PAUL McCARTNEY
Due: TBC
For his first album since 2020’s McCartney III, Macca worked with producer Andrew Watt. There have also been rumours of strings recorded at Abbey Road. Song-wise, in September original Wings drummer Denny Seiwell recalled a studio visit for the Hands Across The Water Beatles podcast where he heard a song of acute sentimental power that made them all “well up”. “All of a sudden,” he said, “the three of us are having a big group hug.” In February, Watt told Howard Stern: “Paul plays every instrument himself… and then he starts harmonising. Those are the Beatles harmonies and Wings harmonies, and those are the greatest harmonies in popular music, probably.”
THE ROLLING STONES
Due: TBC
Andrew Watt has confirmed that he’s also worked on a follow-up to 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, using extant material and new songs. Keith Ricahrds’ son Marlon Richards also said that the group were working in a studio in Chiswick. Reports from elsewhere said that the Stones (with drummer Steve Jordan) have completed 13 songs. Speaking to The Sun, Ronnie Wood declared, “you will be getting a new album next year. It is done.” He added that he hopes the group will tour again in 2026.
BLONDIE
Due: Spring
Entitled High Noon, the follow-up to 2017’s Pollinator is produced by John Congleton and will feature the late Clem Burke’s drumming. “With Blondie albums we’ve always tried to present a lot of different tempos and feelings and represent a couple genres in rock and pop. That’s always been our interest, and somehow we’ve always made it sound like Blondie – either by accident or on purpose!” Debbie Harry tells MOJO. “We did a couple of songs that John Congleton wrote, and we have a Johnny Marr song. We’ve got a song from Glenn Matlock called Sleep Walkin’. He’s our ambassador of punk!”
FACES
Due: TBC
Reports of a new Faces album featuring Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones have been circulating for years. The most recent was last October, when Wood told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, “We’ve got these songs that we’re working on from back in the day… when we do get a chance to get in the studio again, we will finish off these songs. We’ve got a good body of songs going.”
STEVIE NICKS
Due: TBC
With the working title the ‘Ghost Record’, it’s Nicks’ first solo album since 2011. Speaking at the Pollstar Awards in Los Angeles in April, Nicks said, “I have seven songs and they are autobiographical, real stories where I’m not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life… they’re real stories of memories of mine, of fantastic men.” She added, “I’ve written a song about Prince, because we were friends.” Writing began in earnest during the Los Angeles wildfires of early 2025.
MICK FLEETWOOD
Due: TBC
A semi Mac reunion next. In November, Mick Fleetwood took to social media to announce, “In the studio recording my solo album… all is going great!” Earlier in the year, Swedish producer Carl Falk shared an image of Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham in an unnamed studio and also suggested in a since-deleted post that The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel was producing whatever it was they were doing. Falk reflected that it was a “slightly unreal moment to sit with and play Lindsey the album we have been working on. And to see his genuine happiness for Mick to finally do his own album and offering to play guitar and to sing on it.”
LANA DEL REY
Due: early 2026
Now titled Stove, Lana Del Rey’s much-delayed tenth album will alight on the country genre, and has already been preceded by the singles Henry, Come On and Bluebird. Last year, Del Rey told W magazine, “[The songs] were more autobiographical than I thought, and that took more time… the majority of the album will have a country flair. Eight years ago, when I was looking to make a country record, no one else was thinking about country. Now everyone is going country!”
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Due: TBC
Springsteen told Rolling Stone, “I have a record finished. It’s a solo record… I would imagine it will come out in ’26 sometime.” He also revealed that he has a follow-up to 2022’s soul covers set Only The Strong Survive ready. “It’s been finished for quite a while… the covers records are things I make for my own amusement and entertainment when I’m not writing… I love all that music.” The Boss also informed the New York Times that new solo songs relate to his Catholic upbringing.
GORILLAZ
Due: February
Entitled The Mountain, Gorillaz’s ninth LP will feature, variously, Anoushka Shankar, Black Thought, Asha Bhosle, Johnny Marr, Sparks, Idles, Gruff Rhys, Omar Souleyman, Paul Simonon and Yasiin Bey, plus late legends Bobby Womack, Mark E Smith, Tony Allen and Dennis Hopper. “There’s quite a lot of death [in the record],” Damon Albarn told Radio X, referring to recent bereavements suffered by himself and creative partner Jamie Hewlett. Hewlett reflected, “I said to Damon, If we could make an album that made people feel less afraid of what is inevitable, wouldn’t that be cool?”
U2
Due: TBC
U2’s last all-new set was 2017’s Songs Of Experience. They’re now back in the studio working on the follow-up. When they were honoured at the Woody Guthrie Prize event in Dublin in October, Bono gave a preview of new song One Life At A Time, which was inspired by the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen. “Our favourite protest songs always had a sense of vision, something to aim for,” said The Edge. “You don’t talk about the darkness, you make the light brighter.”
LOVE
Due: TBC
Compiled and sequenced by Arthur Lee before his 2006 death, Just To Remind You is the “last musical gift” of the late leader of Love. It collects material recorded from 1990 to 2005, curated and judiciously embellished by collaborators from his backing group Baby Lemonade. It’s released by High Moon Records. “I’m telling you, man, it’s going to give the fans a real insight into things that he never really performed, and how his mind worked creatively, and what he wanted to do,” reports Baby Lemonade guitarist Mike Randle.
PETER GABRIEL
Due: Throughout 2026
Following the release of 2023’s i/o, the former Genesis leader has announced a new album, o/i, which will once again slowly reveal itself over a year of “dark-side” releases on the full moon, with “bright-side” mixes appearing on the new moon. The songs are a mix of thoughts and feelings,” says Gabriel. “I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like no other, most likely triggered in three waves; AI, quantum computing and the brain computer interface. Artists have a role to look into the mists and, when they catch sight of something, to hold up a mirror_._”
COURTNEY LOVE
Due: TBC
This year Courtney Love revealed that she’s been working on her second solo record since 2009, and that Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant, an old pal from her days in post-punk Liverpool, plays on it. “My favourite guitarist on earth, from my favourite band, agreed to work with me,” she said. “[He’s] elevating songs beyond description.” Said Sergeant: “It’s been a brilliant trip working on these ace songs.” Love added that Michael Stipe and ex-Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur will also appear on the record.
MASSIVE ATTACK
Due: TBC
Their last album was 2010’s Heligoland and their last release of any kind was 2020’s political download EP Eutopia. In November they announced, “From next year we will release a cache of work created in the recent past.” They also said, “Tracks will be available physically and digitally via a new label.” In 2024 the band’s 3D told NME, “We do have some new music which we’ve been sitting on for four years… Hopefully we’re going to be able to release it.”
FRED VAIL/BRIAN WILSON
Due: TBC
The singer behind the uncompleted 1970 Brian Wilson country album Cows In The Pasture continues to look to its completion. Songs by Hank Williams, James Taylor and Bacharach & David will feature, as will special guest musicians. Van Dyke Parks and Wilson were also due to contribute. T Bone Burnett produces.
THE CULT
Due: TBC
After concluding their time-slipping The Cult/Death Cult 8525 Tour, Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy are returning to the studio to craft the follow-up to 2022’s Under The Midnight Sun. “Change is necessary for creation and rebirth,” says Billy Duffy. “We shall now shift our focus to writing, recording new music, and exploring other projects that shall be revealed over time. It is a time for us to turn inward to recharge our spiritual batteries.”
TORI AMOS
Due: Spring
Amos’s seventeenth album, In Times Of Dragons considers modern times, wherein “the pursuit of freedom meets forces that seek to control and silence.” She also tours Europe in April and May. “In Times Of Dragons is a metaphorical story about the fight for democracy over tyranny, reflecting the current abhorrent non-accidental burning down of democracy in real time by the ‘Dictator believing Lizard Demons’ in their usurpation of America,” reports Amos.
THE DAMNED
Due: January
On Not Like Everybody Else, the ’76 punk standard bearers cover The Yardbirds, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, the Stones and more. The songs were favourites of late, incendiary founder guitarist Brian James, who the group played with again before his passing last year. The album is dedicated to him. “An exciting garage vibe is back. [This band] are quick to nail a great performance, especially Dave, who acts his way through the lyrics,” says Captain Sensible. “More shows were being planned with Brian – not only did we recreate that glorious sound of the first album but amazingly, we found we all got on wonderfully too, but sadly, it wasn’t to be. How lucky we did those five [shows]!”
THE PRODIGY
Due: TBC
They haven’t released an album since 2018’s No Tourists, but in November The Prodigy told Mixmag, “People will hear new Prodigy music next year.” When asked what they will contribute to music in 2026, the response was: “Ruckus!” They also continue to play live – always with a special tribute to late member Keith Flint – and promised that their Warriors Dance events of August ’26 “will be bolstered by brand new incendiary beats straight out of the Prodigy studio.”
BILL CALLAHAN
Due: February
Callahan’s ew album My Days Of 58 promises live-feel dynamics and sharp observation. “People have told me it’s a very direct album. I wanted something that was crystal clear like a stream,” he says. “What’s considered psychedelic music is usually cloudy and furry and gooey. I was thinking of the clarity aspect of psychedelic. I’d been listening to a couple of bluegrass records a lot. That’s cold stream clarity music to me. Not the hallucination but the reality.”
BUZZCOCKS
Due: Early 2026
The Steve Diggle-led Buzzcocks’ new album Attitude Adjustment follows 2022’s Sonics In The Soul and promises “punk rock with a Motown vibe.” Diggle expanded to MOJO: “We’ve got all those classics from the past but it’s time to take it to a new destiny and create a new future for the band and try and take it somewhere else. This one, we’re gonna turn it upside down a bit.”
MADONNA
Due: TBC
The follow-up to 2019’s Madame X and various archival releases, Madonna is making a new album with producer Stuart Price, who oversaw 2005’s Confessions On A Dance Floor. She’s also re-signed with original label Warners. “I am happy to be reunited and look forward to the future, making music, doing the unexpected while perhaps provoking a few needed conversations.” She later commented, “Back to music, back to the dancefloor, back to where it all began!”
BILLY F GIBBONS
Due: TBC
ZZ Top mainman Gibbons is working on a new solo record, the first fruit of which was Livin’ It Up Down In Texas, as heard on Paramount+ TV drama Landman. “The collection of material is aimed for immediate release containing fresh sonic angles alongside a few interesting covers,” he told Forbes. “We think it’s quite likeable.” He has also indicated that ZZ Top are working on a new album which will also feature the playing of late bassist Dusty Hill.
THE WOMACK SISTERS
Due: Late 2026
BG, Kucha and Zeimani Womack have serious pedigree, being the granddaughters of Sam Cooke, daughters of Cecil and Linda Womack and the nieces of Bobby Womack. They’re signed to Daptone, who say, “sisters Kucha and Zeimani’s plaintive background vocals and BG’s powerful lead come together like a harmonic bouquet in full bloom.” Daptone co-founder Gabriel ‘Bosco Mann’ Roth produces.
BOB DYLAN
Due: TBC
Last August Bob Dylan and his band spent two days at White Lake Studios in Colonie, New York. Said studio boss David Bourgeois, “We want every artist and guest to feel relaxed and at home. We’ve had the privilege of working with many remarkable talents over the years, but this visit was truly special.” Details of any recording have yet to be made public.
RINGO STARR
Due: TBC
After last year’s country album Look Up, Starr has announced, “I’m in the studio here now doing another album with T Bone, thank you Lord. Get ready for the next record, Look Up II… I don’t think it will be called that.” Earlier in the year, The Mirror reported that, for his new T Bone Burnett-produced LP, Starr had written two songs and done a Carl Perkins cover.