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What on earth is Fremmede Sprog and what has it got to do with the Rolling Stones?

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The Rolling Stones tease new album title with international billboard campaign

The much-anticipated new record will seemingly be named ‘Foreign Tongues’

The Independent UK

“I love it and it’s my friend forever. If I had to, I’d f**k it”: Keith Richards on his enduring love affair with the guitar, the effects of arthritis on his playing, and why he’s still learning the instrument at 82

The Rolling Stones icon reflects on life as a rhythm guitar hero, the size of his collection, and how the restriction of five-strings and open tunings blew his mind

Guitar World

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Bill Wyman described as The Rolling Stones’ most prolific womaniser

According to a new biography on the band, quiet bassist Bill Wyman was The Rolling Stones’ most prolific womaniser.

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Odessa A'zion stars in The Rolling Stones' new music video

The Rolling Stones have hired Odessa A'zion to appear in their new music video.

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The Rolling Stones are releasing a new song tomorrow, but under a fake name

The Cockroaches, aka The Rolling Stones, are set to release the first music from their 25th studio album

Louder

"There was an old fella who screamed that we'd been sent by Oliver Cromwell. He jumped on the bonnet of the car and tried to boot the windscreen to pieces." Not everyone was pleased to see The Rolling Stones on their first Irish tour

"We've heard it said that this long hair makes you look like women"

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Report: Rolling Stones prepare new album Foreign Tongues as fans decode Cockroaches teaser campaign

The Rolling Stones are preparing to release their new album Foreign Tongues, introduced by the track Mr Charm, while a separate Cockroaches teaser campaign has triggered widespread fan discussion.

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“Look at AC/DC. Whatever was popular, it didn’t matter. It’s like McDonald’s. ‘We make the Big Mac and we make fries and we don’t care about doing sushi’”: Zakk Wylde on musical identity, jailhouse rocking with Ozzy and the return of Black Label Society

The maestro of the pinched harmonic and pentatonic blitzkrieg sits in to talk Engines Of Demolition, Randy Rhoads' greatness, and the origin of his style

MusicRadar

“Who the F are the Cockroaches?”: Just the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world… perhaps

The Stones have used the guise before, and could be doing so again?

MusicRadar

"Bonzo picked George Harrison up and launched him into the swimming pool. He said it was the greatest night of his life!" How Led Zeppelin seized control of the industry and became the biggest rock band on the planet

Magic hexes, hotel robberies and cut-throat deals: Led Zeppelin band members and associates chronicle the heady days of 1972/73

Louder

Legendary rock band could be behind mysterious posters for The Cockroaches

After a strange poster appeared in London overnight, its ambiguous message has got fans talking about the release of a new Rolling Stones album.

The Independent UK

Donald Trump Reportedly Considering Targeting The Rolling Stones' US Visas Over Melania Movie Feud

Donald Trump is reportedly considering whether to use US visa rules to punish The Rolling Stones over their criticism of Melania, the film about his wife, reigniting a feud over his use of the band's music.

International Business Times UK

“Brian Jones was the first steel slide player I heard. He was really in front of that game, and that’s what I really admired about him when we first started playing together”: Keith Richards pays tribute to Stones guitarists past and present

“Once I heard Brian playing Elmore James, I thought, ‘I’ve found a guy here who I can mess with’”

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“He was one of a kind”: Alabama guitar legend Wayne Perkins – who played with the Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, and Joni Mitchell – dies at 74

Perkins made his name as a Muscle Shoals session ace and would go on to have a storied career playing with the greats

The Independent UK

Inside Marianne Faithfull’s final gift to the world: ‘She was a force’

IN FOCUS: A remarkable new docudrama starring Tilda Swinton and George MacKay, along with the late artist herself, does long-overdue justice to the musician who for years was belittled and reduced to a subject of tabloid scandal, ignoring the talent that was there from the beginning. Roisin O’Connor speaks to…

What Hi-Fi?

1976 changed music forever – and these 10 tracks still sound phenomenal today

Like us, these great songs are turning 50 this year

The Independent UK

Rolling Stones dispute Melania producer’s claim Mick Jagger ‘gave blessing’ for song to be used in documentary

Producer Mark Beckman claimed star was personally involved and ‘gave us his blessing’ to use rock band’s song

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Source close to Rolling Stones disputes Melania producer’s claim Mick Jagger ‘gave his blessing’ to use song

Spokesperson for Rolling Stones tells Guardian band did not liaise with Marc Beckman and his team on use of Gimme Shelter in first lady documentary

Guitar World

“It went totally sour. After we did the album thing, it was like, ‘This isn’t happening’”: Why Nile Rodgers and John Mayer’s collaboration was derailed – because of a Rolling Stones album

Rodgers and Mayer swapped albums ahead of a potential partnership – but their differing tastes at the time meant it all fell apart

MusicRadar

“Those first two days we got along like brothers, but then after we did the album thing, it was like, ‘This isn’t happening’”: How the gift of a divisive Rolling Stones album scuppered the chance of a collaboration between Nile Rodgers and John Mayer

Rodgers believes that the 1967 record in question is "the most underrated rock and roll album of all time”

Louder

"I looked over my shoulder, saw Ronnie Wood and thought: 'That's nice!' I didn't meet the Rolling Stones, but I waved at them from a golf cart." Samantha Fish on playing with the Stones and her complicated relationship with the blues

Contemporary blueser Samantha Fish hits UK venues in late February, with mainland European and US shows beginning in March

Guitar World

“We bring out a ton of guitars. I pick one up, strum, and it sounds like Wild Horses – because it’s the actual guitar from Wild Horses”: The Rolling Stones guitar tech on the secrets behind their onstage sound

Ryan Bullington has teched with everyone from the Stones to Paul McCartney and Keith Urban. He shares the joy of playing instruments he could never afford, the best amp he’s ever heard, and the invention that’s saved him years of pain

Guitar World

“Anyone who thinks he's sloppy is out of their minds”: Rolling Stones producer Don Was on why Keith Richards shouldn't be underestimated as both a rhythm and lead guitarist

Was first started working with the Stones in 1994 – and the partnership would continue for decades

MusicRadar

“Is there a more iconic guitar player on Earth? For more than six decades, the ‘Human Riff’ has been the heartbeat of The Rolling Stones”: Gibson launches jaw-dropping Keith Richards Collector’s Edition 1960 ES-355, signed by the man himself

NAMM 2026: A meticulous replica of one of the most famous (and coolest) ES-355s of all time

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