The Rolling Stones may have dubbed their tour “No Filter,” but the iconic rock band has filtered out one of their most popular songs from their setlist. …
The Rolling Stones may have dubbed their tour “No Filter,” but the iconic rock band has filtered out one of their most popular songs from their setlist. The band retired their 1971 hit song “Brown Sugar” from their current tour, for now, over “conflicts” surrounding the controversial lyrics that depict slavery, rape and drugs, guitarist Keith Richards confirmed to The Los Angeles Times. “You picked up on that, huh?” Richards told the outlet after he was asked why the band has refrained from playing it. He added that he doesn’t understand the controversy. “I’m trying to figure out with the sisters quite where the beef is,” Richards said. “Didn’t they understand this was a song about the horrors of slavery? But they’re trying to bury it.
