Those miracles of recent science, the Rolling Stones, celebrated the discharge of their first album of unique music in 18 years with a Manhattan membership gig on Thursday.
Before a celebrity-strewn viewers of invited visitors that included Christie Brinkley, Elvis Costello and Trevor Noah at Racket NYC, the Stones made a notable racket themselves over seven songs, 4 from the brand new “Hackney Diamonds” disc.
Mick Jagger alluded to previous stunts the Stones had executed in New York to tout new music over time, together with acting on a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue.
He saluted the town by opening with the Nineteen Seventies-era punkish tune, “Shattered,” with the lyric “my brain’s been splattered all over Manhattan.”
After performing the brand new single, “Angry,” Jagger famous to his bandmates, “There’s a first time for everything.”
With the demise of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021, the Stones are right down to a core trio of Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood. They’re supplemented onstage with 4 different musicians.
“Hackney Diamonds,” coming at a time many followers puzzled if the Rolling Stones would ever trouble once more with new music, has been effectively obtained by critics, with many noting the crisp power the band displayed. It’s out on Friday.
That vigor was obvious on the efficiency in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district. Following a gap DJ set by Questlove, Jagger pranced and prowled a stage a lot smaller than he is used to, one {that a} roadie ready for him by sprinkling powder on the ground. Now 80, he moved like a person half his age. His tongue wagged barely as he caught his breath after one other punk-inspired tune, “Bite My Head Off.”
“You might be familiar with this one,” Jagger mentioned earlier than Richards started the opening riff to “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” immediately trumping the 1000’s of bar band variations tried within the 55 years for the reason that music’s launch.
This time, the bar band was the Rolling Stones.
Lady Gaga, wearing a maroon sequined pantsuit, appeared to recreate her duet — duel, actually — with Jagger on the brand new “Sweet Sounds of Heaven.”
“New York, the Rolling Stones!” she mentioned earlier than leaving, after exchanging kisses with Jagger and Richards.
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