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Re: Charlie Watts Dead at 80
Someone on the Stones forum posted this list of the various sessions for the upcoming album....
9th - 11th December 2015: British Grove Studios, London
13th - 26th June 2016: British Grove Studios, London
Mid-February 2017: MJ & KR demos in New York City
30th May - 9th June 2017: British Grove Studios, London
28th June 2017: KR records in New York City
Late February/early March 2018: MJ & KR demos in New York City
20th - 21st September 2018: MJ & KR work on demos at Germano Studios, New York
Early December 2018: MJ & RW work on new material for a few days at Twin Studios, Paris, France
Late January/early February - 20th February 2019: Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Early May 2019: KR & Don Was record overdubs in New York City
24th May 2019: Ron Wood is recording in London, England
November 2019: MJ & RW contribute to Rolling Stones recordings in progress in London, England. KR does the same in Los Angeles
Early/mid April 2020: MJ records new vocals at his home in Pocé-sur-Cisse, France,for the upcoming release of the Rolling Stones song Living in a Ghost Town
July-August 2020: MJ works on Rolling Stones recordings from a home studio in Italy
Late September - October 2020: KR, Don Was & Steve Jordan at Germano Studios, New York City
Mid-to-late February 2022: MJ & KR, with Matt Clifford and Steve Jordan, hold songwriting/demo sessions at GeeJam Studios in the northeast Portland parish of Jamaica
29th September - 9th October 2022: Electric Lady Studios, New York City
21st October - 9th December 2022: Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Late January - ???? 2023: MJ and KR mixing & overdubbing(??) Nassau, Bahamas
Then factor in how Watts claimed in 2018 that they had a finished album but he had no idea what happened to it.
This final album will probably be a compilation of the best material they've come up with this past decade.
Re: Charlie Watts Dead at 80
Here's part of a Keith interview from a few years ago....
Mick and I got together the last few months with Don Was in the studio, and we’ve been knocking up some ideas. We want to do some more sessions, but not sure when. We might do something in February and March. It’s progressing. All I can say, there are a couple of nice things happening, with the promise of a lot more, and we’re having fun doing it. We get together, and it’s always, Got anything new? Did anything else occur? And a couple of songs always pop up.
You jump into this familiar spot, even if we’ve been away for months. It’s comfortable kicking around ideas. We’ve been doing this for a while, so it’s not difficult to start up again. Mick is a great rhythm guitar player -- I always enjoyed playing guitar with him because we’re both rhythm guys really. We’re writing with two guitars, and I might throw piano or bass on here and there
It really points out how ridiculous the GNR situation is when a group of 70-80 year old men running the biggest rock 'brand' in the world are more productive creatively.
Re: Charlie Watts Dead at 80
Just announced that Paul McCartney will be on the new Stones album.
Edit
Ringo may appear as well.
A swan song album containing the surviving Beatles and Stones. Interesting.
Another edit
Ringo will not be on it.... McCartney appears on one song.
“Mick and Keith were working on the new album in a studio in Los Angeles and Paul McCartney was down the hall. They invited him to play bass on one track,” says a spokesman for the Rolling Stones. “He’s not singing and Ringo isn’t on it at all. The drumming is by Steve Jordan, who is also a very good producer. And there are tracks on there featuring Charlie Watts.”
Re: Charlie Watts Dead at 80
Not official yet but according to the main Stones site/forum...
"The rumor at Universal is that the album is ready and will be released at the end of October/early November. The group is going to promote it with interviews, TV appearances and music videos. There are no shows planned."
Great news...but also strange. An album with no tour?!? 
Doesn't make much sense when you consider the music landscape today....and then factor in the big 60th anniversary.
We may have reached the point where at least one member no longer wants to do lengthy world tours due to age, health, or simply wanting to relax for the remainder of their life.
Instead of a gigantic 60th anniversary farewell global shindig....it may just be some sort of residency....or nothing at all.
I'm starting to think fans are damn lucky to even be getting a swan song album.
Had the band not been working off and on with various sessions over the years, I doubt there would've been enough material to compile an album. Charlie mentioned years ago how there was an album but he had no idea what happened to it.
At least some of it is probably included in this one.
