No one moves like Mick Jagger. Or sings like him. When the legendary Rolling Stones frontman stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jagger also showed his funny bone.
On Wednesday night, May 6, the “Satisfaction” singer stopped by for one of Fallon’s goofy sketches, a British soapie themed spot called Jacob’s Patience, in which he plays Tony, the shopkeeper at Hackney Diamonds, a chap who speaks in Stones lyrics and holds aloft mannequin arms.
“Pleased to meet you, I hope you guess my name,” he says at the top (quoting his band’s classic from 1968, “Sympathy For The Devil”.) No guesses needed; he’s wearing a nametag.
Jagger, 82, is gearing up another studio album with the Stones, the band’s 25th. As previously reported, the forthcoming release, Foreign Tongues, is due out July 10, featuring the core crew of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, along with a who’s who of rock music in support, including Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, The Cure frontman Robert Smith, and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
It’s fair to say, no one acts like Jagger, either. The rocker has an impressive filmography, including credits in 1970’s Ned Kelly (playing the titular bushranger), 1992’s Freejack, and he was cast in Werner Herzog’s 1982 jungle drama Fitzcarraldo, for a role that was scrapped when Jagger was unable to complete filming, due to commitments with the band.
Foreign Tongues is the followup to 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, the band’s first album in nearly 20 years. The collection reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200, No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart (for two weeks), and went on to win a Grammy Award for best rock album.
Ahead of Foreign Tongues, the band has released two tracks from the project: album opener “Rough and Twisted” and lead single “In the Stars.” The full project was created in less than a month at Metropolis Studios in West London — as seen in a new album trailer featuring footage of the trio working hard and goofing off in the studio — with Hackney Diamonds collaborator Andrew Watt returning to produce.
Late owls will get another glimpse of a Rolling Stone on Thursday night, May 7, when Keith Richards stops by NBC‘s The Tonight Show.
Watch Mick Jagger’s sketch with Jimmy Fallow below.
