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The Rolling Stones Retiring? Rock Band Planning 2011 Farewell Tour
The Rolling Stones are reportedly planning to retire and will embark on a farewell tour next year.The “Satisfaction” hitmakers have sold over 200 million albums since storming the charts as part of pop’s “British Invasion” in 1962. The veteran rockers — comprising Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, both 66, Charlie Watts, 69, and Ronnie Wood, […]
The Rolling Stones are reportedly planning to retire and will embark on a farewell tour next year.
The “Satisfaction” hitmakers have sold over 200 million albums since storming the charts as part of pop’s “British Invasion” in 1962.
The veteran rockers — comprising Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, both 66, Charlie Watts, 69, and Ronnie Wood, 63 — are calling time on their legendary band after more than 40 years of performing, a well-placed music source told British newspaper The Sun Saturday.
“They’re likely to perform in stadiums. It’s almost certainly the last full-scale world tour. The band realize that age is creeping up on them. They want to bow out on top of their game, and not short-change their fans.”
The band last performed together on their “Bigger Bang World Tour,” which ran from Aug. 2005 to Aug. 2007. It was the highest-grossing concert series of all time, generating over $558 million.
The Stones’ farewell jaunt will reportedly begin criss-crossing the globe early next year.