ロックンロールは終わらない　ミック・ジャガーさん、今月８０歳に

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】「年を取るなんて、ろくなもんじゃない」とかつて歌った英ロックバンド「ザ・ローリング・ストーンズ」のミック・ジャガーさんが、２６日に８０歳の誕生日を迎える。今なお衰えを見せずにステージの上でパワフルに闊歩（かっぽ）しながら歌い、セクシーに踊り続け、コンサート会場を満員にする。（写真は資料写真）
　２０１９年に心臓弁の置換手術を受けたが、ジョギング、キックボクシング、サイクリング、ヨガなどでスリムな体形を維持。ショーマンとしてエネルギッシュに活動し続けている。
　バンドは昨年、結成６０周年を記念し、１４日間の欧州ツアーを行った。ジャガーさんが新型コロナウイルスに感染したため、１公演が中止となった。２０２１年に亡くなったドラマーのチャーリー・ワッツさん抜きでの演奏は初めてのことだった。
　残されたメンバーは今年、２００５年の「Ａ Ｂｉｇｇｅｒ Ｂａｎｇ」以来となるオリジナルアルバムを発表予定。ポール・マッカートニーさんや、３０年以上前にストーンズを脱退したベーシスト、ビル・ワイマンさんの参加も伝えられている。
　ジャガーさんは１９６７年、ストーンズのギタリストで幼なじみのキース・リチャーズさんと共に薬物使用で有罪判決を受けた。その２年後、結成メンバーで、麻薬を常習していたブライアン・ジョーンズさんが、バンドを去った直後にプールで遺体となって発見された。
　薬物の常用を含め、さまざまな物議を醸したジャガーさんだが、商業的な成功も追求し、英紙サンデー・タイムズの２０２１年の長者番付によれば、資産は３億１０００万ポンド（約５６０億円）以上に上る。
　２００２年には、エリザベス女王からナイトの爵位を授与され、「サー・ミック」の敬称を得た。
　２０１６年には現在のパートナーでバレリーナのメラニー・ハムリックさんとの間に息子が生まれた。既に４人の女性との間に７人の子どもをもうけていたため、７３歳で８人の父親となった。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/07/25-17:33）

Mick Jagger once sang what a drag it is getting old but the most senior swinger in town shows little sign of slowing down as he turns 80 on Wednesday.
The Rolling Stones frontman is still strutting and gyrating in front of packed-out arenas, most recently touring Europe to mark the band's 60th anniversary.
The icon of 60s counterculture underwent a heart valve replacement in 2019, but his regime of running, kick-boxing, cycling and yoga has maintained his svelte figure and longevity as an energetic showman.
The band completed its 14-date Sixty tour last year, although had to cancel one date when Jagger caught Covid.
It was the first time the band had performed without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021.
The remaining members plan to release a new album in tribute to their late drummer later this year, the first LP of original material since A Bigger Bang in 2005.
It will reportedly feature Beatles legend Paul McCartney and former Stones bassist Bill Wyman, 86, more than 30 years after his departure from the band.
Beyond the Stones, Jagger teamed up with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl in 2021 to record Eazy Sleazy, a song about life during the pandemic.
With songs like Jumpin' Jack Flash, Gimme Shelter, Sympathy for the Devil and Not Fade Away, Jagger's band helped detonate the cultural and social explosion of the 1960s.
The charismatic frontman built a reputation for pushing boundaries, taking full advantage of the era's sexual revolution and recreational drug use.
- Establishment figure -
Michael Philip Jagger was born on July 26, 1943, to middle-class parents in Dartford, south of London.
He started jamming with childhood friend Keith Richards in 1960 after they discovered a mutual love of the blues, and have enjoyed a productive, if love-hate, relationship ever since.
Jagger dropped out of the London School of Economics in the pursuit of fame and in 1965 the band had their first smash hit with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
A string of massive hits across five decades followed, including Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Women and Paint It Black.
The band became as famous for their off-stage antics as those on it.
Jagger and Richards were found guilty of drug offences in 1967, while founding member Brian Jones paid the ultimate price for the rock and roll lifestyle, drowning in his swimming pool in 1969.
I wasn't understanding enough about his drug addiction, Jagger said in 1995. Things like LSD were all new. No one knew the harm. People thought cocaine was good for you.
Despite the drug-fuelled indulgences and controversies, Jagger has always kept a careful eye on the commercial side of things and has amassed a £310 million ($400 million) fortune, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2021.
For all his image as a subversive figure, Jagger has in later life become a pillar of the establishment.
He became Sir Mick in 2002 after being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and is frequently spotted at Lord's, watching the England cricket team.
The rocker became a father for the eighth time in 2016 when American dancer Melanie Hamrick, his current partner, gave birth to a son.
He already had seven children from four previous relationships.