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Censored Rolling Stones Rock On In China |
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Written by Simon Jones
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Sunday, 09 April 2006 |
 Veteran rockers The Rolling Stones played their first ever gig in mainland China last night, as part of their A Bigger Bang world tour.
The band played to 8,000 fans at Shanghai's Grand Stage venue, where tickets had been changing hands on the Chinese black market for over £350, as much as ten times the average monthly wage of a Chinese worker.
On Saturday, ahead of the scheduled concert, the Chinese government asked the band not play the songs 'Brown Sugar', 'Honky Tonk Woman', 'Beast of Burden' and 'Let's Spend the Night Together' because of their suggestive lyrics.
Authorities reportedly later added another track to the list, 'Rough Justice' from the bands current 'A Bigger Bang' album.
Sir Mick Jagger said the band were not worried by the censorship and had fully expected it.
"Fortunately, we have 400 more songs that we can play so it's not really an issue," said Sir Mick.
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