{"id":2371194,"date":"2026-04-13T14:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2371194"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:24:48","slug":"the-rolling-stones-release-new-song-rough-and-twisted-under-alias-ahead-of-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-rolling-stones-release-new-song-rough-and-twisted-under-alias-ahead-of-next\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rolling Stones release new song ‘Rough and Twisted’ under alias ahead of next…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Cockroaches sound awfully familiar.<\/p>\n

The Rolling Stones<\/a> have long been teasing a follow-up to 2023’s acclaimed comeback album Hackney Diamonds<\/em><\/a>, and they have now released their new single – but with a twist.<\/p>\n

After a mysterious poster campaign, the song ‘Rough and Twisted’ was made available on April 11 as a scarce white label vinyl-only release under the name The Cockroaches.<\/p>\n

The flyposters around London had included a QR code taking fans to a website<\/a> that features not just T-shirts reading “Who the f**k are The Cockroaches” but also a list of decimal degrees map coordinates.<\/p>\n

It turned out that these directions would take you to record shops selling the rare vinyl copy of the new song.<\/p>\n

And despite the label only reading The Cockroaches (an occasional alias for the Stones’ secret gigs), the snippet on the band’s Instagram video reveals the unmistakable sound of Keith Richards<\/a>‘ guitar and, just before the end, Mick Jagger<\/a>‘s vocal.<\/p>\n

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An article in The Times<\/em><\/a> confirmed what was obvious. This was the new Rolling Stones<\/a> single.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just took me to a flyblown town in the middle of nowhere,” Jagger sings. “The smell was acrid and toxic. Couldn\u2019t breathe the air.\u201d<\/p>\n

The song, and its as-yet untitled parent album have been produced by Andrew Watt, who recorded Hackney Diamonds <\/em>with the band.<\/p>\n

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Reports had suggested that the band’s 25th album would be called Foreign Tongues<\/em>, but those same rumours had suggested the comeback song would be called ‘Mr Charm’ so that should probably be taken with a pinch of salt.<\/p>\n

Hackney Diamonds<\/em><\/a> <\/em>was the Rolling Stones’ first album since 2016’s Blue & Lonesome<\/em> and their first of newly- written material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Led by the single ‘Angry’<\/a>, it topped the UK albums chart, went to number three in the US and won rave reviews.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n