Variety is considered the entertainment industry bible and I found this article a little worrisome..(the article is not about the Stones only).......the link is: [
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Being a huge Rolling Stones fan I'm not sure why they are going to China afterall......they don't need the exposure....... it's certainly not about money.........and after reading this article what are they REALLY doing to their legacy????????
Following is an exerpt from the article:
On April 8, the Rolling Stones will make their first appearance in mainland China, performing in an 8,000-seat stadium in Shanghai. In order to accommodate the communist regime's ministry of culture, the group that once was synonymous with 1960s-style liberation has pledged not to play "Let's Spend the Night Together," "Brown Sugar" and two other songs deemed too risky by Chinese censors.
The Stones' capitulation to Chinese censors comes at a particularly bad time for foes of political correctness. Increasingly, free expression is under attack around the world -- including the U.S.