Stones promise 'bigger bang' with new record
The Rolling Stones celebrated Mick Jagger’s 62nd birthday by announcing the release of A Bigger Bang on Virgin Records, their first studio CD in eight years.
“While in the studio recording the album last year, the band came up with the title, A Bigger Bang, reflecting their fascination with the scientific theory about the origin of the universe,” the Stones said in a statement from New York yesterday.
Bridges to Babylon, their previous studio album, was released in 1997.
Sixteen songs will be featured on A Bigger Bang, due for release on September 6 including Rough Justice and Streets of Love. Keith Richards sings on two tracks, This Place Is Empty and Infamy.
The Stones kick off their world tour on August 21 at Boston’s Fenway Park in the US.
Following the completion of 35 scheduled dates in the US and Canada, the band will tour Mexico, South America, the Far East, New Zealand, Australia and Europe.
