The Rolling Stones have unveiled their first album of original material since 2005 and the first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts.
"Hackney Diamonds" will feature 12 tracks and be released on October 20, preceded by lead single "Angry".
Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Mick Jagger announced the album on Wednesday at an event in Hackney.
Richards said: "Ever since Charlie's gone, it's been different, he's number four. Of course, he's missed."
He added that the new album will feature Steve Jordan in Watts' place, a drummer Richards said the band knew from "way back" and who filled Watts' seat on tour this summer.
"It would have been a lot harder without Charlie's blessing," Richards said, explaining that Watts had previously told the band Jordan should replace him if he ever was not around to record.
Watts died in 2021 aged 80, prior to the band's 60th anniversary tour, after suffering from throat cancer.
Mick explained: "The album has 12 tracks. Most are with Steve, but two are tracks we recorded in 2019 with Charlie."
The album is preceded by a new lead single, titled Angry, which also received its premiere at the event in Hackney.
Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney, who was sitting in the audience at the launch event where she was briefly interviewed by host Jimmy Fallon, features in the music video for the song.
Discussing the recording of the album, Wood told Fallon: "We did it pretty quickly actually.
"There were lots of ideas floating around, we gathered them together just before Christmas last year and made a go of it."
The record will feature Lady Gaga and other rumored guest stars including Sir Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.
Asked about the gap since 2016's "Blue & Lonesome", an album of blues covers, Mick said: "We've been on the road most of the time, maybe we were a bit too lazy, but then we said, 'let's put a deadline'."
He said the band cut 23 tracks, which were mixed in February, before deciding on the final 12 to include on the album.
Sir Mick said the sound of the album was "angry", like the title of the lead single, but added there was an "eclectic" mixture of genres on the record, including love songs and ballads.
He continued: "I don't want to be big-headed but we wouldn't have put this album out if we hadn't really liked it. We said we had to make a record we really love ourselves.
"We are quite pleased with it, We are not big-headed about it, but we hope you all like it."
The last track on the album is a cover of Muddy Waters' Rollin' Stone, but Richards said it should not be perceived as the band saying goodbye.
"That's not intended," he said, "it was actually Andrew Watt who came up with a 1920s guitar, and said 'maybe you guys could finally do a song that the name of the band came from".
"And Mick and I looked at each other and said 'Yeah, OK'. So there it is, it's more a tip of the hat to Muddy Waters, Chicago, and all the blues men we learned our stuff from."
The announcement of Hackney Diamonds follows a teaser campaign that began with an unassuming advert in the Hackney Gazette - a free newspaper distributed in corner shops and supermarkets that covers the London borough.
Ostensibly for a local glazing firm, the blurb contained several references to Rolling Stones songs and a phone number where fans could register interest.
Over the weekend, the band also shared a preview of one of the songs, via a website called dontgetangrywithme.com.
However, it was another elaborate ruse: after a prolonged loading screen, the site only played a short snippet of music before appearing to crash.
The band responded to supposed difficulties on social media with the message, "Sorry, don't get angry with me" - a reference to the song's opening lyric.
But all was finally revealed in Hackney on Wednesday afternoon, with all three remaining Stones - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood - in attendance.
"New album, new music, new era," a trailer for the livestream promised.
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