Think the Stones are going to quit? Guess again.

People keep waiting for the Rolling Stones to quit touring, considering they're old men, they fall out of coconut trees, and at least one of them looks like a tarted-up corpse (that would be you, Keef). The New York Times just reported that the Stones have left their label EMI and signed a new three album deal with Universal Music Group.
Of course, Universal is a monster, the largest music publishing business in the world, wholly owned by Vivendi. Their flagship artists include Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Elton John, U2, and now The Stones.
While some people say they should hang it up, I'd gladly go see them play again.
With much anticipation, I caught the Stones on their last tour at UVA (the bomb threat night) and at Duke University--and they didn't disappoint. The ticket prices may have been outrageous, but those Brits really know how to give good spectacle. And you can't beat that catalog of material.
My favorite Rolling Stones tunes are always changing, but here are a few perennial favorites: "Out of Time," "She Smiles Sweetly," "Paint it Black," Connections," "Back Street Girl," "Take It Or Leave It," "Sweet Virginia," well, all of "Exile on Main" Street, actually: perhaps the greatest rock album of all-time.
Here's a link to a brief review I wrote for Style Weekly of the IMAX presentation of the Stones most recent concert movie, "Shine A Light"--one of Scorsese's lesser efforts.