“A New Stones Era – Worldwide September 6th” The Rolling Stones tweeted earlier this week, fuelling ongoing rumours a new album may be imminent. Now, in a more recent development, the rock and roll giants have provided fans with concrete evidence of new music: a 16-second video snippet teasing their first original song since 2020’s “Living In A Ghost Town”.
A new Stones era
Worldwide September 6th
Join at https://t.co/09XIP65sXt
#hackneydiamonds pic.twitter.com/uV6xOXKDig— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) September 1, 2023
The clip, which was shared on the official Rolling Stones social media accounts, features the intro to a new track that showcases a classic, rhythmically driven Stones sound, complete with snappy drums and ringing riffs. Check out the snippet below:
As well as posting on social media, the band launched a new website, dontgetangrywithme.com, which plays the audio clip – if you can get the webpage to load. Numerous reports from fans have complained of having trouble accessing the teaser, with the site requesting they refresh and try again. Each complaint, however, has been met with a reply along the lines of “don’t get angry with me”, and no offer of tech assistance has been made – indicating the glitch may have been intentional.
Oh don’t get angry with me.. https://t.co/hHOCWBo9jq
— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) September 2, 2023
The Stones, it seems, have been particularly cryptic as of late. Only last week, a mysterious advert appeared in an East London newspaper, the Hackney Gazette. The ad, which claimed to represent a glass repair company called “Hackney Diamonds”, featured a sales blurb that referenced three song titles by the band: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, “Gimme Shelter” and “Shattered”. Other clues came in the shape of a familiar-looking font (used on the band’s 1978 album Some Girls) and the suspicious use of a certain tongue logo.
See the Hackney Gazette ad below:
Anyone see this? An ad ran in Hackney Gazette for a company called Hackney Diamonds teasing Rolling Stones song titles. Their est. date is 1962, same year Stones formed. Website seems to be run by Universal Music, the Stones’ label. A clue their long-awaited new LP is on its way? pic.twitter.com/DFSnb2WE48
— Simon Harper (@Simon__Harper) August 21, 2023
Just a quick visit to the official Rolling Stones website does enough to suggest the existence of a soon-to-be-released album called Hackney Diamonds, and with all the hints the band have been dropping lately, even the most sceptical of fans must be at least a little excited: a new Rolling Stones album would be the band’s first full-length studio release since 2016’s Blue & Lonesome covers album, and their first album of original material since A Bigger Bang in 2005. Speculations of a new record have been circulating since January, when guitarist Keith Richards shared a 15-second video confirming that the band had new music to share: “Hi guys, here we are again. There is some new music on the way and hopefully, we’ll get to see you, you know? Anyway, let’s keep our fingers crossed.”
— Keith Richards (@officialKeef) January 11, 2023
