Cards up at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. With Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones applauding in the box, the Montjuïc stands drew a mosaic with the motto ‘Let’s Make It Legendary’, the blaugrana colors and those of the ‘senyera’ along with a tifo with the language of the Rolling Stones. Mat Clifford, one of the band’s collaborating musicians, also attended.
The signal for the fans to raise the cards was the song Start me Up by the famous band. The initiative is part of the sponsorship agreement that the Barça club has with Spotify and which has resulted in the making of a commemorative t-shirt that the Barcelona players wear against Real Madrid, with the legendary tongue logo outside of the musical group.
The Barça shirt went on sale this Monday, at a price of 399 euros, and was sold out in a matter of hours, as were 44 shirts signed by the players (22) of the first team – who will wear it during the match on November 3 against Sevilla – which were sold at a price of 2,999 euros.
The Barça club invited the three members of the Stones, but Keith Richards was ultimately unable to attend. The campaign with Barça and Spotify coincides with the launch of the Rolling Stones’ latest album, “Hackney Diamonds”, which has reached number 1 in sales in the United Kingdom in its first week after seeing the light, to become the fourteenth album of the band that reaches the top of the charts.
According to Official Charts, responsible for preparing the list, a total of 72,200 units of “Hackney Diamonds” have been sold since its release on October 20, which also catapults it to third place for the most successful album in a week this year. following the recent works of Lewis Capaldi and Ed Sheeran.
The Stones’ first new material in 18 years, for the first time without their late drummer Charlie Watts, has been received with very positive reviews by the specialized press and the public seems to continue on that path. The Stones also manage to access the first place in history for artists with the most studio albums that have reached number 1, with eleven, tied with The Beatles, Robbie Williams and Bruce Springsteen.
As this newspaper published, Jagger and Woods have been in the city for two days. On Thursday night they had dinner in the Ron Wood suite of the Palace hotel located on Barcelona’s Gran Vía, a room whose design the band’s guitarist collaborated on.
During the moments before the match, songs included in the ‘Barça Matchday El Clásico’ playlist, created by Spotify, which includes other groups such as Queen, AC/DC and U2, were also played.
