Rolling Stones Reveal New Album Has Paul McCartney, Robert Smith, Steve Winwood, & The Late Charlie Watts

The Rolling Stones officially announced their new album Foreign Tongues and shared its lead single "In The Stars" today. A few hours later, they were onstage with Conan O'Brien at an album launch event inside the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building in Brooklyn. Our own Scott Lapatine was on hand, chilling with Jason Isbell and gathering news.

During the conversation, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood revealed that the new album has some high-profile features, including Paul McCartney of the Stones' British Invasion peers the Beatles, who has his own new record coming soon (and a Ringo Starr duet dropping this Friday). McCartney participated in the sessions for 2023's Hackney Diamonds, and some of those recordings made their way to Foreign Tongues.

Also on the new LP are the Cure's Robert Smith (who Jagger had never met before) and Steve Winwood. Though Steve Jordan is the main drummer, the late Charlie Watts appears on the album via tracks recorded in 2021. O'Brien said he's heard Foreign Tongues about 25 times, noting that it "kicks ass" and parts of it remind him of Exile On Main Street. Complimenting producer Andrew Watt, O'Brien joked that this record is going to be the Stones' breakthrough. Jagger commented on the eye-catching cover art for the project, bragging that it was not computer-generated.

Check out footage from the event below.