The frontman, 80 , took to Instagram on Thursday with a photo album from the last two weeks, where - when not rehearsing for the forthcoming gigs - he spent time soaking up the scenery. watch Photogallery HERE
"Rock ’n’ roll, or any kind of pop music honestly, isn’t supposed to be done when you’re in your 70s,” the singer admitted to The Sunday Times. “It wasn’t designed for that. Doing anything high-energy at this age is really pushing it. But that makes it even more challenging. So it’s, like, ‘OK, we’ve got to fucking do this right,’ but it’s got to be as full-on as possible. Of course, you could do another type of music — we’ve got lots of ballads. I could sit on a chair.”(UCR)
Jagger went on to detail the training routine he undergoes to stay tour ready. “Six weeks of practice even before rehearsals start,” he noted. “And I do dancing, gym, every day of the week. I don’t enjoy it very much, but it has to be done.”
The singer also takes precautions when on the road. Jagger, who underwent heart surgery in 2019, now has a cardiologist that travels with him on tour.
Like their frontman, the other members of the Rolling Stones have made lifestyle adjustments in order to continue rocking in their 70s.
Ronnie Wood, who has had battles with lung and small-cell cancers in recent years, said he focuses on staying limber. “I try to keep moving, keep my joints warmed up — stretches and stuff," the guitarist explained. Meanwhile, Keith Richards, who quit smoking in 2020 after more than 50 years, claimed to have dropped almost all of his vices.
"I may or may not have a stiff drink, but usually I don’t," the Stones cofounder admitted. "You know, you grow out of everything. I’ve spent all my life giving up things, so that’s about it now.”
The Rolling Stones’ frontman’s eyebrow-raising comments about Styles came in what was otherwise a mundane interview with The London Times designed to drum up publicity for the band’s upcoming 60th anniversary tour.
Jagger prefaced his remarks by saying he likes Styles and the two have “an easy relationship.” But the pleasantries ended there, as Jagger proceeded to rattle off all the reasons why there’s no comparison between the two. (COS)
“I mean, I used to wear a lot more eye make-up than him. Come on, I was much more androgynous,” Jagger said. “And he doesn’t have a voice like mine or move on stage like me; he just has a superficial resemblance to my younger self, which is fine — he can’t help that.”
David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Prince and Mick Jagger have all obviously been an influence on Harry’s style - both musically and sartorially.
The Rolling Stones' legend doesn't like the attitude of the former Oasis and how he sings
In the mid-nineties, Britpop exploded. A whole host of talented British bands shifted the focus of musical attention from the grunge and rainy US Seattle to the equally rainy but less grunge and British Manchester.
Tip of the iceberg of the phenomenon called Britpop are the Gallagher brothers' Oasis. There was not only praise for them, despite being compatriots the Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger never liked the band and criticized on more than one occasion his equal role Liam Gallagher especially for his attitude during the concert performances.
"Oasis? Well, that's what they do, they don't move. That doesn't mean they're not connected, sometimes they connect, but they're not always good. What was that famous story about when they were in New York and they didn't think audiences of New York was loud enough, they said something like 'You're garbage' or something like, 'New York, you're a load of shit' or shit, which is not what you really should ever do, especially in New York. "
To tell the truth, it wasn't just Mick Jagger who criticized and had something to say about Oasis.
He was also joined by the ex Beatle George Harrison who expressed himself with words not exactly flattering towards them: "The music lacks depth and the singer Liam is a pain, the rest of the band does not need him".
According to Mick Jagger most of all he could not stand in Oasis were their live performances. For the voice of the Stones it was inconceivable that a frontman, specifically Liam Gallagher, was standing there singing without hinting at the slightest movement. Jagger's idea of rock 'n' roll is totally different. In his opinion, the singer of a live rock band must be the host of the show and communicate as much energy as possible to his audience.
Nowadays that the band no longer exists, the solo career of the younger Gallagher brothers enjoys great success ... with all due respect to Mick Jagger.
