They’re Getting Off Their Rocking Chairs To Rock

Here’s more evidence that senior citizens are increasingly energetic these days:

To the tune of “Start Me Up,” the Rolling Stones played an energetic, three-song set on a stage outside The Juilliard School in Manhattan yesterday to announce their 2005 world tour.

The set also featured a new song, “Oh No, Not You Again” and ended with “Brown Sugar.”

The year-long tour begins Aug. 21 in Boston and comes to the New York area Sept. 15 at Giants Stadium. Tickets for that show go on sale May 23 through Ticketmaster. Dates at smaller theaters and clubs are also planned. Prices will be about 10% higher than the previous tour in 2002, said tour promoter Michael Cohl, ranging from $99 to $110….



Yesterday’s mini-performance may have been The Stones’ answer to U2, which announced its recent tour with a much-publicized show under the Brooklyn Bridge. The Juilliard show marked the first time the band performed at a press event since 1975, when they played “Brown Sugar” on a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue.

Of course, the Stones have evolved over the years. There was a time when they reportedly did drugs and drank lots of booze. Now they use this and guzzle this.