The Rolling Stones ‘Hackney Diamonds Tour’ concert experience technically starts the day before Mick, Keith and Ronnie take the stage. On Saturday morning, fans with tickets to the Sunday, May 26 MetLife Stadium show received an email asking which song they’d like built into the following evening’s set list. The four options were: “All Down The Line” from 1972’s “Exile On Main Street” “Heartbreaker” from 1973’s “Goat’s Head Soup” “Out Of Control” from 1997’s “Bridges To Babylon” “Bite My Head Off” from 2023’s “Hackney Diamonds” It’s a brilliant marketing scheme by one of music’s savviest bands.
If those tracks don’t sound familiar, you’ll likely go down an unexpected rabbit hole to find out which is your favorite. Alternately, Stones diehards can flash their knowledge of semi-obscure deep cuts. A true win-win.
We’ll get back to the winning song later, though. Let’s go to the show now. At 8 p.
m. sharp, New York-based group Lawrence kicked off their high-energy, brassy set. The trio doesn’t typically open for the Stones; instead all shows on the ‘Hackney Diamonds Tour’ feature a different special guest.
That being said, this night, Stones fans were treated to something special. For 40ish minutes, Lawrence brought danceable, sax-y tracks with big hooks, multiple vocalists, earnest lyrics and big builds that led into triumphant choruses to the 82,500-seat football stadium turned concert venue. They even threw in .
