Are the Rolling Stones road-weary at last?

Could the Rolling Stones truly be calling it quits after this Saturdays gig at Londons O2 Arena, the final stop on a world tour that began in June? Fizzing out amidst mild, blogospheric hearsay based on the unnamed source of an undetermined original source? Without fanfare and double-amped ticket prices? Without any of the members actually dying on stage beforehand?

Probably not, but the rumors are building up bit by bit like moss on non-rolling stone, you know, kind of how proverbial small plants might accumulate on the band if...well, you get it.

Either way, somebody's going around saying the following: "We've been told this will be the last tour. Embarking on a Stones world tour takes years to plan. Mick and Keith would be in their late 60s by the time they would be ready to rock once more."

This is confusing. If they'd be ready to rock, what's the problem? An unanswerable question at this point, because a source is a source, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a source, of course. Since he or she is being all mysterious.

It should be noted that Australia is fa-reaking out.

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