Rolling Stones set to launch new album, Hackney Diamonds. Paul McCartney will appear at the launch

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Even wild horses couldn't stop The Rolling Stones from making a comeback with Hackney Diamonds, their first album of original songs since 2005.

The band will release the album on Wednesday at a special event in Hackney, which is "at the heart of the new album," according to a press release.

Jimmy Fallon will host the event, which will be streamed live on YouTube.

Rumor has it that Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, and Lady Gaga will all appear on the record.

The announcement followed a teaser campaign that began with a small advertisement in the Hackney Gazette, a free newspaper distributed across the London borough's supermarkets and corner shops.

The blurb had numerous references to Rolling Stones songs and a phone number for anyone who was interested in learning more. It was supposed to be for a neighboring glazing firm.

Over the weekend, the group also made a sneak preview of one of the tracks available on the website dontgetangrywithme.com.

It was another deceptive ploy because the website only played a brief segment of music after a protracted loading screen before appearing to crash.

In reaction to apparent problems on social media, the band issued the statement "Sorry, don't get angry with me"—a reference to the song's first lyric.

However, the three remaining Stones—Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood—will make a major statement on Wednesday afternoon in Hackney.

New album, new music, new era, read the teaser for the livestream.

It will be their first release since 2016's Blue & Lonesome, which featured covers of the Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf songs that were the inspiration for their 1960s band in the first place.

Before that, in 2005, they produced A Bigger Bang, which was marketed as a return to the basics but fell short of the bar set by classics like Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street.

Hackney Diamonds will be the name of the band's first album without drummer Charlie Watts, who passed away in 2021 before the group's 60th anniversary tour as a result of throat cancer.

The musician is said to have recorded new drum sounds before his departure, and Richards has already said his playing will be on the future album.

The guitarist reportedly said, "You haven't heard the last of Charlie Watts," as reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Other songs are likely to feature Steve Jordan, who replaced Watts on the summer tour.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that Ringo Starr may have also participated in the recording sessions, although these rumors have been downplayed.