A individual of rock’s most successful-regarded lyrics is the 1 about dying in advance of you get old. The 2024 tour plan exhibits how couple of have taken that to coronary heart – with each other with the Who’s Roger Daltrey, who initially sang the line.

As a substitute, the adhering to listing of oldest rockers on tour this summer time functions nine performers who are 80 or older. That options not one particular but two associates of the Beach front Boys. By comparison, 65-12 months-olds like Joan Jett look unquestionably spry – even nonetheless that has customarily been the age of retirement.

Not in rock: The bulk of this record incorporates people born amongst 1944 and 1954, pretty much all of whom are in their 70s now. They grew up as the seeds of rock ‘n’ roll have been becoming sewn and have tended these roots for a extended time now.

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The record also reveals shared birthday months that could possibly shock some followers. For occasion, Journey’s Jonathan Cain and Rickey Medlock of Lynyrd Skynyrd equally arrived in February 1950.

Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame and the Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston have been becoming born in just days of just one particular a distinctive in August 1948. The really very same detail occurred in December 1949 with King Crimson’s Adrian Belew and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Major. Low expense Trick’s Robin Zander and Pat Benatar have been becoming each born in January 1953.

In their possess techniques, they all grew up to push rock into enjoyable and exciting web sites – and they are nonetheless out there carrying out it currently. Here is a seem at the oldest rockers on tour this summer time.

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