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Keith Richards Wants a Rolling Stones Residency — Here's the 57-Year Thread Behind That Idea
Keith Richards told Uncut the Stones may swap touring for a residency. That one sentence sits on a straight line running from Elvis in 1969 to the Eagles at the Sphere — and Mick Jagger just pushed back.
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Talking to Uncut around the release of Foreign Tongues — the Rolling Stones’ 25th studio album, out July 10, 2026 — Keith Richards was asked about the band’s live future. His answer, as reported by Rolling Stone and Billboard citing that interview:
Deep Purple Named Their Farewell Tour Ten Years Ago. They Just Refused to Finish It.
Deep Purple have a new album out — Splat!, released July 3 — and an 86-show run across 28 countries and three continents booked behind it. That’s not the schedule of a band winding down. Which is funny, because Deep Purple officially started saying goodbye a decade ago.
Asked about the end, bassist Roger Glover didn’t blink. “We’re not gonna have a final tour, a final gig and make a hoopla about it,” he told Paul Cashmere in a video interview with Noise11 (2026).