Hollywood Popular Artists

Apr 10th 2012, 19:36

By Zachary Swickey

Ronnie Wood, guitarist for the legendary Rolling Stones, has revealed that the group will convene at a studio later this month to "throw some ideas around" for the band's 25th album, their follow-up to 2005's A Bigger Bang.

Apparently the Stones won't be in full-blown writing mode, rather they just want "to get the feel again," Wood told The Mirror. Wood also alluded to "training" for the band's much rumored 50th anniversary tour.

"It's like working out for the Olympics or something," Wood said. "You've got to go into training. So we're going to go into training."

The group had previously conducted a jam session in London back in December, which went splendidly, according to Keith Richards. "It went very well. We played a lot of blues and outtakes of Some Girls and things like that," he told Rolling Stone.

Richards also speculated at the time that the anniversary tour would have to be pushed back to 2013, but Rood's comments seem to insinuate differently. Due to the band's age, many are speculating that the group's eventual tour will be multi-night residencies in major cities – ten nights at Madison Square Garden for example – which would make it easier to rock out 50 years after the group's creation.

"I've got plenty in the locker here, but it's not on tape," Richards said regarding new music. "We'll just get the boys back together again then and maybe cut a side."

The Rolling Stones also have a new documentary set to drop this fall, which will take a look back at their lengthy career. "[There] will be music never heard before, and I've conducted 50-plus hours of interviews so far," director Brett Morgen revealed.

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