Stones gig bans 'oldies' (Super Bowl Halftime show to bar attendance to anyone over 45)

The Sun (U.K.) ^ | January 6, 2006 | BECI WOOD

[Stoat]

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Stones gig bans 'oldies'

Energetic ... Mick Jagger on stage
 

By BECI WOOD
Sun Online

 

VETERAN rockers The Rolling Stones are too old to attend one of their OWN concerts - after organisers of their forthcoming Super Bowl gig banned audience members older than 45.

The US National Football League (NFL) is offering 2,000 people a chance to watch the band in action at half-time during the final game of the season on February 5.

But middle-aged fans and pensioners have been barred from the guest list because organisers fear they are not spritely enough to dance, sing and cheer.

The controversial rule means the British rockers, who boast a combined age of 245, would be excluded from their own show.

Adrian Thomas, spokesperson at Help the Aged said: "It's ironic that the organisers of a Rolling Stones gig should be so blatantly ageist when the band themselves are all well over 45.

"The group have shown through their own long-standing success that age is absolutely no barrier to having a good time. 

"This ban is a completely daft and utterly unfair move on the organiser's part - there's no reason at all why a fan over the age of 45 cannot enjoy the show as much as a 25 or 35-year-old."

An NFL spokesman, however, has defended the decision.

He said: "You have to attend rehearsal and be able to stand for long stretches of time.

"And you have to run on to Ford Field with 2,000 other folks."

Do you agree with the NFL's decision? Email your views to www.yourviews@the-sun.co.uk

[Stoat]

Although I used to be a fan, I've lost interest in recent years because of their poor song quality output and Leftist political stance. This effort to surround themselves exclusively with people young enough to be their own children is just another reason to relegate them to a 'jumped the shark into the dustbin of history' category.

[Red Badger]

How are THEY gonna get in?............

[ClearCase_guy]

Does anyone under 45 actually like the Stones??

[Richard Kimball]

I've always got toenails to clean during the Super Bowl halftime show, but good grief, I'd ban anyone over thirty from being out there. It's not about whether or not the dancers are having fun, it's about whether or not people enjoy watching the dancers.

[billorites]

What a drag it is getting old...

[Stoat]

How are THEY gonna get in?............

Perhaps with creative disguises?   :-)

[Red Badger]

This is the beginning of their Steel WheelChairs Tour........

[Emmet Fitzhume]

Spot on.

"But middle-aged fans and pensioners have been barred from the guest list because organisers fear they are not spritely enough to dance, sing and cheer."

If the Stones plan on succeeding as a band, they will surely fail with polarizing decisions like this one.

People aged 45+ compose their central fan base, and alienating them like this is just insulting.

[Stoat]

Does anyone under 45 actually like the Stones??

They might have trouble finding 2000 takers for the tickets   :-)

[RegulatorCountry]

"Does anyone under 45 actually like the Stones??"

They were becoming "old hat" by the time I got to high school, and I'm under their age cut-off, not by much, but I've got a few years left until then.

[Billthedrill]

Oh, us oldies will be able to watch the gig on TV...those of us who aren't using halftime to take a Niagara Falls leak, that is.

Keith Richards, over 45? Wow - you'd never know it to look at him...

[RegulatorCountry]

"This is the beginning of their Steel WheelChairs Tour"

They've already been dubbed "The Strolling Bones."

[Blzbba]

"This ban is a completely daft..."


ANYONE who uses the word "daft" should not be allowed to watch football.

[Red Badger]

Perhaps with creative disguises? :-)

Why? Nobody in the age group <45 would recognize them anyway.......

[horse_doc]

Good for the Stones.

They just spared the nation the agony of watching a bunch of decrepit Baby Boomers, on national teevee, pretend that they are still hip. It would have been horrible.

[RegulatorCountry]

"It would have been horrible."

It can't be any worse than watching Al-bot doing the Macarena.

[television is just wrong]

They are all old enough to be grandpa's themselves. Who the heck are they fooling???

[Red Badger]

Maybe they'll be mistaken for a bunch of homeless drug addicted street people and be barred from entering the arena..........

[George - the Other]

It's blatant discrimination

[stm]

I grew up listening to the stones in the 60's, 70's and 80's and although I would hardly call myself a diehard fan, I would be pretty out out by this. I'm only a couple of years over the limit but it is people my age and older that form the bulk of their fan base. This to me seems to be cutting off one's nose to spite one's face.

[tx_eggman]

Keith Richards, over 45? Wow - you'd never know it to look at him...

as Dave Barry described the band as "a bunch of 60 year old guys who don't look a day over 90 ... except for Keith Richards - who looks like an iguana that has learned to stand on 2 legs and play a guitar

[najida]

Dear lord,
that man has a face that could wreck a train.

[stm]

All he needs is two crossbones under his chin and he could become a model for pesticide bottles........

[wayoverontheright]

While you're at it, can you bar us from the pesky higher tax brackets also?

[TheForceOfOne]

You Can't always get

Well, I saw her at a Medicare reception,
A glass of prune juice in her hand.
She was leaning up against her walker,
Oh, that silver fox was looking grand.
So I decided to wheel my chair over
Until my painful fingers began to cramp.
I became even more discouraged,
When I couldn't,
NO I couldn't find a stinkin ramp.


You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
Baby boomers you know,
Move slow
To get where they need.


So I went down to the local drug store
To get my fair share of medicine.
I was standing in line with old man Jimmy.
His polyester pants looked really in.
I also needed Metamucil
Out of reach on that shelf top.
Frustrated, I headed for the exit,
Those automatic doors came to a stop.


You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
Baby boomers you know,
Move slow
To get where they need.


When I escaped I headed for the corner.
By then I was really miffed.
I thought I'd catch myself a concert,
But the bus didn't have a freakin lift.
So I decided to have myself a social
And visit the local nursing homes.
Upon arriving I noticed they were empty
Because they all went to see the Stones!


You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
You Can't always get where you want.
Baby boomers you know,
Move slow
To get where they need.

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[BJClinton]

Completely understandable. Considering they prefer chicks in their late teens and early twenties.

[Edit35]

Maybe the Stones dont want any evil neo-con's watching?

[Baby Driver]

The Rolling Wrinklies, think they can be young again
by having only young people in the audience, so
that they don't see themselves as they stick thier
tounges up in the necks of the Last of the Summers
Wine...

Pathetic old farts....supported by a fan base of
pathetic old loser farts...wh, if they weren't
such old demohippie losers, would be highly
insulted by this ban...But then, t's not like
they haven't allready supplied the Wrinklies
with enough millions to burn their way through
them till they die...without having to give a
rats ass about their fans whove supported their
drunken addict pig lifestyles for the last 50 years.

[PaulJ]

But you know what? I'll bet there are plenty of 19 year old girls that would "go out" with him in a second.And that says something about the power of fame.

[RexBeach]

The Stones live have ALWAYS sounded dreadful.

I have seen them many times in lots of different venues and they sound like they're all getting the right arms ripped off. I kept waiting for the live shows to get better. They did not.

I wish they would just go away and count their money somewhere.

[najida]

Ohhhhh EEEwwwEEwwwww!

Now I need to go find brain soap! ;)

[MJemison]

Gad! They ALL look like dead crows.

[excalibur1701]

>>An NFL spokesman, however, has defended the decision.

>>He said: "You have to attend rehearsal and be able to stand
>>for long stretches of time.

I'll challenge any of these idiots in a marathon of events any day. To presume that anyone over 45 are weak and unhealthy, is wrong. This has everything to do with getting 'good looking' folks on TV, and nothing more.

I won't be watching the 1/2 time show. They can take their act back to the UK.

[Auntbee]

No kidding. I'm 49 and I go out dancing almost every weekend.

[frgoff]

The detox sessions add up after a while...

[elbucko]

I'm puzzled why anyone would want to watch the Steroid Bowl, let alone these aging druggies.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

He could use an EXTREME MAKEOVER....LOL.

[sgtbono2002]

I never liked the Stones in their hay days. I always thought Mick Jagger looked like an ugly troll from under some bridge, He hasnt gotten any prettier.

I remember once someone asked Fred Astaire why he retired and Astaire admitted he couldnt do what he used to be capable of so why ruin his reputation with a bad performance. Fred knew when his time was up too bad some others dont.

One thing about some women no matter how ugly you get if you have the celebrity and the cash there will always be one willing to accept the cash.

[raccoonradio]

I'm 43 and I like them but am not a big huge fan. Someone made me a copy of A Bigger Bang; it was halfway decent, but the
lyrics of Sweet NeoCon were stuck on stupid.

[The KG9 Kid]

"...How are THEY gonna get in?"

How are the Rolling Stones' own CHILDREN going to get in?

[antiRepublicrat]

Does anyone under 45 actually like the Stones??

If they discover the good old tracks in their parents' collection.

[wbill]

I caught the Stones on their last tour. They were *really* good live, much better than I was expecting.

However, I'm thirty-something, and I was - by far - the youngest one in my section.

The only people younger than me were the kids (or maybe grandkids?) that some of the boomers brought.

[SamAdams76]

Last decent album was Some Girls way back in 1978.

[SouthernFreebird]

The only oldies that should be on the SB half time show is aerosmith.

[Roccus]

Sticky Fingers was my last LP of theirs.

[veronica]

Mick Jagger gets down....

[wildbill]

Makes sense [/sarcasm]. Crap on the people who made you worldwide stars. I doubt many 60+ folks would fight for a ticket to make asses out of themselves at a brief SuperBowl show--but what a coup it would have been if the Stones barred everyone under 50.

Every time I go to a Stones tour, there are still a lot of us who grew up with them. But I guess they don't want my money any more. So be it.

[TwoSue]

"He said: "You have to attend rehearsal and be able to stand for long stretches of time."

We went to see them 2x in Oct and stood for 2 hrs each time (you have to if you want to see anything) and we're over 50.

[Stoat]

Last decent album was Some Girls way back in 1978.

That was the last one of theirs that I bought.....but I didn't play it much.  Their older hits always had far more appeal to me, and I think that when most people think of the Stones' music, they tend to think of songs like "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Brown Sugar", etc.  I never hear people talking about Stones music from the eighties til the present at all.

[Pete'sWife]

Can't stand the Stones.

Never could stand the Stones.

But Keith Richards is a hoot! How he does what he does after being dead for 20 years is beyond me.