A Bigger Bang
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Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood
The published on 5 September 2005 A Bigger Bang is the 22nd studio album by the Rolling Stones. The title was given to the waiting fans announced on 27 July of the year in New York. Overall, it contains 16 new songs. The bonus DVD contains 2 new songs.
The Rolling Stones present on the album A Bigger Bang a wide variety of rock and blues songs. With the new album Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are continuing their now historically to be named songwriting partnership.
In the fall of 2004, the two began work on the new songs. Later in the studio met with Charlie Watts and Ron Wood to do so. A Bigger Bang is the first studio album since the Bridges to Babylon eight years previously incurred. During the recording process in the last year the band was reportedly fascinated by theories of the origin of the universe. The album title A Bigger Bang reflects this fascination.
Central pieces on the album are probably the first single Streets Of Love, Back Of My Hand, a raw, earthy blues or rock Title Rough Justice. On the pieces This Place Is Empty and Infamy Keith Richards takes over the lead vocals.
In contrast to recent publications on the Stones A Bigger Bang are rarely supported by guest musicians. Even Darryl Jones is not always there as a bass guitarist; this part was carried out at times Mick Jagger ( who is also first heard as a slide guitarist ), Ron Wood and Keith Richards.
The album was produced by Don Was and The Glimmer Twins - a pseudonym for Jagger / Richards. Don Was was already responsible as a co- producer of the album Voodoo Lounge and Bridges To Babylon, and for the new songs on the greatest hits compilation Forty Licks. He has collaborated with the live album Stripped and in the double live CD Live Licks as co- producer.
A Bigger Bang reached in Germany and Austria respectively to the first place of the charts.
Tour
The world tour - which is named after the album title - started the Rolling Stones on August 21, 2005 in Boston. Stations of the tour were, among others, North, Central and South America, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America again in autumn 2006 and summer 2007 again Europe. To date, A Bigger Bang was approximately $ 550 million revenue the most successful tour that has ever existed on earth. This record was beaten in 2011 by the U2 360 Tour.
From 27 July 2006, the enclosed DVD The Biggest Bang went on sale. On two of the four DVDs are concert Wed cuts from Rio de Janeiro and from Austin (Texas ). The third DVD features a documentary on the world tour and the fourth contains concert Wed cuts from the Western European countries and Argentina.