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It often seems as if The Rolling Stones are going to be around and touring forever. They were already fixtures of rock and roll when I was a kid in the ’70s. Lo, these many decades later, the band is still together. Drummer Charlie Watts died in the summer of 2021, but the surviving members are in the mood to hit the road again (something Watts loathed doing).
Ever the savvy businessmen, Mick, Keith, and Ron have found the most age-appropriate tour sponsor ever.
The Wrap:
The Rolling Stones will be hitting the road in the U.S. and Canada this spring in a 16-stop tour with an ironically fitting sponsor: AARP.
The geriatric road warriors — lead singer Mick Jagger hit 80 years old in July and Keith Richards will reach that milestone on Dec. 18 — will perform coast to coast, but at a more leisurely pace than most major concert tours. Most of the dates have four or five days separating them, and they are, at least for now, scheduled for only one show in each city.
The “Hackney Diamonds” tour will support the band’s first album in 18 years, which was released to positive reviews last month and nabbed a Grammy Nomination for Best Rock Song.
