PRESIDENT George W. Bush has been left looking for a place to stay after Mick Jagger grabbed his hotel room.
The Rolling Stone splashed out $8600 a night for the suite days before the US leader tried to book it, London's Sun reported.
Now Jagger, 62, who has been a fierce critic of the Bush-led war in Iraq, is refusing to give it up.
The veteran rocker hired the luxury Royal Suite at the five-star Imperial Hotel in Vienna, Austria, for June when the Stones are due to play a gig in the city.
Mr Bush's aides then tried to book it to tie in with a summit meeting.
But Jagger put his foot down and insisted he was keeping the booking.
A source close to the singer said last night: "White House officials had wanted to reserve the suite and all the other rooms on the first floor. But Mick and the Stones had already booked every one of them.
"Bush's people seemed to be under the impression that they would just hand over the suites but there was no way Mick was going to do that."
The classically designed suite is said to be among the top 100 hotel rooms in the world. It boasts a 220 cm bed, chandeliers and oil paintings.
Former presidents Ronald Reagan, John Kennedy and George Bush Snr all stayed there while in office.
The hotel last night admitted US Secret Service agents vetted the accommodation and confirmed Mr Bush would no longer be staying there.
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