I’ve though ever since shortly after John Entwhistle died that some of our beloved aging rockers have a golden opportunity for the ultimate, final 401(k) Tour:
Lead vocals: Roger Daltry
Lead Guitar: Pete Townsend
Bass: Paul McCartney
Drums: Ringo Starr
I think a lot of people would pay to see that tour.
What about Ray Davies? I dunno if Dave would be up for it after his stroke, but the Kinks were, after the Beatles, the absolute best British Invasion band.
Ian Paice on drums!
There was a mention of this in a letter to Viz after Entwhistle died, saying they could call themselves The Boo or The Whotles.
Glad I got that in.
I think they should have called it a day, all of them, a long time ago. Especially before that Who tour when Townsend was playing behind Perspex walls. Dad, you’re embarrassing me!
I am of two minds about this kind of stuff.
I saw most of those guys multiple times during the golden years. They were great! I loved the Rolling Stones, too. IMHO, the majority of them are no longer at the top of their game. But I realize that making music is what they know, and what they do.
Sometimes I sort of get that Dan Hicks feeling: How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away?
I’m sure you could get Viagra to sponsor the tour! 
Opening Act: Buffalo Springfield (all members living)
Ah, memories.
I remember the Beatles meeting Helen Schapiro on Top of the Pops (very early sixties :eek: ).
I remember ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ as an anthem at my university (early seventies).
I think they’ve left me with enough great times, and can stay retired.
And CSI / CSI Miami have great theme tunes!
Are Status Quo still touring?
It’s disturbing that '60s-era rock stars are now dying off of natural causes…
According to their website, they are.
I don’t see why they shouldn’t continue to help the baby boomers part with their money in the form of albums, concert tickets, etc., just as they have been doing all along.
It’s sort of a natural poetic justice, growing old along with the boomers just like a parasite, taking more and more blood as the boomers get thicker and fatter. Eventually they will detach and die, don’t worry.
Not any more. I just learned that Bruce Palmer died on October 1. Heart attack.
No!
You’re never too o-o-old
To rock and ro-o-oll
If you’re
Too young to diiieee!
–Ian Anderson
The only reason we have a perception of rock being a ‘young man’s game’ is because Rock itself isn’t that old. Now that it’s been around long enough for Rock n’ Roll to have senior citizens, you’re going to see it become more and more normal to have old (and good) rockers.
The same thing happened with Sinatra’s generation. Crooners were supposed to be young, sexy kids. Then they became middle aged. Then elderly. Now no one looks twice at someone like Tony Bennett still singing. No one says, “Hey, he’s too old to sing that stuff!”
Or look at country and the blues, which have been around a lot longer than rock. You never hear anyone say, “That guy is too old to sing the blues.” In fact, it’s the opposite. Bluesmen are supposed to be old, craggy guys. They grow in stature as they age. John Lee Hooker was still packing 'em in when he could barely walk. Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson had career revivals when they were in their 50’s and 60’s.
I think that’s now just starting to happen in Rock, and groups like The Who and The Stones have paved the way for that, by being tenacious and maintaining a lifelong career instead of burning out and dying in their 20’s and 30’s.
In fifty years, we will have seen several generations of rockers go through long careers, and we won’t think anything of it.
Besides, I saw The Who about ten years ago, and they kicked ass.
It seems like a cheat, doesn’t it?
Obligatory Simpsons ref: a poster on a dorm room wall in the year 2010 advertising the Stones’ “Steel Wheelchair” tour.
Yes, there is a lot of truth in what you say, Sam Stone.
Just my opinion, but I guess it seems to me that guys like Hooker, Cash and Nelson don’t/didn’t have a need to put on some kind of extravaganza show, you know what I mean? I guess I just sort of feel that guys like Hooker, Cash and Nelson just seemed more down to earth in their concerts. I think Springsteen does, too. Zevon did as well. No prancing, no windmill moves.
Neil Young and Mark Knopfler, too (have seem them play recently–they do rock). On top of that, most of those guys still come up with good new music.
Rock 'n roll used to feel so liberating. Now, sometimes, it almost feels oppressive when you hear ‘Get Back’ turned into Muzak at the grocery store.
I dunno, I am just a bitter old Boomer who does not like seeing some of the favorite music of my youth used to peddle Toyotas or Cadillacs on TV.
And I saw the Stones and Who so many times, (and at such cheap prices!) that perhaps I just want to keep those memories intact. 
I think some people would be more than happy to part with their brass.
These folks, for example, are bidding on a non-existent concert…
(All of this tour was cancelled weeks ago.)
An episode of Babylon 5 (which takes place in the 23rd century) had a monitor screen visible in the background with an announcement of the Rolling Stones’ Farewell Tour.