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This past Sept. 3, the Rolling Stones hit the road yet again, beginning their “Licks?? tour at Boston’s FleetCenter. A svelte-looking Mick Jagger opened, “There’s nothing so exciting on an American tour—the first day.” With the 59-year-old Jagger rapidly approaching retirement age, fans must have been excited to see him on tour at all. His bandmates are no more youthful: guitarist/vocalist Keith Richards is 58, drummer Charlie Watts 61 and guitarist Ron Wood is a relatively spritely...
...Rolling Stones routinely have the most profitable tours in the music industry. In the 1990s alone, they racked up $750 million dollars in earnings, and the “Licks?? tour should be no different. For the Fleet Center show, ticket prices ranged from $50 for the nosebleed seats to $350 for a close up view of a Jagger jiggle. Scalped tickets went for hundreds of dollars more, ranging up to the thousands. Inside, the giant corporate tour machine found other ways to fleece inebriated concert goers. Flimsy t-shirts were being sold for $35 or $45. Even...