Well, the Rolling Stones may not have agreed to be censored for that Superbowl performance, but they've agreed to censor themselves for their historic first gigs in China later this year. The band will cut Brown Sugar, Let's Spend the Night Together, Honky Tonk Woman and Beast of Burden from their setlist to appease the Chinese ministry of culture who deem the songs' lyrics to be overly sexually explicit.
Despite the fact that increasing numbers of foreign artists - including Elton John, Suede, Morcheeba and Bjork - have performed in China in recent years, fears of 'spiritual pollution' from Western influences remain.