The album will be released on October 20th
The Rolling Stones come roaring out of the traps with the release of their rocking single “Angry.” It arrives alongside the announcement of their hugely anticipated new album, Hackney Diamonds, to be released on October 20th. The exciting news was shared by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood at a special media launch event at the historic Hackney Empire, East London’s epicenter of pioneering art for almost 125 years. The launch was hosted by Jimmy Fallon and streamed worldwide via YouTube.
The 12-track album, for which full track list information will be revealed soon, was recorded in various locations around the world, including Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, Metropolis Studios in London, Sanctuary Studios in the Bahamas, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and The Hit Factory/Germano Studios, also in New York.
During the event, the band confirmed that original bassist Bill Wyman appears on one track with two featuring the late Charlie Watts on drums, recorded in 2019. The additional ten tracks feature Watts’ replacement Steve Jordan on drums.
Hackney Diamonds marks The Stones’ first collaboration with New York-born producer and musician Andrew Watt, who was named Producer of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards and has worked with Post Malone, Iggy Pop and Elton John.
The exhilarating “Angry” is accompanied by a music video directed by Francois Rousselet, whose credits include work with Nike, Diesel, Pharrell Williams, and on The Stones’
The bespoke artwork for Hackney Diamonds is by digital animator Paulina Almira.
The album is their first studio set of new material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang, coincidently released on September 6th eighteen years ago. Since then, The Stones have continued to smash box office records for fun on a series of global sellout tours and released 2016’s Grammy Award-winning Blue & Lonesome, which featured their brilliant versions of many of the blues tracks that helped shape their sound and topped album charts around the world. Last year, they thrilled European audiences totaling nearly a quarter of a million on their 60th anniversary tour.
