2023-09-06 17:00:00
“Hackney Diamonds” will be released on October 20. This is the first time since 2005 that the legendary band has released unreleased songs.
By MP with AFP The Rolling Stones had maintained the suspense around this album. Its launch was announced in August in an enigmatic advertisement that appeared in a local daily, the Hackney Gazette.
© DANIEL LEAL / AFP Published on 09/06/2023 at 5:00 p.m.
Fans have been waiting for it for almost twenty years: The Rolling Stones will be released on October 20 Hackney Diamonds, a new studio album featuring original songs that the legendary British band announced on Wednesday. Composed of 12 tracks, according to Mick Jagger, including the first single, called “Angry”, this album is the first released by the Rolling Stones since 2016, but the first of original songs in eighteen years.
“We may have been a little lazy and then suddenly we were like, ‘Let’s set a date and make a record,'” quipped Mick Jagger, the band’s charismatic lead singer who celebrated his 80th birthday in July. presenting the album, alongside Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, to the press.
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They were interviewed by American television host and comedian Jimmy Fallon, in a performance hall in Hackney, east London, a place “at the center of the new album”. All dressed in black, glasses on their noses, the three British rock grandpas arrived all smiles, taking a break in front of the photographers and many fans present to catch a glimpse of this cult group.
“I’ve been with the Stones since I was 4 and I’m from the neighborhood. […] It’s crazy that they are here, ”ignited Rory McGlinchey, himself a musician and wearing a T-shirt bearing their image. “This is great news, I can’t wait,” he added, interviewed by Agence France-Presse.
” It was time ! adds, also enthusiastic, Victoria Riley, 50 years old and originally from Lancashire (north of England). Some admirers were luckier, having been able to get a ticket to enter the Hackney Empire Theater, where the press conference was taking place.
24e album studio
This album is the Rolling Stones’ 24th studio album in the UK, the first with original songs since 2005, when they released A Bigger Bang. Their previous album, seven years ago, Blue and Lonesomewas a blues cover album. Hackney Diamonds will be their first album since the drummer of the legendary group Charlie Watts died in 2021, at the age of 80.
The Rolling Stones had maintained the suspense around this album. Its launch was announced in August in an enigmatic advertisement that appeared in a local daily, the Hackney Gazette.
“Hackney Diamonds, glass repair experts. Opening in September 2023 “, could we read there. This announcement immediately spread on social networks, fans having spotted allusions to the group. In the text, mentions of flagship titles such as “Gimme Shelter” and “Satisfaction”. The date of the creation of the company, 1962, also happens to be that of the creation of the Rolling Stones.
And the dot on the “i” of the word “diamonds” took up the famous logo in the shape of a mouth sticking its tongue out. The advertisement referred to a website, “hackneydiamonds.com”, bearing the signature of the Universal Music label.
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