Rolling Stones plan to perform their first concert in China

SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- The Rolling Stones will play their first concert in China in April, Chinese promoters said Tuesday, three years after canceling a pair of shows on the mainland because of the SARS outbreak.
The band will play Shanghai's Grand Stage, an 8,000-seat converted indoor stadium, April 8, according to an announcement from Emma Entertainment. Ticket prices range from $38 to $375, the site said.
The Stones were slated to play Shanghai and Beijing in 2003, but the shows were canceled amid the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Before those dates, the Chinese government ordered the band not to perform four songs -- "Brown Sugar," "Honky Tonk Women," "Beast of Burden" and "Let's Spend the Night Together" -- presumably because of their racy content.
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