Stones postpone 15 European concerts

LONDON, May 24 (UPI) -- The first 15 stops on the Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" European tour were postponed Wednesday to give guitarist Keith Richards more recovery time.

Richards suffered a head injury while on vacation in Fiji and is reported to be "feeling great" as he recuperates at his Connecticut home from brain surgery performed in New Zealand.

All concerts between the scheduled opener May 27 in Barcelona, Spain, and July 5 in Zagreb, Croatia, will be rescheduled, the BBC reported.

Fans in Spain, Belgium, Russia, France, Italy and Croatia have been advised to hold onto to their tickets until the new tour schedule is announced.