The Rolling Stones will tour next year with or without Ronnie Wood. Frontman Sir Mick Jagger is determined to embark on a European "mini tour" even if guitarist Ronnie - who is currently in rehab following his well-publicized alcohol binge with 20-year-old Russian waitress Ekaterina Ivanova - is not fit to perform.

A source said: "Mick officially becomes a pensioner when he turns 65 at the end of July and Keith Richards at the end of the year, and I think Mick wants to get another tour under his belt in case it gets to the point where he can't do any more."

Keith Richards only talks to his Rolling Stones bandmate Sir Mick Jagger once a year.

When the band aren't touring, the guitarist admits he stays as far away from the rest of the group - singer Mick, drummer Charlie Watts and guitarist Ronnie Wood - as much as possible.

Eddie Izzard wants to quit Hollywood and become a politician.

The cross-dressing British comic actor is considering getting involved in European politics to help to save the world from disaster.

Keith Richards wants to open a guitar museum.

The Rolling Stones guitarist has a collection of around 3,000 guitars and is considering showing them off to the public because he doesn't have the time to play all of them.

Keith Richards used to buy syringes to inject heroin from a toy shop.

The Rolling Stones legend - who recently revealed he still smokes marijuana "all the time" - found it difficult to transport his syringe kit to the U.S., so he relied on the children's nurses kit from New York's FAO Schwarz.