Tumbled wrote on Jul 14
th, 2009 at 11:54am:
The economic "downturn" is not conducive. there are 6 million people laid off in this country including me. Plus I don't know has Mick recovered from the last 3 years of touring? fucking tiresome if you ask me.
They didnt tour for three years. They toured from September 2005 - November 2006 (about 110 shows in 14 months), took over 6 months off and then played 30 shows in Europe in just under 3 months.
Not exactly a punishing schedule by anyone's standards, and certainly not when you're commuting by private jet and staying in luxury.
In another 6 weeks, two years will have passed in which the Stones havent played a single concert or spent one day together in a recording studio - their only activity being about four movie premieres.
At this stage in their career, its not exactly sensible to take so much time off between tours. Unfortunately, this band seems totally incapable of doing anything which isnt on a massive scale. Its either a feast or a famine.
They will tour next year though.