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Alexander

(15,318 posts) Tue Apr 17, 2012, 05:51 PM Apr 2012

Olympics Organizers Ask Keith Moon to Play Closing Ceremony

Olympics Organizers Ask Keith Moon to Play Closing Ceremony

The Who drummer has been dead since 1978

"Organizers of the London Olympics approached the Who's manager to inquire about having Keith Moon play at an Olympics event despite the drummer being dead for nearly 34 years, the Sunday Times reports.

"I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to the Who's anthemic line 'I hope I die before I get old'," the band's longtime manager, Bill Curbishley, told the Times. "If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him.""

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/olympics-organizers-ask-keith-moon-to-play-closing-ceremony-20120413#ixzz1sKx6foz3

I would definitely see that show.

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