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Over 50 years after their last studio album, Faces are set to make a comeback with a new record in 2026.
Drummer Kenney Jones has hinted that the Faces, who haven’t released an album since 1973’s Ooh La La, could drop a new record next year. This isn’t the only new project the band has in the works.
The iconic English rock ‘n’ roll group—consisting of vocalist Rod Stewart, guitarist Ronnie Wood, and drummer Jones—has reunited several times over the years, with their most recent performance in 2020 when the trio played their classic 1971 hit “Stay With Me” at the Brit Awards.
The news that the band is working on fresh material was revealed during a 2021 interview with Ronnie Wood for The Times newspaper.
In an interview with writer Michael Odell, Ronnie Wood shared that he and his wife Sally had recently relocated to a new home in Little Venice, west London, where Rod Stewart and Kenney Jones had been working with him in the house’s recording studio.
“I saw Mick [Jagger] here last week, and Rod [Stewart] and Kenney [Jones] were here yesterday,” Wood revealed. “Mick and I have done nine new tracks for the 40th anniversary re-release of Tattoo You by the Rolling Stones. Meanwhile, Rod, Kenney, and I have been recording some new Faces music.”
In a separate interview with music writer Craig McLean, Rod Stewart mentioned that he, Wood, and Jones had “15 tracks that are extremely worthy, some old, some new.” Stewart promised, “We will get it finished, I promise. No other band sounds like us.”
Kenney Jones, in a more recent interview with McLean for The Telegraph, confirmed that the trio had recorded “about 11 tracks” at RAK Studios in North London, with Jools Holland making a guest appearance on one of the songs. While Jones noted that not all the tracks would make it onto the album, he said that most were strong.
“I can’t see it coming out this year,” Jones admitted. “But I can see it coming out next year. Everyone’s doing different things. We do little snippets [of recording] here and there. Then all of a sudden, The Stones are out [on tour] again, Rod’s out again…”
In the same article, McLean revealed that Jones’s wife had mentioned a recent meeting in London with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood to discuss a Faces documentary. When the writer speculated that footage filmed by the band in 1972 could be included in the documentary, Jones responded, “It could be. You’re guessing right! It’s never been seen. And there’s some rude bits in there!”
