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ROLLING Stones guitarist Keith Richards has been released from a New Zealand hospital where he was being treated after a mysterious accident, the band's spokeswoman said today. Details about his whereabouts or condition were not immediately available. However, the European leg of the band's world tour will begin as scheduled on May 27 in Barcelona, she said. Richards, 62, was flown to the New Zealand city of Auckland last week for observation after sustaining a mild concussion while on vacation with his wife, Patti, in Fiji. Various news reports have said the death-defying rocker fell from either a coconut tree...

 Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards suffered a mild concussion while vacationing in Fiji and was flown to a New Zealand hospital for treatment, a band spokeswoman said Saturday. Media reports said Richards fell out of a palm tree and remained hospitalized in Auckland. Richards, 62, suffered a mild concussion while on holiday in Fiji earlier this week and was flown to New Zealand, band spokeswoman Fran Curtis said in a statement. "Following treatment locally and as a precautionary measure, he flew to a hospital accompanied by his wife, Patti, for observation," Curtis said. The statement did not elaborate on...