The Rolling Stones DROP lyrics from their hit Sympathy For The Devil on the final shows of their US tour after the terrifying Trump shooting
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They were criticized for going woke after they removed their hit Brown Sugar from their concerts.
And now the Rolling Stones have released a lyric about presidential assassinations in one of their most popular hits, following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump earlier this month.
In the 1968 Stones classic Sympathy for the Devil, the band’s frontman Mick Jagger sings, “I shouted, ‘Who killed the Kennedys?’ Well, it was you and me after all.”
But when he performed the song at the final three concerts of their Hackney Diamonds US tour, all of which took place after the July 13 shooting of Trump, the lyrics were noticeably missing.
Instead, during live performances in Los Angeles, Santa Clara, California, and Ridgedale, Missouri, the 80-year-old Sir Mick omitted the third verse of the infamous song altogether. Instead, he omitted the entire verse, which references the Kennedy assassination.
The Rolling Stones have released lyrics about presidential assassinations in one of their most popular hits following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump earlier this month
Former President Trump was shot earlier this month at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, leaving him with a bloody ear
Instead of the third verse, Stones guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood play an instrumental break.
The original lyrics, written in 1968, asked the question ‘who killed John Kennedy?’, but Jagger multiplied the lyric after the assassination of JFK’s brother Robert F. Kennedy.
A fate that nearly befell former President Trump after he was shot at during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
After the shooting, presidential candidate Piers Morgan called in after the host had called Trump “the Mick Jagger of politics” because of his advancing age and energetic performances.
Trump told him, “I appreciate what you said, and the compliment about Jagger!”
The Stones censored the song in 2006, during a charity concert celebrating Bill Clinton’s 60th birthday.
The band played the hit, but omitted the Kennedy line. There was speculation at the time that the verse was skipped because Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was present, but when questioned, Sir Mick’s motives were unclear.
He said, ‘Did I leave that out? That song is so long, I always cut out a verse. I think it must have been that one.’
In the 1968 Stones classic Sympathy for the Devil, the band’s frontman Mick Jagger sings, “I shouted, ‘Who killed the Kennedys?’ Well, it was you and me after all.”
But when he played the song during the last three shows of their Hackney Diamonds tour in the US, the lyrics were noticeably missing.
It’s not the first time the Stones have censored themselves. In 2021, they stopped playing ‘Brown Sugar’ after 50 years.
The song was removed from the setlist following mounting criticism over its depiction of slavery and sexual violence.
According to Richards, the band decided not to release the song anymore because they didn’t want any “conflicts” over the lyrics.
He added: ‘I hope we can bring the girl back to life in her full glory somewhere on the circuit.’