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Will The Rolling Stones visit the US on tour in 2024?
“Hackney Diamonds” is the Rolling Stones first studio album of original material since 2005′s “A Bigger Bang”.
Veteran British rockers The Rolling Stones have just released a new studio album with “Hackney Diamonds” the band’s first studio album of original material since 2005′s “A Bigger Bang” and first recording since longtime drummer Charlie Watts died in 2021. The surviving core of the group consists of Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards, 79, and Ron Wood, 76.
To celebrate the release, the band played a secret gig in Manhattan’s West Side late on Thursday as the band played a short set for a crowd of hundreds at the Racket NYC club in support of the new studio album which is generating some of its best reviews in decades.
Lead singer Mick Jagger, joked that doing another New York launch was part of the motivation for getting back into the studio for the record claiming: “We were missing the launches so much we had to go back and make another album,” he told the energized crowd in the middle of a set that alternated new numbers and well-known tracks including “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Tumblin’ Dice.”
The show concluded with a cameo from Lady Gaga who joined the band for a rendition of the track “Sweet Sounds of Heaven”.
The Stones on the road in 2024?
Despite no dates being confirmed so far, ahead of promotion for the new album, guitarist Keith Richards has confirmed that The Rolling Stones are planning to hit the road in 2024 in support of their first album of original material in 18 years.
The Rolling Stones last performed live in the summer of 2022 on their 60th anniversary Sixty tour, which took in 14 shows across Europe.
Speaking to BBC to promote the new record, Richards joked that the band will tour in 2024, adding “if everybody is still standing.” We’re all in good fettle,” Richards explained. “We’re not looking at each other and saying, ‘time’s up’.”