Glastonbury<\/a> \u2013 and found their spark was still there after half a century.<\/p>\n\u2018Absolutely nothing had changed,\u2019 Wood said.<\/p>\n
\u2018It came over really well and he knows what he\u2019s doing.\u2019<\/p>\n
The Faces, formed in 1969 and famous for hits such as Stay With Me in 1971 and Ooh La La in 1973, were notorious for their antics involving alcohol, groupies and wrecked hotel rooms.<\/p>\n
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Rock legend Ronnie Wood says his old band The Faces are set for a comeback after recording new songs with Rod Stewart (L-R Ronnie Wood, Rod Stewart and Kenney Jones)<\/p>\n
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Ronnie Wood (pictured left with Rod Stewart in 2020) told BBC Radio 4\u2019s Desert Island Discs today that the pair have been working in the studio and are planning a reunion<\/p>\n
Their reputation was so poor among hoteliers that they had to impersonate other bands to find a room for the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018We weren\u2019t allowed in any hotels,\u2019 Wood tells host Lauren Laverne.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018We used to have to check in as Fleetwood Mac.<\/p>\n
\u2018It was all just one big party, the song Had Me A Real Good Time summed it all up really,\u2019 he recalls.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018The party would continue on stage and off. And back at the hotel as well.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
The band, which also featured Kenney Jones on drums, Ian McLagan on keyboards and Ronnie Lane on bass, split in 1975 after Wood left to join the Stones.<\/p>\n
He had wanted to join the Stones since he first saw them as a teenager in 1964 but had to wait a decade before an invitation came from Mick Jagger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I said to him, \u201cI thought you\u2019d never ask\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n
Wood remembers the daunting task of having only weeks to learn the band\u2019s back catalogue of 300 songs from Keith Richards before starting a tour of the US in 1975.<\/p>\n
\u2018Keith and I didn\u2019t go to bed,\u2019 he recalls.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I think we slept one or two nights during the three weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘And it often turned out that I knew more about the arrangements of the songs than he did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Keith says to me: \u201cWell, just because I wrote them, it doesn\u2019t mean I know them\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n
As the Stones complete their 32nd studio album, with a release expected early next year, Wood still has to lay down the law to the others.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I just don\u2019t stand for any messing around to keep this institution going,\u2019 he reveals.<\/p>\n
\u2018It would be catastrophic for the band to fall apart and I wouldn\u2019t allow that to happen.\u2019<\/p>\n
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