The Rolling Stones hit NYC

It sure didn't feel like a farewell. The Rolling Stones - average age 68-plus, if you're counting - were in rollicking form as they rocked the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for 2 1/2 hours Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, their first U.S. show on a mini-tour marking a mind-boggling 50 years as a rock band.

Every time the Stones tour, the inevitable questions arise, whether it's "The Last Time," to quote one of their songs. But there was no sign that anything is ending anytime soon.

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