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Beyond parody.

We’ve watched rock stars like Mick Jagger, Roger Daltrey and Paul McCartney continuing to record and perform well into their seventies. And we’ve watched with a combination of admiration and despair. How long can these “youth” icons carry on? Whatever next? Chuck Berry announcing on his 90th birthday that he’s releasing a new album? But yesterday, of course, that’s exactly what happened. He’ll almost certainly do a tour too. And he’ll almost certainly play this – hopefully with the words updated to “Sweet Little Seventy-Five”. So after the 90 year old rock star, whatever next? Elvis performing at the O2 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra even though he’s dead? Ha, ha! Oh, wait a minute……

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