Kathmandu – Keith Richards hopes The Rolling Stones will have recorded new music by the end of the year.

The 78-year-old rocker revealed he and his bandmates, Sir Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood, are working on new material, although he admitted he has no idea what form it will be released in.

Speaking to Matt Wilkinson for ‘The Rolling Stones: 60th Anniversary Special’ podcast on Apple Music 1, Keith said: “I couldn’t say what form things are going to come out. I hope that we’ll have recorded some stuff by the end of the year, and then, I mean, what do we do, stream it? I don’t know. Anyway, I just make records and then we figure out how they come out, right? That’s what I do.”

Keith previously revealed that touring drummer Steve Jordan would be drafted in to help the band finish their next album, following the death of longtime drummer Charlie Watts in August last year.