NEW
YORK — Ronnie Wood says the Rolling Stones will meet in a recording
studio later this month “to just throw some ideas around.”
He also added that the Rolling Stones 50th anniversary is like training for something big.
“It’s like working out for the Olympics or something,” Wood said.
“You’ve got to go into training. So we’re going to go into training.”
Wood made the comments Monday in
an interview following a press conference for his exhibition, “Faces,
Time and Places,” which features his own paintings. It includes pieces
of him and his band mates, as well as Muhammad Ali and Al Pacino.
Wood, who said he first started
painting at age 3, enjoys doing it because it’s a reflection of his own
ideas, unlike music, which he calls “a group effort.”
The exhibit launched Monday and will close June 30.
Wood’s week will get busier when
he is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday as a
member of The Faces, along with Rod Stewart. It will be the second
induction for the 64-year-old Wood. The Rolling Stones were inducted in
1989.
He’ll also perform a solo show at
the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 21. When asked what
fans should expect, he said: “Lots of surprises because I’m going to
surprise myself. I don’t know what the hell is coming next. The whole
set list is going to be made up. I’m making it up every day now.”
Wood says he would love go on a solo tour “if I had enough time, but I have too many commitments.”
He also talked about possibly recording another solo album.
“Lots of people don’t know I’ve
made seven, ’cause most of my albums escape; they’re not released,” he
said, laughing. “Keith (Richards) says they all skyrocket to oblivion.”
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Mesfin Fekadu covers entertainment for The Associated Press. Follow him at http://www.twitter.com/musicmesfin
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