After more than 60 years as an active band, The Rolling Stones still repel moss like no other.
The legendary British rockers are teasing what appears to be a new project titled Foreign Tongues, clues for which can be seen on the Rolling Stones’ official social pages. There, the Stones share a post capturing images of posters in the shadows of several world cities, all carrying the group’s familiar lips logo, and the words “Familiar Tongues” repeated in various languages.
A QR code on the posters clicks through to a Rolling Stones microsite, which includes a page selling “Subversive Scents” with products named after classic Stones recordings “Sticky Fingers” and “Urban Jungle.”
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The latest, mysterious campaign follows a postering exercise for the band’s alter egos, The Cockroaches, which also carried a QR code. Users who clicked through were taken to a website that was controlled by the Stones’ label, Universal Music. Then, a limited-edition vinyl-only release dropped, bearing the name “Rough & Twisted.”
The Stones last dropped an album in 2023, Hackney Diamonds. The band’s 24th studio collection featured collaborations with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Gaga, Stevie Wonder and the final recordings with late drummer Charlie Watts, and went on to win a Grammy Award for best rock album.
Last December, reports emerged that the Stones had called off a 2026 U.K./European tour, whose dates were never officially announced. According to a report published in Variety citing an unnamed source close to the band, the Stones walked back the plans for the outing, claiming guitarist Keith Richards, 82, was unable to “commit” to another rigorous road outing.
Hackney Diamonds producer Andrew Watt told Rolling Stone last September that he’s producing the follow-up to the Stones’ Grammy-winning 24th album — their first new studio effort in more than 15 years — describing it as like “working for Batman. When the tongue is up in the air, you just go. I can say we did some recording together, but that’s all I can say.” In the same month, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood insisted that fans were “getting a new album” in 2026.
