Month: September 2023

Some of you might have noticed it already, especially, if you have seen the new video for Angry more that x times…

 At one point, if you look at the billboard, there is a sign telling us, that the 2, 3 shows it mentions are all “Sold out!” and the tour itself is the “Hackney Diamonds Tour“, the dates, so far visible, are July 4, 9 and 12 if I’m not mistaken. And the venues… well, one could be some “Bowl”, maybe Hollywood Bowl, but that wouldn’t quite fit into that place…

Although the focus these days is very clearly the single Angry and the new album, the band obviously couldn’t resist to play with some of these hints, strewn across the campaign. This somehow fits well into the style they started this in the first place with the ad in the Hackney Gazette… and I really like this!

It’s no big risk to expect tour plans by The Rolling Stones behind the new album. And if that will happen, it most likely will be a US tour!

Woah – that was a real delight to the three ‘boys’ again and they seemed fresh and fit. Wonderful!

By now, the single Angry is taking the iTunes charts by storm: it climed to no. 6 worldwide; in Germany they reached the no 1 spot.

As for the album, which you can pre-order at the usual places (amazon, Stones-Shop, etc.), so far we know of some different packages (ranging between $45 and $85 (see below) and vinyl editions (see below). One Japan edition is rumored to have one additional song, but that has still to be confirmed.

Here’s the tracklist of Hackney Diamonds, so far known:

1. Angry – 3:46
2. Get Close – 4:10
3. Depending On You – 4:03
4. Bite My Head Off – 3:31 (w. Paul McCartney)
5. Whole Wide World – 3:58
6. Dreamy Skies – 4:38
7. Mess It Up – 4:03 (w. Charlie)
8. Live By The Sword – 3:59 (w. Charlie + Bill)
9. Driving Me Too Hard – 3:16
10. Tell Me Straight – 2:56 (Keith song)
11. Sweet Sound Of Heaven – 7:22 (w. Stevie Wonder + Lady Gaga)
12. Rollin’ Stone Blues – 2:41

At the Stones store Carnaby No.9, there’s a red vinyl limited edition up for grabs for all the completists! 🙂 It’s £33.99…

The Stones-world is humming and excitement builds up!

At least, for us Stones fans this truly is a holiday! The Rolling Stones will present their new album Hackney Diamonds in the Hackney Empire in Hackney today!

The preparations for the PC are still going on with lots of media staff setting up their devices for interviews and reports…

The press is all over the place, like reuters.com / independent.co.uk / BBC.com

=> OK, the PC is over – now comes the video premiere of “Angry”

Mick just said that they are there for introducing their new single “Angry” and the corresponding video taken from the upcoming new album – that’s why they’re there …

Here’s the new single:

And here’s the complete The SUN showbiz stream of the event – 2:19:31 (start at 29:29 / red carpet at 1:13:15 / the intro at 1:33:50 / start PC at 1:39:05 / start new video ‘Angry’ at 2:02:58)

Here we have Mick and Ronnie talk to the press after the gig – and you can catch Ronnie telling about going on tour in the US next year!

First comments from the press:

The Guardian: ‘We were lazy!’ The Rolling Stones unveil new original album Hackney Diamonds after 18-year wait

The Telegraph: Angry is The Rolling Stones’ best single in 40 years

Rolling Stone: Rolling Stones Announce New Album of Original Music, First in 18 Years

The Times (via archive.ph): I’ve heard Hackney Diamonds. It’s the best Rolling Stones album since 1978 by Will Hodgkinson (chief rock and pop critic). Here’s a short citation:

Variously poignant, irreverent, anarchic and, in one gospel-tinged moment, quite spiritual, it touches on all the aspects we love about the band, glued together by the rambunctious energy they have made their own since the early Sixties.

Irish Radio station Nova will report live from there: “Our own Dee Woods will join American TV host Jimmy Fallon at the live stream event where Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will talk through their first album of original material in 18 years — since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.” You can check their page for updates.

Here’s another archive of the PC, at Facebook!

Then, SKY News is said to stream from the event at 2 PM, too. I don’t know whether access restrictions apply, so give it a try:

Now, this looks pretty cool:

Hi there folks! As Keith flies into the UK, Mick and Jimmy Fallon seem to enjoy their lecture in some bistro…

… It reads “Big news day in Hackney”. That would be the Ship’s Inn right by the Hackney Empire…  according to Beast/IORR, Mick had a Camden Pale, although he apparently didn’t drink it; so that public incident was more likely done for publicity reasons and to get a nice photo of it, which worked very well, I might say…

Keith seems to like it to take on disguise – using a mask plus sunglasses – maybe just to take a nap on the long flight…

=> Instagram

… According to recordsonvinyl.nl  the release date of the vinyl Hackney Diamonds is Oktober 13th…

And in the rest of the world …

The Hackney Empire prepares for the event tomorrow!

That’s a wonderful place for holding a press converence. One might think of the Stones giving a short live taste of the new album – who knows?

Nevertheless, apart from wishfull thinking, we’ll have an announcement by the Stones tomorrow, including Jimmy Fallon. And whatever the case, the question about when they will go on tour again behind Hackney Diamonds is, in my opinion, a must!

So let’s wait for another few hours and see what is awaiting us tomorrow. In any case, these will be definitely good stonesnews, folks! 🙂

[UPDATE] – This just came in: check out Faye Hackwell and her morning’s breakfast show at BBC Radio Kent around  7.20am tomorrow morning – they will have a feature about the new album and a chat with fan(s)!!

Below are some pictures from the venue and the preparations. I found them at X from at MarieFranceRemillard and she got
Photo 1-4 via  Beast/IORR. “The Rolling Stones will be holding a press conference from the Hackney Empire on Mare Street this Wednesday.“

Photo 5: Chelrald Oxley “Lights rigging inside the Hackney Empire on Mare Street, Hackney, for The Rolling Stones“,
5b: hackneyempire.co.uk

Rolling Stones will be LIVE in conversation with Jimmy Fallon

The Rolling Stones will be live on YouTube with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday – don’t miss it!

They will be talking about the new album, new music and new era.

That will be streaming globally on YouTube from Hackney, London… (GMT), this Wednesday September 6th 2023!!!

Global times will be:
2.30PM BST
6.30AM PST
9.30AM EST
10.30AM BR
3.30PM CET
10.30PM JST
11.30PM AEST

Check out their trailer (hilarious!):

First taste of the first song!!!

The Stones ask us what we think about the first song: Don’t Get Angry With Me (DGAWM)!

I bet that on this site dontgetangrywithme.com is a LOT of traffic, because of the huge interest hiere – so if you receive a server error or something from that page, after loading (!), don’t get angry with them and just try again later! 😉

One thing, however is clear: it’s a rocker!