Tiimes Really Have Changed

Rock n' Roll and rebellion seem to go together really. Times do seem to have changed though:

Tony Harrison, 46, from Southampton, Hants, said: "Ronnie played with a fag hanging out of his mouth as usual.

"Meanwhile Keith lit up time after time. It's what they have always done and it seems the new law is not going to change that.

"They may be older but I guess their sense of rebellion is still there if they are still defying the law."

Yes, rebellion now means smoking while playing the guitar.

I did like this bit too:

After the show, a Greenwich spokesman said: "We have reminded the O2 of their obligation to enforce the smoking legislation. We are satisfied with the assurances they have provided that this will not recur."

Under the new laws some performers are allowed to smoke on stage, "where the artistic integrity of a performance makes it appropriate for a person to smoke".

But officials said the Stones did not fall into this category.

Really, it's true. We have a whole series, departments full of them, of clipboarders determining the artistic validity of smoking on stage. Who says there's no government waste to be cut?