Jumping Jack Flash: Jagger at 60
Fri Jul 25, 8:00 PM ET
E! Online
By Joal Ryan
If you were uncertain of the definition of "sexagenarian," you may have thought Mick Jagger's been one for ages.
But, no, the legendary rock 'n' roll Lothario doesn't join the group's ranks until Saturday. When he turns 60.
Let the International House of Pancakes discounts begin...
Jagger and his Rolling Stones mates, including fellow sexagenarian Charlie Watts, will mark the occasion with a private, if paparazzi-stalked birthday bash somewhere in the capital of the Czech Republic. (The band's on a layover there, scheduled to play to 60,000 Sunday night at Letna Park.)
Details of the Prague party are under wraps. An aide to former Czech president Vaclav Havel told the Associated Press that even V.I.P. invitees, like Havel, won't be told the location of the celebration until the last minute.
Speculation in Prague reportedly has the shindig going down at either the local British Embassy, or the local Four Seasons.
Apparently the local Shoney's is booked.
Which is too bad because as a newly minted 60-year-old, Jagger will be eligible (at participating locations) for $1 in savings at the salad bar, as well as a 50-cent markdown on entrees.
According to SeniorDiscounts.com, age is definitely on the rocker's side now.
Once he crosses the sexagenarian threshold, the much-traveled Rolling Stone can get 10 percent off cookies at Mrs. Fields, 10 percent off monthly fees at Bally Total Fitness, and two dollars off trims at Supercuts. (He's been eligible to request the senior discount at IHOP since age 55.)
Is Jagger really worthy of all these considerations?
"I definitely think so," says David Smidt of SeniorDiscounts.com. "He's contributed a lot to the community. It's about time he starts getting his discounts."
Jagger has paid his dues for than 40 years as frontman of the Stones.
Born July 26, 1943, in Dartford, England, the future jet-setter was a middle-class lad at the London School of Economics when he correctly surmised he could get more money and way more girls by becoming a rock star, instead of, say, an economist.
The Stones were formed in 1962, and broke in 1964 with "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." The money, girls, wives, ex-wives, children and grandchildren followed, as did the hits: "Paint It Black," "Let's Spend the Night Together" and "Gimme Shelter" to name just three, because if we named all of them we'd be eligible for the Shoney's discount by the time we finished.
Jagger and crew are currently working the European leg of the "Forty Licks" world tour, a relentless schedule that'll keep them checking into fancy hotels across the old continent through September. Next week, they'll take a brief break--for another show--a benefit concert aimed to boost spirits, and tourism, in SARS (news - web sites)-tainted Toronto.
While he's occasionally freelanced as a solo act, Jagger remains the band's biggest booster.
"You have to perform good shows, look good and have good songs, no matter how old you are. And we do all that," he was quoted as telling London's Sun last month.
Letting his codgerdom show a bit, Jagger complained in the same article that whippersnapper Justin Timberlake (news) was a retread. "Every single move he does is stolen," Jagger said.
Jagger need not be defensive about Timberlake's age, or lack thereof. Timberlake may have fewer wrinkles, but Jagger can score free coffee at McDonald's.
And once Glimmer Twin Keith Richards (news) hits the Big 6-0 in December? Watch out.
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