{"id":481446,"date":"2019-01-28T11:34:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T18:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=785358"},"modified":"2019-01-28T11:34:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T18:34:58","slug":"keith-richards-reveals-rolling-stones-studio-plans-and-why-they-still-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/keith-richards-reveals-rolling-stones-studio-plans-and-why-they-still-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Richards Reveals Rolling Stones\u2019 Studio Plans and\u00a0Why They Still Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI\u2019m OK, man, as usual \u2014 freezing!\u201d says Keith Richards<\/a>, calling from his home in Connecticut on a recent January afternoon. The guitarist is checking in to talk about the 30th anniversary reissue of Talk is Cheap<\/em>, his classic album with his solo project the X-Pensive Winos, which is out March 29th (a deeper story on that album will come closer to release). Richards has a lot more happening in the next few months. The Rolling Stones<\/a> kick off their first U.S. stadium run in five years on April 20th in Miami \u2014 but before that, Richards reveals, the band will return to the studio for about a week to continue work on their first album of original songs since 2005\u2019s A Bigger Bang<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m preparing more than anything else, putting material together,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

This is good news for fans, who were alarmed late last year when guitarist Ronnie Wood hinted that work had stalled on the album, which was already in progress. \u201cMick and Keith wanted to make sure the songs were really good, so we\u2019ve sort of taken a step back again,\u201d said Wood. Around the same time, Richards said he wasn\u2019t sure when the band would get back to work.<\/p>\n

But Richards spent his holidays taking stock of the material. He describes the process: \u201cSometimes it\u2019s not as much writing as listening to what\u2019s been written and figuring it out, and honing and all kinds of stuff.\u201d He trails off and laughs: \u201cIt\u2019s very boring. It\u2019s like a carpentry shop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richards says it\u2019s \u201cperfect timing\u201d to hit the studio before the tour. He\u2019s extremely excited for the U.S. run, which includes New Orleans\u2019 Jazz Fest and multiple nights in New Jersey and Chicago stadiums. \u201cIt\u2019s what I do,\u201d Richards says, adding that the country holds a sentimental place dating back to their breakthrough in 1964. \u201cTo play back in the States again, it\u2019s fantastic. It\u2019s been a while. I always think of it as our really early hunting grounds. Although we had already done it in England, to work over a whole continent was pretty astounding. So I\u2019ve always had a soft spot for working in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stones tours often begin with a surprise club show, a dream scenario for fans. \u201cI\u2019m hoping,\u201d Richards says when asked about the possibility of one. \u201cWe haven\u2019t in the last couple of tours. We still wanted to. I think it was a matter of logistics. Finding the right venue or whatever didn\u2019t happen. So it\u2019s definitely on the menu, let\u2019s put it that way. Hors d\u2019oeuvres!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow can you stop?\u201d Richards says of touring with the Stones. \u201cI think it has to be written in a different way, whatever the ending is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fans can expect some surprises on the tour, which last year included live rarities like \u201cShe\u2019s a Rainbow\u201d and \u201cFool to Cry.\u201d Richards has some ideas for songs he hopes to break out: \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about it, but you sort of caught me there, because there are, but I\u2019m not going to tell you! You understand my hesitation there.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 75, Richards says stepping onstage at a stadium gives him a feeling he\u2019s yet to get tired of. \u201cNot at all,\u201d he says. It helps that the rest of the band is in a good place: \u201cI mean, hey, how bad can it be? You get up there and do what you love to do, and fortunately so do millions of others. It\u2019s not something to turn your nose up at, you know. And it\u2019s what I do. It\u2019s the way the band feels. You can only do this if everybody is absolutely<\/em> on. And the fact that they all are is an incredible tribute to the lads. They just want to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guitarist knows the band is making history with their longevity, and their legacy is no doubt a factor in why they are still touring. \u201cI think it\u2019s also, how can you stop?\u201d he adds. \u201cBecause I think it has to be written in a different way, whatever the ending is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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