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Last Updated: Monday, 28 July, 2003, 07:55 GMT 08:55 UK
Jagger celebrates at birthday gig
Mick Jagger on stage in Prague
Jagger held a more private birthday party on Saturday
Mick Jagger hosted a public celebration one day after his 60th birthday with a concert for up to 100,000 fans in Prague on Sunday.

The Rolling Stones frontman showed no signs of slowing down as he entered his seventh decade, according to reports.

Jagger had marked his birthday with a more exclusive party at the British embassy and a nightclub in Wenceslas Square on Saturday.

Sunday's concert was part of their Forty Licks world tour and fans took banners with slogans including: "Happy birthday Mick."

A correspondent for the Agence France Presse news agency wrote: "Arms flailing, he was still sprinting down the walkway into the crowd after two and a half hours."

Jagger through the ages

The group were introduced by former Czech president Vaclav Havel, who became friends with the rockers when they first played in the city in 1990.

"I congratulate Mick Jagger on his 60th birthday and I thank him for deciding to celebrate it in Prague," he said.

Havel also said the concert's venue, Letna Park, was "where our modern history was changed" - it was where he addressed mass rallies before the fall of Communism in 1989.

The Stones became the first major international group to play in the city in the wake of the former Czechoslovakia's "velvet revolution" when they visited in 1990.

They played to 100,000 people on that occasion, including Havel in a Stones T-shirt and jeans.

The Stones were "messengers of freedom", Havel told the crowd on Sunday.

Jagger opened the concert with the words: "Hi Prague - we are really happy."




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