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The Rolling Stones will release their first album of new music in 18 years next month, lead singer Mick Jagger, fellow founding bandmate Keith Richards and bass guitarist Ronnie Wood announced on Sept. 6 in London.

The album, "Hackney Diamonds," is the first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2019, and the first containing original material since 2005's "A Bigger Bang."

Mick Jagger once sang "what a drag it is getting old" but the most senior swinger in town shows little sign of slowing down as he turns 80 tomorrow.

The Rolling Stones frontman is still strutting and gyrating in front of packed-out arenas, most recently touring Europe to mark the band's 60th anniversary.

British rock legends The Rolling Stones on June 1 opened their European tour with a gig in Madrid to mark six decades since the band was formed.

The Sixty tour will include 14 concerts across Europe with the first taking place in the Wanda Stadium, home to Atletico Madrid football club.

The Rolling Stones kicked off the U.S. leg of their "No Filter" tour on Sept. 26 with a video tribute to their late drummer Charlie Watts.

The veteran British band, on their first tour since 1963 without Watts, displayed photos and video of him on huge projections at the St. Louis, Missouri, arena against a drum solo soundtrack.

Charlie Watts, the drummer of the legendary British rock'n'roll band the Rolling Stones, died on Aug. 24 at the age of 80, his publicist said.

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"It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Charlie Watts. He passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family," publicist Bernard Doherty said in a statement.

Charlie Watts, legendary drummer for the Rolling Stones who provided the badass bottom line on classics such as "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Gimme Shelter," has died "peacefully" in the UK. He was 80.

Watts' publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed news of the rock icon's passing on Tuesday.

Paul McCartney is finally ready to write his memoirs, and will use music, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, to help guide him.

"The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present" will be released Nov. 2, according to a joint announcement on Feb. 24 from the British publisher Allen Lane and from Liveright in the United States.

Singer Rihanna has stormed into the Sunday Times Rich List of musicians at number three, with an estimated wealth of 468 million pounds ($576 million), thanks partly to the success of her fashion and cosmetics brands with Louis Vuitton-owner LVMH. 

It's a song of an apocalyptic title that will resonate over time, Mick Jagger said for the "Apple Music" group, adding that the song was written last year but has adapted part of the text to the current situation, according to US media.

The Rolling Stones on April 23 released their first new original music since 2012, a single aptly named "Living in a Ghost Town." 

Frontman Mick Jagger announced the surprise release on Twitter, saying, "The Stones were in the studio recording new material before the lockdown & one song, Living In A Ghost Town, we thought would resonate through the times we're living in."