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QuoteIdorh QuoteGerardHennessy QuoteIdorh I still enjoy HD daily. Nice and simple and spontaneous and full of energy. Incredible that I can still experience this new material now at 76. In 1973 I asked in a disco for a Stones song. They started laughing, and said these are old men, and their music is out of date. And then 50 years later on their 80th birthday, this record comes out. It's li
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Quoteretired_dog QuoteGerardHennessy QuoteIdorh I still enjoy HD daily. Nice and simple and spontaneous and full of energy. Incredible that I can still experience this new material now at 76. In 1973 I asked in a disco for a Stones song. They started laughing, and said these are old men, and their music is out of date. And then 50 years later on their 80th birthday, this record comes out. It
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QuoteIdorh I still enjoy HD daily. Nice and simple and spontaneous and full of energy. Incredible that I can still experience this new material now at 76. In 1973 I asked in a disco for a Stones song. They started laughing, and said these are old men, and their music is out of date. And then 50 years later on their 80th birthday, this record comes out. It's like a dream. Who cares which alb
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Quoteharlem shuffle Only Mick and Keith is irreplaceable,no one else You are welcome to your opinion. I completely disagree with it, but live and let live I say.
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Quotematxil QuoteSomeGuy QuoteMartinB QuoteSomeGuy I sort of have a natural habit to want to 'see' through the obvious sound aspects of a record and immediately estimate what I think about the songs as compositions and the performance. Therefore, I was aware of the Watt production but it was not in any way a hindrance to enjoy the album. What I'm thinking right now is, is the Wa
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Quotetreaclefingers QuoteGerardHennessy I like Hackney Diamonds. I think it is an excellent album. I'm THRILLED it has sold as well as it has so far. And ecstatic it is back at No. 1 in the UK for Christmas. And also no.1 in Germany. Some good people here like the album. Other good people don't. Some like the Andrew Watt production. Others don't. Some think it is a fairly typic
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I like Hackney Diamonds. I think it is an excellent album. I'm THRILLED it has sold as well as it has so far. And ecstatic it is back at No. 1 in the UK for Christmas. And also no.1 in Germany. Some good people here like the album. Other good people don't. Some like the Andrew Watt production. Others don't. Some think it is a fairly typical Stones album. Others think it is abso
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Hackney Diamonds is back at No.1 on the mid-week UK Album Chart. However it does not yet qualify as an official No.1 charting position. That is reserved for the full week chart released at 17.45 hours UK time every Friday. Nonetheless it is a very strong indication that it will indeed be at the chart summit this Friday. No doubt helped get there by the surge in sales created by the release o
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Quotetreaclefingers Quotestanlove Quotetreaclefingers Quotestanlove Why are they selling tickets half a year in advance? Makes no sense ( especially at their ages ) to me and they didn’t used to do that. At their ages it seems like a good chance that the tour won’t even happen. Love your contributions. You didn’t answer the question. I'm not obliged to. Touché my friend!
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Quotepeoplewitheyes Could someone explain why anyone would want to buy so many editions of the same album? I don't mean with this live cd, but people buying up to a dozen versions of the same original HD album. It's like a mania or an obsession and I just can't understand it. Can't these consumers see they're being played like a violin? Being played like an entire orche
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QuoteStoneage Maybe 3-4 new songs in the tour start which usually goes down to 1-2 while the tour progress. But this is a really short tour so who knows? In the end it comes down to Richards' abilities and Jagger's patience. By the standards of more recent tours this tour is actually fairly long. Typically they have been playing 15 or so dates over the past few tours. This time they a
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QuoteBeastyBurdeny I don't think OOT is going to be played this tour. I think it was a SIXTY treat and will be bumped for a HD number. I agree about Out Of Time. I think it will be dropped. Whether it will make way for an HD track is something I await with interest. And I have noted what JivinSisterFanny has said about setlists in the 90s. My recollection is that setlists were more fluid b
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QuoteThumpinJackFlash This is my Hackney Diamonds tour 2024 setlist prediction: 1. Street Fighting Man 2. Angry 3. Let’s Spend The Night Together 4. Tumbling Dice 5. Out Of Time 6. Depending On You 7. Whole Wide World 8. You Can’t Always Get What You Want 9. Honky Tonk Women 10. Tell Me Straight 11. Happy 12. Miss You 13. Midnight Rambler 14. Paint It Black 15. Start Me Up 16. G
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QuoteDandelionPowderman This time the tour is billed «Hackney Diamonds-tour». IMO, they're more confident with the material from HD than they've been with new songs for decades. My guess is that 4-5 HD-songs will be staples in the setlist. Well a big Amen to that Mr DP. Here's hoping! I'm more pessimistic, but then maybe I'm just old and grumpy?? There certainly are
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QuoteIsakSun Maybe something like this: Jumpin' Jack Flash Iorr YGMR Angry (The first night, but not on the rest of the tour) Angie Wild Horses Tumblin' Dice Honky tonk Happy Miss You Midnight Rambler Start me up You cant always get... Sympathy Satisfaction I wouldn't worry if I were you. You'll probably get something very close to what you have listed. Goo
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QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteGerardHennessy Quoteschwonek QuoteGerardHennessy I always feel we are just a wee bit second best.. 17 Europe 18 Europe 19 US 21 US 22 Europe 24 US I do not think the UK (or Europe if you agree) are just a wee bit second best. It is equal. Fair enough. Problem is we are NOT really Europe of course. Now less than ever given Brexit and the hassle of travellin
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Quoteschwonek QuoteGerardHennessy I always feel we are just a wee bit second best.. 17 Europe 18 Europe 19 US 21 US 22 Europe 24 US I do not think the UK (or Europe if you agree) are just a wee bit second best. It is equal. Fair enough. Problem is we are NOT really Europe of course. Now less than ever given Brexit and the hassle of travelling with all kinds of documentation. Fact is w
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The UK has embraced Hackney Diamonds a great deal more enthusiastically than it has been in the US. Already gone from the Top 30 albums on the Billboard 200 in its third week on release. Never getting above No.3 on the same chart. Here it Britain it is showing a great deal more staying power. Scheduled to achieve its fourth week inside the Top Ten this Friday. And with plenty of life still left i
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QuoteIrelandCalling4 Very same as yourself Gerard (some Irish connection?). I know we are super fans here, and are likely to find the gold in even the most maligned of albums, but they are my favourite act simply as I do enjoy or love almost every album. Satanic I've always loved; musically rich and varied. Not deluded enough to place it as a misunderstood classic: however, it is one I h
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QuoteIrelandCalling4 QuoteEasterMan Funny how these reviewers are calling A Bigger Bang "terrible" and "lukewarm". If Hackney Diamonds was released in 2005, I'm not sure it would've been as well received as A Bigger Bang. Angry and Sweet Sounds of Heaven are decent singles, but I think some fans would've dismissed them as cheesy and mainstream if they were r
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QuoteStonedRambler Some things that should not be missing from any cheap Stones review: - best album since Some Girls/Exile / their playing is the best since - their combined age ("together they are 235 years old...") - some standard puns using their song titles that have been used for 40+ years ("Stones fans will definetly get some Satisfaction" "Stones fans still
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QuoteHardRiffin These comparisons with past albums that reviewers make have really pissed me off. This 'Best album since Some Girls/Tatoo You' has become really cloying and ridiculous. Every album has its own history and must be contextualised with internal and external dynamics and many factors. Let's just enjoy this new album and i'm sure we won't be disappointed!
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QuoteProfessorWolf QuotePosted by: dead.flowers () Date: October 6, 2023 14:19 German Tabloid BILD Interview with Mick Jagger Oct 6, 2023 Will you be touring with the new songs? Jagger: “I really hope so. We are currently planning for next year.” from here iorr Its very tempting to read too much into an exchange like the one quoted above. The band will always be asked questions
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Quotekeefmick Topi, Do you think if they do the USA in 24, South America in 25, Europe again in 26, Japan and rest of Asia in 27, that they will then return to the USA in 28? It will certainly be their turn again. Yeah, of course they will! Return to the US in 2028 I mean. After all Mick and Keith will 'only' be 85 or so by then. And Ronnie a mere 80ish. Kids really. First flush
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QuoteNashvilleBlues Some of you are hilarious. 2025? Let’s wait for a 2024 tour first. Father Time is undefeated. At last, a note of common sense. Well said. And not alone 2025. There is mention by someone else of 2026. Its almost like time has been paused. Everything is all 1980 again. Or whatever. Even Jagger can't keep going forever. Much less Keith and Ronnie. On another stran
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QuoteStonedRambler QuoteGerardHennessy Quotegeorgemcdonnell314 It will be a great album. They know it. We should believe in them. They want the end of their career to be as great as their start. Another album to follow next year with a tour in Europe. Are you serious? The new album is not even released yet and you are already on about the NEXT album. Have some perspective for pity's
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Quotegeorgemcdonnell314 It will be a great album. They know it. We should believe in them. They want the end of their career to be as great as their start. Another album to follow next year with a tour in Europe. Are you serious? The new album is not even released yet and you are already on about the NEXT album. Have some perspective for pity's sake. The most likely scenario is that
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Quotepowerage78 We will see... Travelling and touring, of course, but but some people here talk about them as if they were 25 years old and as they had never had any health issues , it's quite fascinating... Well said. We will indeed see. I love all the postings each saying what the writer thinks the band will/should do. And all of this before ANY tour is announced. The only thing
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QuoteDorn QuoteDoxa Honestly, I don't give a shit about those other 11 songs now. I am eager to hear the 11 songs that did made the album... - Doxa same here Yes indeed. Me too. We have been waiting for this album forever, and before it is even released the chatter about the NEXT album has already started. Come on good people. Let's just focus on Hackney Diamonds for now...
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