Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger leaves drinkers stunned as he puts on a surprise performance in a tiny Oxfordshire pub

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By REBECCA DAVISON, DEPUTY HEAD OF SHOWBIZ

Published: 12:56 BST, 10 June 2026 | Updated: 13:11 BST, 10 June 2026

Rolling Stones rocker Sir Mick Jagger left drinkers stunned as he put on a surprise live performance in a tiny Oxfordshire pub on Sunday evening. 

The frontman decided to join an Irish band who were already performing at The Half Moon pub and sang to a very small crowd. 

He sang Handsome Molly but changed the lyrics to be about Dublin instead of London.

A pubgoer told The Sun: 'We were sitting right by the band when a small group wandered over towards the musicians.

'I caught a glimpse of one of them from the side and said to my mates, "Wait… is that Mick Jagger?" 

'A few moments later, someone hopped onto the piano, and Mick just started belting out some lyrics. The most surreal part was that almost nobody seemed to realise it was him.'

 Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger left drinkers stunned as he put on a surprise performance in a tiny Oxfordshire pub called The Half Moon on Sunday 

The frontman decided to join an Irish band who were already performing and sang to a very small crowd

The Rolling Stones, who have not toured together since 2024, are set to release a new album called Foreign Tongues next month.  

It will be the band's twenty-fifth studio album and is scheduled for release on July 10. 

The lead single In the Stars was released through YouTube and streaming services on May 5 2026 along with Rough and Twisted.

Meanwhile, Mick's wrap party with movie co-stars Dakota Johnson, Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley was 'broken up by police' on the Italian island of Stromboli last month.

The Rolling Stones legend was revealed earlier this week to be playing the role of O'Connor's lighthouse keeper father in the drama Three Incestuous Sisters, with the singer recently spotted filming on the set of the remote Italian island Stromboli. 

The bash was said to have been unceremoniously broken up due to a noise complaint from Riccardo Gullo, the mayor of nearby island Lipari, with Sir Mick and his co-stars meeting the police's arrival with 'perplexity mixed with hilarity'. 

The following day the rocker left Stromboli in a private helicopter, as the island's head of tourism hit out at the nearby mayor for calling in the cops.

Rosa Olivia said rather than being 'valued and supported' after a winter of bad weather and suspended ferries, the remote island had been 'penalised' and the film's production should have been welcomed rather than face 'punitive intervention'.

He sang Handsome Molly but changed the lyrics to be about Dublin instead of London.

The Rolling Stones, who have not toured together since 2024 are set to release a new album called Foreign Tongues next month

She said: 'From the Mayor of Lipari, one would have expected a welcome to the guests, or at least a greeting and a thank you for their crucial contribution to the Aeolian economy and their visibility. Our islands live off tourism,' as reported by The Telegraph.   

Daily Mail has contacted the Mayor of Lipari for comment. 

The Gothic movie, based on the 2005 'visual novel' of the same name, tells the story of three sisters who vie for the romantic attentions of the lighthouse keeper’s son.

Directed by Alice Rohrwacher, the movie also stars Saoirse Ronan and Isabella Rossellini. 

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