Are The Rolling Stones calling it quits after next summer's Glastonbury Festival? According to The Mirror, the band is set to retire from live performances after their first -- and only -- headlining gig at the famous U.K. musical festival.
The tabloid newspaper reports that sources close to The Stones have indicated that their Glastonbury appearance will be their final date in a "handful" of shows in the U.K. and the U.S. in 2013.
"All four members have agreed that next year is the right time to have one final hurrah and put on the gig of their lives," "a source close to the band" reportedly said. "It's a case of now or never, and obviously Glastonbury is the most important festival on the circuit. Everybody's incredibly excited ... it's a final bow."
Plans to commemorate The Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary have not yet been officially set. It was earlier reported that The Stones will not tour to mark their anniversary this year. Instead, the anniversary tour has been pushed back to 2013, which seems to coincide with The Mirror's reports.
The Rolling Stones' last tour together, 2005's "A Bigger Bang," was, at the time, the highest-grossing tour of all time before being topped by U2's 2009-2011 tour, 360.
In 2010, guitarist Keith Richards caused a bit of controversy when he wrote about frontman Mick Jagger in his autobiography, Life. Richards called Mick "unbearable" and even mocked his sexual prowess. Richards later cleared up the rumors, stating that after a rocky period in the 1980's, everything was great now between him and his bandmate.
“Basically we are brothers,” he explained to The Daily Express. “I can knock him but if anyone else does I’ll slit his throat!”
Meanwhile, plans for the The Stones to return to the studio have also been put on hold. In April, Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood reportedly told the media that The Stones would head back to the recording studio soon "to just throw some ideas around."
However, shortly after, Wood denied such claims and apologized to Rolling Stones fans for the misunderstanding. At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony -- where the guitarist was inducted again, this time with the band The Faces -- Wood told Billboard that The Stones will not be hitting the studio any time soon.
