Mentioned in April 2020 during the broadcast of a new composition, Living in a Ghost Town, available for download or in the form of a music video, and since echoes in the music press, the marketing of a new Rolling Stones studio album was finally confirmed on Wednesday, September 6.
Hackney Diamonds, which will be released on October 20, will be the twenty-fourth studio album by the British band founded in 1962 and the band’s first disc of original songs since A Bigger Bang, released in September 2005. In December 2016, Blue
It was during a program broadcast live on the YouTube video host, from 3:30 p.m. French time (after a countdown started five minutes before), and hosted by the American presenter Jimmy Fallon (The Tonight Show on NBC), that singer Mick Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood promoted the new record worldwide.
Twelve “Angry” Songs
At a theater in Hackney, east London, the presentation took the form of a traditional talk show, with Jimmy Fallon as the lead and the three musicians playing their expected roles. That of evoking their past with anecdotes, making a few jokes, including those about their respective ages (Jagger, 80; Richards, 79; and Wood, 76), paying tribute to drummer Charlie Watts, who died on August 24, 2021 , who had started the recording sessions and will be present on a few tracks. The album will contain twelve songs, including Angry, Get Close, Depending on You or Bite My Head Off…
“With Keith, we thought the overall theme of the album might fit the title of the first song on the record, Angry [“angry”],” Mick Jagger said, adding that the idea was for the music to be quite eclectic. Fallon also asked during the show if Jagger and Richards remembered their first press conference. “Yes, there were two reporters,” Jagger replied. At the same time, the YouTube counter showed nearly 40,000 views.
After twenty-five minutes, the three musicians left the room and, after a while, the music video for the song Angry was released. A montage of views shot on the streets of Los Angeles and archival footage of the band from various eras animated on large billboards. Musically, the title is part of a rock tradition, with guitar riffs and Jagger’s voice in front.