" It won't be like when Pete Townshend played acoustic guitar
behind glass for the Who in '89 "


WHAT   ... ?!   .. !!!!!!!  :


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gimmekeef wrote on Mar 15^th, 2012 at 8:08am:


The latter is certainly possible.

Could even be the insurance premiums were too high. Who knows? Its far easier to say 'we're not ready' than it is to say 'its costing too much to stage' or 'we're concerned we wont sell as many tickets and make as much profit as we'd like to'.

I just think there's probably a multitude of reasons which they weighed up and figured that they were best leaving it a few months.

And I think a few months delay is all we're talking about. I'd expect a 2013 to start and finish in the same calendar year, so it wont be a case of them starting in summer/autumn 2013, but significantly earlier.

Which would work out nicely for giving them time to make a new record - especially as they'd all probably tentatively left the second half of 2012 free for Stones activity anyway.

Keith is fine. This bit of health news is pure speculation. Let's all look forward to them hitting a studio in NYC really soon and creating some more magic.

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 11:42pm:


I didn't mean Patti was ill again, just pointing out how wrong the 'insiders' and the fan mass was.

..and even if there wont be a Stones album, Keith can always finish that Winos record he  was apparently working on in 2011.

Joey wrote on Mar 15^th, 2012 at 8:35am:



empty glass.............

PartyDoll MEG wrote on Mar 15^th, 2012 at 3:07pm:

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10 bucks a week = about $350 come New Years!!

Good news!

Paranoid Android wrote on Mar 15^th, 2012 at 3:23pm:



Halfway to being able to afford a nosebleed at the Garden in 2013!

Perhaps they are truly "both" just not ready yet (as Keith stated in saying "We're not ready yet").


Look at how out of breath Mick was at The White House.. he certainly wasn't hammering on all cylinders there for whatever reason. Vocally he was fine.. it was his wind that everyone commented on.

Keith at those ceremony's isn't really playing. He's simply plucking here and again between verses. Even though they didn't play those type of songs that called for it.. still the "riffs" seem to be gone for right now even if he wanted to try to do them.

It could all very well be a wake-up call to them. Could they have gotten ready in rehearsals by the time a tour comes around? Well now it seems possibly not?  Possibly they need to work into this slow and easy at this stage and age. They can't just jump right into a couple months of rehearsals and be fine like they could ten years ago. Those days are past. They may need to change things in their life a bit who knows and go into this slowly building up. 

One thing is for certain.. seeing Mick's wind and seeing Keith's last few outings.. they surely arent ready and I cant see a few months overcoming it all. Much of it yes but not 100%. They want to be 100% so this is probably another reason they chose to wait.

I keep stressing that they are 70.. it isn't like they are 60. Things are much more fragile and open to harm and you have to be careful at that age. As well, you can't jump right into rehearsals and in a couple months be all raring to go. They have crossed that line now.. it'll take a good while these days.

Personally, I am thinking they (at least Mick and Keith) are "both" not ready yet. I'm not sure this is all a 100% Keith situation.


- Ian

Pdog wrote on Mar 16^th, 2012 at 6:35pm:




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Exactly, and this is the point I am trying to drive home. It doesn't seem like a big deal and many see it as just ten years.. just a decade... but the 10 years between a 60 year old and a 70 year old is pretty significant.  There's a big difference between a 60 year old and a 70 year old.

20-30 (a change) 30-40 (not much)... 40-50 (not bad)... 60-70 (significant change).

Folks say .. well they did it just four or five years ago. Well they struggled to do it at that traveling pace four or five years ago. It wasn't easy on them then and they had a harder time with it. Now, with this long lay-off, it probably is a very good call they try and work into this slowly. Even when they are ready, the days of The Rolling Stones traveling from city to city in hotel after hotel and hoping all over the globe will be significantly scaled back and altered.

The structure has changed because they have hit a new stage in their long career. 60 and 70 is a big change.  I was trying to get people to think about this a few months ago when I said I couldn't beleive they were going to attempt another one of these major tours at this age, out in the weather, all that stuff. Now we are seeing they have some scrouples..


- Ian

Kilroy wrote on Mar 16^th, 2012 at 9:05pm:


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Haha... well they did it .. not to worry, Mate... not to worry.   


-Ian