He's a dad, again. Mick Jagger, 73, of The Rolling Stones was at the hospital for the birth of his eighth child. Photo /AP
He's a dad, again. Mick Jagger, 73, of The Rolling Stones was at the hospital for the birth of his eighth child. Photo /AP
Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger has become a father again at the age of 73, his publicist said.
The mother of the child is Melanie Hamrick, a 29-year-old ballerina whom Jagger has been in a relationship with since 2014, following the death of fashion designer L'Wren Scott in 2014, Jagger's partner of 13 years.
A statement said: "Melanie Hamrick and Mick Jagger's son was born today in New York and they are both delighted.
When the news of her pregnancy was announced in June, the couple were said to be "surprised and happy".
The child will be Jagger's eighth, and is 46 years younger than his first child, Karis Hunt Jagger. His second-youngest child, whom he had with Brazilian model Luciana Morad, Lucas Jagger, was born in 1999. The rock star has since welcomed five grandchildren and a great-granddaughter, who was born in 2014.
Melanie Hamrick, 29, has been in a relationship with Jagger since 2014. Photo / Getty
It has been a productive year for Jagger and his Rolling Stones bandmates. In June Ronnie Wood, 68 welcomed twin baby girls with his wife Sally.
Wood said he would be a hands-on father, saying at the time: "I'm going to be changing the nappies and all that goes with it. I'm looking forward to all that."
When the news first broke of Hamrick's pregnancy, a source told The Sun that the new parents may not even live in the same home together.
The paper reported: "Mick's relationship with Melanie works for both of them. Melanie is very American and doesn't want to move to London, even though they've been seeing each other regularly over a long period of time now.
"Mick likes the arrangement they have and doesn't want to be in another formal relationship. But the most important thing is how much he loves his children and he has great relations with them.
The Rolling Stones in November 2016, from left, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts. Photo / AP
The plan is for Melanie to move out of New York and be based in LA, where Mick spends a lot of time, or Connecticut where she knows people. In reality Melanie was coming toward the end of her career as a ballet dancer but has now had to give it up even earlier than planned."
Since revealing her pregnancy, Hamrick and Jagger have kept out of the public eye. The Rolling Stones, however, have had a busy year: they toured Latin America in the Spring and early summer, after their career was celebrated with an exhibition, Exhibitionism, at the Saatchi Gallery in London.
In October, the Rolling Stones joined a host of other heritage rock acts at the Desert Trip festival in California. Last week the band released their 23 album, Blue & Lonesome.
When the news broke, many people on social media feared that Jagger had died, rather than become a father for another time:
Just got a BBC Notification starting "Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger..." and I automatically assumed he had died this is 2016's true legacy
