The Faces are recording new music. The band split in 1975 and have reunited several times in the years since, though without the full surviving members of the original line-up until Sir Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones performed a charity show in 2015, a private gig in 2019 and a brief appearance at the 2020 Brit Awards.
And now Ronnie has revealed the trio – who were originally joined in the supergroup by the late Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan – have been recording together in between his sessions with Rolling Stones bandmate Sir Mick Jagger.
He said: “I saw Mick [Jagger] here last week and Rod [Stewart] and Kenney [Jones] were here yesterday.
“Me and Mick have done nine new tracks for the [40th anniversary] re-release of ‘Tattoo You’.
“And me, Rod and Kenney have been recording some new Faces music.
“I’ve had a front-row seat on some amazing rock’n’roll projects these past couple of weeks.”
Wood – who is also working with former Stones bandmate Mick Taylor on a tribute album to blues legend Jimmy Reed – is also a respected artist but his main focus at the moment is music and he’s desperate to get back on stage.
He told The Times’ Weekend magazine: “I go through art phases when music is secondary, but right now I really want to get out there and play.”
Rod previously revealed he and Ronnie initially bonded over their big noses and love of fashion.
He recalled: “We introduced each other. I said, ‘Ello Nose’ and he said, ‘Ello Nose’. We both had big noses.
“I think what brought us together was our sense of clothing – we both liked style – and our unique sense of humour.
“That’s bonded us together over the years.”
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