There are certain things that are guaranteed to annoy people over 45. Things like petrol prices, the state of next-door’s front garden and being told they can’t rock out to The Rolling Stones.

The latter happened last week as the NFL ruled that the Super Bowl halftime concert by The Rolling Stones could only be attended by people under 45 years old. But now, after the whole world basically pointed and laughed at it, the NFL has now decided that any old bugger can go and watch The Rolling Stones if that’s what they want.

Last week we reported that when it came to watching The Rolling
Stones (CDs) play the 2006 Super Bowl halftime show, The Rolling Stones
themselves were too doddery to watch themselves play,
after the NFL decided that only hip young pups under the age of 45
could be specially invited onto the playing field to watch the concert.

At the time, the NFL stated that this was because there whoever got
to see the Stones would be subjected to around 35 hours of rehearsals,
plus a lot of standing around on Super Bowl day. And that might have
just been too physically demanding for the drastic ill-health of anyone over 45.

But then – after the shock discovery that several people over 45 not
only had the mental capacity to know who The Rolling Stones are, but
actually wanted to go and see them at the Super Bowl – the NFL had to
make an embarrassing retraction. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy claimed
that the reason to reverse its original decision was because:

"We wanted to open it up."

And
not because the NFL was a massive global joke or anything. But whatever it’s reasoning, we’re glad the NFL has allowed the over 45s to see The
Rolling Stones at the Super Bowl. The aerial shots of the massed beige
jackets and blue rinses alone should make for a spectacular show.

Read more:

Age ban on Stones fans is lifted – BBC

[story by Stuart Heritage]

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