Looked like a very special and cool event.
Mick and Ronnie sound great.
Disappointed Keith was not there and Im sure he had a good reason not to be.
Keith is a family man - family comes first.

EDITOR UPDATE:
The event at St. Clement hotel London UK was on July 8, 2026



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Looked like a very special and cool event.
Mick and Ronnie sound great.
Disappointed Keith was not there and Im sure he had a good reason not to be.
Keith is a family man - family comes first.

I love Keith and I'm sure he loves his family but 'family comes first' is quite a revision of his history.

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An acoustic gig with Matt Clifford, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood. No Keith. No bass, no drums. And a spectacular drone show in the London night, forming the Stones Tongue as a back-drop in the sky.

Mick is probably on a plane to Miami, to watch the football game Norway vs England, or Haaland vs Pickford, as the Norwegain press say it the tabloid way.

Bad timing with an album release in the middle of the quarter finals in the World Cup, but the PR machine is doing it's best.

The album will be out tomorrow. Then we will get the real thing.

PS. There will be a new fresh and blank thread here called "Foreign Tongues - Album Talks", as soon as I have the complete list of songs, and at the latest within 24 hours, i.e. by release date at the latest.

He may be crossing his fingers for tomorrow night and wait for Argentina game (presumptuous, I know!).

I think this is Mick and Ronnies way of pushing Keith a bit.

I'd sure like to know what Keith thinks of them performing without him and whether he knew they were going to perform without him in advance.

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I think this is Mick and Ronnies way of pushing Keith a bit.

I'd sure like to know what Keith thinks of them performing without him and whether he knew they were going to perform without him in advance.

This is absolutely what Mick is doing and it's going to work.

The Rolling Stones is the greatest institution in rock history. People are allowed to have opinions on how they are currently curating their art and legacy. I have not listened to the album yet, so I have nothing to say about the Foreign Tongues LP. But regarding the album promo launch, you cannot argue that it has been quite a weird transition from this











to this:



Keith is the soul of the band. It feels 'diffrent' to see them launch a new album without him. But hey, the drone show was cool! And I hope the new album is great.

Wouldn't Keith have some sort of "essential member" clause in his contract, preventing Mick and Ronnie from ever being able to call themselves The Rolling Stones? I'm sure Mick has a similar arrangement, ensuring that Keith and Ronnie can never use the name without his participation.

@tatters

Keith doesn't need it. Everybody knows that it's not the Rolling Stones without Keith.

No Keith, it’s not the Rolling Stones. I’m shocked Ronnie and Mick would even try to call themselves that. What a shame, to quote Charlie.

Explain why Keith didn't share Mick and Ronnie's performance from yesterday on his Instagram account.

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No Keith, it’s not the Rolling Stones. I’m shocked Ronnie and Mick would even try to call themselves that. What a shame, to quote Charlie.

did they call themselves the rolling stones last night or was it the press and social media?

genuine question not being sarcastic is there any actual proof that mick and ronnie called themselves the rolling stones last night?

because in the ycagwyw clip with chanel the guy onstage introduced them as mick jagger and ronnie wood not the rolling stones [www.instagram.com]

and the same guy indroduced them the same way at the listening party as well [m.youtube.com]



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It is nice to see them enjoying themselves.

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Explain why Keith didn't share Mick and Ronnie's performance from yesterday on his Instagram account.

he's an 82 year old luddite

False—he systematically shares all the content from the official account

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roby
False—he systematically shares all the content from the official account

You mean Jane Rose? Keith doesn't use social media. Everytime he posts something Personal it's handwritten and probably send via fax to her.

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roby
Explain why Keith didn't share Mick and Ronnie's performance from yesterday on his Instagram account.

I don't think Keith knows everything his account is sharing, but maybe they just didn't tell him that Mick and Ronnie are performing shows together as the Rolling Stones

If they thought it would make KR angry enough they wouldn't have done it. Especially Ronnie.

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Wouldn't Keith have some sort of "essential member" clause in his contract, preventing Mick and Ronnie from ever being able to call themselves The Rolling Stones? I'm sure Mick has a similar arrangement, ensuring that Keith and Ronnie can never use the name without his participation.

from what i understand from other conversations like this here

both mick and keith are contractually prevented from appearing as the rolling stones without the other present

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roby
Explain why Keith didn't share Mick and Ronnie's performance from yesterday on his Instagram account.

I don't think Keith knows everything his account is sharing, but maybe they just didn't tell him that Mick and Ronnie are performing shows together as the Rolling Stones

i doubt he even knows what instagram is

Neil McCormick

My night with Mick and Ronnie

Hosting a blowout party to celebrate the launch of their 25th album, the Rolling Stones remind us that rock ’n’ roll is not dead yet


Matt Crossick

Neil McCormick
09 July 2026

The Rolling Stones still know how to throw a party. Last night in London, the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world took over a luxury hotel by the river Thames to throw an old-school record-company blowout for their 25th album, Foreign Tongues. There were cocktails, canapés, stars of film and TV, a spectacular drone light show, and an impromptu set by Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood.


Neil McCormick

“It’s all very nice having a party so people can tell you how great your new album is… and yes, it is, thank you,” joked Jagger, in his distinctive mockney drawl that somehow finds extra inflections in every extended vowel. “But at the very last minute, Ronnie and I said, ‘But we should really play something!’” And so, to huge cheers from a starry audience, the two Stones set up with a small PA to knock out a short, thrilling set of acoustic blues, with Jagger working the crowd like he was in Madison Square Gardens and not a crowded bar in west one.


Neil McCormick

Among the 50 or so revellers was Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman (“They don’t throw parties like this any more,” she noted, then corrected herself, “only they do!”), tennis legend John McEnroe, young rock star Sam Fender (who got very deep into conversation with Jagger and super producer Andrew Watt – watch this space), comedian John Bishop, Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols, BBC DJ Vernon Kay and James Bond… well, a muscular and handsome Daniel Craig looking unflappably dapper, escorting his equally glamorous and talented wife Rachel Weisz.

On his arrival in a salmon pink suit, Jagger seemed to have time for everyone, moving through the crowd shaking hands and having a quiet word. He even had kind words for The Telegraph. “You liked the record, I could tell,” he twinkled. “You’ve got good taste!” It is kind of astonishing to me that a star of his magnitude still reads and cares about reviews, but Jagger’s drive for success and attention to detail is one of the key reasons the Stones have rolled so long.

Music, though, is where he really comes alive. For a man of 82, he looks fantastic, the gnarliness of his bent nose, wrinkled skin and still proudly crooked British teeth (so rare to see in the echelons of show business) offset by his wiry, fit frame and long, healthy hair. Playing an acoustic guitar, he led his band mate Wood and keyboard player Matt Clifford through three songs with rambunctious energy. They opened with Ringing Hollow, “a love letter to America”, delivered as a sharp, country blues lament, with Jagger exerting maximum irony from his paean to the moral decline of the great nation: “Lady Liberty’s not looking too well / She’s got another crack in her bell.”

The small crowd was joining in with the refrain by the end and remained highly vocal on a romp through Dead Flowers from Sticky Fingers, closing off with a joyous sing-along of You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Wood picked out solos and riffs with a delighted grin on his face, while Jagger sang up a storm. His voice really is a thing of wonder. While most of his contemporaries struggle with the ravages of age, Jagger’s always rather honking tone sounds as strong and supple as ever.

He sent apologies for the absent Keith Richards, at home in Connecticut, saying: “I spoke to Keith on the phone earlier, he’s sad he can’t be here tonight, but he makes himself very loud and clear on the new album, I can tell you that.” Despite concerns that the guitarist’s health has kept the Stones off the road, Richards himself has been dropping hints that they may soon return to the stage, telling a journalist: “my calendar is clear next year.”

These kind of extravagant album launch parties have become a rarity in the age of streaming, when albums are no longer considered huge money spinners. But the Stones like to do things their own way. The St Clement Hotel in London is not open to the public yet, and – by the look of things – still under construction, but it made itself available for Jagger and company. A long balcony overlooked the Thames, where the occasion ended with a dazzling light show, featuring a battalion of drones flying in formation to form a huge lips and tongue logo over London’s glittering skyline. We gasped, we cheered. For one night at least, the Stones reminded us that London can still swing, and rock ’n’ roll is not dead yet.

[www.telegraph.co.uk]

EDITOR UPDATE:
The event at St. Clement hotel London UK was on July 8, 2026



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