The Rolling Stones affirm particulars of latest album Hackney Diamonds
The Rolling Stones have unveiled particulars of their a lot anticipated new album, Hackney Diamonds – and lead single Angry – at a star-studded news convention in London.
Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards shared insights at an occasion hosted by US comic Jimmy Fallon in Hackney – after many hints in regards to the album in current weeks.
“I don’t want to be big-headed but we wouldn’t have put this album out if we hadn’t really liked it,” Sir Mick instructed the viewers.
“We said we had to make a record we really love ourselves. We are quite pleased with it, we are not big-headed about it, but we hope you all like it.”
Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Sir Mick Jagger in Hackney forward of the massive announcement
Speaking to Sky News on the pink carpet exterior Hackney Empire, the band confirmed that Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder each characteristic on the album.
On stage, the trio mentioned the document was made fairly rapidly after they first received collectively in December final yr. They selected the identify after pondering of titles to do with “Hit And Run, Smash And Grab” – ultimately selecting the London slang as The Rolling Stones are “a London band”.
Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder will each characteristic on the album.
This is their first album of authentic songs in 18 years and their first launch since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021. They paid tribute to him on the occasion, saying it will have been “a lot harder” to make the document with out his blessing.
Revealing additional particulars of the document, Sir Mick mentioned it options 12 tracks, with two recorded in 2019 with Watts. Original band member Bill Wyman, who was the bassist for the band from 1962 to 1993, additionally options on one of many tracks, and followers can stay up for the album’s launch on 20 October.
Making albums and touring are the “Holy Grail” of being a music artist, Richards mentioned, as he mentioned what it was prefer to get again into the studio along with his bandmates.
“It is fun, it is where a band can come together, playing live is the other Holy Grail, but to record is where the guys can come together and pass around ideas without any interference. It’s a great place for a band to work it all out,” he mentioned.
Asked if they give thought to how followers will react to their music, Richards added: “No, we just cross our fingers.”
Hundreds of followers lined up exterior the Hackney Empire on one of many hottest days of the yr to be among the many first to listen to the news on Wednesday, with worldwide press from world wide additionally gathering. Guests have been handled to cupcakes that includes the well-known Rolling Stones tongue brand.
Hackney Diamonds appears like it will likely be well worth the 18-year wait
Packed right into a theatre filled with journalists and music executives on one of many hottest days of the yr, music nerds may need been sweating of their seats as they waited to listen to music’s worst-kept secret – however on stage, Mick, Keith and Ronnie have been effortlessly cool.
A brand new album? Check. An impromptu a cappella efficiency? Check. Casual mentions that you’ve Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga on this one? Check.
For a band that is been going now for 61 years, their charisma, their enchantment, clearly hasn’t diminished. Will Hackney Diamonds get to primary? Certainly. Would something they put out get to primary? Probably.
But crucially – dare we are saying it out loud – it appears like it will be actually good. For followers, 18 years was well worth the wait.
During the occasion, the band premiered the video for Angry – revealing it stars Euphoria and The White Lotus actress Sydney Sweeney, who sits within the again seat of a pink convertible driving previous Stones billboards in Los Angeles.
The star, sitting within the crowd, instructed Fallon she “freaked out and called my family” after being requested to characteristic within the video, describing it as “the biggest thing ever” that she has labored on.
Angry is a theme of the album, Sir Mick mentioned, however added that the document additionally incorporates “love songs, ballads, country-type” songs. The music encompasses a riff that sounds uniquely Rolling Stones, and can little doubt please followers hoping the band haven’t strayed too removed from the sound that made them one of many largest acts in music historical past.
Fallon additionally highlighted the lengthy break since their final album of authentic songs, 2005’s A Bigger Bang, with Sir Mick responding jokily to say they’d been “very lazy” – earlier than including: “We have done something! We’ve been on the road most of the time.”
Speaking to Sky News after the announcement, Sir Mick mentioned they’d labored on new materials previous to this nevertheless it had not handed the bar till now.
“We did lots of sessions but I don’t think the stuff we did was outstandingly wonderful,” he mentioned.
“It was good, but it wasn’t great… I think we’re all kind of happy [with Hackney Diamonds].”
The advert for ‘Hackney Diamonds’ within the Hackney Gazette. Pic: through Reuters
Fans have been first alerted in August by an advert placed in the Hackney Gazette, supposedly for a glass restore retailer, that includes lyrics from the band’s best-known hits.
The advert additionally included a web site and telephone quantity, resulting in a recorded message with a greeting from a male voice, with a Cockney accent, which mentioned: “Welcome to Hackney Diamonds, specialists in glass repair. Don’t get angry, get it fixed.”
Over the weekend, one other web site – dontgetangrywithme.com – additionally appeared, with particulars of at this time’s occasion confirmed on Monday.
“New album, new music, new era,” the band promised, revealing a brief video skit that includes Fallon being summoned to the UK through a “Stones phone”.
The Rolling Stones fashioned within the early Sixties and have had eight primary singles within the UK, together with (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Paint It Black, and Honky Tonk Women.
In 1989, they have been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, they usually marked their sixtieth anniversary with a European tour in 2022, protecting 10 international locations together with a efficiency at British Summer Time (BST) pageant at London’s Hyde Park.