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Updated: Sep 8, 2023 8:45 PM UTCPublished: Sep 6, 2023 10:50 PM UTC The rock band, which formed in 1962, makes a bid for cross-generational appeal on its new album with Sydney Sweeney and Lady Gaga collaborations.  by [Armani Syed](https://time.com/author/armani-syed/)  ## Armani Syed Syed was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. Updated: Sep 8, 2023 8:45 PM UTCPublished: Sep 6, 2023 10:50 PM UTC [The Rolling Stones](https://time.com/4270945/breaking-stones-book/) have always had a flair for the dramatic, and the announcement of their 24th studio album—the first original release in 18 years—was no exception. The steadfast rock band left no stone unturned for Wednesday’s event, which had undeniable youth appeal for a band that formed in 1962\. Media and selected guests assembled at the Hackney Empire, a theater in the trendy Hackney borough of East London. The venue, no stranger to stage production, was made over with red drapes, smashed chandeliers, and a bedazzled take on the iconic tongue logo that defines the band. Mick Jagger, 80, [Keith Richards](https://time.com/3986400/keith-richards-sgt-peppers-rubbish/), 79, and Ronnie Wood, 76, were joined by _The Tonight Show_ host Jimmy Fallon for a live-streamed interview to promote their new album, _Hackney Diamonds_, a collection of 12 new tracks releasing on Oct. 20\. The name, Jagger told the audience, is London slang for shards of glass: “It's like when you get your windscreen broken on a Saturday night in Hackney and all the bits go on the street,” he quipped. **Read more:**[_The 17 Most Anticipated Albums of Fall 2023_](https://time.com/6309530/best-music-fall-2023/) There was a gaping absence on-stage following the death of the band’s fourth member, Charlie Watts, in 2021\. But the band revealed that two tracks recorded with Watts in 2019—"Live by the Sword" and "Mess It Up"—will feature on the album. “Ever since Charlie has gone, it’s different,” Richards told Fallon and audience members. “Number four is missing.” He added that in his lifetime, Watts recommended Steve Jordan as the musician to replace him should anything happen. The upcoming release follows the 2005 album _A Bigger Bang_, as well as a 2016 collection of blues covers titled [_Blue & Lonesome_](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/arts/music/the-rolling-stones-blue-and-lonesome-album-interview.html). Despite Jagger’s comment that the 18-year gap between original releases is because they are “lazy,” the band has toured extensively in this time. The band also let slip—whether intentionally or not—that [Lady Gaga](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567667/lady-gaga/) will feature on the song “Sweet Sound of Heaven.” Fallon also recounted some of their tamer rock ‘n’ roll moments, which included Richards setting off smoke alarms backstage on Fallon’s talk show. Fallon concluded the interview with questions from fans across the globe, including Argentina, France, and the U.S. One fan said that Jagger and Richards had been together longer than he and his wife, and asked what the secret to a happy marriage was. Jagger simply responded “not speaking too often,” which invited raucous laughter from the crowd, as did other instances of the band’s enduring personal chemistry. The promotion of _Hackney Diamonds_ has been a well-oiled machine. Last month, a fake advertisement for a glass repair company of the same name began circulating in the local newspaper the _Hackney Gazette_. The ad features lyrics from the band’s greatest hits, as well as a website and phone number which led to the recorded message: "Welcome to Hackney Diamonds, specialists in glass repair. Don't get angry, get it fixed." On Monday, the team shared a less cryptic video on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, with Fallon answering a phone call from the band and agreeing to join them in London for the “New album, new music, new era.” Universal Music also brought in a collection of social media personalities with large online followings to promote the event. Lifestyle influencer Damien Broderick—who has over 1.2 million Instagram followers—and Eddie Wailes, a stylist and fashion influencer, both posted from the event and tagged the music corporation. The young talent, which also included models and actors, posed for photographs at the VIP arrivals and posted about the album on their platforms. While they stopped short of creating a TikTok challenge to promote the band’s first single “Angry,” which is out now, the label seems to have its sights set on capturing Gen Z’s attention. No clearer was this than when Fallon made the surprise announcement that "Angry" would star _Euphoria_ actress Sydney Sweeney. The video, which premiered before the audience, shows Sweeney in an all-leather outfit, hanging out the back of a red convertible, while the billboards the car passes show archival footage of the Stones in action. Sweeney, 25, sat front-row at the event with her mother beside her. “This is the biggest thing ever,” Sweeney told Fallon of the career highlight, adding that she didn’t know it would be the first single but she loves it. Between the global livestream, which reportedly held [53,000 viewers at its peak,](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/arts/music/the-rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds-new-album.html) and the young buzzy talent, the aging rockers seem keen to market themselves for as broad appeal as possible. Will all these conscious efforts to appeal to Gen Z and millennial listeners help the band remain cool to a new generation of listeners? Theirs is not a sheen that fades easily, though at least one of Wednesday’s attendees didn’t inspire confidence. In the Old Ship pub, a few doors down from the theater, attendees gathered to collect their wristbands and wait for admittance. One journalist declared that he had brought his son along with him. When asked if he was a fan of the Rolling Stones, the boy said no. He was, as his dad later shared, a big fan of Jimmy Fallon's. **Correction, Sept. 8** The original version of this story misstated the name of the Rolling Stones' new single. It is "Angry," not "Anger." ## Transcript [00:00] I need diamonds. [00:00] What is what does that mean? [00:03] What does that mean to Keith anything? [00:05] What is Hackney diamonds? [00:06] It got cold, Hackney diamonds because we think we were between [00:11] we was hanging ideas around Fort. [00:13] Wright was a big went from hitting the wrong Smash and grab [00:16] a variation of the bus is a long thin band, [00:27] you know. [00:33] This is Happy diamonds, isn't it? [00:35] Like a type of slang or an answer? [00:47] I know the pits down the street, [00:48] not sure about ideas floating about in the week that has the [00:59] moon together, just before Christmas last year and made it. [01:04] It finally, we said [01:33] Give me like 2 hours. [01:35] So we went in he said in December and week, [01:42] 23 tracks and quickly and finished him off in January and mix [01:48] them. If I bring the weight, we started, [01:57] we wrote angry. [01:59] I treated make out at the thing, [02:01] ready to go, but it's where we kind of put the track together [02:03] and along with many others, but it was the first one to stick [02:09] out. Must feel difference, not having Charley watts in, [02:13] in the studio with your playing, is number four is missing. [02:23] He's up there. [02:32] We have saved. [02:33] Jordan new was Charlie's recommendation but if anything [02:37] should happen to him Steve Jordan's your man. [02:40] He picks the way back and he's been a friend of ours. [02:48] I've worked with Steve so it was a kind of natural progression [02:51] and it would have been a lot harder without Charlie's blessing [02:56] but to our track record in 2019 with Charlie. [03:12] And so we will be used to the tracks to be recorded before [03:17] and also I heard a rumor Bill MPS and we all feel was coming [03:27] in today. [03:32] Contract. So we had the original running, [03:35] start doing the sections is on track, [03:37] but we should be getting your anger and disgust track name, [03:57] angry angry [04:02] Team Fitness stupid. [04:04] Yeah, but she has done it yet. [04:06] So why not hahaha? [04:15] You got to meet my in-laws now but to make them more eclectic [04:27] and have a few love songs, ballads country kind of things. [04:32] Can you remember the press conference on my brain and apartment [04:40] Denmark Street and we are at the album and their two journalists [04:45] from the anime, one for the recycle. [04:49] Abolition. [05:02] But it's so well, baby. [05:29] I called the hook. [05:32] I still love being in the studio. [05:36] Together was a fun. [05:37] Yeah, it is from a band can come together and have it, [05:41] but the record is where the guys can get together and tile, [05:49] surround ideas without any interference from, you know, how [05:54] it works. [05:54] It's great. I'm holding it was to believe me, [05:58] it's a great place for a band to look at it. [06:06] Without keeping make you been together longer than me and my wife, [06:08] what's the secret to a happy marriage? [06:19] How to say shut up polite and play with bands that you loved? [06:25] Oh yeah, I keep my chips together. [06:27] Between Diggs and keep your fingers moving when moving. [06:41] What is glaucoma? [06:49] Don't even think I did, but we wouldn't have found mouth. [06:52] We had to be launching. [06:53] I mean we didn't want just any record and put it out so we [06:57] wanted to make sure that we really love a. [07:03] So now the other people may I please get it. [07:13] So I'll drink to that and we hope you'll like the Rolling [07:17] Stones. [07:33] How much is a black panther? 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