Ronnie Wood (right) with fellow Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

"He is in fine spirits and will probably be in there for three or four weeks. He has been playing hard and just wants to take a break."

Wood has been a legendary party animal since the 1960s and even had a pub built in the grounds of his mansion in Ireland.

Cocaine

He first shot to fame with Rod Stewart's band The Faces and, after the band finally drifted apart, received a call from Mick Jagger to join the Stones.

In 1975, a long-term addiction to cocaine finally took its toll when he had to have a plastic septum inserted in his nose. He later kicked the drug habit following specialist treatment in New York.

Earlier this year, Wood became involved in a scuffle with Brandon Block at the Brit Awards, throwing a drink over him before security guards moved in to pull the DJ away.

But in a recent interview, Wood suggested his hell-raising days were behind him.

He said: "I've got my own pub at the bottom of the garden.

"It's great because I don't have to go out to get drunk and have a good time. Now I just pop down the garden instead!"