IT turns out you can always get what you want – well, for fans of The Rolling Stones that is.
After seemingly ruling out another tour, Keith Richards has hinted we will still get the chance to see the rockers live next year, in the form of a residency.
The band — who have new single In The Stars out now — hinted they may play a string of dates in London, following the release of their new album, Foreign Tongues, on July 10.
But it might not be easy, as Keith admitted he has suffered “some wear and tear” from their massive stadium shows over the years.
He said: “I don’t know if tours are possible. It’s the travelling that takes it out of you.
“I do see the possibility of us doing a residency somewhere. Wherever it is, London, New York, Paris, anywhere. I’ll play Rome!
“But I don’t see why they shouldn’t be able to throw some shows together in a new format.”
Keith is so passionate about the group continuing playing together.
In an interview with Uncut magazine, which is out tomorrow, he joked: “I love working with the guys. I mean, what am I gonna do?
“Jesus Christ. It’s necessary for me — at gunpoint, if needs be — to keep a band together.”
Thankfully, that is unlikely to be necessary.
He isn’t the only person who loves working with Sir Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood in the studio.
As I revealed, their new record features The Cure’s Robert Smith, who clearly had a very enjoyable time in West London’s Metropolis Studios.
Having originally set out to meet producer Andrew Watt for a couple of pints after the recording, he offered to wait in the pub — but Mick invited him into the studio.
Robert told the mag: “I sat there and had my own little Rolling Stones concert moment.
“The evening just sort of developed and he started playing me some of the songs and asking what I thought.
“I was availing myself of the refreshments and my suggestions were getting more and more absurd.
“Then out of nowhere he said, ‘Do you fancy doing something on the album . . . play a bit of guitar’.”
He added: “I went up there expecting just to get drunk, really.”
The best nights always start that way.
TOM’S MOMENT OF ZEN
TOM HOLLAND’s Spidey senses must have been tingling when he saw his wife Zendaya in this sizzling miniskirt.
The actress was wearing her wedding ring after the couple confirmed this week that they are married.
They posed at a photocall in Amsterdam to promote their new film Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which will be out at the end of July.
It’s Tom’s fourth movie as the superhero, but he’s ready to move on and wants to mentor whoever follows him.
And he hopes that it will be Adolescence and Wuthering Heights star Owen Cooper, who said last year that it’s his dream to play the web-slinger.
Tom explained: “In the way that Robert Downey Jr. was such a mentor for me in my first three movies, I would love to be that person for whoever is next.
“Owen Cooper would be awesome. Obviously, he’s super-talented and the talk of the town right now.”
HARRY NIPS OUT FOR INTIMATE GIG
IN stark contrast to his pop-heavy Wembley Stadium gigs, Harry Styles played several rarely heard tracks during his set with the Jules Buckley Orchestra at London’s Southbank Centre.
Joking to the crowd at the one-off intimate show on Tuesday, he said: “If anyone has been to the tour, it is a little bit different tonight, in case you can’t tell. There will be no nipples.”
The singer wowed the audience – which included his fiancée Zoe Kravitz, who sat front and centre and received a wave from Harry mid-set – with new arrangements of tracks including Two Ghosts, Boyfriends and Paint By Numbers as well as little-known Canadian artist Patrick Watson and Jules’ own tunes.
But it was his cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water, which inspired Harry to write Carla’s Song, which led to a rousing standing ovation.
And he didn’t even need to get his nipples out.
CAN YE COME BACK NOW?
KANYE WEST hasn’t given up on his “dream” of returning to the UK – and hopes the glowing reviews of his current tour will help make it happen.
The authorities denied the rapper’s application to travel in April ahead of his three back-to-back concerts at Wireless Festival in North London which had to be scrapped.
Officials said his visit would not be conducive to the public good following an antisemitism row.
Kanye, who is known as Ye, apologised for his slurs against Jews in January and attributed his outbursts to bipolar disorder.
Now a source has said: “Ye has not given up on his dream of performing in the UK again.
“He knows that it takes time to convince and persuade auth-orities but is willing to work with them so that they have a better understanding of his prior bipolar episode.”
Since his ban from the UK, Ye has played huge shows in Turkey and the Netherlands.
He is set to return to Europe on July 11 for a stadium concert in Albania followed by gigs in Spain and Portugal.
A source added: “Ye is trying to prove he can be trusted and that what happened in the past was a direct result of his disorder.
“His concerts across Europe, including in Istanbul, Arnhem and Tbilisi, have been safe, free from controversy and have not featured his track Heil Hitler or any kind of antisemitic statements.
“That is because those are views he does not hold.”
KATY’S BURNING BRIDGES
KATY PERRY has once again savaged her relationship with Orlando Bloom, following their split last year after almost a decade together.
The superstar shared a teaser of her upcoming single Watch It Burn, in which she makes it clear the actor is firmly in her past.
On the pop/rock track, Katy, who is now dating former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sings: “You know I gave and I gave. Now I’m giving up, there’s nothing more you can take.
“I’m going to try and forgive and forget, light a cigarette and watch it burn.”
Katy and Orlando announced the end of their engagement in July 2025 – just months after she released her seventh studio album, 143, which celebrated their relationship.
Katy told The Unfamous Podcast recently: “In Watch It Burn, I am wrestling with my darkness. Last year was pretty tough.
“I have not given myself permission to be angry.”
SHE has the No1 film on Netflix at the moment with Office Romance and now Jennifer Lopez is aiming for a chart- topping single too.
The On The Floor singer has teamed up with DJ Alok – who previously worked with Kylie Minogue and Ellie Goulding – and the pair will release Everything’s Fine next week.
TEA SPILL A KIMO-NO FOR ALAN
SPARE a thought for Alan Carr who can’t catch a break right now.
He has admitted he whacked his head on the ground after a piece of gym equipment he was using snapped, and then he suffered another injury.
On his Bottoms Up! podcast, he recalled: “I did recently have a freak accident.
“I was wearing a kimono and I had a cup of tea and as I went through the door, the sleeve of the kimono got stuck on the handle and I tipped scalding hot tea over my t**s.
“That’s why cultural appropriation doesn’t count.”