{"id":375189,"date":"2026-04-11T23:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/375189\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T23:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:37:12","slug":"the-rolling-stones-seemingly-release-new-song-under-the-name-the-cockroaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/375189\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rolling Stones seemingly release new song under the name The Cockroaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Music fans show off their tickets as proof of authentication which contains the batch number after buying &quot;The Cockroaches&quot; limited-edition vinyl record from Sounds Of The Universe record store on April 11, 2026 in London, England. The new release is widely believed to be new music by The Rolling Stones. (Photo by Ben Montgomery\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5f1cdb5b2813a7635daf1b18178b5a5a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Music fans show off their tickets as proof of authentication which contains the batch number after buying &#8220;The Cockroaches&#8221; limited-edition vinyl record from Sounds Of The Universe record store on April 11, 2026 in London, England. The new release is widely believed to be new music by The Rolling Stones. (Photo by Ben Montgomery\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It appears as though The Rolling Stones have released a new song, although not under the name The Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Signs for a band named The Cockroaches\u00a0recently began\u00a0popping up in London with a QR code that took folks <a href=\"https:\/\/thecockroaches.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:to a website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;to a website&quot;}\" class=\"link \">to a website<\/a>\u00a0run by Universal Music. The site included, among other things, a photo of a T-shirt that read \u201cWho The F*** Are The Cockroaches?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the website remained a mystery, many fans pointed out that The Cockroaches was an alias the Stones would use in the &#8217;70s when they wanted to play secret shows, which started\u00a0speculation that new music\u00a0was on the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Well, on Saturday, The Cockroaches released a new song, \u201cRough and Twisted,\u201d which\u00a0is only available as a white label vinyl in select record stores. The Cockroaches&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecockroaches2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram Story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram Story&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram Story<\/a> soon began sharing video of people playing the vinyl, and it\u2019s clear that it\u2019s Mick Jagger singing. Many of the shared videos have tagged The Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for how people found the record, the website for The Cockroaches\u00a0includes a photo of the vinyl release, which displayed GPS coordinates when flipped over, presumably indicating where the record could be purchased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prior to the release, The Cockroaches did drop a teaser the song on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW9bP6fktLG\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram account&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram account<\/a>, and in the snippet you can clearly hear Jagger&#8217;s voice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The most recent official Rolling Stones release is\u00a0the 2023 album Hackney Diamonds. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/music\/article\/rolling-stones-new-song-album-2026-gdbqsg2rt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:U.K. Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;U.K. Times&quot;}\" class=\"link \">U.K. Times<\/a>,\u00a0&#8220;Rough and Twisted&#8221; is a precursor to an upcoming new Stones album, which is reportedly due out in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. 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