Rahman, Jagger form band

Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger has formed a new band, Super Heavy, along with singers Dave Stewart, Damian Marley, Joss Stone and Oscar winning Indian music composer A. R. Rahman.

The newly formed group has already finished its record and shot for their first video, reports nypost.com.

"The group members just finished a record and their first video and are talking to major labels about a deal. The name for the band at the moment is Super Heavy," a source told the website.

Rahman wrote about collaborating with Jagger on his Facebook and titled his post "And Super Heavy is born."

"Eighteen months ago Dave Stewart, Mick Jagger, Damien Marley, Joss Stone and I experimented at a studio in Los Angeles, trying to write songs which had meaning...We had a couple of more sessions after that, trying to perfect every song that was written and presently, we have around 16 to 18 songs. All the songs have a world sound by contributions from all of us," Rahman said on his FB page.

"Dave’s and Mick’s incredible musicality and Joss’ soul singing, Damien Marley’s Jamaican influence and philosophies and I bringing musicality from my world. It’s all too early to talk about this but I guess you guys should know something at least....," he further added in his post. — IANS





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