LOS ANGELES -- The Rolling Stones have retired their classic song "Brown Sugar," which begins with a slave narrative and sexualizes young Black women. Mick Jagger told the Los Angeles Times that the ...

The Rolling Stones have retired their classic song "Brown Sugar," which begins with a slave narrative and sexualizes young Black women. Mick Jagger told the Los Angeles Times that the band had phased ...

The Rolling Stones retired one of their most popular rock songs due to lyrics that depict the horrors of slavery. The Stones have not played the 1971 hit "Brown Sugar" on their current tour and said ...

Piers Morgan has received backlash after hitting out at the Rolling Stones’ decision to retire their 1971 hit, 'Brown Sugar'. The British rock band has retired the song due to its lyrics in relation ...

Though Mick Jagger has never confirmed who “Brown Sugar” was about, former Stones bassist Bill Wyman said the song was partially inspired by Lennear in his 2001 book Rolling with the Stones. The song ...

The Rolling Stones have conspicuously omitted “Brown Sugar” from the playlist on their No Filter tour ― and there’s a reason for it. When the Los Angeles Times asked the band why it was ignoring one ...

In 2021, five decades after the song’s release, The Rolling Stones pulled it from their tour setlist due to the continued backlash caused by its controversial lyrics. The Rolling Stones Cause ...

Their position within rock royalty encouraged an error of judgment and lapse of accountability, which resulted in perhaps their worst song in history, and undoubtedly the very worst number one of 1971 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Bobby Keys, a saxophonist and life-long rock 'n roller who played on recordings by Buddy Holly and John Lennon and performed one of the all-time blowout solos on the Rolling Stones' ...