It would be easy to see modern Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH) play festivals, stadiums and arenas to sold out crowds and forget where they came from. Their current music is a frantic mix of metal, rock, pop and electronic elements that has rewritten the heavy metal template, but as teenagers in Sheffield in 2006 they were a different beast altogether. Their debut ‘Count Your Blessings’ was one of the earliest and heaviest deathcore releases, and paved the way for the group’s wild future successes.

Back in April, BMTH announced a special 20th anniversary re-recording of their debut, titled ‘Count Your Blessings | Repented’, produced by frontman Oli Sykes and guitarist Lee Malia, and mixed by Buster Odeholm. The 10 original tracks are brought to life with modern engineering quality, in a way the band describe as it being “reborn, sharper, heavier and more vital than ever” – adding a new level of intensity to songs like ‘Pray For Plagues, ‘Black & Blue’ and ‘(I Used to Make Out With) Medusa’. Speaking of the choice to remix it in a way that was both true to the original while still fresh and novel, Skyes remarked “We can’t have this record sounding like what bands sound like today. It needs to be the best version of what it sounded like in 2006.”

After dropping the new and improved ‘Black & Blue’ as the lead single from ‘Repented’ 2 weeks ago, fans have been desperate for more tracks before the album releases on the 10th of July. As luck would have it, BMTH announced a new single and music video named ‘Dehumanized’ at the start of the week, and teased it with short clips of the band covered in blood ahead of its release yesterday. ‘Dehumanized’ is the only new, original composition for the record, added as an 11th track for the reissue – here’s the track listing for ‘Count Your Blessings | Repented’:

1. Pray for Plagues – 2026 Repented
2. Tell Slater Not to Wash His Dick – 2026 Repented
3. For Stevie Wonder’s Eyes Only – 2026 Repented
4. A Lot Like Vegas – 2026 Repented
5. Black & Blue – 2026 Repented
6. Slow Dance – 2026 Repented
7. Dragon Slaying – 2026 Repented
8. (I Used to Make Out With) Medusa – 2026 Repented
9. Fifteen Fathoms, Counting – 2026 Repented
10. Off The Heezay – 2026 Repented
11. Dehumanized

‘Dehumanized’ carries the feel of the classic material despite being written 20 years later, and stands on its own as a crushingly heavy deathcore track. Sykes’ screeches and growls which made him famous sound phenomenal in 2026, the breakdowns hit in all the right ways, and the video is a violent, visceral tribute to early music videos from the genre. The song serves as a big closing statement at the end of the record, celebrating both old and new eras of the band’s catalogue. Check the song and video out below:

THE FOLLOWING FOOTAGE CONTAINS THEMES THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND DISTRESSING. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

To celebrate 20 years of ‘Count Your Blessings’ and the release of the reissue, Bring Me The Horizon are set to play several one-off headline shows where they will play the album in its entirety for the first time ever, alongside some bonus performances from the same era of the band. The two UK July shows on the 10th and 11th will be at Manchester’s B.E.C. Arena in partnership with the city’s alternative gathering Outbreak Fest, with a stacked bill featuring Static Dress, Dying Wish, Heriot, Rolo Tomassi, Car Underwater and Still In Love. Then after completing their North American tour with their contemporary music dubbed ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn – The Third Ascension Program’, they’re ending the year with another ‘Count Your Blessings | Repented’ show at Birmingham, Alabama’s Furnace Fest on the 11th of October.

‘Count Your Blessings | Repented’ releases on the 10th of July on streaming, CD and vinyl. The singles ‘Black & Blue’ and ‘Dehumanized’ are out now.

Since co-founding Las Vegas rock group The Killers in 2001, Flowers has released 7 albums with the band, all of which have been UK Number Ones. With their hits including ‘Somebody Told Me’, ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’, and their iconic debut ‘Mr Brightside’, The Killers have sold over 35 million records, been nominated for 7 Grammys, and won 2 BRIT Awards. The group’s shows have been celebrated as a fantastic live experience, having headlined Glastonbury in 2007 and the US’s Coachella Festival in 2009. While still active, The Killers have not released an album since 2021’s ‘Pressure Machine’, though Flowers told NME that their eighth album might release in 2027.

Flowers first stepped away from the fold to begin his solo career in 2010 with debut album ‘Flamingo’, which was again a UK Number One, as was his 2015 second album ‘The Desired Effect’. He toured ‘The Desired Effect’ extensively, including performances for Barack Obama and the British royal family.

In 2025, Flowers spoke to NME about the two “South West” styled solo albums he had recorded in Nashville, with a sound and feel inspired by Bruce Springsteen, hinting that they would be out before the next Killers album. He announced the first of them, ‘Thrasher’, earlier this week, with the lead single ‘Plans’ due to release tomorrow, the 26th of June. The full track-listing was made available this week:

1. Does It Ever Cross Your Mind?
2. One Of Us
3. Tiger’s Blood
4. Plans
5. Paradise
6. Miss America
7. Angel
8. The Red Ground
9. In A Heartbeat
10. An American Dream

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With the album’s announcement and ‘Plans’ releasing imminently, Flowers has announced his full solo tour since 2015, with September and October dates in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. His return to the Royal Albert Hall will be his first full show at the venue since The Killers played 2 nights there in 2009, which was recorded and later released as the album and concert film ‘Live From The Royal Albert Hall’. Here are the full dates for the UK and Ireland:

OCTOBER:

14 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
15 – London, Royal Albert Hall
17 – Bristol, Beacon
18 – Nottingham, Rock City
20 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
21 – York, Barbican
23 – Glasgow, O2 Academy
24 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
27 – Dublin, Olympia

The single ‘Plans’ releases tomorrow ahead of ‘Thrasher’, which comes out on the 21st of August. Pre-ordering the album gives you access to the live show pre-sale, which opens on the Wednesday the 1st of July at 10am. General sale opens at 10am on Friday the 3rd.

Announced with a reveal trailer earlier this week, ‘Separation From The Animals’ will be their eighth full-length release, following up from 2024’s ‘Meltdown’. So far, the group dropped single ‘Don’t Quit It’ in May, a pulsing drum and bass guitar-led hard rock anthem – now it has company in the shape of new track ‘In Your Eyes’ which came out today.

‘In Your Eyes’ is a slower, more sombre affair, an introspective indie rock ballad with deep lyrics and beautifully-pained vocal hooks. Twin Atlantic frontman Sam McTrusty explains the theme, saying “it’s about being at the other end of a relationship where you feel like no matter what you do, nothing is ever good enough.” However, he notes that it’s an optimistic message, adding “you take a step back and realise that in trying to appease that one person, you’ve blinded yourself to the fact that everything is great. Look outside of that window and life is much better.”

The album was a product of McTrusty’s relocation to Canada with his family following ‘Meltdown’ and its subsequent campaign. The massive changes allowed him the distance from his past to examine it properly, and allowed him to reset creatively. He spoke of the experience – “I’m from a family that’s fairly divided, so I’ve always been passed about from when I was six-months-old. It’s all I’ve ever known. As you grow up, you start to view life through a different lens – especially the whole struggle of going from boy to man.”

Channelling the emotions from the self-discovery journey, he also mentions how it brought new focus back to music and Twin Atlantic, saying “My experience of that is particularly painful, emotional and confusing. But because it seemed normal at the time, it didn’t really hit me until I found my tribe, my people, my band. My entire adult life is meant to have been looking ahead but my personal life is always looking back. That baggage is basically what the whole band is about. This is what we’ve always been but with the veil lifted. I hope people hear the record and it inspires them to do that and be more honest with themselves.”

The group popped up for a hometown show at Glasgow’s TRNSMT Festival this weekend as a hotly tipped secret act. Currently out on a run of summer dates, first with The Xcerts at the start of June and now with McFly, Twin Atlantic announced the October tour supporting ‘Separation From The Animals’ earlier today. The tour will see them again link up with fellow Scottish alternative rock band The Xcerts.

‘Separation From The Animals’ releases on the 2nd of October through independent label Dance to the Radio. Tickets for the October headlining tour go on sale at 10am on Friday the 25th of June. Check the poster below for the full run of dates:

Formed after the dissolution of English math-rock outfit Press To Meco in 2023, guitarists Luke Caley and Jake Crawford brought in bassist Meg Mash and drummer Richard Rayner to create unpeople (stylised in all lower-case) in London the same year. Their music blends thumping heavy rock and metal with infectious pop-punk hooks, a sound with tangible density and broad appeal.

Picking up momentum with their upbeat psychedelic aesthetic, exciting singles from their self-titled 2024 EP, and frantic live shows, unpeople have become major players in three short years. So far they’ve shared the stage with British stars like Hot Milk and While She Sleeps, but they also have the incredible claim of having opened for Metallica in 2024. Their massive gig list for 2026 has taken them fresh from May’s Slam Dunk Festivals to the honour of being the first act on Download Festival’s main stage this Sunday, followed later in the year by sets at Reading and Leeds Festival in August, a headline slot at Torquay’s Burn It Down Festival in September, and finishing off as main support for Don Broco’s UK tour this autumn.

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The band took to social media yesterday, the 9th of June, to announce debut album ‘we are unpeople’, just ahead of their big Download show. It’s set to feature singles ‘waste’ and ‘smother’ from the self-titled EP, fan favourite track ‘the garden’ and their anthemic April release ‘clouds’. As-yet unreleased track ‘friends’ is something a little heavier and punkier, yet no less catchy. Here’s the full track listing:

 
1. clouds
2. friends
3. the garden
4. swallow
5. bottle it
6. blueprints
7. haunted
8. waste
9. look up
10. kangareuben
11. smother
12. as you were

Guitarist and vocalist Jake Crawford describes ‘friends’ as “essentially a love song from the perspective of someone who is wholly sceptical about the very concept of love and what it’s come to mean in a modern context.” He adds “I am essentially saying I am going to kill the very concept of love before it’s even had a chance to get a hold of me – I am that afraid of being that vulnerable. I’d rather not bother than risk saying something I don’t mean, and then pay for it emotionally down the line. I’m fully aware that this is not necessarily healthy, but the mind takes you to some strange places when strong feelings are involved.”

‘we are unpeople’ is due to release on the 9th of October via Sharptone Records. You can check their website to catch their stellar live show around the UK this summer and autumn here.

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Bridgers has not released an album since 2023 when she dropped ‘Punisher’, and her most recent single being ‘The Parting Glass’ also in 2023 when she completed her last solo tour. Her 3 year hiatus didn’t just apply to her solo career as her group Boygenius also had taken a break in 2023.

To avoid traffic on ticketing sites, artist presale tickets will work via a unique code. With this unique code fans will be able to buy tickets on an allocated day being either the 9^th or 10^th at 10am. Fans can only buy up to 4 tickets per registration. General sale will be on the 12^th of June at 10am, and all 3 days will operate on a first come first served basis. $1 from every ticket sold on the North American tour will be donated to RAINN and £1 from every UK ticket sold will go towards Plus1, both in support of anti-sexual violence.

News of her upcoming tour has built anticipation for a potential new album but for now you can listen to her discography on all streaming platforms. Tour dates will follow as:

September:

15- Indianapolis, IN, Gainbridge Fieldhouse
17 St. Paul, MN, Grand Casino Arena
19 Chicago IL United Center
22 Columbus, OH, Nationwide Arena
25, 26 Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
28 Philadelphia, PA, Xfinity Mobile Arena
29 Washington, D.C., Capital One Arena

October:

1 Toronto, ON, @Scotiabank Arena
3 Detroit, MI, Little Caesars Arena
6 Boston, MA, @TD Garden
9 Charlotte, NC, Spectrum Center
10 Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
13 Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena
16 Austin, TX, Moody Center
17 Fort Worth, TX, Dickies Arena
19 Denver, CO, Ball Arena
21 Salt Lake City, UT, Delta Center
23 Seattle, WA, Climate Pledge Arena
24 Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena
27 San Francisco, CA, Chase Center
30,31 Inglewood, CA, Intuit Dome

November:

23 Dublin, Ireland, 3Arena
26 Manchester, UK, Co-op Live
27 Glasgow, UK, OVO Hydro
28 Birmingham, UK, bp pulse LIVE

December:

1 London, UK, The O2
4 Paris, France, Adidas Arena
5 Brussels, Belgium, Forest National
7 Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ziggo Dome
8 Düsseldorf, Germany, Mitsubishi Electric Halle
9 Berlin, Germany, Velodrom
11 Copenhagen, Denmark, Royal Arena
12 Stockholm, Sweden, Avicii Arena

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/phoebe-bridgers-announces-the-lost-tour-in-the-uk-europe-and-north-america/feed/ 0 https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/charli-xcx-announces-new-album-music-fashion-film/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/charli-xcx-announces-new-album-music-fashion-film/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:33:17 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=119548 Charli XCX has revealed that she will be dropping her 7^th studio album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ this summer on the 24^th of July. The 11 track LP will include previously released singles ‘Rock Music’ and ‘SS26’ which built anticipation for a potential new style of music. The album cover displays a black and white photograph featuring innovators John Cale, Marc Jacobs, and Martin Scorsese. The artwork, shot by Aidan Zamiri, proves appropriate considering her recent collaboration with Cale on the song ‘House’ in her soundtrack ‘Wuthering Heights’.

Although the titles of her other tracks haven’t been revealed yet, Charli hinted toward the album’s title name only a few weeks ago. On the 21^st of May she dropped ‘SS26’ and in the lyrics sang “We’re walking on a runway that goes straight to Hell/ Nothing’s gonna save us, not music, fashion, or film/ Spring, Summer ’26.”

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After an interview with British vogue, there was much discourse about Charli potentially releasing a rock album, experimenting with a new genre. This came from the interviewer quoting lyrics from her then unreleased song “Rock Music” that sung “I think the dance floor is dead/ So now we’re making rock music.” Charli responded to the conversations online by posting a snippet of “Rock Music” on her Instagram with the caption: “a video of me making a song called “rock music” that is not actually rock music which is funny because I never said I was making a rock album. Love you xx.”

Charli denied these claims but explained in the interview that her new album “is commenting on how I interact with the joint main love of my life outside of George and what would happen if that was taken from me. How I would have no purpose, and how for good or bad, art does provide me with purpose in my life.” Here she discusses navigating the relationship between her husband and her music. Her husband George Daniel, member of The 1975, also commented “what’s interesting for me is to bend the possibilities of what my perspective on that could be.” Evidently, no assumptions can be made about what direction Charli is taking with her new album, and while it might not be a rock album, we can trust that Charli will deliver something original and fresh.

Charli has a series of festival performances lined up for the next few months where fans can anticipate hearing her new material. She will be attending the following:

Jul 31- Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
Aug 7- Outside Lands, San Francisco, CA
Aug 28- Reading Festival, Reading, UK
Aug 29- Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
Oct 2-11- Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, TX

The new album is available as a vinyl, film variant, cassette, and cd which can be preordered now on her website. Alternatively, you can pre-save the album on Spotify and other streaming devices.

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The London-based trio of DJs Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki have been producing a diverse assortment of electronic music for over 25 years, and are the founders of EDM labels Anjunabeats, Anjunadeep and Anjunachill. As Above & Beyond, they earned nominations for the Grammy Best Dance Recording category in 2016 with ‘We’re All We Need’ featuring Zoë Johnston, and in 2018 for ‘Northern Soul’ featuring Richard Bedford. Following on from the success of their fourth album ‘Common Ground’ debuting at third on the US’s Billboard Hot 200 chart, their fifth album ‘Bigger Than All Of Us’ took them on a massive US amphitheatre tour, bringing their Anjunabeats sound to over 130,000 fans.

The last issue of the series, ‘Anjunabeats Volume 16’ released on the Anjunabeats label in 2022, with ‘Volume 17’ set to contain more of the progressive trance and house that Above & Beyond are so well known for, plus features from a range of emerging talents that are actively shaping the club scene. A press release from Anjunabeats describes the story behind the latest mix, saying “following the release of Bigger Than All Of Us, it felt important for this next chapter to celebrate the artists that make Anjunabeats such an exciting label to be a part of. Volume 17 includes music from artists we’ve worked with for years as well as new faces representing the future of the label.”

The 35-track compendium was curated at Above & Beyond’s London studio, and is split into two discs with branching styles – from a statement: “Disc One explores a deeper, progressive palette – from tribal grooves to ‘90s trance nostalgia,” while “Disc Two captures the high-energy Anjunabeats sound built for festival moments around the world.” The lead single from the release, ‘When I Look In Your Eyes’, features vocals from long-time collaborator Justine Suissa, and carries that live festival-feel of Disc Two with its club-ready pulses and pounding beats. The trio played it to 15,000 fans at their Group Therapy 600 set in Mexico City, with it fast becoming one of their most popular tracks.

To celebrate the release of ‘Anjunabeats Volume 17’, Above & Beyond will be performing a special pop-up evening at 26 Leake Street in London this Thursday, the 28th of May. It’s set to be a deeply-intimate, sweaty affair, capturing the boiler-room style live energy that EDM is so well suited to. The whole evening will be recorded, starting with a set by J Ribbon from 7PM to 8PM, and followed-up by Above & Beyond playing the new music from ‘Volume 17’ from 8PM to 11PM. Tickets for the pop-up are only available to ticket-holders for Above & Beyond’s Silverworks Island show on Friday the 3rd of July.

‘When I Look In Your Eyes’ featuring Justine Suissa is out now, while ‘Anjunabeats Volume 17’ releases on Friday the 5th of June. Digital pre-orders are available exclusively on the Anjuna Music Store, and physical versions will be released as a CD, and for the first time a 2-disc vinyl sampler featuring 12 tracks hand-picked by Above & Beyond. Tickets for their Silverworks Island show in July are available here, and if you’re lucky you can grab a ticket for their pop-up this Thursday too.

Since forming in Southend-On-Sea in 2012, Nothing But Thieves have released 4 studio albums, all of which have landed in the top 10 of the Official UK Album Charts. The band’s last LP, 2023’s ‘Dead Club City’ was their first UK Number One, with energetic dance-pop lead single ‘Welcome to the DCC’ earning itself BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record of the Year. The band’s sound is a lively mix of indie rock with a heft of hard rock influence, often dipping into pop and electronic styles with ease.

After wiping their Instagram feed at the start of May, the band posted several teasingly ambiguous uploads and planted cryptic posters around UK cities before releasing ‘Evolution’ last Wednesday. The track is a bright, thumping indie rock anthem packed with themes of self-improvement and progression, sounding much in the same vein as the music of Sam Fender. Nothing But Thieves have said that Evolution is a “song that’s not too concerned about finality. I think imperfection and authenticity is becoming ever more valuable and it’s definitely something we’re drawn to. We’ve spent some time trying to work out what’s real and tangible about who we are and how we use our time. The people we travel the world with, the human moments on stage, the connection we make with those who come to our shows. That’s real… It’s a bit of a love letter to the people in our world in that way.”

The group played an intimate release set for ‘Evolution’ at The Dome in London last week, and then played it at Radio 1’s Big Weekend before a secret show at Newcastle’s Think Tank venue under the pseudonym ‘Stray Dogs’ last Saturday. The album ‘Stray Dogs’ was announced this morning alongside the tour, with the band reporting that they had returned to Angelic Studios in Oxfordshire where they recorded debut album ‘Nothing But Thieves’.

As for the tour, it kicks off in Paris next January, and following the European leg comes to the UK and Ireland in February. After arena shows in Dublin, Nottingham, London, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham, it’s off to Canada and the US over March and April. The band have also let fans in South America and Australia know that dates for them will be out soon. Find all the info on the poster below:

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‘Stray Dogs’ is out on the 25th of September via RCA/Sony Music, with pre-orders granting access to the gig pre-sale. Tickets for the tour go on pre-sale at 10am on Tuesday the 2nd of June, before general sale opens at 10 am on Friday the 5th. You can catch Nothing But Thieves at their only scheduled gig for 2026 supporting Biffy Clyro, live in London’s Finsbury Park on Friday the 3rd of July.

After passing the milestone of 20 years since their unforgettable debut album ‘Silent Alarm’ in 2025, Bloc Party’s triumphant return to the top of the UK’s indie rock scene continues without pause. Since releasing their last album ‘Alpha Games’ in 2022, the London group received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection in 2025, and have returned to headlining major events like Brighton’s On The Beach series and this March’s BBC Radio 6 Music Festival. The announcement of the new album comes at a big time, before Bloc Party are due to tour with Muse in North America and Interpol in the UK later this year.

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‘Anatomy of A Brief Romance’ is shaping up to be an exciting album packed with heart, passion and storytelling. Lead singer and guitarist Kele Okereke has opened up about the real experiences behind the music in a statement, saying “every lyric you’re hearing on this record was something that actually happened to me. I had to tell the story, from start to finish”. According to NME, the concept of much of the material was developed following Okereke’s separation from his former partner and father of his children, when he suddenly found an unexpected new relationship. He adds “having this romance, this new thing emerge, it kept me sane, in a very dark time”.

Today’s brand new single ‘Coming On Strong’ carries these themes heavily through it. Its dark, tense vibe is filled with lyrics that tell of a new relationship that sounds ominously toxic. Okereke breaks it down as “that feeling of, I’ve had my eye on this person for a while, and then we’re finally in a situation where we can be something to each other. And that’s such a seductive feeling”, before further explaining the root of the tension – “you’re not seeing their problems, and they’re not seeing your problems. You’re just shaping up and getting ready for this ride… I like the fact that harmonically and musically, it feels dark, sinister, like something is creeping up.”

The album has been recorded with legendary producer Trevor Horn, whose previous credits include classic albums by Pet Shop Boys, Mike Oldfield and Grace Jones. ‘Coming On Strong’ is the second song on the album, with the full 14-item tracklist announced today looking like this:
1. 22.01.22
2. Coming On Strong
3. Love Bombs
4. Pigwig
5. Lagoon Blue
6. Muscleworks
7. Clark Kent
8. Worst Birthday Ever
9. Not Your Problem
10. Now We Can’t Be Friends
11. Rotherhithe
12. Stories
13. Moving On
14. Eulogy

Single ‘Coming On Strong’ is out now, and the release date for ‘Anatomy of A Brief Romance’ is the 11th of September out via label Contagious LTD. Bloc Party are supporting Muse on the July dates for their North America tour, before their co-headlining tour of the UK and Europe in November and December. Check the band’s website for dates and ticket info.

One of the peerless founding bands of British rock music, The Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962, enjoying a career spanning 7 decades, 24 studio albums, and thousands of sold-out shows. The Stones lineup since 2021 consists of frontman Mick Jagger plus guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood – the band had been active since 1993 as a four-piece with Charlie Watts on drums before his death, but released 2023’s ‘Hackney Diamonds’ as a trio using some of Watts’ recordings. ‘Hackney Diamonds’ was their first full studio album since 2005, becoming their 14th UK number one album and winning them their fourth Grammy award.

Rumours of an album began earlier this year with the mystery emergence of ‘The Cockroaches’, a new group who released single ‘Rough and Twisted’ exclusively on a limited vinyl run this April. From snippets of the song posted during its social media campaign, the band was swiftly revealed to be The Rolling Stones acting under an alias, with the single being positively received as another strong release from the group. During the furore The Times reported that ‘Rough and Twisted’ was taken from their new album, which was due for a July release.

Their next promotional move was the plastering of cryptic messages on billboards in cities around the world, containing the phrase “foreign tongues” in various languages. As this unfolded in late April, fans quickly identified that it was the name of the new Stones album, before the band themselves confirmed everything on the 5th of May with the release of lead single ‘In The Stars’.

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‘Foreign Tongues’ will release on the 10th of July, boasting 14 tracks with appearances from Sir Paul McCartney, Robert Smith of The Cure, drummer Chad Smith of Red Hot Chilli Peppers fame, and Steve Winwood. As well as singles ‘In The Stars’ and the full release of ‘Rough and Twisted’, the LP will also feature one of the last tracks recorded by Watts, ‘Hit Me In The Head’, and country song ‘Ringing Hollow’. The whole album was completed at London’s Metropolis Studios in less than a month, and was developed with returning producer Andrew Watt, who previously worked with the band on ‘Hackney Diamonds’.

Following the announcement, the trio were guests on Conan O’Brien’s US talk show to discuss the album. Reported by The Guardian, Jagger discussed the diversity of music on the record, saying “The thing about this record is – the Stones are a rock band that also has the capacity to do ballads, country music or dance music. So we don’t get stuck in one kind of style.” They also talked about their desire to keep things interesting so deep into their careers, with Richards remarking “You don’t just want to sit on what you’ve done before. We put it together, we love to do it, and there is always something more in there.” Host O’Brien enthused that the album, which he claims to have received early and listened to “25 times”, bore similarity to 1972’s iconic ‘Exile on Main St.’ in its “vibrancy” and “urgency”.

‘Rough and Twisted’ and ‘In The Stars’ are out now, with a physical release for the latter coming on the 15th of May. ‘Foreign Tongues’ releases on Polydor and Geffen on the 10th of July, with pre-order links up now. The Rolling Stones have suggested that this won’t be their last album, and they have at least 10 songs written for a future release.