{"id":1049356,"date":"2026-06-25T14:50:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1049356\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:50:22","slug":"the-rolling-stones-speak-foreign-tongues-on-new-podcast-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1049356\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rolling Stones speak ‘Foreign Tongues’ on new podcast episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit: Kevin Mazur<\/p>\n

Thu 25 June 2026 13:20, UK <\/p>\n

The Rolling Stones<\/a> have officially launched their own podcast, Speaking in Tongues, with the first episode available to listen to now.<\/p>\n

The six-part series, narrated by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, consists of interviews with the band\u2019s Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood, plus producer Andrew Watt.<\/p>\n

Across the series, which coincides with the release of The Rolling Stones\u2019 upcoming album Foreign Tongues on July 10th, collaborators to the new record, such as Robert Smith<\/a> and Steve Winwood, also appear. <\/p>\n

In the first episode, The Stones look back on how they ended up partnering up with Watt on 2023\u2019s Hackney Diamonds, which led to them continuing their creative relationship on Foreign Tongues.<\/p>\n

Looking back, Wood shared of his mindset ahead of making Hackney Diamonds, \u201cI knew we needed some young blood and we needed somebody to produce an album, it\u2019s so difficult to get that idea past Mick and Keith, especially Keith.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, a dinner with Paul McCartney, who was working with Watt on The Boys of Dungeon Lane<\/a> at the time, put the producer on his radar.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, Jagger had also made a list of possible producers for the project, which happened to have Watt at the top, and the ball got rolling.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the episode, they reflected on the loss of Charlie Watts<\/a> with Wood mourning, \u201cSadly, when Charlie did pass, actually, we were rehearsing for a tour. Although it hit us hard, we were half like, \u2018Is Charlie going to come out of this one, is it serious?\u2019 When we got the news he passed, we just had a day off, Charlie wouldn\u2019t want us to grieve and put on everything on hold.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cWe went back in the day after we heard, and in a way we played with Charlie\u2019s spirit. He was still with us, the shock was with us, and we just carried on with Charlie\u2019s spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jagger looked back on making Hackney Diamonds and explained how the project bled into Foreign Tongues, sharing, \u201cIn a way, we at the end of Hackney Diamonds, we\u2019d already started making the next record in your head.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then maintained that the new project \u201chad to be of a certain quality\u201d and \u201ccouldn\u2019t be a throwaway thing\u201d following the success of the Grammy-winning Hackney Diamonds, noting that \u201cpeople were shocked there was even a record at all\u201d.<\/p>\n

The full first episode of Speaking in Tongues is available to listen to below, with the rest of the series set for release in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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