June 2026

It's The Summer of 2026 and the World's Greatest Rock Band has a new Number One hit song, and a new album coming out this month.

Mick, Keef, and Ronnie are portrayed in the music video above by their young doppelgangers, as dozens of young rockers get down to the classic sounds of their latest hit song.

The Rolling Stones formed in 1962, and it's amazing that after 64 years they are still relevant enough to have a hit song in 2026! It's a track featuring the classic 'Stones swagger and a killer riff. 2026 Mick still sounds like 1970's Mick! The video features many Easter egg references to Rolling Stones history for long-time fans to spot.

In The Stars is the debut single from their new album, called  Foreign Tongues, out June 17.

The album features at least one track with their late drummer Charlie Watts, and another with Paul McCartney.

Fun Fact: The Music video is not created by AI. 

I thought it was at first. Then I watched the behind-the-scenes video. Those are real people in the room, and it is a REAL London-based band called Hot Property portraying the young 'Stones. CGI seems to have been used to alter the faces of the look-alikes to look more like the Stones.

Cool song, fun video! It's only rock and roll, but I like it.

The 'Stones most recently topped the charts with this gem in 2023, from their album Hackney Diamonds. Instant Classic.

And that video! Billboards on Sunset Strip feature the young Rolling Stones in their different eras, as a beautiful blonde cruises by in a red convertible.

Like so many Stones songs, it also features the I - IV - I guitar riff that I call the "70's riff" because it was used on so many songs of the era.

Check out my tab chart for this song below. Keith famously uses an open G tuning, but I've tabbed it here in standard tuning.

June 1, 1976 - Fifty years ago a teenage all-girl rock band called The Runaways released their debut album. The band featured future rock icons Joan Jett and Lita Ford.

The group only lasted a short while before imploding.

They helped pave the way for future girl bands like The Go-Gos and The Bangles.

Summer travel plans? America's Highway, Route 66 turns 100 years old this year. The famous highway runs from Chicago to LA. The road famously defined the American road trip for decades. It was called the "Main Street of America."

The 2400-mile route wound it's way through eight states on it's way it's final stop at the Santa Monica Pier. 

A vast assortment of quirky roadside attractions, restaurants, and motels gave the trip plenty of character.

A trip on Route 66 was also worthy of this classic song written by Bobby Troup. The most famous version in the video above was by Nat King Cole, released in 1946.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Peter Frampton's live album, and this documentary is a great way to celebrate one of the biggest selling live albums of all time. 

New documentary directed by Questlove tells the story of funk/soul/R&B legends Earth, Wind and Fire.

I was lucky to see them perform 25 years ago. They were fantastic. Bassist Verdine White was a dynamo onstage.

Streaming now on HBO.