Inside the Rolling Stones' exclusive new album event: What we know about 'Foreign Tongues' so far

NEW YORK (AP) — Inside the converted Williamsburgh Savings Bank successful Brooklyn — built successful the 1870s, present the tract of luxurious events held beneath stunning Victorian architecture — the Rolling Stones kept their fans wanting more.

Earlier Tuesday, the set confirmed that they volition merchandise a caller record, titled “Foreign Tongues,” this summer, and dropped a caller azygous called “In The Stars.”

Journalists, VIPs and celebrities similar Leonardo DiCaprio, Odessa A’zion and Lindsey Vonn waited successful the echoing hallway to witnesser Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood's archetypal speech astir the caller album.

To celebrate, they invited comedian Conan O’Brien to big the exclusive announcement event. It was a hilarious choice. “I deliberation this is the one, aft years of toiling successful obscurity,” helium joked astir “Foreign Tongues,” minutes earlier the set joined him connected stage. “This is their time.”

What we cognize astir ‘Foreign Tongues’ truthful far

“Foreign Tongues,” recorded implicit the people of a period successful London, volition beryllium released July 10.

The Stones' past medium was 2023's “Hackney Diamonds.” It was their archetypal medium of archetypal worldly successful 18 years — since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.” It was besides their archetypal full-length merchandise since the decease of drummer Charlie Watts successful 2021. He appeared posthumously connected 2 of that album's 12 tracks.

“Foreign Tongues” volition besides see a peculiar quality from Watts, lifted from 1 of his last signaling sessions earlier his death. “We did that successful L.A. with Charlie,” said Jagger of the song. “It's existent fast, a punk-rocker.”

The medium volition besides diagnostic contributions from Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, the Cure’s Robert Smith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith.

“I deliberation Paul (McCartney) truly wanted to leap successful there,” Jagger said astatine the event. “There was nary intimidation. He wanted to play with the band.”

The Stones besides worked with their adjacent collaborators Matt Clifford, drummer Steve Jordan and bassist Darryl Jones arsenic good arsenic Oscar-winning popular shaper Andrew Watt (known for his enactment with Post Malone and Justin Bieber, and the Stones' “Hackney Diamonds,” to sanction a few).

When thing isn’t moving successful studio, the set said Watt is the 1 who kicks them successful to gear. The country erupted into cheers for him — including his parents, who were seated straight down him — and O’Brien compared the “immediacy” of the caller medium to “Exile connected Main Street.”

The set besides spent clip detailing the record’s artwork. “Let’s uncover the medium cover, I telephone him Mr. Ugly,” said Jagger, earlier the screen appeared connected the surface supra their heads. “He’s pained by a celebrated caller creator called Nathaniel Quinn.”

Quinn, who was seated successful the beforehand row, said it was an amalgamation of the set members’ faces and a depiction of their journey.

A sensation of 'Foreign Tongues'

Speculation surrounding a caller Stones medium has been going astir for weeks. First, posters appeared astir London with the set sanction “The Cockroaches,” a pseudonym the Stones' person utilized successful the past, on with a QR code. The codification led to ‘thecockroaches.com’ and a sign-up page. Once a idiosyncratic had signed up, they received a confirmation connection from Universal Music — the Stones' label. Representatives did not supply The Associated Press with remark oregon confirmation astatine the time.

Eventually it led to a achromatic label, vinyl-only merchandise of the way “Rough and Twisted” utilizing The Cockroaches sanction — the archetypal existent tease of “Foreign Tongues” decipherable lone by their astir dedicated fans.

Then, successful the week starring up to their announcement, billboards with the band's iconic rima and lingua logo began appearing successful large cities astir the satellite with the words “Foreign Tongues” successful assorted languages: “Fremmede Sprog,” “Vreemde Tongen,” “Dayuhang Dila,” “외국어,” and “Langues Étrangères” among them. Around the aforesaid time, the Rolling Stones' authoritative website was updated to diagnostic video clips stylized to look similar surveillance footage of them successful the studio.

On Sunday, the set shared a descent puzzle graphic fans believed to beryllium the medium artwork, depicting a cartoonish collage of the members' faces. (They were correct; it was the authoritative medium cover.) There was besides a abbreviated video clip, conscionable 10-seconds long, that appeared to tease a caller song.

The Stones' ‘Tonight Show’ takeover

“The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” volition big the surviving members of the Stones crossed 3 nights this month, NBC announced Tuesday.

Jagger volition look connected Wednesday's amusement and Fallon volition big Richards connected Thursday. Wood volition look connected May 13.

No further details connected whether the set volition execute unneurotic connected the amusement were instantly released.

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