Rolling Stones ‘Dumbfounded’ By Poster Controversy ::Rolling Stones News

EXHIBITIONISM will be the most comprehensive and immersive insight into a group described by critics as The Greatest Rock “n” Roll Band, taking over nine thematic galleries spread across two floors at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

On Wednesday (July 8th), The Guardian reported that the poster, featuring the band’s iconic “lips and tongue” logo over the crotch area of a scantily clad woman, had been rejected by regulators in charge of advertising standards.

“””(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” was added to the US Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2006, two years after Rolling Stone magazine ranked it No. 2 on a list of “The 500 Greastest Songs of All Time” (behind Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone“).

However, organisations which regulate adverts on London Underground and at bus shelters in the capital, Exterion Media and Clear Channel respectively, have said that the poster is unsuitable for display and have requested that Sir Mick’s lips are moved up closer to the woman’s belly button. They will launch on Monday (July 13), while the original posters will be unveiled elsewhere nationwide.

A spokesperson for the Stones said: “We are dumbfounded and perplexed at this rather silly decision. Perhaps something to do with the fact that it’s the Rolling Stones and controversy still seems to follow them everywhere”.

“EXHIBITIONISM” will run from April 6 2016 until September of the same year. Vampy, extended arrangements of “Midnight Rambler” and “Miss You” let guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood stretch out, with the latter making room as well for solos by bassist Darryl Jones and saxophonist Tim Ries, a Detroit native.