Keith Richards' 2006 tree fall: brain surgery and a two-month tour comeback

The most interesting part is that after falling from a tree in Fiji, Richards had not just one but two brain surgeries within a few weeks, and still made it back on stage in time for the Rolling Stones’ European tour that summer.

Richards suffered a subdural hematoma—a blood clot pressing on his brain. Doctors at Auckland City Hospital performed a craniotomy to drain the clot. The procedure went well, but a cerebrospinal fluid leak developed, requiring a second surgery a week later to patch the lining of his brain.

He took it easy for about six weeks, skipped the first few shows of the tour, then