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Keith Richards says new Rolling Stones album planned

Keith Richards says The Rolling Stones have 'definite plans' to record next year after a tour of South America.

Guitarist talks Rolling Stones plans while promoting solo work

The Rolling Stones, seen performing in San Diego in May, will return to the recording studio in 2016, according to Keith Richards. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

Keith Richards says The Rolling Stones have "definite plans" to record next year after a tour of South America.

The Stones guitarist talked about the Stones' plans to record their first studio album since 2005's A Bigger Bang during an iHeartRadio ICONS broadcast from New York on Tuesday.

Richards, who is releasing a new solo album, Crosseyed Heart, on Friday, said in a live question-and-answer session that he was in London last week and got together with Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood.

The band, which finished a North America tour this summer, will tour South America in early 2016.