🎸 MICK JAGGER AND RONNIE WOOD BROUGHT BACK A SONG MOST FANS NEVER EXPECTED TO HEAR LIVE — AND THE ROOM ERUPTED. Nobody walked into the intimate London event expecting a surprise performance from two Rolling Stones legends. Then Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood took the stage together to perform “Ringing Hollow” — a song many fans never imagined would make it into a live set. As the opening notes rang out, disbelief quickly turned into cheers, with the rare performance becoming the defining moment of the evening. For longtime Stones fans, it was the kind of unexpected reunion that reminds you why live music can still deliver genuine surprises.

The song appears on their upcoming album, Foreign Tongues, which arrives Friday

The Rolling Stones are gearing up to release their new album, Foreign Tongues, their 25th LP arriving on Friday, and ahead of its release, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood appeared at an event in London where they previewed “Ringing Hollow” live.

In the clip the band shared on Instagram, Jagger, Wood, and keyboardist Matt Clifford perform the song acoustically in what looked to be an intimate gathering. “So this just happened in London…,” reads the caption to the clip. “Mick and Ronnie have surprised guests at a special event, with a performance of Ringing Hollow, from the new album Foreign Tongues – out this Friday!,” It’s unclear where the event took place in London or why Keith Richards is not performing in the video, but Jagger and Wood were photographed at an album launch event at St. Clement Hotel in London on Wednesday, where their performance likely took place.

“’Ringing Hollow,’ a loping country rocker that recalls Gram Parsons’ influence on the Stones, is Jagger and Keith Richards‘ kiss-off letter to the U.S.,” Rolling Stone’s review, which praised the record, reads. “’Well, I was madly in love with you/Before we ever met,’ Jagger sings. ‘I saw all your movies/I smoked your cigarettes.’ But now, Jagger sings, ‘Lady Liberty is wearing a frown.’”

Ahead of the album, the band released “Jealous Lover” and “Divine Intervention,” which features additional guitar played by the Cure‘s Robert Smith, preceded by singles “In the Stars” and “Rough and Twisted.”

Alongside the album release, they launched a podcast called Speaking in Tongues, which is hosted by Norah Jones. The podcast will feature six episodes, and Episode Two is available now.

Richards recently suggested that the band may not tour. “I don’t know if tours are possible,” he said. “It’s the traveling that takes it out of you. But I do see the possibility of us doing residency somewhere. Wherever it is, London, New York, Paris, anywhere. I’ll play Rome! But I don’t see why they shouldn’t be able to throw some shows together in a new format.”

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