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He's still touring.
Got dates up to September.

Is he opening for the Stones?

not sure how good any of us will look when we're 86

Good looks are essential for people like entertainers, so who want's to look at them when they're that old?

I find these old entertainers who can't let go pathetic.

He's wife is younger than he's daughters. in 1970 he was on 15k a night at the palladium, done 30 weeks... how much that worth nowadays ?

I've always liked him although I doubt i'd pay to see him now.
Got abuse from all angles and took it on the chin whilst still smiling.
The Castella advert was brilliant with Russ Abbott.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMmLW98xXjo

It's ego that keeps them going.

They're immune to the snigggering going on behind their backs.
They don't realise people are only going to see them in order to watch them make a fool of themselves.

This clip from the Kenny Everett show says it all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5LcYT2-QTE

They don't realise people are only going to see them in order to watch them make a fool of themselves.

Makes them bigger fools in my eyes. I think it's both that won't let go.
Most seem the same. Parkie, Brucie (almost til he died), Stones and a whole lot more. Doubt they need the money.
Can only be the spotlight but if mugs want to pay them then so be it. As I said won't get my cash.

Tommy Steele is another he was a pop star in the fifties. Born in 1936 he's 82.

He's still at it.

http://britishtheatre.com/tommy-steele-the-glenn-miller-story/

Rod Stewart in the same boat