The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds

180-gram vinyl

Hackney Diamonds — first Rolling Stones release since 2005!

Rolling Stones‘ faithful, a very long wait is over: The seminal rock band is back with Hackney Diamonds, their first original studio album since 2005's A Bigger Bang.

Guitarist Keith Richards told Rolling Stone magazine last year that the group's forthcoming project would include final recordings from longtime drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021, and that Steve Jordan, Watts' live replacement, was filling in elsewhere. Prior to that, the Stones had released a surprise track, "Living in a Ghost Town," in April 2020, as Covid-19 gripped the planet. Jagger later said that the pandemic had interrupted progress toward finishing a full album.

The Rolling Stones toured Europe last summer to celebrate their 60th anniversary, and with Hackney Diamonds around the corner, they show no sign of slowing down, despite Richards and Ronnie Wood being in their late 70s and frontman Mick Jagger turning 80 in July.