I agree with Keef

While censorship of artists by tyrannous regimes is an abomination, there seems to be no evidence that this is explicit in the current predicament. It is however entirely credible that an implicit and undefined threat exists.

Some people don’t like the words cancel culture (with one poster even putting the words in apostrophes), or even denying the movement exists, so I am going to call this elusive tyranny the Elite. Many may be familiar with the Elite, despite not quite knowing who they are.

Every age has its puritans. But once artists begin tailoring their work in accordance with how well it may be received by the Elites who scream the loudest, their craft is bound to suffer.

As has been noted in no uncertain terms, there is something even much more dispiriting about artists who surrender their freedoms voluntarily when confronted by an undefined and implicit threat by the Elite.

It is a kind of death - it is not in the nature of artists to admit that they are curtailing their own manner of expression in the face of external influences, and in Richard’s words I can read him struggling against kowtowing to ideological expectations.

How dare those young scruffy men imitate poor mostly illiterate black blues singers of the United States! How dare they show a generation of white American privileged kids what amazing music they didn’t know existed right under their noses! If you just shake your head and silently shrug at these mentally unbalanced fascists deciding what is “ right” for everyone and don’t speak out and push back, then shame on you. 

Guess they won't be doing 'Paint It Black' either.

Shame on all the woke (read w*nk) idiots who expect the past to be like the present.  Go get a time machine, change the past and leave the rest of us alone.

Guess they won’t be doing ’Paint It Black’ either.

Perhaps. The song is (possibly) about grief, depression and loss of hope.

The Stones are or will be playing in the United States of America, right? Los Angeles?

Hello,
There is no such thing as bad press. It doesn’t matter what color, race, or religion you are. All lives matter! I truly believe that. 
Can you imagine what it would cost them to get this kind of international press. Millions! Why is the song bad now, but not decades ago. They have been around for decades. This is self promotion. I have a great idea. Everyone stop listening to The Rolling Stones forever for this fake act of awareness by them. They knew what the song was about at the beginning. If they want to really impress me. Give all their money away to help people of color get better education, start sports programs  that they don’t have to pay for, and create youth play areas like nice play grounds and parks to grow up in. Otherwise the private prisons who are literally working against them will be happy to take them in for a nice profit. That is really happening. Stop blaming each other. Blame the people who are making a profit from this.