Mick jagger says he “absolutely would love to tour” Rolling Stones’ new album Foreign Tongues
The Rolling Stones have announced their new album Foreign Tongues.
The band confirmed the news on Tuesday (5 May), revealing that the record – their 25th studio album – was produced by Andrew Watt and features appearances from Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith.
Foreign Tongues is the Stones’ first full-length release since 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, which marked their return to original material after 18 years. The record was also their first full album since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021.
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The album launch was marked the same day with a listening party and Q&A hosted by Conan O’Brien at the Weylin venue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Speaking at the event, the Stones revealed how McCartney ended up on the record. Keith Richards says the Beatle star was working in a nearby London studio when he dropped by unannounced.
“I think Paul really wanted to jump in there,” frontman Mick Jagger adds [via AP]. “There was no intimidation. He wanted to play with the band.”
The band also confirmed that Foreign Tongues includes one of Charlie Watts’ final recordings, a track titled Hit Me in the Head.
“We did that in LA with Charlie,” Jagger says. “It’s a real fast punk rocker. A super-fast song.”
Watts’ long-time replacement Steve Jordan, who was recommended by Watts himself, handles drums across the rest of the album.
Of the recording process, Richards says, “When you get in the studio, and the guys get together, and you lay out a track, an idea, and you let it take off from there – you can’t plan all of this stuff. You kind of just have to follow it and hope you come out the other end.”
Earlier this year, the Stones also cancelled their planned 2026 touring schedule, though Jagger now says he would still “love to tour the album”.
“I absolutely would love to,” he says. “I hope to do it as soon as that’s possible.”
Elsewhere, Ronnie Wood also reflects on the making of Rough and Twisted, the vinyl-only single the band released last month under the name The Cockroaches. He said he used the same guitar he played on Faces’ 1971 track Stay With Me on the new single.
“It was so spontaneous,” Wood recalls. “We even surprised ourselves with it.”
Due out on 10 July, Foreign Tongues is now available to pre-order.
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