The Rolling Stones are set to return next month with their album, Hackney Diamonds, and a supporting world tour is expected follow suit. With Mick Jagger already 80 years old, and Keith Richards set to join him as an octogenarian come December, it’s certainly possible that this is The Stones’ last go-around — at least, in physical form.
In a new interview with Wall Street Journal Magazine, Jagger said he’d be open to a future hologram tour in the same spirit as ABBA’s acclaimed “Voyage” concert. “You can have a posthumous business now, can’t you? You can have a posthumous tour,” Jagger said. “The technology has really moved on since the ABBA thing.”
Fortunately, the prospect of a posthumous tour still seems a way offs. Jagger told WSJ Magazine that he is in good health. Meanwhile, Richards is living a “straight” lifestyle after mostly giving up alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes.
Hackney Diamonds, featuring The Rolling Stones’ first new album original material in 18 years, arrives on October 20th. The 12-track LP boasts appearances from The Stones’ late drummer Charlie Watts and former bassist Bill Wyman, as well as from Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Elton John, and Stevie Wonder.
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