THE Rolling Stones have teamed up with The Cure’s Robert Smith for their new album Foreign Tongues.
Insiders told The Sun that Friday, I’m In Love singer Robert, 67, had recorded three tracks in secret with Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood in London.
Tonight, The Stones will unveil the details of Foreign Tongues, out July 10, at a party in New York .
Sir Paul McCartney, who played bass on Bite My Head Off from The Stones’ 2023 No1 album Hackney Diamonds, is also on the new record.
A source said: “Robert secretly recorded with The Stones in Metropolis Studios in London.
“He plays guitar and synth, and did backing vocals for three of the tracks.
“The Stones were really pleased with how the songs came out.
“Paul will appear on the album again too. They’ve had this album wrapped for a while now and The Stones are excited about releasing it to their fans.”
This afternoon, the British music legends released the first single from Foreign Tongues, In The Stars.
Hackney Diamonds, which was The Stones’ first original studio album in 18 years when it was released back in 2023, went straight to the top spot.
And Mick and co have been working hard to make sure there is just as much of a buzz around Foreign Tongues.
They kicked off their campaign by reverting back to being The Cockroaches- a moniker they used for surprise, intimate performances in the Seventies and Eighties – and dropped a track called Rough And Twisted last month.
The Stones released a limited number of vinyl copies of the song, which are so rare they’re now being flogged for over £1000 online.
And they pulled in the big guns for their first music video for the record, by enlisting Hollywood rising star Odessa A’Zion to appear in the production.
This evening, Oscars host Conan O’Brien hosted a Q and A session with Mick and Keith, both 82, and Ronnie, 78, in New York.