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Jagger Slams Lennon Advice, Regrets Skipping Elvis Meet

7/17/2026

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Mick Jagger told Conan O'Brien he regrets following John Lennon's advice not to meet Elvis Presley, calling the decision stupid.
Lennon warned Jagger after his own August 1965 Bel Air meeting with Elvis, which he later called “as exciting as Engelbert Humperdinck.”
Elvis Presley died in August 1977, 49 years earlier, while Jagger promotes the Rolling Stones’ 25th album “Foreign Tongues,” produced by Andrew Watt with Paul McCartney.

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Mick Jagger told Conan O'Brien he regrets following John Lennon's advice not to meet Elvis Presley, calling the decision stupid.
Lennon warned Jagger after his own August 1965 Bel Air meeting with Elvis, which he later called “as exciting as Engelbert Humperdinck.”
Elvis Presley died in August 1977, 49 years earlier, while Jagger promotes the Rolling Stones’ 25th album “Foreign Tongues,” produced by Andrew Watt with Paul McCartney.