“We were in his dressing room, I was having a peek at his guitar and I was just about to stroke it, and he went: ‘Nobody touches it!’ And bam!”: Keith Richards recalls the time Chuck Berry punched him for touching his guitar

Photo of Chuck BERRY and Keith RICHARDS; Chuck Berry and Keith Richards performing on stage at Chuck's 60th Birthday Concert for the filming of "Hail Hail Rock & Roll".

The release of the 25th Rolling Stones studio album, Foreign Tongues, is just three weeks’ away, which means rounds of interviews for the three remaining core members of the band. And, right on cue, Keith Richards has been sharing his thoughts on where the Stones are at in 2026, his relationship with Mick and technology.

So, what do we find out? Well, regarding the latter, you’ll be unsurprised to hear that Keith is not a fan of modern tech. The 82-year-old guitarist says he's “had it up to here with technology… I mean, personally, I think the world would be better off without the damn phone. AI is killing me, you know. Do I fear for the future of music? I fear for the future of everything. They don’t know what the hell it does, so now we all dangle and wait.”