I'm recycling this from elsewhere, when the question of what your fantasy endgame scenario would be for the Rolling Stones to call it quits while saving face:
In China, The Rolling Stones unveil a huge hot air balloon shaped like their Lips logo to announce that they will promote their next album by hot air ballooning around the world. Mick wears a pilot's outfit, while Ron Wood is forced to don an old-timey leather aviator's cap and goggles with a scarf. Keith refuses to wear a goofy outfit, but Mick makes a public show of having him hand over any knives in his pockets or hanging from his hair so he doesn't accidentally pop the balloon.
The Stones pile in and take off (think the Bee Gees in the Sgt. Pepper movie), planning to circumnavigate the globe in their balloon and play a massive concert atop the Great Wall of China upon completion.
But tragedy strikes: somewhere over Nepal, the Stones' balloon vanishes. A huge search is undertaken, but only the badly-damaged balloon is found and the Stones are missing for months. The world is devastated by this news, and many classic rock stations switch to an all-Stones format for weeks until finally, Charlie Watts emerges from the wilderness as the lone survivor of the tragic hot air balloon crash.
Reporters ask Charlie what happened, but he just shrugs and everybody correctly figures that's the best they'll get out of him. Huge statues are erected in honor of Mick and Keith, with a much smaller statue also put up in honor of Ron. The bass player doesn't get one, which people quietly think is a little racist, but nobody wants to say anything, and besides, these statues are really expensive.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Stones have actually faked their own deaths. In Tibet, Keith buys a bar and spends the rest of his life outdrinking sherpas like Marion in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Ron dyes his hair blonde and lives in a secret room in Rod Stewart's house, occasionally venturing out in public disguised as Rod. No one ever notices. Mick becomes a silent partner in the World's Largest Casino in Macao and regularly performs there, but this never becomes public knowledge in the West due to China's strict media control. Darryl Jones returns to America and actually tours with Eric Clapton a few times, and a handful of people say "Hey, isn't that the bass player from the Stones? Didn't he die in that hot air balloon crash?" but nobody is 100% sure and everyone is afraid to ask.
