In a recent interview given on the eve of the release new Rolling Stones album‘Hackney Diamonds’ will be released on October 20th, Mick Jagger is back as a guest remembered Charlie Wattslate drummer of the historic English band, who passed away on August 24, 2021.
In the microphones of CBC on SiriusXM, as reported by the British newspaper Daily Mail, the frontman of the band “Sympathy for the Devil” remembered Watts as “one of his closest friends”, recalling their long friendship. “I’ve known Charlie since I was 19 and we used to go out together. He was one of my closest friends,” Jagger explained, before revealing his many shared interests with the late drummer, including football, which both friends saw as fans of as many rival teams as possible. Bye Charlie Watts era Great Tottenham fansMick Jagger He’s great fan Arsenal. In an interview, the Rolling Stones leader said:
“Besides being in the same band, Charlie and I had a lot of common interests. We loved football and cricket. Charlie and I often went to play cricket together. Charlie was very knowledgeable about football. As a child, he played football. He played football better than me.
She added: “Also, Charlie loved beautiful things. He liked antiques, he liked furniture. We had a lot of common interests that we talked about together.”
new album The Rolling Stones will be included twelve tracks, two of which feature Charlie Watts on drums and the rest by Steve Jordan, who took over after his passing in 2021. “Hackney Diamonds” presented by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood with Jimmy Fallon at the press conference for the show, held at the Hackney Empire in London, preceded by the already released single “Wicked“, and features several guests, including Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga and Elton John.
ABOUT collaborating with the former Beatle on the next Stones albumtheir first unreleased work in eighteen years, so much time has passed since the last “A big bang” in 2005, in a recent interview Mick Jagger said: “We asked him to play on this punk song. I didn’t know how it would end, but it really shocked me. and he really enjoyed doing it. He said, “It’s great to play with the band!” It’s a lot of fun to play with the band.”