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Have the Rolling Stones simply introduced the discharge of a brand new album? The band’s representatives say “no comment” however the followers, who’ve been ready for a brand new LP for nearly 20 years, assume they could be about to get some satisfaction.
Their hopes have been raised by an innocuous-looking advert in a small London newspaper heralding a brand new glass restore retailer known as “Hackney Diamonds”.
The brightly colored promotion within the Hackney Gazette stated the enterprise was established in 1962 – the identical 12 months the Rolling Stones shaped – and the brand new retailer would open in September.
“Our friendly team promises you satisfaction. When you say gimme shelter we’ll fix your shattered windows,” the advert stated within the newspaper’s August 17 version, referencing a few of the group’s best-known hits.
It directs readers to a web site the place customers are requested to register their curiosity, with privateness phrases signed off by the teams’ label Universal Music Group (UMG).
“The Rolling Stones are poking fun at themselves,” learn one message on the Facebook fan web page The Rolling Stones Sessions. “Creative publicity has began on the long-awaited new album.
“I am one of those fans that craves new music, so I just can’t wait to hear the album. I’m really excited and ready,” wrote Jack Q Frost Jnr on messaging website Reddit.
Last 12 months, The Rolling Stones marked their sixtieth anniversary with a European tour, overlaying 10 international locations together with Britain.
An album by the Rolling Stones that includes new authentic music could be their first since 2005’s A Bigger Bang.