Jagger says sorry in Catalan Language
June 22nd, 2007 by Sam
In a TV broadcast Thursday as the Rolling Stones prepared a new tour of Spain, Jagger told fans, “We are very sorry we canceled our concert last year, but now we are ready.”
The apology lasted a few seconds and was prolonged by laughter and clowning from drummer Charlie Watts and guitarist Keith Richards. Mick Jagger used the Catalan language to apologize to fans for last year’s cancellation of several shows in Barcelona and three other Spanish cities.
The language is indigenous to the semiautonomous Catalonia region in northeastern Spain. Canal 3, the television station that broadcast the apology, described Jagger’s Catalan diction as “better than average.”
The apology preceded a concert Thursday night at Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium as part of the Stones “A Bigger Bang Tour.”
The canceled dates last year were due to Jagger coming down with a case of laryngitis.
Ticket prices for the Barcelona show range from $87 to $249. Organizers said that, as of Wednesday, 8,000 tickets remained unsold.