SPECULATION is mounting that The Rolling Stones may be about to play a secret show in Camden, ahead of announcing their latest album release this weekend.

Last week adverts began appearing on the internet and on posters across London simply showing the name The Cockroaches, plus a QR code. The Cockroaches is a moniker used before by the band ahead of playing secret shows.

The QR code leads users to a mysterious advert on a holding site for the band’s record company, Universal, who are based in Pancras Square, Kings Cross with Saturday’s date (April 11).

The advert is a photo of a room with a pin board showing two tickets, a pile of albums, a clock depicting Saturday’s date, some guitar picks on a table, a telephone on a desk and the name The Cockroaches with a link to sign up for further information.

Since then posters displaying the same name and QR code have begun popping up across London.

Now fans have begun speculating on whether the band will play a gig as a publicity stunt to highlight the album’s release.

Among topics being discussed are that guitarist Ronnie Wood has a barge moored Regent’s Park Canal and that the band once hired nearby Bagley’s Warehouse in the 90s for a video shoot.

The Stones also have a long history with Camden – they recorded their second album, No 2, at Decca Studios in Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead in 1964; then played a BBC Radio session recorded at the Camden Theatre – now Koko, on Camden High Street, also in 1964 and played two legendary shows at the Roundhouse in March 1971.