Mick Jagger says concerts should entertain, not serve as platforms for political lectures, responding to Bruce Springsteen’s on-stage denouncements of the White House and retaliatory insults and boycott calls from President Donald Trump.Jagger tells the “The New York Times” podcast that his priority is to lift stadium audiences and that he compares big shows to major sporting events, adding that he prefers social commentary to live within songwriting rather than delivered as speeches.He recalls a 2024 exchange over
Jeff Landry and says performers should adapt to audience mood instead of forcing political responses, a debate that highlights divisions among veteran artists over politics in performance.