Hackney Diamonds is the upcoming 24th British and 26th American studio album by British blues rock band the Rolling Stones.

Recording, promotion, and release
The Rolling Stones had last released a studio album in 2016 with the blues covers album Blue & Lonesome, which began with new material recorded with Don Was but stalled. The band's last album of original material was A Bigger Bang in 2005, but they continued to record occasional tracks, such as for the compilation GRRR! in 2012 and the 2020 single "Living in a Ghost Town". The group again recorded sessions for a new album starting in 2020, but these were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Studio work in 2021 yielded several completed songs and further recordings in late 2022 and early 2023 with producer Andrew Watt included Paul McCartney playing bass guitar on new Stones music. In June 2023, former bassist Bill Wyman announced that he had recorded for the band for the first time in 30 years. Additional recordings with Elton John are expected to be on the release. These recordings include the last work by Charlie Watts before his death and the first with drummer Steve Jordan.

On 17 August, 2023, an advertisement appeared in the Hackney Gazette teasing the album, referencing several Rolling Stones song titles and displaying their tongue logo. On 22 August, social media profiles posted new artwork by Paulina Almira and Universal Music Group debuted a website to promote the release.

The release was also promoted with a website that started a countdown a little over a week before 6 September and solicited questions for the band. The group posted links to this site on their social media accounts on 29 August and showed photos of their lip logo projected across the world on monuments. These projections continued into September, leading up to a 6 September.

Track listing
Shortly after the newspaper advertisement implying this album release, the following songs were registered to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers under the names of Jagger–Richards, with some tracks co-written by Watt:
"Angry" (with Watt)
"Bite My Head Off"
"Depending On You" (with Watt)
"Dreamy Skies"
"Driving Me Too Hard"
"Get Close" (with Watt)
"Live by the Sword"
"Mess It Up"
"Morning Joe Cues"
"Sweet Sounds of Heaven"
"Tell Me Straight"
"Whole Wide World"

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2023 albums
Albums produced by Andrew Watt (record producer)
Albums produced by Don Was
The Rolling Stones albums
Upcoming albums