Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has apparently reunited with the band more than 30 years after leaving the group.
Wyman, 86, will be featured on a song on the Stones’ upcoming album, the Sun reported Friday, as a tribute to their late drummer Charlie Watts, who died at 80 in Aug. 2021 after a battle with throat cancer.
Lead singer Mick Jagger, 79, reportedly invited Wyman to recording sessions in Los Angeles to work on the track.
“Bill hasn’t seen the band together for years but always loved Charlie. This record’s really a tribute to Charlie, so he couldn’t say no,” a source told the outlet.
The late Watts’ drumming also will reportedly be featured on the record, which will be the Stones’ first studio release since his death.
Paul McCartney, 80, and Ringo Starr, 82, of The Beatles will reportedly play bass and drums, respectively, on the album, too.
The Post has contacted representatives for The Rolling Stones and Wyman for comment.
Wyman left the Stones in 1993 after 30 years with the band.
Bill Wyman will reportedly rejoin The Rolling Stones on the group’s next album.David M. Benett
Charlie Watts hits MetLife Stadium with The Rolling Stones in 2019.Getty ImagesIn 2022, he claimed that he had no regrets about doing so, though he did admit that it wasn’t the easiest transition.
“It was quite stressful and they didn’t want me to leave, so they became bitchy,” Wyman told fellow rocker Alice Cooper on his “‘Nights with Alice Cooper” podcast.
“Instead of being nice and saying: ‘Great 30 years. Cheers mate,’ Mick would say the most absurd, stupid things, with that spoilt attitude he had. He’d say things like: ‘Oh well, if anybody has to play bass I’ll do it. It can’t be that hard’ — and Keith [Richards] said: ‘No one leaves this band unless they’re in a wooden box.’”
Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, Mick Jagger and Bill Wyman pose together in the late 1970s.Richard E. Aaron/Redferns
Ron Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform in July 2022. Getty Images He continued: “Anyway, they left the door open for me for two years. Charlie and Mick would phone and say: ‘You’re not really leaving are you? Have you re-thought it?’ Then when it came time for them to do the ’94/’95 (Voodoo Lounge) tour they had to make a final decision.
“Mick and Charlie came over and spent the evening with me, trying to talk me into staying. Have I had any regrets about not going back? None whatsoever,” he claimed.
The Stones released their last studio, “Blue & Lonesome,” in 2016.
