‘We’ve been very lazy’, says Mick Jagger as he explains why it’s taken Rolling Stones 18 years to make new music

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7 Sep 2023 • 2:44 PM MYT
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Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger said the band had been “very lazy” as he spoke of the 18-year wait for new music.

The band will soon release a new single called Angry, with an accompanying video, and a new album Hackney Diamonds. This is their first studio album of original music since 2005.

When asked by Jimmy Fallon why it has taken so long, Jagger said: “We’ve been very lazy”.

He went on to explain: “Suddenly we said ‘let’s make a record and put a deadline, so we had a chat and said we would make it at Christmas and finish it by Valentines.”