Mick Jagger is no longer a child. In fact, the Rolling Stones frontman celebrated his 80th birthday at the end of July, and although his strength still seems to be in his writhing waist (after all, the Stones will release their 24th studio album on October 20), the legendary British musician found time to think ahead to the inevitable day after his death.
The Rolling Stones in Israel (archive)
In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal's prestigious magazine, WSJ, Jagger has made clear what he expects them to do with the half a billion dollars his massive music catalogue is valued after he dies. Surprisingly, Jagger doesn't plan to bequeath the money—or at least not most of it—to his eight children (from five different women) because, in his opinion, "they don't need 500 million to live properly." So what is? "Maybe do some good in the world," he declared, revealing that the general idea was to donate the wealth to humane causes.
Mick Jagger (archive), photo: GettyImages
Also, when the topic of the development of technology and artificial intelligence came up in the same interview, Jagger did not rule out the fact that the Stones will continue to rake in millions even after all their members move on to a world that is all good. "You can already make money after death today, right? You can even go on an afterlife tour," he clarified. "Technology has improved a lot since this ABBA thing (the Swedish band's last tour, where the band members were introduced on stage as avatars - young virtual versions of them from the 1970s; D.P.). I was supposed to go to this show, but I missed it."
Mick Jagger, photo: from the series "Being Rolling Stone"
In conclusion and despite his somewhat morbid thoughts, Jagger explained that he really wasn't stressed or bothered by his advanced age, at least no more than he felt when he celebrated his 70th birthday. "Both are big numbers, only one is higher than the other," he said. Anyway, Mick, we wish you at least until 120.
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