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"No one leaves this band, except in a wooden coffin"... The omen of Keith Richards (79 years old) has been corroborated on Wednesday by Mick Jagger (80) and Ronnie Wood (76), the last survivors of the Rolling Stones, in the presentation of "Hackney Diamonds", their first album with new songs since 2005.

"Why did it take us 18 years to put out an album? Because we're so lazy," laughed Jagger, 80.

The death of drummer Chalie Watts in 2021 served as an incentive for the eternal relaunch of the band, which has rescued for the occasion its legendary founding bassist, Bill Wyman (86), and which has had the special collaboration of Paul McCartney (81), burying the old quarrels with the Beatles.

"Everything is different since Charlie left, he will always be the fourth," Mick Jagger said. "He recorded two songs with us in 2019. We miss him terribly."

The stage chosen for the presentation of the album that will go on sale on October 20 has been the bombonera of the Hackney Empire, surrounded from early in the morning by hundreds of fans who came to pay homage to their "satanic majesties", almost a year after the death of Elizabeth II at age 96.

The American comedian Jimmy Fallon officiated as master of ceremonies, and what was announced with great fanfare as a press conference was at the end a four-voice soliloquy (and an improvised a cappella blues) to the oreo of a huge tongue of diamonds and a luminous decoration based on crystallites.

Together they presented the powerful launch video, "Angry," starring Sydney Sweeny aboard a red convertible and with Rolling waving as she passed from the Sunset Boulevard signs at different stages of their 61 years of life together.

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The last miracle of the Rolling Stones in Madrid

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The last miracle of the Rolling Stones in Madrid

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You're not going to see the Rolling Stones for the sake of listening, you're going to be, you're going to live.

  • Writing: IÑAKO DÍAZ GUERRA Madrid

You're not going to see the Rolling Stones for the sake of listening, you're going to be, you're going to live.

"The secret to a long marriage is to laugh a lot and talk little," Jagger said. Ronie Wood, the quietest, contributed his own claiming: "At our age, it's good that everything is in motion" (Jagger took him at his word and invited him to dance on stage).

"We wouldn't have released an album with new songs at this point if it wasn't good enough," Jagger said (The Times greeted the release with unbeatable reviews hailing the album as the Rollins' best in four decades).

"Everything was growing around 'Angry,' they acknowledged. " Let's say anger was the first concept. Then came everything else, love songs, country... Let's just say it's a very eclectic record."

"Dreamy Skies", "Sweet Sounds of Heavdn", "Live by the Sword", "Depending on you" or "Get close" are other songs from the new album that the Rolling Stones reviewed.

And it was Richards, who announced by surprise that he has stopped smoking since the fire alarm sounded in a recording, who put the tip: "When we get together, there is always an explosion."


The release of "Hackney Diamonds" was anticipated by the local magazine in the far east London neighborhood, in the form of a misleading advertisement from glass repair specialists. The "diamonds" to which the title refers are the broken glass of the windows by the robberies that in their bad times besieged the neighborhood, converted into a mecca of artists and hipsters, gathered to celebrate the umpteenth resurrection of the band. Long live the Rolling Stones!

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