Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has revealed whether the iconic British rock band will ever tour again. It has been two years since The Rolling Stones performed live, which might not sound like a lot, but it is for the classic rock band.
The band are currently getting ready to release their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, on July 10th, but uncharacteristically they do not have any tour dates lined up. Last year, the band confirmed that they’d scrapped plans for a UK and European stadium tour in 2026 because Keith Richards was unable to “commit” to it.
On BBC Radio 2’s Tracks of My Years, Jagger and his bandmate Ronnie Wood hinted that they hoped the band would tour again. “I’d love to go on tour, I can’t wait,” Jagger said, before admitting fans shouldn’t expect an announcement any time soon. “I don’t think it’s going to be this year,” he added. “But hopefully it’s going to be as soon as possible.”
At the launch event for Foreign Tongues in New York earlier this month, per Far Out Magazine, Keith Richards was asked whether fans “can expect a world tour”, to which he replied, “We can talk next year.”
“I mean, possibly. At the moment, we’re just sort of saying, we’ve finished the record, let’s do this. We’re basically considering what to do after. Pretty soon, but not this year,” the legendary guitarist added.
Their upcoming album is set to feature guest appearances from Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood, and the band’s late drummer Charlie Watts. Explaining how The Cure’s frontman Robert Smith became involved in the album, Mick said, “He was standing there with his back to me and this long gown on and when he turned around, he was covered in lipstick,” Jagger said. “And I said, I never met him before, ‘You’re Robert Smith of The Cure’.
“And he said, ‘Yeah, we’ve never met’. And I said, ‘While you’re here, you better go and do something’. That’s how collaborations work sometimes,” the singer added.
Paul McCartney also told NME how it felt to collaborate with his long-term friends on their new album. “It was really nice to just show up at a studio with your bass and just say, ‘Right, where do you want me?” he said. “You start playing, and they show you the song, and I start thinking, ‘I’m playing with the Stones!”
