Keith Richards Says Rolling Stones Have “Definite Plans” to Enter Studio

The studio session would follow the Stones’ planned South American tour early next year.

And for a few seconds, that’s what we get. “Robbed Blind” has Richards hunting down someone who’s stolen money from him – “the cops, I can’t involve them, god knows what they might find” – while the song itself commits daylight robbery on the beach sunset lilt of Eric Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight”.

“Where or when I can’t yet say, but in the near future”, he says.

Crosseyed Heart isn’t quite a continuation of the ragged, groove-heavy rapport Keith Richards established with his other band, the X-Pensive Winos, on his first two solo albums, 1988’s Talk Is Cheap and 1992’s Main Offender. That’s the thing with guys: You can’t drag ’em in at gunpoint. I hope every smart music fan takes a chance on it. I’m also insane about “Heartstopper”, “Blues in the Morning”, and “Something for Nothing”. The title track, a Delta-style blues featuring Mr. Richards singing accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, moves along nicely until he suddenly stops it by announcing: “That’s all I got”. They all have to want to do it at the same time.

When asked whether The Stones had ever considered calling it quits, Richards said: “Never”. The Stones guitarist broke the news on Tuesday, September 15, during an iHeartRadio ICONS broadcast from New York City about plans to record their first studio album since “A Bigger Bang” was released in 2005.

Following a lengthy hiatus, the group came back together to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2012 for a tour that stretched into this past summer.