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===2020s=== The band's 1973 album ''[[Goats Head Soup]]'' was reissued in September 2020 and featured previously unreleased outtakes, such as "[[Scarlet (Rolling Stones song)|Scarlet]]", featuring [[Jimmy Page]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ryan|first=Patrick |date=9 July 2020|title=Rolling Stones share unreleased song 'Criss Cross,' announce 'Goats Head Soup' reissue |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/09/rolling-stones-unheard-song-criss-cross-1973-goats-head-soup/5404266002/|access-date=9 July 2020|work=USA Today}}</ref> The album topped the UK Albums Chart as the Rolling Stones became the first band to top the chart across six different decades.<ref name="Six decades">{{cite news|date=11 September 2020|title=The Rolling Stones break Official Chart record as they pip Declan McKenna to Number 1 with Goats Head Soup|work=Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-rolling-stones-break-official-chart-record-as-they-pip-declan-mckenna-to-number-1-with-goats-head-soup__30967/|access-date=12 September 2020}}</ref> The Rolling Stones—featuring Jagger, Richards, Watts and Wood at their homes—were one of the headline acts on Global Citizen's ''[[Together at Home|One World: Together at Home]]'' on-line and on-screen concert on 18 April 2020, a global event featuring dozens of artists and comedians to support frontline healthcare workers and the [[World Health Organization]] during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=18 April 2020 |title=Coronavirus: Stars take part in One World: Together At Home concert|work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52333890|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> Five days later, they released "[[Living in a Ghost Town]]", a new Rolling Stones' single recorded in London and Los Angeles in 2019 and finished in isolation (part of the new material that the band were recording in the studio before the [[COVID-19 lockdowns|COVID-19 lockdown]]), a song that the band "thought would resonate through the times we're living in" and their first release of original material since 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Beaumont-Thomas|first=Ben|date=23 April 2020 |title=The Rolling Stones release Living In A Ghost Town, first original music since 2012|website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/23/the-rolling-stones-release-living-in-a-ghost-town-first-original-music-since-2012|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> The song reached No. 1 on the German Singles Chart, the first time the Stones had reached the top spot in 52 years, and making them the oldest artists ever to do so.<ref name="spiegel">{{Cite news|date=3 July 2020|title=Rolling Stones Nummer eins der deutschen Singlecharts{{nbsp}}– erstmals seit 1968|language=de-DE|work=[[Der Spiegel]] |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/rolling-stones-mit-living-in-a-ghost-town-nummer-1-der-deutschen-charts-a-e0c06156-106c-4fc2-a0a7-8b5b794b7fe2|access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> In August 2021, it was announced that Charlie Watts would undergo an unspecified medical procedure and would not perform on the remainder of the No Filter tour; the longtime Stones associate [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]] filled in as drummer.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=5 August 2021|title=Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts Drops Out of U.S. Tour After Medical Procedure|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-us-tour-1207707/|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=5 August 2021|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=5 August 2021|title=Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Is 'Unlikely' to Join Group's 2021 U.S. Tour|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-unlikely-tour-1235035030/|access-date=5 August 2021|language=en-US|magazine=Variety}}</ref> Watts died at a London hospital on 24 August 2021, at the age of 80, with his family around him.<ref name="BBC210821">{{cite news|date=24 August 2021|title=Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80 |language=en|work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58316842 |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lawless|first1=Jill|last2=Katz|first2=Gregory|date=24 August 2021 |title=Drummer Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones backbone, dies at 80|language=en|work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-died-c9551b21e2806b679bd0eeec0bb4ef2b|url-status=live |access-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715005000/https://apnews.com/article/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-died-c9551b21e2806b679bd0eeec0bb4ef2b|archive-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> Jagger, Richards and Wood paid tribute to him, along with former bandmate Wyman.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts: Jagger and Richards pay tribute to Rolling Stones bandmate|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58325271|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Skinner |first=Tom|date=25 August 2021|title=Ronnie Wood pays tribute to Charlie Watts: 'I will dearly miss you' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/ronnie-wood-pays-tribute-to-charlie-watts-rolling-stones-3028389|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825122655/https://www.nme.com/news/music/ronnie-wood-pays-tribute-to-charlie-watts-rolling-stones-3028389|archive-date=25 August 2021|access-date=27 August 2021|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=25 August 2021|title=Bill Wyman pays tribute to Charlie Watts: "You were like a brother to me" |language=en-GB |work=[[NME]] |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/bill-wyman-pays-tribute-to-charlie-watts-you-were-like-a-brother-to-me-3029237|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> It was discussed whether the band would continue, and they opted to carry on as it was what "Charlie wanted us to do".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=30 September 2021|title=Mick Jagger Opens Up About the Challenge of Touring Without Charlie Watts |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/mick-jagger-touring-without-charlie-watts-9638702/|access-date=14 July 2022 |magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref> During their first show after Watts' death, Jagger told the crowd:<blockquote>It's a bit of a poignant night for us. Because this is our first tour in 59 years that we've done without our lovely Charlie Watts. We all miss Charlie so much. We miss him as a band. We miss him as friends, on and off the stage. We've got so many memories of Charlie. I'm sure some of you that have seen us before have got memories of Charlie as well. And I hope you'll remember him like we do. So we'd like to dedicate this show to Charlie.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bowenbank|first=Starr|date=2021-09-23|title=Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger Remembers Charlie Watts: 'He Held the Band Together'|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/mick-jagger-remembers-charlie-watts-9634956/|access-date=2022-07-14 |magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref></blockquote>In a May 2022 interview, Jagger stated "I don't really expect him to be there any more if I turn round during a show. But I do think about him. Not only during rehearsals or on stage, but in other ways too."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aubrey|first=Elizabeth|date=22 May 2022|title=Mick Jagger opens up about losing Charlie Watts: "I do think about him"|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mick-jagger-opens-up-about-losing-charlie-watts-i-do-think-about-him-3230723|access-date=14 July 2022|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref> On the one year anniversary of Watts' death, Jagger shared what ''Rolling Stone'' described as a "moving tribute" on social media, which included a voiceover by Jagger backed with "[[Till the Next Goodbye]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Zemler|first=Emily|date=24 August 2022|title=Mick Jagger Pays Tribute to Late Bandmate Charlie Watts: 'Thinking of Charlie Today' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mick-jagger-charlie-watts-tribute-1234580690/|url-access=limited |access-date=24 August 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> That same year, Jagger co-wrote and performed "Strange Game" for the television series ''[[Slow Horses]]'' after being [[email]]ed "out of the blue" by composer [[Daniel Pemberton]], whom he did not know;<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=29 March 2022|title=Mick Jagger Talks New Song 'Strange Game,' Giving Stones' 60th Anniversary 'A Light Touch' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mick-jagger-strange-games-rollling-stones-interview-1328816/|url-access=limited|access-date=19 June 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=19 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619170131/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mick-jagger-strange-games-rollling-stones-interview-1328816/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Legaspi|first=Althea|date=1 April 2022|title=Mick Jagger Drops 'Strange Game' From New TV Series 'Slow Horses' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mick-jagger-strange-game-song-1331057/|url-access=limited|access-date=19 June 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=19 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619170132/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mick-jagger-strange-game-song-1331057/|url-status=live}}</ref> it was subsequently nominated for an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy award]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burlingame|first=Jon|date=16 June 2022|title=Kanye West, 50 Cent, Mick Jagger and Imagine Dragons Are Among Musicians Vying for Emmy|url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/kanye-west-50-cent-emmys-nominations-1235296620/ |access-date=19 June 2022|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=19 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619170131/https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/kanye-west-50-cent-emmys-nominations-1235296620/|url-status=live}}</ref> That June, two shows scheduled in the Stones' [[Sixty Tour|Sixty tour]] were postponed after Jagger contracted [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Deutsch|first1=Anthony|last2=Davidson|first2=Mike |date=14 June 2022|title=Mick Jagger quarantines with COVID, second Rolling Stones show scrapped|language=en |work=Reuters|editor-last=Maclean|editor-first=William|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/mick-jagger-quarantines-with-covid-19-second-rolling-stones-show-scrapped-2022-06-14/|access-date=19 June 2022|archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619170131/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/mick-jagger-quarantines-with-covid-19-second-rolling-stones-show-scrapped-2022-06-14/|url-status=live}}</ref> The tour resumed following Jagger's recovery in late June.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Ellie|date=23 June 2022|title=The Rolling Stones bring out Chanel Haynes to perform 'Gimme Shelter' in Milan|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-rolling-stones-bring-out-chanel-haynes-to-perform-gimme-shelter-in-milan-3253853|access-date=25 June 2022|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-date=25 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625182430/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-rolling-stones-bring-out-chanel-haynes-to-perform-gimme-shelter-in-milan-3253853|url-status=live}}</ref> Jagger launched his own line of harmonicas the following January in collaboration with whynow Music and [[Lee Oskar]], expressing a desire to encourage younger musicians to take up the instrument.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Ellie|date=26 January 2023|title=Mick Jagger is launching his own line of harmonicas|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mick-jagger-is-launching-his-own-line-of-harmonicas-3387598|access-date=12 May 2023|website=NME|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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