Stones smoker didn't break law after all

Thank god the jack-booted idiots lose one.

Stones smoker didn't break law after all

Keith Richards: Journalists reported his smoking on stage to the council.
POSTED: 3:00 a.m. EDT, August 29, 2006
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Keith Richards won't be fined for reportedly lighting up during a Rolling Stones concert in Scotland.

The stage at Hampden Park, where the band performed Friday night on their "A Bigger Bang" tour, is exempt from a new law that bans smoking in enclosed public places, the Glasgow City Council said Monday.

Violators of the new law, which took effect in March, can be fined up to $95. The ban includes theaters and sports venues.

Richards' publicists at LD Communications in London did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

The City Council said it had heard from journalists that the 62-year-old guitarist was smoking during the performance, but it wasn't known whether the journalists had been at the concert.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.