Less than a month after two men were arrested over an alleged robbery-and-murder plot against Joss Stone, the British soul singer is back-in-action and making cautious jokes about the whole twisted thing.
In an interview with Billboard to promote her forthcoming Dave Stewart-produced album LP1 – out July 26 on the singer’s boutique imprint, Stone'd Records – Stone says of the plot, “Now I have a perfect excuse to get three really cute little puppies that are going to grow up to be really big, cuddly dogs who will protect me, so I'm actually excited and I have to send (the accused) a thank-you letter."
Oh dear. Police in England arrested two men on June 13 near Stone's home in Cullompton, Mid Devon, who apparently had plans to rob and kill her.
But Stone’s new album and the alleged crime aren’t the only things folks are interested in. As we reported earlier, Stone and former Eurythmic Stewart are also members of SuperHeavy, the new super-group featuring Mick Jagger, Damiam Marley and composer A.R. Rahman.
Stone tells Billboard the SuperHeavy album has "the weirdest sound...very eclectic. It's like world music, but it's not one style. It's just not normal, but it's a great to listen to." She isn't sure, however, what the group's plans will be once the album comes out.
"I'm waiting for Dave to call me and tell me what to do," Stone says. "I hope there is a tour, but you can imagine how hard it would be to get all of these people in one place at one time with everyone's schedules.
"Damian's making an album, and I thought I might be doing some acting. God knows what's going to happen, but I would definitely try to make myself available for any tour dates that come up. It would be the experience of a lifetime."
She's gutsy to be making light of it already. The girl should get herself a shotgun and sharpen up the dogs' teeth. What an appalling thing to go through. I hope the two subhumans never see the light of day again.
She's gutsy to be making light of it already. The girl should get herself a shotgun and sharpen up the dogs' teeth. What an appalling thing to go through. I hope the two subhumans never see the light of day again.
Posted by: Lana | 06/30/2011 at 12:27 AM