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  • What’s that bar band playing ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’? Oh, it’s the Rolling Stones!

    By Associated Press

    NEW YORK: Those miracles of modern science, the Rolling Stones, celebrated the release of their first album of original music in 18 years with a Manhattan club gig on Thursday.

    Before a celebrity-strewn audience of invited guests that included Christie Brinkley, Elvis Costello and Trevor Noah at Racket NYC, the Stones made a notable racket themselves over seven songs, four from the new “Hackney Diamonds” disc.

    Mick Jagger alluded to past stunts the Stones had done in New York to tout new music over the years, including performing on a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue.

    He saluted the city by opening with the 1970s-era punkish tune, “Shattered,” with the lyric “my brain’s been splattered all over Manhattan.”

    After performing the new single, “Angry,” Jagger noted to his bandmates: “There’s a first time for everything.”

    With the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021, the Stones are down to a core trio of Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood. They’re supplemented onstage with four other musicians.

    “Hackney Diamonds,” coming at a time many fans wondered if the Rolling Stones would ever bother again with new music, has been well received by critics, with many noting the crisp energy the band displayed. It’s out Friday.

    That vigor was apparent at the performance in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district. Following an opening DJ set by Questlove, Jagger pranced and prowled a stage much smaller than he’s used to, one that a roadie prepared for him by sprinkling powder on the floor. Now 80, he moved like a man half his age. His tongue wagged slightly as he caught his breath after another punk-inspired tune, “Bite My Head Off.”

    “You might be familiar with this one,” Jagger said before Richards began the opening riff to “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” instantly trumping the thousands of bar band versions attempted in the 55 years since the song’s release.

    This time, the bar band was the Rolling Stones.

    Lady Gaga, dressed in a sequined maroon pantsuit, made an appearance to recreate her duet — duel, really — with Jagger on the new “Sweet Sounds of Heaven.”

    “New York, the Rolling Stones!” she said before leaving, exchanging kisses with Jagger and Richards. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp

    NEW YORK: Those miracles of modern science, the Rolling Stones, celebrated the release of their first album of original music in 18 years with a Manhattan club gig on Thursday.

    Before a celebrity-strewn audience of invited guests that included Christie Brinkley, Elvis Costello and Trevor Noah at Racket NYC, the Stones made a notable racket themselves over seven songs, four from the new “Hackney Diamonds” disc.

    Mick Jagger alluded to past stunts the Stones had done in New York to tout new music over the years, including performing on a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    He saluted the city by opening with the 1970s-era punkish tune, “Shattered,” with the lyric “my brain’s been splattered all over Manhattan.”

    After performing the new single, “Angry,” Jagger noted to his bandmates: “There’s a first time for everything.”

    With the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021, the Stones are down to a core trio of Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood. They’re supplemented onstage with four other musicians.

    “Hackney Diamonds,” coming at a time many fans wondered if the Rolling Stones would ever bother again with new music, has been well received by critics, with many noting the crisp energy the band displayed. It’s out Friday.

    That vigor was apparent at the performance in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district. Following an opening DJ set by Questlove, Jagger pranced and prowled a stage much smaller than he’s used to, one that a roadie prepared for him by sprinkling powder on the floor. Now 80, he moved like a man half his age. His tongue wagged slightly as he caught his breath after another punk-inspired tune, “Bite My Head Off.”

    “You might be familiar with this one,” Jagger said before Richards began the opening riff to “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” instantly trumping the thousands of bar band versions attempted in the 55 years since the song’s release.

    This time, the bar band was the Rolling Stones.

    Lady Gaga, dressed in a sequined maroon pantsuit, made an appearance to recreate her duet — duel, really — with Jagger on the new “Sweet Sounds of Heaven.”

    “New York, the Rolling Stones!” she said before leaving, exchanging kisses with Jagger and Richards. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp

  • The Rolling Stones to release their first original album in 18 years, ‘Hackney Diamonds’

    By Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES: The wait is over: The Rolling Stones will soon release new music.

    On Monday, the band announced they are preparing to release their first album of original material in 18 years — since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.”

    Titled “Hackney Diamonds,” the band will share details of the release at an event in East London’s Hackney district on Wednesday, where Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will be interviewed live by “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon.

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    The event will be livestreamed exclusively on YouTube on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. BST, 9:30 a.m. EST and 6:30 a.m. PST.

    “Hackney may be at the heart of Hackney Diamonds, but this is a truly global moment we want to share with fans around the world via YouTube,” the Rolling Stones shared in a statement.

    The announcement of “Hackney Diamonds” follows a cryptic teaser campaign, in which the band’s iconic mouth and tongue logo was projected onto the façade of major landmarks in cities around the world, including New York, London and Paris.

    The album is also the Stones’ first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021.

    LOS ANGELES: The wait is over: The Rolling Stones will soon release new music.

    On Monday, the band announced they are preparing to release their first album of original material in 18 years — since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.”

    Titled “Hackney Diamonds,” the band will share details of the release at an event in East London’s Hackney district on Wednesday, where Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will be interviewed live by “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); });

    ALSO READ | Miley Cyrus to share “untold stories” of life in her new TikTok series

    The event will be livestreamed exclusively on YouTube on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. BST, 9:30 a.m. EST and 6:30 a.m. PST.

    “Hackney may be at the heart of Hackney Diamonds, but this is a truly global moment we want to share with fans around the world via YouTube,” the Rolling Stones shared in a statement.

    The announcement of “Hackney Diamonds” follows a cryptic teaser campaign, in which the band’s iconic mouth and tongue logo was projected onto the façade of major landmarks in cities around the world, including New York, London and Paris.

    The album is also the Stones’ first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021.

  • Greatest rock’n’roll showman Mick Jagger turns 80

    By AFP

    The Rolling Stones frontman is still strutting and gyrating in front of packed-out arenas, most recently touring Europe to mark the band’s 60th anniversary.

    The icon of 60s counterculture underwent a heart valve replacement in 2019, but his regime of running, kick-boxing, cycling and yoga has maintained his svelte figure and longevity as an energetic showman.

    The band completed its 14-date “Sixty” tour last year, although had to cancel one date when Jagger caught Covid.

    Greatest rock’n’roll showman Mick Jagger turns 80.The Rolling Stones frontman once sang “what a drag it is getting old” but the most senior swinger in town shows little sign of slowing downhttps://t.co/OP9VTqtpYv pic.twitter.com/VEBQlNXP47
    — AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 24, 2023
    It was the first time the band had performed without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021.

    The remaining members plan to release a new album in tribute to their late drummer later this year, the first LP of original material since “A Bigger Bang” in 2005.

    It will reportedly feature Beatles legend Paul McCartney and former Stones bassist Bill Wyman, 86, more than 30 years after his departure from the band.

    Beyond the Stones, Jagger teamed up with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl in 2021 to record “Eazy Sleazy”, a song about life during the pandemic.

    With songs like “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, “Gimme Shelter”, “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Not Fade Away”, Jagger’s band helped detonate the cultural and social explosion of the 1960s.

    The charismatic frontman built a reputation for pushing boundaries, taking full advantage of the era’s sexual revolution and recreational drug use.

    Establishment figure

    Michael Philip Jagger was born on July 26, 1943, to middle-class parents in Dartford, south of London.

    He started jamming with childhood friend Keith Richards in 1960 after they discovered a mutual love of the blues, and have enjoyed a productive, if love-hate, relationship ever since.

    Jagger dropped out of the London School of Economics in the pursuit of fame and in 1965 the band had their first smash hit with “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”.

    A string of massive hits across five decades followed, including “Brown Sugar”, “Honky Tonk Women” and “Paint It Black”.

    The band became as famous for their off-stage antics as those on it.

    Jagger and Richards were found guilty of drug offences in 1967, while founding member Brian Jones paid the ultimate price for the rock and roll lifestyle, drowning in his swimming pool in 1969.

    “I wasn’t understanding enough about his drug addiction,” Jagger said in 1995. “Things like LSD were all new. No one knew the harm. People thought cocaine was good for you.”

    Despite the drug-fuelled indulgences and controversies, Jagger has always kept a careful eye on the commercial side of things and has amassed a £310 million ($400 million) fortune, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2021.

    For all his image as a subversive figure, Jagger has in later life become a pillar of the establishment.

    He became “Sir Mick” in 2002 after being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and is frequently spotted at Lord’s, watching the England cricket team.

    The rocker became a father for the eighth time in 2016 when American dancer Melanie Hamrick, his current partner, gave birth to a son.

    He already had seven children from four previous relationships.

    The Rolling Stones frontman is still strutting and gyrating in front of packed-out arenas, most recently touring Europe to mark the band’s 60th anniversary.

    The icon of 60s counterculture underwent a heart valve replacement in 2019, but his regime of running, kick-boxing, cycling and yoga has maintained his svelte figure and longevity as an energetic showman.

    The band completed its 14-date “Sixty” tour last year, although had to cancel one date when Jagger caught Covid.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); });

    Greatest rock’n’roll showman Mick Jagger turns 80.
    The Rolling Stones frontman once sang “what a drag it is getting old” but the most senior swinger in town shows little sign of slowing downhttps://t.co/OP9VTqtpYv pic.twitter.com/VEBQlNXP47
    — AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 24, 2023
    It was the first time the band had performed without drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021.

    The remaining members plan to release a new album in tribute to their late drummer later this year, the first LP of original material since “A Bigger Bang” in 2005.

    It will reportedly feature Beatles legend Paul McCartney and former Stones bassist Bill Wyman, 86, more than 30 years after his departure from the band.

    Beyond the Stones, Jagger teamed up with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl in 2021 to record “Eazy Sleazy”, a song about life during the pandemic.

    With songs like “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, “Gimme Shelter”, “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Not Fade Away”, Jagger’s band helped detonate the cultural and social explosion of the 1960s.

    The charismatic frontman built a reputation for pushing boundaries, taking full advantage of the era’s sexual revolution and recreational drug use.

    Establishment figure

    Michael Philip Jagger was born on July 26, 1943, to middle-class parents in Dartford, south of London.

    He started jamming with childhood friend Keith Richards in 1960 after they discovered a mutual love of the blues, and have enjoyed a productive, if love-hate, relationship ever since.

    Jagger dropped out of the London School of Economics in the pursuit of fame and in 1965 the band had their first smash hit with “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”.

    A string of massive hits across five decades followed, including “Brown Sugar”, “Honky Tonk Women” and “Paint It Black”.

    The band became as famous for their off-stage antics as those on it.

    Jagger and Richards were found guilty of drug offences in 1967, while founding member Brian Jones paid the ultimate price for the rock and roll lifestyle, drowning in his swimming pool in 1969.

    “I wasn’t understanding enough about his drug addiction,” Jagger said in 1995. “Things like LSD were all new. No one knew the harm. People thought cocaine was good for you.”

    Despite the drug-fuelled indulgences and controversies, Jagger has always kept a careful eye on the commercial side of things and has amassed a £310 million ($400 million) fortune, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2021.

    For all his image as a subversive figure, Jagger has in later life become a pillar of the establishment.

    He became “Sir Mick” in 2002 after being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and is frequently spotted at Lord’s, watching the England cricket team.

    The rocker became a father for the eighth time in 2016 when American dancer Melanie Hamrick, his current partner, gave birth to a son.

    He already had seven children from four previous relationships.

  • Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80

    By PTI

    LONDON: Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythms sections and used his “day job” to support his enduring love of jazz, has died, according to his publicist.

    He was 80.

    Bernard Doherty said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.”

    “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Doherty said.

    Watts had announced he would not tour with the Stones in 2021 because of an undefined health issue.

    The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Baker and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer, respected worldwide for his muscular, swinging style as the band rose from its scruffy beginnings to international superstardom.

    He joined the Stones early in 1963 and remained over the next 60 years, ranked just behind Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as the group’s longest lasting and most essential member.

    The Stones began, Watts said, “as white blokes from England playing Black American music” but quickly evolved their own distinctive sound.

    Watts was a jazz drummer in his early years and never lost his affinity for the music he first loved, heading his own jazz band and taking on numerous other side projects.

    A classic Stones song like “Brown Sugar” and “Start Me Up” often began with a hard guitar riff from Richards, with Watts following closely behind, and Wyman, as the bassist liked to say, “fattening the sound.

    ” Watts’ speed, power and time keeping were never better showcased than during the concert documentary, “Shine a Light,” when director Martin Scorsese filmed “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” from where he drummed toward the back of the stage.