JAGGER SLOWS DOWN STAGE SHOWS
Veteran rocker SIR MICK JAGGER is learning to "pace" himself during live performances - because he can no longer keep up his energetic stage act f or entire concerts.
The 66-year-old Rolling Stones rocker is often praised for his high-ene rgy gigs but he is finding it increasingly difficult to perform now he’s getting older, admitting he has to take short breaks during shows to catc h his breath.
He tells Britain’s Smooth radio, "After I’m finished (a concert), I don ‘t always feel like a 20 year old! "Part of knowing if you’re fit or not is knowing how tired you get at t he end. You might be tired for five minutes, you’ll feel really wiped out , (but) you should be recovered in 30 minutes. And you should feel absolu tely fine. If you don’t, you’re not very fit, basically.
"You can pace yourself as well - it’s like playing tennis. If you notic e people playing tennis, even the really fast people, they have a lot of breaks in between when they want to get their breath back.
"If you’ve had a really long rally and you’re running, you bounce the b all a bit more to recover! That’s what you’ve got to do onstage if you’re really, really running - you’ve got to pace yourself."
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