13/07/2026 13:33 - Entretenimiento
According to an interview published by The New York Times on July 12, 2026, Mick Jagger appears more conversational and warmer than ever. At 82 years old, the frontman of The Rolling Stones hasn't lost his playful spark and keeps the hope alive of returning to massive stages.
On July 10, 2026, the band released 'Foreign Tongues', their 25th studio album. Jagger admits that songwriting is an act of imagination and that, at his age, he approaches themes like regret and insecurity from a completely different life perspective than when he was 30.
Although his bandmate Keith Richards suggested that long tours might be difficult and that 'residencies' in a single location could be an alternative, Jagger is clear: 'I'm willing to do it. I like traveling, I like meeting people, I like going to foreign countries to play concerts.'
With an optimistic tone, the singer stated he expects to go on tour again, proving that age is just a number when the passion for music and the audience is genuine.
The interview was filled with endearing moments. Jagger recalled a tour with Stevie Wonder in 1972 at Madison Square Garden, where they ended the show throwing cream pies at each other amid laughter.
He also surprised everyone by confessing he is currently reading Kant, though he admits philosophy is a difficult subject and philosophers often seem 'rude to each other'. He also revealed he sang backing vocals on Carly Simon's famous hit 'You're So Vain' without receiving any credit at the time.
The new album includes social critique in small doses, a trick Jagger learned so as not to bore the listener. In one of the songs, he mentions Elon Musk, calling him a 'crazy tycoon'. However, the singer clarified it's a 'double-edged compliment', thanking Musk for rescuing astronauts trapped in space when other agencies couldn't.
One of the tracks on the record, 'Ringing Hollow', is described by Jagger as a lament but also as a love song for the United States, a country he says he deeply loves after traveling through it on countless tours, visiting places even Americans themselves usually don't go.
Regarding aging, Jagger is honest and humorous: 'There's nothing good about it. I forgot all my wisdom', he joked, though he acknowledges physically one has to be more careful. His energy, however, remains a massive discharge of adrenaline that he seeks to transmit to the audience so that, for a couple of hours, they forget their problems and go 'completely crazy' with joy.
Alfredo S. Quiroga
