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Rolling Stones vs. Flight Numbers: Superstition in the Sky
Ah, 1967—the Summer of Love, psychedelia, and… The Rolling Stones changing their flight number because it gave them the creeps. Yes, really. The world’s biggest rock band, fresh off blowing minds and bending genres, apparently drew the line at a spooky number on a boarding pass.
The Stones were set to jet off for another leg of their European escapade when they glanced at their flight details and collectively went, “Yeah… nope.” Why? The number. Too ominous, too unlucky, too cursed—or maybe just too weird for a band already riding the edge of chaos. They flat-out told the airline they were superstitious and asked for a new flight number. And, believe it or not, they got it.
Now, let’s pause for a second. These are the same guys who wrote songs about sympathy for the devil, danced through drug busts, and survived hotel trashings like it was a competitive sport. But that number? Too much. There’s rock ‘n’ roll danger, and then there’s flight-number danger. Totally different categories.
Maybe they figured they’d used up all their luck on the ground and didn’t want to push it in the air. Or maybe they were just in that 1967 headspace—acid, mysticism, Brian Jones wandering around barefoot. Who knows? Either way, the airline staff shrugged and gave them a new number. Because when Mick Jagger says a number is cursed, you listen.
So the flight went on, minus the unlucky digits, and the Stones lived to tour another day. Lesson here? Even rock legends believe in jinxes. Or maybe they just didn’t like how it looked on the boarding pass. Either way, never underestimate the power of superstition—especially when it’s riding first class.
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