Rolling Stones China

THE ROLLING STONES have agreed to drop songs from their concert playlist when they tour China next month. Too bad the U.S. government doesn't do the same to motivate the geezer-rockers to play some of the underplayed gems in their songbook (anybody heard "2000 Light Years From Home" lately?).


NME Head of Beijing Time New Century Entertainment, Chen Jixin, said that the band has been told they cannot perform 'Brown Sugar', 'Honky Tonk Women', 'Beast Of Burden' and 'Let's Spend The Night Together.

I guess Mr. Jixin hasn't isn't familiar with "Sympathy for the Devil", "Mother's Little Helper and "Satisfaction" (which might become an anthem for the undernourished Chinese youth culture).
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