‘We’ve been very lazy’, says Mick Jagger as he explains why it’s taken Rolling Stones 18 years to make new music

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger said the band had been “very lazy” as he spoke of the 18-year wait for new music.

The band will soon release a new single called Angry, with an accompanying video, and a new album Hackney Diamonds. This is their first studio album of original music since 2005.

When asked by Jimmy Fallon why it has taken so long, Jagger said: “We’ve been very lazy”.

He went on to explain: “Suddenly we said ‘let’s make a record and put a deadline, so we had a chat and said we would make it at Christmas and finish it by Valentines.”