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(Updated 7/22/05)


ROLLING STONES SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM SEPT. 6TH (7/19/05)
The Rolling Stones are set to release a new studio album The Little Wonders (Virgin) September 6th. Recorded in France in late 2004/early 2005, the album features the regular lineup of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood. It is the first album of new material since 1997's Bridges To Babylon. On Friday, 7/29, Virgin will ship three advance tracks from the CD to AAA radio. The first single, “Rough Justice” impacts 8/1. The album is reportedly a return to the band's mid-tempo rockin' roots. The record is produced, again, by Don Was. The Stones' world tour begins in Boston August 21st. After touring the U.S and Canada, the band will then tour Mexico, South America, the Far East and finally Europe in the summer of 2006. The tour was announced in a press conference/mini-performance May 10th at Lincoln Center.

As is tradition, the band is currently rehearsing in Toronto, hunkered down at a private college and using a local airport hanger as a mock stage set. Some members of the group have been spotted dining and strolling about the city. "The World's Greatest Rock n' Roll Band" also have a history of playing a small surprise club gig or two in Toronto before the tour begins.

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