Posters are popping up around London leading to speculation that they're teasing a surprise show from The Rolling Stones there on April 11th. And while today is April Fools' Day, this appears to be legit.
The red posters read, "The Cockroaches" along with a QR code, which takes you to a website, TheCockroaches.com, which shows a photo of the poster with a clock above and the date, April 11th. If you sign up for email alerts, it takes you to a site registered to Universal Music, the band's record label.
The two other clues are: In the late '70s and 'early '80s, the Stones, billed as either The Cockroaches or Blue Sunday and The Cockroaches, did surprise shows in Toronto (1977), Atlanta (1978) and Worcester, Massachusetts (1981). And, when you sign up, written above the sign in boxes is "Who the f**k are The Cockroaches?" in the same font as that was on a t-shirt Keith Richards wore in 1975 asking, "Who the f**k is Mick Jagger?"
The Rolling Stones were set to tour Europe this year but scrapped those plans when it was reported that "Keith Richards didn’t think he could commit and wasn’t keen on a big stadium tour for over four months.”
The Stones last performed in their native England in 2022, and their last show was on July 21st, 2024 in Ridgedale, Missouri.
The album they recorded last year is scheduled to be out later this year.
We reached out to a spokeswoman for the Stones but have yet to hear back.