Keith Richards needs brain surgery, say reports

Keith Richards in action during the Rolling Stones' recent tour of New Zealand. Herald file picture

The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is to undergo urgent brain surgery, British news websites are reporting today.

Richards reportedly needs a brain operation to remove excess fluid after his fall on a Fijian island.

Despite the ageing rocker being discharged from Auckland's Ascot hospital earlier this week with "mild concussion", his situation is reportedly worse than it first seemed.

Today's Sun newspaper in Britain claims that Richards is suffering dull headaches from a brain haemorrhage in the fall and surgery is imminent.

The paper quoted a source close to the Rolling Stones' entourage as saying: "Keith's accident has turned out worse than everybody feared.

"After the tests, doctors decided they should drain his skull. It given him a scare but he has been told that he should make a full recovery once it's done."

The musician's current location in not known.

- HERALD ONLINE STAFF