
Keith
Richards
were
seeking
a
replacement
for
a
2010
tour
that
would
include
a
gig
at
this
summer"s
Glastonbury
Festival.
The
rumours
prompted
the
group
to
release
a
statement
to
NME.com,
denying
they
have
any
plans
to
tour
this
year.
“Following
recent
UK
media
speculation,
The
Rolling
Stones
would
like
to
make
it
clear
there
are
no
plans
at
the
moment
for
the
band
to
tour
in
2010," the
Daily
Express
quoted
the
statement
as
reading.