THE ROLLING STONES - RICH OLD TOSSERS TO THE END?

I'LL admit I was excited when I heard the Stones were going to tour.
I'm not that much of an old fogey that I get a hard-on when every massive band from the past reforms.
But the Stones along with Bowie and The Clash are the only ones I would get out of bed to see from the old days.
Obviously David is not going to tour because of his ongoing treatment for his health problem in Manhattan and a Clash reunion would be pointless without the late great Joe Strummer.
But the Stones, and Keef in particular, are always an event and a band worth seeing.
So it is all the more disheartening that they should, even now as death probably looms for one or two of them, put money first.
Everyone in the business knows Jagger is a mean git when it comes to money. A brilliant showman and frontman, but he has always been obsessed by the readies; always insecure even when he has millions in the bank.
But surely Keef could have put on his man-of-the-people act and told Jagger that this time - and it is I understand actually going to be the last time - they should be playing for peanuts.
They could have charged a fiver a ticket as a final thank you.
It is insulting and pathetic that it will cost up to four hundred nicker (as Mick would say) to see them at the O2.
I have been told that one of their final gigs ever will be on the Saturday night at Glastonbury.
That will undoubtedly bring them in a few more nicker.
But they should do the Wembley shows that follow - that I am told will be the FINAL EVER - for a minimal charge.
It's time to give the fans something back, not to rip them off.
Come on Mick - have a bit of a social conscience or you're gonna go down in history as THE rocker who could have helped change the world, but was too keen on becoming a rich old tosser to really give a shit about the man (and woman) on the street.
It really is give something back time...

FRANK WORRALL