Rolling Stones Unperturbed By Chinese Censorship

Mick Jagger has revealed that The Rolling Stones aren’t too bothered by the Chinese Government censoring their set for the bands upcoming Shanghai show.

As previously reported by Gigwise the aging quartet have been forced to remove five of their racier numbers from the performance by the Chinese Ministry of Culture.

According to Reuters Jagger said at a news conference: "It's not really an issue. But I'm pleased that the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of the expat bankers and their girlfriends."

"When we first applied to come here, the Ministry of Culture...asked us politely if we would consider not playing certain songs from the 'Forty Licks' album at the show."

The songs removed from the set include ‘Honky Tonk Woman’, ‘Beast Of Burden’, ‘Lets Spend The Night Together’ and ‘Brown Sugar’.

Jagger added: "This time around, I was hoping that there would be no censorship issues... but then they came back with the same four songs they didn't want us to play and added another one."

The Stones’ greatest hits record ‘Forty Licks’ was cut to 36 tracks by the Chinese authorities before its release because of the risqué lyrics.