The Rolling Stones, joined by Lady Gaga, played a surprise intimate NY

The Rolling Stones‘ just released Hackney Diamonds, their first album of new original material in 18 years (read our review), and they’re in NYC doing press for the occasion. While here, they played a surprise, invite-only show at the 650-capacity venue Racket (formerly known as Highline Ballroom) last night (10/19). They played seven songs, making the live debuts of “Angry,” “Whole Wide World,” “Bite My Head Off,” and “Sweet Sounds of Heaven” from the new album, and treating the lucky crowd to three classics: “Shattered,” “Tumbling Dice,” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” For “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” which they played as their encore, they brought out the song’s guest vocalist: Lady Gaga.

Here’s more, from Melissa Ruggieri’s review for USA Today:

The groove-infested “Shattered,” their 1978 seedy ode to New York, proved the ideal opener for the night. Jagger, his vocal delivery as elastic as his facial expressions, slithered between Ronnie Wood and Richards, his feet following his hips, as he spat the lyrics “pride and joy and greed and sex, that’s what makes our town the best” and the famous aside, “shadoobie.”

But first Jagger, Richards, Wood, longtime bassist Darryl Jones, drummer Steve Jordan (who took the seat of the late Charlie Watts in 2021), keyboardist Matt Clifford and singer Chanel Haynes had a few other tunes to unleash.

Seesawing between classic and new, the band stomped through the staccato rocker “Angry,” the Stones-iest Stones song in decades. Richards, all scarves and bandannas, ripped out the instant classic riff, filling in the notes between Jones’ rumbling bass lines.

[…] [Lady Gaga] immediately confirmed she is a worthy sparring partner for Jagger as the pair circled one another, each approaching the other as prey. Their intensity was palpable as they traded soulful wails, simultaneously bounced – she in platform heels – and fed off the force of the music. After Lady Gaga tossed down the mic stand in a frenzied moment of singing, Jagger ceded the spotlight to her to close out the song with iron-lunged ferocity.

Questlove was the DJ for the night. Check out fan-shot videos of “Angry” and the Gaga song, and pictures from the show (Courtesy of: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rolling Stones) below…

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#RollingStones set list at Racket NYC

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Setlist (via)
Shattered
Angry (live debut)
Whole Wide World (live debut)
Tumbling Dice
Bite My Head Off (live debut)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Encore:
Sweet Sounds of Heaven (with Lady Gaga) (live debut)

The Rolling Stones Surprise Set in Celebration of "Hackney Diamonds"

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 19: Ronnie Wood, Steve Jordan, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards perform during The Rolling Stones surprise set in celebration of their new album “Hackney Diamonds” at Racket NYC on October 19, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for RS)