Sometimes, you may all the time get what you need: On Tuesday, The Rolling Stones confirmed that they are going to launch a brand new album, titled “Foreign Tongues,” this summer season.
They additionally launched a brand new single, titled “In The Stars.”
To rejoice, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood attended an album announcement occasion contained in the transformed Williamsburgh Savings Bank in Brooklyn. Conan O’Brien hosted the occasion, with celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Lindsey Vonn within the viewers. “I think this is the one, after years of toiling in obscurity,” he joked, “This is their time.”
The Stones’ final album was 2023’s “Hackney Diamonds.” It was their first album of unique materials in 18 years — since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.” It was additionally their first full-length launch for the reason that loss of life of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021. He appeared posthumously on two of that album’s 12 tracks.
“Foreign Tongues” will likely be launched July 10.
According to press supplies for “Foreign Tongues,” it is going to additionally embody a particular look from Watts from one in all his closing recording classes earlier than his loss of life, in addition to contributions from Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, the Cure’s Robert Smith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith.
“I love doing these recording sessions in London at Metropolis. It was a very intense few weeks recording ‘Foreign Tongues,’” Mick Jagger mentioned in a press release. “We had 14 great tracks and we went as fast as we could. I like the room there as it’s not too big so you can feel the passion in the room from everyone.”
The Stones additionally labored intently with Oscar-winning pop producer Andrew Watt (recognized for his work with Post Malone and Justin Bieber, and the Stones’ “Hackney Diamonds,” to call a number of).
Speculation surrounding a brand new Stones album has been going round for weeks. First, posters appeared round London with the band identify “The Cockroaches,” a pseudonym the Stones’ have used previously, together with a QR code. The code led to ‘thecockroaches.com’ and a sign-up web page. Once a person had signed up, they obtained a affirmation message from Universal Music — the Stones’ label. Representatives didn’t present The Associated Press with remark or affirmation on the time.
Eventually it led to a white label, vinyl-only launch of the observe “Rough and Twisted” utilizing The Cockroaches identify — the primary true tease of “Foreign Tongues” decipherable solely by their most devoted followers.
Then, within the week main as much as their announcement, billboards with the band’s iconic mouth and tongue brand started showing in main cities around the globe with the phrases “Foreign Tongues” in varied languages: “Fremmede Sprog,” “Vreemde Tongen,” “Dayuhang Dila,” “외국어,” and “Langues Étrangères” amongst them. Around the identical time, the Rolling Stones’ official web site was up to date to characteristic video clips stylized to appear to be surveillance footage of them within the studio.
On Sunday, the band shared a slide puzzle graphic followers believed to be the album paintings, depicting a cartoonish collage of the members’ faces. (They have been right; it was the official album cowl.) There was additionally a brief video clip, simply 10-seconds lengthy, that appeared to tease a brand new track.
“The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” will host the surviving members of the Stones throughout three nights this month, NBC introduced Tuesday.
Jagger will seem on Wednesday’s present and Fallon will host Richards on Thursday. Wood will seem on May 13.
No further particulars on whether or not the band will carry out collectively on the present have been instantly launched.
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