{"id":2632637,"date":"2026-07-20T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mick-jagger-disavows-stage-politics-you-dont-want-to-lecture-them\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:57:51","slug":"mick-jagger-disavows-stage-politics-you-dont-want-to-lecture-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mick-jagger-disavows-stage-politics-you-dont-want-to-lecture-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Jagger Disavows Stage Politics: &#8216;You Don&#8217;t Want to Lecture Them&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmick-jagger-disavows-stage-politics-you-dont-want-to-lecture-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2632637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the perspectives of notable musicians, focusing on Mick Jagger&#8217;s view that entertainment shoudl serve as an escape rather than a platform for political messaging. Jagger emphasizes that live music aims to provide fans with a memorable experience where they can forget their problems for a while, similar to sports fans who participate to escape worries. Conversely, singer Kacey Musgraves has publicly criticized the Texas decision to incorporate the Bible into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbcs-ratings-continue-to-slide-as-viewers-vote-with-their-remote\/\" title=\"MSNBC\u2019s Ratings Continue To Slide, As Viewers Vote With Their Remote\">public school curricula<\/a>, viewing it as indoctrination. Her stance highlights a trend among some celebrities who avoid mixing politics with their platforms, unlike Musgraves, who openly supports progressive causes and the LGBTQ community. The article also notes that many artists, including Kenny Chesney, John Mellencamp, Jennifer Lawrence, and others, prefer not to discuss political views publicly. Musgraves,in particular,is seen as an outspoken progressive and critic of her conservative home state,Texas. Historically, some country artists have left the genre over ideological differences, and others like Toby Keith aimed to perform purely for entertainment without political motives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>People turn to entertainment to forget their troubles, not hear a lecture on how to vote, thinks Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line of my thing, really, is that my job in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mick-jagger-says-musicians-and-athletes-should-entertain-fans-not-lecture-them-about-politics\/\" title=\"Mick Jagger Says ...ians and Athletes Should Entertain ..., Not &#039;Lecture&#039; Them About Politics\">live music world<\/a> is [for] those people that come is to have the best time they possibly can,\u201d Jagger said on a New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheChiefNerd\/status\/2075958465814511920\">podcast<\/a> on Saturday. \u201cFor two hours or whatever it is, to forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their mortgages and whatever, just to give them the best time they can have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jagger also stated that music is like sports, because fans participate to escape the worrisome chatter of whatever else is going on in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t want to lecture them,\u201d Jagger emphasized on the podcast, referring to fans. While Jagger said this in the context of live shows specifically, there have been many music stars who have recently declared that it\u2019s better to avoid all talk of politics across their platforms completely.<\/p>\n<p>But not pop star Kacey Musgraves. Perhaps the advice of Jagger is something the singer-songwriter could benefit from applying to her social media habits.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2019\/apr\/20\/kacey-musgraves-liberal-misfit-country-star-nashville-horse-microdosing-lsd\">\u201cliberal misfit\u201d<\/a> of country music <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2026\/07\/12\/country-star-kacey-musgraves-freaks-over-texas-bible-based-lessons-in-elementary-schools-indoctrination-its-not-okay\/\">took to Instagram<\/a> on Sunday to  her disdain for a <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/article\/texas-institutes-bible-passages-into-its-public-school-reading-list\">recent decision in Texas<\/a> to make the Bible a part of the state\u2019s public school curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bible being forced by people who don\u2019t even follow it themselves. \u2026 This is simply indoctrination and its not okay,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2026\/07\/12\/country-star-kacey-musgraves-freaks-over-texas-bible-based-lessons-in-elementary-schools-indoctrination-its-not-okay\/\">she posted.<\/a> This goes against the grain of the growing trend among celebrities to return to the simpler times of keeping politics and their platforms separate. Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/article\/kenny-chesney-joins-growing-club-of-stars-who-refuse-to-use-their-platforms-for-politics\">The Washington Stand<\/a>reported that several celebrity musicians and actors, such as Kenny Chesney, are purposely avoiding mixing their political opinions with their work as of late.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Chesney, fellow singer John Mellencamp, country artist Jelly Roll, actress Jennifer Lawrence, television host Neil Patrick Harris, comedian Kevin James, and actors Mark Wahlberg and Josh Duhamel have all publicly stated that they resist talking about their views on such matters in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Musgrave\u2019s rant, one user wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/koone_john\/status\/2076510892561486219?s=20\">X, <\/a>\u201cIt will never not be funny that atheists think they know more about the Bible more than most Christians do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musgraves is a Texas native but doesn\u2019t embrace the values and ideologies that many residing in her home state often do. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailynorthwestern.com\/2026\/05\/06\/ae\/liner-notes-kacey-musgraves-delivers-texas-sized-tribute-to-uncertainty-on-middle-of-nowhere\/\">The Daily Northwestern<\/a> describes Musgraves as \u201can outspoken progressive with little patience for her genre\u2019s reactionary figureheads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/texbraskan777\/status\/2076367862965358832?s=20\">X<\/a> user wrote, \u201cWell, Kacey, you can just leave the GREAT state of TEXAS which is lovingly known as GOD\u2019S country.\u00a0STOP bashing the BIBLE!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musgraves is also an outspoken supporter of the LGBTQ community, a cause her fellow country musicians are much less publicly aligned with.\u00a0Before the 2020 presidential election, Musgraves <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KaceyMusgraves\/status\/1299516910023966721?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1299516910023966721%7Ctwgr%5E15f1624d796a7fba0fb0c7d20834a8d883f2c78f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2026%2F07%2Ffar-left-country-singer-kacey-musgraves-slams-texas%2F\">posted on X,<\/a> \u201cIf you love an LGBTQ+ person and you\u2019re planning on voting for Donald Trump in November, that\u2019s an act of violence against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past, some country singers have departed from the genre over what they felt were irreconcilable differences with the community of conservative-leaning musicians, such as female soloist Maren Morris and the Dixie Chicks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says she\u2019s leaving because of what she views as the country music industry\u2019s unwillingness to honestly reckon with its history of racism and misogyny and to open its gates to more women and queer people and people of color,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2023-09-15\/maren-morris-the-bridge-nashville-country-music-leaving\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> reported of Morris in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Dixie Chicks famously left country music in 2003 after speaking out against the war in Iraq and criticizing then- President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the late Toby Keith understood Jagger\u2019s message better than anyone. Keith played to make people happy \u2014 no matter who they were \u2014 not to advance a political agenda. Keith performed at events for both Democratic and Republican presidents before his death from cancer in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t apologize for performing for our country or military,\u201d Keith <a href=\"https:\/\/theboot.com\/toby-keith-donald-trump-inauguration-concert\/\">insisted<\/a> in 2017 before performing at an event for President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration. \u201cI performed at events for previous presidents [George W.] Bush and [Barack] Obama and over 200 shows in Iraq and Afghanistan for the USO.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><em>Quinn Delamater is a reporter for The Washington Stand.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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