If Hackney Diamonds is as hard on the nerves as the film
Uncut Gems then we gonna be in for a heart throttling ride ....



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So, it's going to hapen! Great! Everything else is being said one thousend times.
Except: WOOOW!!!

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Diamond geezers from ‘ackney ain’t they?

I recall from aeons ago that there used to be a slogan in London that was..

"'Ave an Ad in the 'Ackney"

And that seems to be exactly what they have done!

[Translation for non-English speakers: "Do take out an advertisement in The Hackney Gazette. It is a jolly good newspaper."]

I'm now pretty sure that the campaign was on the sides of the (red) London buses in the late 1960s.

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This title makes me hopeful. It's far more evocative than Honk or Grrr or A Bigger Bang or Gotta Get a Grip or even Living in a Ghost Town.

Agreed, let's hope the first single is not called "Don't get angry, fix it!" though as someone suggested. A poor man's "Don't get mad, get even" mixed with "Let's Work" ;-)

You have to wonder who came up with the whole "concept", did Mick or Keith drop an idea/hint and the UMG teams ran away with it or did they just pick and sign off on something that was built from scratch, or was it a lyric in a song? Will it be like "Bridges to Babylon" where the theme was completely unrelated to the music?

Somehow HD reminds me of "Slow Horses", London, dark and sleazy, so maybe Mick got someiinspiration there.

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Maybe the album announcement could be in the Hackney Empire theatre - invited journalists, livestream for all others, plus 3 live tracks, e.g.: first Single, Shattered and Satisfaction. Just an idea.

[www.instagram.com]

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Maybe the album announcement could be in the Hackney Empire theatre - invited journalists, livestream for all others, plus 3 live tracks, e.g.: first Single, Shattered and Satisfaction. Just an idea.

[www.instagram.com]

Thanks, this is getting exciting!

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This title makes me hopeful. It's far more evocative than Honk or Grrr or A Bigger Bang or Gotta Get a Grip or even Living in a Ghost Town.

Agreed, let's hope the first single is not called "Don't get angry, fix it!"

Or "Specialists in Glass Repair".

020 3932 6088

it occurred to me to sum up all the individual digits of the phone number from newspaper ad, and the sum is 41, further 4+1=5...

maybe on September 5th something happening?

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novica
020 3932 6088

it occurred to me to sum up all the individual digits of the phone number from newspaper ad, and the sum is 41, further 4+1=5...

maybe on September 5th something happening?

That's pretty far out, but it would be fun if you were right

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Irix
Maybe the album announcement could be in the Hackney Empire theatre - invited journalists, livestream for all others, plus 3 live tracks, e.g.: first Single, Shattered and Satisfaction. Just an idea.

[www.instagram.com]

Thanks, this is getting exciting!

There's another (supposed) "placeholder" account on Instagram called "thehackneydiamonds"

[www.instagram.com]

This is either 1) exciting or 2) somebody's just messing with us with those IG accounts.

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020 3932 6088

it occurred to me to sum up all the individual digits of the phone number from newspaper ad, and the sum is 41, further 4+1=5...

maybe on September 5th something happening?

That's pretty far out, but it would be fun if you were right

you know...just a thought...
cheers DP!

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maybe on September 5th something happening?

Yep, should be 5-7 Sept. 2023 for the announcement.

It says Mare st 88?

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Goodbye to the old new album thread. Was fun while it lasted.

It was ? What, all 704 pages of it ? Are you sure ?

Thank heavens it's closed !

I have to make a confession. I didn't read all of the 704 pages.

Yet.

AHA !!

Now we finally uncover the truth !

So is it not better to have a 10 page "new album" thread which deals with known facts, rather than a 704 page one dealing with people's frustrations and a whole load of nonsensical speculation !?

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

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It says Mare st 88?

I thought that's E8, for the postcode district?

Hackney Empire is available on 4, 5 and 6 september

Registered !!

Loving the advert, wording, graphics, branding and intrigue. Just adds into The Stones mythology.

Not been this excited about a new Stones album since Steel Wheels "come back" in '89

Getting a new album from The Stones at this stage in the game has got to be a bonus.

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So is it not better to have a 10 page "new album" thread which deals with known facts, rather than a 704 page one dealing with people's frustrations and a whole load of nonsensical speculation !?

Guess that depends on the mood you're in...

But seriously, I think it's for the better that the old thread is now in the vaults, so to speak. Part of IORR history, you know. We'll soon forget all about it.

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maybe on September 5th something happening?

Yep, should be 5-7 Sept. 2023 for the announcement.

I like that timeline, but how did you land on those precise dates? Just excluding Monday and Friday from a communications standpoint?

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Just excluding Monday and Friday from a communications standpoint?

Simple, that's how the press works: on Monday they're mentally still in the last weekend and on Friday they're mentally already in the new weekend.



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maybe on September 5th something happening?

Yep, should be 5-7 Sept. 2023 for the announcement.

Album/single premieres are usually on Fridays these days. So maybe Sep 1 something is coming up?

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Just excluding Monday and Friday from a communications standpoint?

Simple, that's how the press works: on Monday they're mentally still in the weekend and on Friday they're already mentally in the weekend.

Yes, that's correct. This is why it was interesting that the planned summer tour for 2023 was (reportedly) going to be announced on a Friday (February 17th). [iorr.org]



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So maybe Sep 1 something is coming up?

No. As discussed and stated here - [iorr.org] , [iorr.org] - the Friday date is not relevant anymore due to the digital releases (streaming services and download).

Probably release of a digital Single at the same time as the album announcement.



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I really can't wait for this new album, they've rather exhausted the GREATEST HITS thing, the "ROLLING STONES LIVE" thing, and even the FROM THE VAULTS thing to a lesser extent. So new songs at this point in their illustrious career to date are very very very welcome. If most of the material is as good as Living In A Ghost Town, then whoopee ........

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

Let's hope the album is worth the 18-year wait!

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020 3932 6088

it occurred to me to sum up all the individual digits of the phone number from newspaper ad, and the sum is 41, further 4+1=5...

maybe on September 5th something happening?

or could also be week 41 (Oct 9 - 15) album release ?
to avoid the rush of Taylor Swift´s new album ....

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Let's hope the album is worth the 18-year wait!

let's at least hope it's not their equivalent to 'Chinese Democracy'

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or could also be week 41 (Oct 9 - 15) album release ?

Album releases still Fridays (physically & digitally) - but it would be Friday, the 13th for that week.

Taylor Swift's re-recorded "1989" album will be out 27th October 2023. So maybe new Stones album out on Friday, 20th October 2023.

We'll, I am in Hackney, and I've got my diamonds - true
I'm a greedy for some news - and I dunno what to do
Must be my crosseyed heart.....

Did I meantion I'm exited?

Cheerio

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