Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart team up for Farewell Album

Speaking on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island DrivesWood said the pair already had “quite a few songs under their belt” and that “absolutely nothing has changed” between them since their first days performing together.

When asked about a reunion, Wood said, “We’d love to do that, but we need about eleven songs for an album. We have these songs that we’re working on from back in the day, but it’s hard to get our times to match. If we get a chance in the studio again, we’ll finish these songs.”

A source close to the musicians told us: “Ronnie and Rod know they are in the final chapter of their lives, and this album will be their last big statement. They are treating it almost like an epitaph – something that says everything about who they were and what they built together. There is a real sense of reflection and legacy in the room when they write.”

The pair’s creative reunion follows Stewart’s Glastonbury Legends slot in June, where Wood joined him on stage for a crowd-pleasing set of classics. It was the first time they played together in public in years, and talk of a full Faces revival was immediately reignited.

The pair’s Faces group, one of Britain’s most celebrated rock bands of the 1970s, was born from the remnants of The Small Faces following the departure of Steve Marriott in 1969.

The new lineup – Stewart, Wood, drummer Kenney Jones and bassist Ronnie Lane – released four albums, including A nod is as good as a wink… to a blind horse, with the lasting hit Stay with me.

Although the band broke up in 1975, largely as Stewart’s solo success grew, he and Wood have remained close friends. Jones said earlier this year that the trio had been back in the studio. “We recorded about 11 songs,” he said. “They won’t all make it, but most of them are good.”

Another insider said: “Ronnie and Rod know time is not on their side, and that awareness fueled the writing sessions. The songs have a maturity and emotion that only comes when you’ve lived as fully as they have. It’s not about chasing hits – it’s about leaving something lasting behind.”

The source added: “Ronnie is in a reflective place, and Rod feels it too. They are both aware that this could be their last word together – and they want it to count.”

Wood, whose career continued seamlessly when he joined The Rolling Stones in 1975, also spoke candidly about it Desert Island Drives about his battle with addiction and the perspective that sobriety has given him after those close to him pressured him to give up alcohol and drugs.

“I think a lot of the pressure came from other people, and they pushed me,” he said. “It wasn’t until I did it for myself that the penny dropped. If you don’t love yourself, you can’t love anyone else.”