The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards doesn’t think another tour is possible

Mick Jagger stated throughout a current look on BBC Radio 2’s Tracks of My Years that he “can’t wait” to return out on tour with The Rolling Stones once more, however it appears Keith Richards is not so true.

While doing preliminary press for the band’s upcoming album, Foreign TonguesRichards shot down the thought of ​​a tour in 2026, and now he appears to be reconsidering the chance altogether.

“I don’t know if tours are possible,” the 82-year-old rocker tells Uncut journal in a brand new interview. “It’s the traveling that takes it out of you.”

But that doesn’t imply the band will not be enjoying dwell once more.

“But I do see the possibility of us doing [a] residency somewhere,” he provides. “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.”

After greater than 60 years within the music biz, Richards says he nonetheless finds it thrilling to make music with the band.

“Yeah, it’ll be exciting until something inside me says, ‘That’s that,'” he says. “I love working with the guys. I mean, what am I gonna do?” He provides, “It’s necessary for me – at gunpoint, if you need to be – to keep a band together. ‘You will play drums!’ I do my bit, but it’s an incredible gift from everybody else. I didn’t expect this in return.”

He notes, “It’s still a bit mind boggling, even at this age.”

The Rolling Stones’ Foreign Tongues can be launched July 10.