Rolling Stones 2027 UK Shows: Could a London Residency Replace a Tour?

The Rolling Stones say they want to play live in 2027, but nothing has been announced, and the band are openly split on how. Mick Jagger has said he hopes to tour "as soon as possible" next year and is "very ambivalent" about residencies. Keith Richards has said he does not know if tours are possible any more and sees "the possibility of us doing a residency somewhere", naming London first. As of 2 November 2026 there are no dates, no cities and no venues. Here is what each of them has said, what the band's London record tells us, and why a London run would be one of the biggest nights of the 2027 calendar.

Last updated: 2 November 2026.

The two men who have run the Rolling Stones for more than six decades have spent the summer giving interviews that point in different directions. One wants to be back on the road, city to city, the way they have always done it. The other would quite like the road to come to him. Neither has said a word that rules a British show out. If anything, the residency talk puts London closer to the middle of the plan, not further away.

Are the Rolling Stones touring in 2027?

The honest answer is that they want to play shows in 2027, and they have not yet said what shape those shows will take. The clearest statement came from Jagger in June 2026. On TODAY's Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist he said: "Well, I'd love to. I really want to. And, I'm ready to go." Then the line that matters: "I don't think we're gonna do shows this year, but hopefully we'll do shows next year." That was reported by Gold Radio on 18 June 2026.

He repeated it a few weeks later to Argentina's La Nacion, in quotes carried by Consequence on 6 July 2026: "I'd love to tour this album. Can't wait to sing." And: "So, I don't think we'll be touring this year, but I hope to tour next year and I hope to do it as soon as possible." Richards had already told the Associated Press in May that the band would not tour in 2026: "Pretty soon, but not this year."

So 2026 was always a record year, not a live year. 2027 is the year both of them keep pointing at. What they disagree about is the format, and that is where it gets interesting for anyone hoping to see them in Britain.

Rolling Stones 2027: what we know and what we don't

• Said on the record: Jagger hopes to tour in 2027 "as soon as possible".
• Said on the record: Richards sees a residency as more likely than a tour, naming London, New York and Paris.
• Said on the record: Jagger called residencies expensive for fans, saying "It costs twice as much."
• Fact: their last live show was on 21 July 2024 in Ridgedale, Missouri, the end of the Hackney Diamonds tour.
• Not announced: any 2027 date, city, venue, format or support act.

Mick Jagger on stage at BST Hyde Park, London, 3 July 2022. Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0

Keith Richards' London residency idea

The residency talk started with Richards. Speaking to Uncut in June 2026, he blamed the "wear and tear" of life on the road and said: "I don't know if tours are possible." Then he laid out the alternative, as Gold Radio reported on 18 June: "It's the travelling that takes it out of you. I do see the possibility of us doing a residency somewhere."

And then he named names. "Wherever it is, London, New York, Paris, anywhere. I'll play Rome!" He did not sound like a man winding down, either: "But I don't see why they shouldn't be able to throw some shows together in a new format." And on the band itself: "I love working with the guys. I mean, what am I gonna do?"

He has been pushing the idea elsewhere too. WCSX, a Detroit rock station, reported on 21 July 2026 that Richards had told Billboard: "Maybe you find a different way of taking the thing on the road. Bring the road to us. That's my suggestion." The same report quoted him on next year: "I see no reason why next year, good Lord willing, we shouldn't be able to, as you say, maybe a residency, something."

Bring the road to us. That is the residency pitch in five words. Rather than a band flying between stadiums every few days, the audience flies to the band, and the band stays put for a run of nights. Richards turned 82 last year, as Gold Radio noted, and the band celebrated 60 years together on the Sixty tour in 2022. You can see why the idea appeals.

Mick Jagger's answer: "It costs twice as much"

Jagger is not sold, and he said why. In the same La Nacion interview, as Consequence reported, he said: "I'm very ambivalent about residencies personally because, you know, it makes it very expensive for people to come to a residency." And, bluntly: "It costs twice as much." He also made his own preference plain: "But I'm very comfortable moving around, personally. I like to go places!"

WCSX reported a similar line from Jagger to Billboard. He worried a residency is "much more expensive for the further-out people that want to come and see the show", and said: "I would like to tour. I like touring, like going to people."

Did Mick Jagger rule out a residency?

This is where the coverage splits, so read it carefully. Consequence headlined its 6 July story that the Stones "won't play residency-style shows" and summed up Jagger as opposed to the idea. The 1059 The Rock report on 7 July went with "rules out residency" in its address. But look at the words he actually used: "very ambivalent" is not "never". He did not say the band had decided against one. He said he was uneasy about the cost to fans and that he personally prefers moving around.

1059 The Rock also noted that Jagger had earlier floated the idea of several shows in a few chosen cities before stepping back from it. That is a band thinking out loud in public. Our reading, and it is only our reading: the final answer could easily sit between the two. A short tour that stops in a handful of big cities, with two or three nights in each, would give Jagger his travelling and Richards his shorter journeys. London would be the obvious place for one of those stops.

The new music: Foreign Tongues and a November deluxe

Whatever the format, there is plenty to play. Foreign Tongues, the band's 25th studio album, came out on 10 July 2026, produced by Andrew Watt, with Paul McCartney, Robert Smith of The Cure, Chad Smith and Steve Winwood among the guests, according to Consequence. "In The Stars" and "Rough and Twisted" led the way before release.

Britain bought it. The Official Charts Company confirmed on 17 July 2026 that Foreign Tongues went straight in at number one, the Stones' 15th UK number one album. That draws them level with The Beatles on 15 apiece, with only Robbie Williams ahead on 16.

There is more on the way. On 14 October the band announced Foreign Tongues, Loose Lips, a deluxe edition due on 27 November 2026 with five extra songs: "Where There's A Will", "Who You Callin' Crazy", "Human Tide", "Bad Luck Hideaway" and "She Still Comes Around". Blabbermouth reported that jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine plays on "Who You Callin' Crazy", which came out first on 16 October, and that "Bad Luck Hideaway" is a Jagger and Richards vocal duet. Jagger told La Nacion there are "so many songs on the album that we could do on stage." A band releasing deluxe editions in November is a band keeping the story going into next year.

When did the Rolling Stones last play the UK?

Their last British shows were in the summer of 2022, on the Sixty tour that marked the band's 60th anniversary. They played Anfield in Liverpool on 9 June 2022, then two nights at BST Hyde Park on 25 June and 3 July 2022. The tour's Wikipedia page puts the two Hyde Park nights at 130,000 people between them.

Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood at BST Hyde Park, London, 3 July 2022. Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0

Since then they have played only in North America. The Hackney Diamonds tour ran through the spring and summer of 2024 and finished on 21 July 2024 at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri, which Ultimate Classic Rock described as the 20th and final show. Jagger thanked the crowd that night and, on social media afterwards, signed off with "see you soon!" No European leg followed.

That means that by summer 2027, British fans will have gone five years without a Stones show. For a band that has played London in almost every touring cycle of its career, that is a long gap, and it is one reason a London date would draw such a crowd.

The Rolling Stones in London: a history of big nights

If Richards does get his residency and London is the city, it would be the latest chapter in a long run of landmark London shows. The ones that matter most for 2027 all happened outdoors.

Hyde Park, 1969

On 5 July 1969 the Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park in front of an audience estimated at between 250,000 and 500,000 people. It was Mick Taylor's first gig with the band. The film of the day, The Stones in the Park, is still the reference point every Hyde Park show since gets measured against.

Hyde Park, 2013 and 2022

They came back 44 years later. On 6 and 13 July 2013, on the 50 and Counting tour, the Stones played two nights in Hyde Park as part of the very first British Summer Time series, now known as BST Hyde Park. The first night alone is listed at 130,000 on the tour's Wikipedia page. Those two shows became the live album Hyde Park Live and the film Sweet Summer Sun: Live in Hyde Park. A week before the first one, on 29 June 2013, they headlined Glastonbury.

The Rolling Stones stage before the show in Hyde Park, London, 13 July 2013. Photo: Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 3.0

Then came 2022, two more BST nights on the Sixty tour. Count it up and the Stones have played Hyde Park five times across 53 years: once for free in 1969, twice in 2013 and twice in 2022. That is quite a Hyde Park record.

The Rolling Stones on stage in Hyde Park on the 50 and Counting tour, London, 13 July 2013. Photo: Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 3.0

London Stadium, 2018

On the No Filter tour the Stones played two nights at London Stadium in Stratford, on 22 and 25 May 2018, with a combined attendance of 137,475 according to the tour's Wikipedia page. The rest of the 2018 UK and Ireland leg took in Dublin, Southampton, Coventry, Manchester, Murrayfield in Edinburgh and Principality Stadium in Cardiff.

Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts take a bow after the London Stadium show, 22 May 2018. Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0

Look at the pattern. Every London visit since 2013 has been at least two big outdoor nights, never one. In a sense the Stones already play mini residencies in London. Richards' idea would just stretch that to more nights.

What could a Rolling Stones London residency look like?

Nobody has said, so everything in this section is reasoning from what has happened before, not a leak. There are three formats that fit the evidence.

Option one: a run of stadium nights

London now has a model for a heritage act staying in one place. Look north to Manchester: Oasis have booked 11 nights at the Etihad Stadium between 4 and 26 June 2027, all listed on our Oasis tour dates page. It is a tour on paper, but in practice it is a home-city residency. A Stones version in London could sit at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which already has U2 booked for 18 and 19 June 2027, or at London Stadium, where they played in 2018.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at golden hour, north London, 26 September 2022. Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0

Option two: Hyde Park, again

The park is the Stones' London home. BST Hyde Park's 2027 programme has started to fill: Bon Jovi were confirmed on 19 October 2026 as the first headliner, for Thursday 24 June 2027, as the Irish News reported. BST's Jim King said that Bon Jovi "helped launch BST Hyde Park in 2013", which is the same summer the Stones played it. No one involved has linked the Stones to BST 2027. But a band that has played the park five times would not be a strange name to see on that poster.

BST Hyde Park also suits the residency idea better than most people realise. It is not one weekend. It runs across several weekends each summer, with different headliners on different days, so a band can take two or three nights spread over a week or more without playing back to back. That is exactly how the Stones did it in 2013, a week apart, and again in 2022, eight days apart. Fewer journeys, more rest between shows, the same London crowd. If Richards wants the road to come to him, a park in the middle of London with a week between nights is about as close as it gets.

Option three: a purpose-built home

The European residency boom gives two more templates. In 2026 Celine Dion played 16 nights at one Paris arena between 12 September and 17 October, and ten more dates there were added for May 2027, according to the residency's Wikipedia page. Our Celine Dion artist page has more on her career. In east London, ABBA have run their Voyage show for years without the band ever being on stage in person, and Jagger mentioned it himself in the La Nacion interview: "we've come so far since the ABBA thing." He was talking about virtual concerts in general, not announcing one, but it shows the idea is on his mind.

Which of the three is most likely? If we had to pick, a short run of two or three outdoor nights in London, either in a stadium or in Hyde Park, fits both men. It is how the Stones have played London for more than a decade, it suits Richards' wish to travel less, and it is a far cry from the fixed-venue, months-long residency that Jagger worries prices fans out.

Keith Richards on stage at London Stadium, 22 May 2018. Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0

Could the Rolling Stones play Glastonbury 2027?

They have done it once, on 29 June 2013, and it is the one festival every veteran gets asked about. Glastonbury returns to Worthy Farm from 23 to 27 June 2027. Emily Eavis told BBC Radio 4 in August 2026 that all three headliners are booked, but she has not named them. Our Glastonbury 2027 headliners rumours piece goes through every name being tipped, and we have not seen the Stones linked to the 2027 Pyramid Stage in any report. If you want to keep an eye on the festival itself, our Glastonbury Festival 2027 page is where updates go.

The Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, 29 June 2019. Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0

When would Rolling Stones 2027 dates be announced?

No one knows, and the band have not given a timetable. What we do know is that the last European run, the Sixty tour, opened in Madrid on 1 June 2022 and reached Hyde Park within a month, so a summer run can be built around a few big cities quickly. With Jagger talking about touring "as soon as possible" and a deluxe album landing on 27 November, an announcement in the first half of 2027 would make sense. That is our reading, not a leak.

Watch the summer calendar. London's 2027 stadium season is already busy, with U2, Karol G and Fontaines D.C. all booked for June and July, and you can see the full list on our major UK stadium concerts page. Our U2 UK tour 2027 blog shows how quickly one of these heritage stadium runs can go from rumour to confirmed dates.

Rolling Stones hospitality: what a London night could look like

If London is announced, this would be one of the most talked-about hospitality nights of the year, and the venue would shape everything. At BST Hyde Park, hospitality guests watch the Great Oak Stage from areas such as the Diamond Circle in front of the stage or tiered grandstand seating, with garden bars and dining away from the main crowd. At a stadium such as Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, guests use dedicated lounges and bars inside the ground, then take a seat with a clear view of the stage.

For a client group, think about the timing. Gates for big outdoor shows open hours before the headliner, so dinner before the show is part of the night rather than a rush from the office. Our guide to corporate entertaining at a London concert covers how a big London night out works in practice.

Our read: will the Rolling Stones play London in 2027?

Cards on the table. Both Jagger and Richards have said they want to play in 2027. The disagreement is about format, not about whether. Richards named London first when he described a residency. Jagger wants to travel, and their last three trips to Britain, in 2013, 2018 and 2022, all included two big London nights. Their last five London nights were all big outdoor shows. Foreign Tongues went to number one here in July.

So whichever man wins the argument, London looks like it sits inside the plan. What we cannot tell you yet is whether it means one night, three nights or a longer stay, and in a park or a stadium. Nothing is confirmed, and every date you see online right now is guesswork.

When something is announced, it will go on our major UK stadium concerts hub first. Register your interest with us now and our team will be in touch as soon as London dates are confirmed.

Photo credits: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards at BST Hyde Park, 3 July 2022, by Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0. Mick Jagger at BST Hyde Park, 3 July 2022, by Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0. Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood at BST Hyde Park, 3 July 2022, by Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0. The Rolling Stones stage in Hyde Park, 13 July 2013, by Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park, 13 July 2013, by Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Rolling Stones bow at London Stadium, 22 May 2018, by Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 26 September 2022, by Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Keith Richards at London Stadium, 22 May 2018, by Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0. The Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, 29 June 2019, by Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0.