‘It kicks ass’: Rolling Stones launch new album at star-studded New York event

Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones at the launch event for their new album Foreign Tongues on 5 May in New York.
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On Tuesday afternoon in New York, the Rolling Stones gathered friends, journalists and fellow artists for a preview of their forthcoming 25th album, Foreign Tongues.

Before the trio stepped on stage, host Conan O’Brien deadpanned that perhaps, finally, this is the album where the band will “finally make it after decades of obscurity”. The audience, which included Leonardo DiCaprio, director Baz Luhrmann and actor Odessa A’zion, laughed appreciatively.