Stones say they don’t plan to stop rolling

“THE idea of retiring is like killing yourself,” said Rolling Stone Keith Richards in BBC 2’s exclusive Newsnight interview last night.

“It’s almost like Hari Kari. I intend to live to 100 and go down in history,” said the 61-year-old ex-junkie.

Speculation that the band’s current tour would be their last was played down by the Stones, now into their 43rd year playing together. Only frontman Mick Jagger was a touch ambivalent.