After New York Show Announcement, Keith Richards Can't See The Rolling Stones Stopping

After New York Show Announcement, Keith Richards Can't See The Rolling Stones Stopping

With the announcement of a fifth date for 2012, many are starting anticipate a great live schedule for The Rolling Stones in 2013, and their guitarist Keith Richards isn’t exactly pouring cold water on the suggestion.

It was revealed yesterday (November 13) that the veteran rockers – celebrating their 50^th anniversary in the music business this year – were to play the Barclay’s Center in New York on December 8, putting the show in between their two pairs of sold-out shows in London and New Jersey respectively. With murmurs suggesting that the band’s commitments next year might go as far as headlining legendary UK festival Glastonbury, The Daily Telegraph quoted Richards saying in an interview "Without saying yes or nay, once this starts rolling, I can't see it stopping. The band feels good about themselves, they still feel they've got something to offer. Obviously there are a lot of people out there who agree. We'll go along with it."

For a long time this year it looked like the much rumored shows to mark their 50 years in the business might not happen, with celebrations being confined only to an photography exhibition and the releasing of a new greatest hits album. However, vocalist Mick Jagger said live dates were always in the pipeline, saying "I thought it would be kind of churlish not to do something. Otherwise, the BBC would have done a rather dull film about the Rolling Stones."

Richards added: “Over the course of the year we felt more and more aware that there are folks out there counting on us. You can't let them down. At the same time, you realize that the folks are right. Playing together over the last five months you realize that there's this thing out of your life that's been missing."

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