Rolling Stones drop hit 'Brown Sugar' from US tour

Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones perform in St. Louis, Missouri during the British rock band's "No Filter" 2021 North American tour

The Rolling Stones have cut their popular track "Brown Sugar" from their US tour, at least for now, in the wake of criticism over its lyrics referring to slavery.

In 1995 Jagger told Rolling Stone magazine that "I never would write that song now."

Originally published as Rolling Stones drop hit 'Brown Sugar' from US tour