Hey Hey, My My: Aging Rock Fans Still Hold Their Lighters High – The New York Times

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Pete Townshend of the Who struck a nerve with rock โ€™nโ€™ roll rebels in 1965 with the line โ€œI hope I die before I get old.โ€

But something has happened in the five decades since he wrote โ€œMy Generationโ€: The boomer generation got older, yet continued to love rock โ€™nโ€™ roll. Now, as many of those early fans enter retirement, they are still boarding buses and trudging through muddy fields to see their favorite bands.

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