Editing The Rolling Stones (section)

=== 2017–present: No Filter Tour, Watts' death, and ''Hackney Diamonds'' ===

In July 2017, the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' reported that the Stones were getting ready to record their first album of original material in more than a decade,<ref name="torontosun Rolling Stones new album of original material">{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2017/07/24/the-rolling-stones-to-record-new-album |title=The Rolling Stones to record new album |date=24 July 2017 |newspaper=Toronto Sun |access-date=31 July 2017 }}</ref> but recording was later ultimately delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Doyle|first=Patrick|date=3 September 2020|title=Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on 'Goats Head Soup,' Life in Lockdown, and Why They'll Never Quit|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mick-jagger-keith-richards-goats-head-soup-lockdown-interview-1043673/|access-date=29 October 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-access=limited}}</ref> ''[[On Air (The Rolling Stones album)|On Air]]'', a collection of 18 recordings the band performed on the BBC between 1963 and 1965, was released in December 2017. The album featured eight songs the band had never recorded or released commercially.<ref name="rollingstone.com The Rolling Stones On Air">{{cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rolling-stones-collect-rare-bbc-recordings-for-on-air-w507491 |title=Rolling Stones Collect Rare BBC Recordings for 'On Air' (by Daniel Kreps) |date= 6 October 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date= 26 October 2017|url-access=limited}}</ref>

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In May 2017, the [[No Filter Tour]] was announced, with fourteen shows in twelve different venues across Europe in September and October of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rollingstones.com/2017/05/09/stones-no-filter-european-tour/|title=Stones – No Filter – European tour {{!}} The Rolling Stones |website=The Rolling Stones |access-date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509150018/http://www.rollingstones.com/2017/05/09/stones-no-filter-european-tour/ |archive-date=9 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was later extended to go from May to July 2018, adding fourteen new dates across the UK and Europe, making it the band's first UK tour since 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43196127|title=Rolling Stones to tour UK in 2018|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=26 February 2018 |work=BBC News|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref> In November 2018, the Stones announced plans to bring the No Filter Tour to US stadiums in 2019, with 13 shows set to run from April to June.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-rolling-stones-2019-no-filter-tour-757781/|title=The Rolling Stones Announce 2019 'No Filter' U.S. Stadium Tour|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=19 November 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=19 November 2018|url-access=limited}}</ref> In March 2019, it was announced that Jagger would be undergoing heart valve replacement surgery, forcing the band to postpone the 17-date North American leg of their No Filter Tour.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-postpone-north-american-tour-as-mick-jagger-medical-treatment-815653/ |title=Rolling Stones Postpone North American Tour as Mick Jagger Gets Medical Treatment |date=30 March 2019  |last=Kreps|first=Daniel |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=30 March 2019|url-access=limited}}</ref> On 4 April 2019, it was announced that Jagger had completed his heart valve procedure in New York, was recovering (in hospital) after a successful operation, and could be released in the following few days.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/mick-jagger-undergoes-successful-heart-valve-procedure/|title=Mick Jagger Undergoes Successful Heart Valve Procedure|magazine=Billboard|access-date=1 September 2019|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429233204/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8505740/mick-jagger-undergoes-successful-heart-valve-procedure|archive-date=29 April 2019}}</ref> On 16 May, the Rolling Stones announced that the No Filter Tour would resume on 21 June with the 17 postponed dates rescheduled up to the end of August.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-rescheduled-dates-no-filter-tour-836010/|title=Rolling Stones Announce Rescheduled Dates For 2019 'No Filter' Tour|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=16 May 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=19 May 2019|url-access=limited}}</ref> In March 2020, the No Filter Tour was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Chan|first=Anna|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9336620/rolling-stones-postpone-no-filter-tour|title=Rolling Stones Postpone No Filter Tour Over Coronavirus|date=17 March 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=19 April 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The Rolling Stones—featuring Jagger, Richards, Watts, and Wood at their homes—were one of the headline acts on Global Citizen's ''[[One World: Together at Home]]'' on-line and on-screen concert on 18 April 2020, a global event featuring dozens of artists and comedians to support frontline healthcare workers and the [[World Health Organization]] during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52333890|title=Coronavirus: Stars take part in One World: Together At Home concert|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=18 April 2020|work=BBC|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> On 23 April, Jagger announced through his Facebook page the release (the same day at 5pm [[British Summer Time|BST]]) of the single "[[Living in a Ghost Town]]", a new Rolling Stones song recorded in London and Los Angeles in 2019 and finished in isolation (part of the new material that the band were recording in the studio before the COVID-19 lockdown), a song that the band "thought would resonate through the times we're living in" and their first original one since 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/23/the-rolling-stones-release-living-in-a-ghost-town-first-original-music-since-2012 |last=Beaumont-Thomas|first=Ben|title=The Rolling Stones release Living In A Ghost Town, first original music since 2012 |date=23 April 2020 |website=The Guardian |access-date=23 April 2020 }}</ref> The song reached number&nbsp;1 on the German Singles Chart, the first time the Stones had reached the top spot in 52 years, and making them the oldest artists ever to do so.<ref name="spiegel">{{Cite news |title=Rolling Stones Nummer eins der deutschen Singlecharts{{nbsp}}– erstmals seit 1968 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=3 July 2020 |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/rolling-stones-mit-living-in-a-ghost-town-nummer-1-der-deutschen-charts-a-e0c06156-106c-4fc2-a0a7-8b5b794b7fe2 |access-date=6 July 2020 |language=de-DE}}</ref>

[[File:RStonesHydePark030722 (125 of 125) (52194125170) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The Rolling Stones on stage at [[British Summer Time (concerts)|BST Hyde Park]] 2022, a year after the death of Watts. Left to right: Jagger, Wood, and Richards.]]
The band's 1973 album ''Goats Head Soup'' was reissued on 4 September 2020 and featured previously unreleased outtakes: such as "Criss Cross", which was released as a single and music video on 9 July 2020; "[[Scarlet (The Rolling Stones song)|Scarlet]]", featuring [[Jimmy Page]]; and "All the Rage".<ref>{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Patrick |title=Rolling Stones share unreleased song 'Criss Cross,' announce 'Goats Head Soup' reissue |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/09/rolling-stones-unheard-song-criss-cross-1973-goats-head-soup/5404266002/ |newspaper=USA Today |date=9 July 2020 |access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref> On 11 September 2020, the album topped the UK Albums Chart as the Rolling Stones became the first artist to [[List of artists who topped the UK Albums Chart in five or more decades|top the chart across six different decades]].<ref name="Six decades">{{cite news |title=The Rolling Stones break Official Chart record as they pip Declan McKenna to Number 1 with Goats Head Soup |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-rolling-stones-break-official-chart-record-as-they-pip-declan-mckenna-to-number-1-with-goats-head-soup__30967/ |access-date=12 September 2020 |work=Official Charts Company|date=11 September 2020}}</ref>

In August 2021, it was announced that Watts would undergo an unspecified medical procedure and would not perform on the remainder of the No Filter tour; the longtime Stones associate [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]] filled in as drummer.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=5 August 2021|title=Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts Drops Out of U.S. Tour After Medical Procedure|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-us-tour-1207707/|access-date=5 August 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=5 August 2021|title=Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Is 'Unlikely' to Join Group's 2021 U.S. Tour|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-unlikely-tour-1235035030/|access-date=5 August 2021|magazine=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> Watts died on 24 August 2021, at the age of 80, in a London hospital with his family around him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58316842 |access-date=24 August 2021 |publisher=BBC News |date=24 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lawless|first1=Jill|last2=Katz|first2=Gregory|date=24 August 2021|title=Drummer Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones backbone, dies at 80|url=https://apnews.com/article/rolling-stones-charlie-watts-died-c9551b21e2806b679bd0eeec0bb4ef2b|access-date=27 August 2021|website=Associated Press}}</ref> For 10 days, the contents of the Rolling Stones' official website were replaced with a picture of Watts, in his memory.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 August 2021|title=Charlie Watts |url=https://rollingstones.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825004940/https://rollingstones.com/|archive-date=25 August 2021|access-date=25 August 2021 |website=The Rolling Stones}}</ref> On 27 August, the band's social media accounts shared a montage of pictures and videos of Watts.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=The Rolling Stones|author-link=The Rolling Stones|user=RollingStones|number=1431274250984427525|date=27 August 2021|title=[Video of Watts] |access-date=27 August 2021|link=https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/1431274250984427525|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827182806/https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/1431274250984427525|archive-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> The band subsequently showed pictures and videos of Watts at the beginning of each concert on the No Filter tour. The short segment is roughly a minute long and plays a simple drum track by Watts.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=27 September 2021|title=The Rolling Stones Are Back On Tour And Paid Tribute To Late Drummer Charlie Watts |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1040873738/the-rolling-stones-no-filter-tour-charlie-watts|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref> They became the highest-earning live act of 2021, surpassing Taylor Swift; since 2018 the two have traded the top two spots.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=15 December 2021 |title=The Rolling Stones were the highest-earning live act of 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/news/rolling-stones-highest-earning-live-act-year-2021-8329/ |url-access=limited |access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Christman |first=Ed |date=2022-12-29 |title=Music's Top 40 U.S. Money Makers of 2021 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-earning-musicians-rolling-stones-swift-us-money-makers/ |url-access=limited |access-date=2022-12-30 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> The band [[Sixty (tour)|began a new tour]] in 2022, with Jordan on drums.<ref>{{cite web |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=2022-06-10 |title=The Rolling Stones review – world's greatest rockers are still a gas, gas, gas |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/10/the-rolling-stones-live-review-anfield-leverpool |access-date=10 June 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

Following reports in February 2023 that former Beatles [[Paul McCartney]] and [[Ringo Starr]] would appear on their new album,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |last2=Halperin |first2=Shirley |date=2023-02-21 |title=Rolling Stones Recording With Paul McCartney — and Ringo? |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/rolling-stones-paul-mccartney-recording-music-ringo-starr-1235529654/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> representatives for the band confirmed that McCartney will appear but stated that Starr would not. This will mark the first time that McCartney and the Stones have collaborated on a studio album.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2023-02-23 |title=Rolling Stones Confirm Paul McCartney to Appear on a Song From Band's Upcoming Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/paul-mccartney-plays-bass-rolling-stones-studio-album-1235258874/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Four months later, it was reported that Wyman would return for a song, more than 30 years after his departure from the band.<ref>{{cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=10 June 2023 |title=Rolling Stones Album Tribute To Late Charlie Watts Will Have Bill Wyman Contributions |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/rolling-stones-album-tribute-to-late-charlie-watts-will-have-bill-wyman-1235413539/ |access-date=11 June 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:The Hackney Empire (152261787).jpg|thumb|The Stones announced their 2023 album, ''[[Hackney Diamonds]]'', at the [[Hackney Empire]] in London (pictured) in a news conference at the venue.]]
In August 2023, media outlets reported, based on an advertisement in a local UK newspaper, that a new Stones album might be released in September 2023. The ''[[Hackney Gazette]]'' advertisement made reference to several previous Stones hits, and linked to a fictitious diamond jeweller called "Hackney Diamonds", whose website privacy policy is that of Universal Music Group; the band's logo was used to dot the letter "i" in "diamonds".<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2023-08-22 |title=The Rolling Stones appear to announce new album 'Hackney Diamonds' in local newspaper |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-rolling-stones-appear-to-announce-new-album-hackney-diamonds-in-local-newspaper-3486819 |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 29 August, the band confirmed association with the website through posts on its social media profiles.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=RollingStones|number=1696607742725669005 |title=Hello World|language=en-GB|date=29 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830021739/https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/1696607742725669005 |archive-date=30 August 2023|access-date=30 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Because of the advertisement, it was suspected that the album could be called ''[[Hackney Diamonds]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sandeman |first=George |date=2023-08-23 |title=Rolling Stones tease new album with Hackney Diamonds advert |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/rolling-stones-new-album-hackney-diamonds-dr7bz7xfs |access-date=2023-08-23 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> [[Elton John]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Paul McCartney]], among others, are expected to guest on the new album.<ref>{{cite news |last=Varga |first=George  |title=Rolling Stones appear to be teasing the release of a new album called 'Hackney Diamonds' |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2023-08-22/rolling-stones-appear-to-be-teasing-the-release-of-a-new-album-called-hackney-diamonds |date=23 August 2023 |access-date=23 August 2023 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> On 6 September 2023, Jagger, Richards and Wood appeared in a live Q&A with [[Jimmy Fallon]] to announce that ''Hackney Diamonds'' would be released on 20 October 2023. The album features the final two songs Charlie Watts recorded with the band prior to his death, and it also features former longtime bassist Bill Wyman on one of the album's tracks, marking only his second studio recording with the band since 1991's ''Flashpoint'' album. "[[Angry (The Rolling Stones song)|Angry]]", the album's first single and music video (starring actress [[Sydney Sweeney]]), was also released during the Q&A, with the song also landing on the ''[[EA Sports FC 24]]'' soundtrack.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ronald |first=Issy |date=6 September 2023 |title=Rolling Stones launch 'Hackney Diamonds,' their first new album in almost two decades, with Jimmy Fallon Q&A |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/entertainment/rolling-stones-new-album-launch-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=7 September 2023 |publisher=CNN |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Andy|title='EA Sports FC 24' soundtrack: here's a list of every song in the game |url=https://www.nme.com/guides/gaming-guides/ea-sports-fc-24-soundtrack-list-every-song-in-the-game-3502416 |website=NME|date=22 September 2023|access-date=24 September 2023 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Jagger speculated that the band's follow-up to ''Hackney Diamonds'' was 75% done by the time that album was released.<ref name="nytint">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |date=2023-09-14 |accessdate=2023-09-19 |title=The Rolling Stones on Starting Up Again |department=Fall Preview |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/arts/music/rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds.html |first=Jon |last=Pareles |author-link=Jon Pareles |issn=1553-8095 |oclc=1645522}}</ref> Ten months later, Jagger stated that it is likely the band would release new music "soon".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richwine |first=Lisa |date=4 June 2024 |title=Mick Jagger, strutting at 80, teases new album and more touring |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/mick-jagger-strutting-80-teases-new-album-more-touring-2024-06-04/ |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref>

The subsequent [[Hackney Diamonds Tour]] took place from 28 April 2024 to 21 July 2024<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rolli |first=Bryan |date=2024-04-29 |title=Rolling Stones Dazzle at 2024 Tour Kickoff: Review and Set List |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-2024-tour-kickoff-review-set-list/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-23 |title=The Rolling Stones are coming to the Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Mo. |url=https://www.ky3.com/2024/05/23/rolling-stones-are-coming-thunder-ridge-nature-arena-ridgedale-mo/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=KYTV |language=en |agency=The Associated Press}}</ref> and was generally well received, with the ''Los Angeles Times'' calling the band "still as dangerous and vital as ever" with other papers sharing the sentiment, including the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Conner |first=Shawn |date=6 July 2024 |title=Review: The Rolling Stones blow the roof off B.C. Place with their first concert in Vancouver in ages |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/rolling-stones-vancouver-concert-bc-place |access-date=8 October 2024 |work=The Vancouver Sun}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=24 May 2024 |title=The Rolling Stones Really Might Never Stop |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/arts/music/rolling-stones-live-review.html |access-date=8 October 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ruggieri |first=Melissa |date=April 29, 2024 |title=No one rocks like The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger, band thrill on Hackney Diamonds Tour |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/29/rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds-tour/73489516007/ |access-date=8 October 2024 |work=USA Today}}</ref> The band expressed interest that June in continuing the tour in 2025, telling Reuters "We'll consider those offers, where we're going to go and where it will be fun, you know?...It could be Europe, could be South America, could be anywhere."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richwine |first=Lisa |date=4 June 2024 |title=Mick Jagger, strutting at 80, teases new album and more touring |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/mick-jagger-strutting-80-teases-new-album-more-touring-2024-06-04/ |access-date=8 October 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref> Wood confirmed in a May 2025 interview with the ''Times'' that the band is still planning a new album.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Mick |date=2025-05-17 |title=Ronnie Wood: ‘I was thinking, I want to be in the Rolling Stones. Then a car pulled up with Mick and Charlie’ |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/ronnie-wood-rolling-stones-interview/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>