Mick Jagger says fans don’t want political speeches onstage

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Source Mick Jagger has a very simple reason for staying quiet about politics when he’s onstage: the people paying money to see him want to be entertained, not lectured. The Rolling Stones frontman shared his thoughts on entertainers who speak out on social issues when he appeared recently on the New York Times’ The Interview podcast . Host David Marchese said Bruce Springsteen, who has been critical of President Donald Trump, “clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back and forth” with his fans before asking Jagger, 82, how he sees his relationship with his audience. “What does your relationship to the audience mean to you? What do they represent, all those people out there?” Marchese asked. “You don’t want to lecture them ... The bottom line of my thing really is that my job in the live music world is (for) those people that come is to have the best time they possibly...