The Rolling Stones Know What You Need: An Annuity

July 6, 2019 by Jeff Sommer

So it’s come to this: surgery, deferred annuities and rock ’n’ roll.

The Rolling Stones, the bad boys of rock in the 1960s and ’70s, are showing their age. In April, the band postponed the start of its North American tour so that Mick Jagger could have surgery, reportedly to replace a damaged heart valve. Now, he is prancing onstage again, and the band’s three-month tour is off to a rollicking start.

I’d like to believe that the Stones are as ageless as Peter Pan. But it turns out that the band chose, as its sole tour sponsor, the Alliance for Lifetime Income — a trade association that promotes the sale of annuities.

Click HERE to read the full story via The New York Times.

Originally Posted at The New York Times on July 1, 2019 by Jeff Sommer.