The Rolling Stones Say Foreign Tongues Came Together in a Month

The Rolling Stones have revealed that they completed work on their new album Foreign Tongues in just one month.

Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood reunited in London to record the band's 25th studio album, which was released on Friday (10.07.26). The project also features appearances from Steve Winwood, Robert Smith, Sir Paul McCartney, and Bruno Mars. According to the band, the recording sessions were wrapped up in only four weeks.

The group shared in a statement: "We put this album together in under a month at Metropolis Studios in our hometown of London. It was a lot of fun. The critics seem to like it, we hope everyone loves it!"

The legendary rock band celebrated the album's arrival with a star studded launch event in London on Wednesday night (08.07.26), where a spectacular drone display lit up the city's skyline.

Timed to the band's new song In The Stars, the performance took place above famous landmarks including Big Ben and the London Eye, with hundreds of drones creating The Rolling Stones' instantly recognizable tongue and lips logo.

A statement explained: "The music for the 500 drone light show was set to the new Stones song In The Stars and is a fitting metaphor to see the iconic and much loved Stones’ tongue hanging over the River Thames to celebrate a record made here in the city of London."

Keith recently joked that Mick "won’t bloody stop" creating new music, saying the singer's creativity and drive played a major role in how quickly Foreign Tongues came together.

Speaking to The Guardian, he said: "Mick’s been very prolific lately, which is one reason this album has come out so quick, because he won’t bloody stop. “And the momentum from [previous album] Hackney Diamonds was such that this is basically carrying on in the same breath. I was just letting it roll. We had enough stuff if we wanted to keep pushing, and so Mick and I gave each other the usual wry look and said: ‘Yeah, let’s keep pushing'."

Keith also reflected on how his relationship with Mick has changed over the years, admitting the pair no longer clash the way they once did.

"There’s not as much jousting.

"He’s broken his sword, he’s broken his lance. It’s another thing that Mick and I gave up, probably down to age. Or at least he hasn’t come at me for a while, so I presume we have."