Sir Mick Jagger stuns at Oxford pub with live song

The Rolling Stones frontman was at The Half Moon in St Clement’s and joined an Irish band in performing.

Sir Mick, who last performed with the Rolling Stones in 2024 in Missouri, sang the folk song Handsome Molly with the band to admiring pubgoers.

One 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. There were no crowds and you could really tell just how much fun Mick was having.”

The Half Moon is an intimate Irish pub in St Clement’s, famous for its vibrant, late-night traditional music sessions.

It serves as a cosy retreat for locals, students and folk musicians and, up until the 1980s, was the city’s smallest pub.

The pub has been contacted for comment on Sir Mick’s appearance.

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The Rolling Stones, widely regarded as one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time, was co-founded by Sir Mick in 1962 alongside Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman and the late Charlie Watts.

The best-selling rock band have achieved eight UK number one singles and 14 UK number one albums in their six-decade career, and have been lauded for their longevity as they continue to produce new music.

Appearing on BBC Radio 2’s Tracks Of My Years alongside bandmate Ronnie Wood earlier this month, Sir Mick spoke about keeping up with music trends as he reflected on the sustainability of The Rolling Stones.

The rocker, 82, said: “All of The Stones’ music has got several influences.

“The obvious ones, blues – we talked about the blues a bit earlier – soul music of all kinds, also influenced a lot by country music and various other genres. We have moments of Elizabethan music, and so on.

Sir Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. (Image: Suzan Moore / PA)

“It’s always been a band that’s covered a lot of different musical grounds.

“They always say, ‘oh, the Stones are a rock band’. When you listen to Hackney Diamonds, or listen to our Foreign Tongues record, how can you say that it is pure rock?

“It’s not many tracks that are like that – maybe two or three.

“I’m very aware of what’s going on around me. I’m not addicted to it and I’m not spending my whole day listening to it, but it’s like yeah, I’m aware of what cars are on the road. I’m aware of what music is going on.

“I have my moments where I just only listen to pop music for like two weeks, and then I go: OK, done it.”