Golden oldies keep on rockin’

IN normal life they would be drawing the pension but a growing band of older musicians are, as Neil (not so) Young, would say, ‘rockin’ in the free world’, shaking it all out on stage.

Young is one of eight top performers at Cork’s Live at the Marquee which starts next month, four are in their 60s and four are in their 70s.

Let’s take an age check, starting with the youngest: Robert Plant, 65; Dolly Parton, 68; Neil Young, 69; Christy Moore, 69; Brian Wilson, 72 and Bob Dylan, Tom Jones and Cliff Richard all 73.