Hackney Diamonds will be their first record without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021 prior to the band’s 60th anniversary tour, after suffering from throat cancer.
The Rolling Stones is set to launch a new album Hackney Diamonds, their first album of original songs since 2005.
The band, popular for hit tracks like “Wild Horses couldn’t hold them back”, will launch the record on Wednesday at a special event in Hackney, a place that is “at the heart of the new album”.
Report says the event hosted by Jimmy Fallon, will be streamed live on YouTube.
Hackney Diamonds will be their first record without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021 prior to the band’s 60th anniversary tour, after suffering from throat cancer.
The star is known to have recorded new drum tracks before his death; and Richards has already confirmed his playing will form part of the new record.
The three remaining Stones – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood – will attend the event.
The album will be their first since 2016’s Blue & Lonesome, which featured covers of the songs by Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf that first inspired them to form a band in the 1960s.
The launch was announcd after a teaser campaign that began with an unassuming advert in the Hackney Gazette – a free newspaper distributed in corner shops and supermarkets that covers the London borough.
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