Richards blasts ‘Sir Mick’
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Keith Richards is not amused.
The famed Rolling Stones guitarist has flown into a rock ‘n’ roll rage against Mick Jagger over the singer’s decision to accept a knighthood, the ultimate nod from the British establishment.
“I don’t want to step out onstage with someone wearing a coronet and sporting the old ermine,” Richards told British music magazine Uncut in an expletive-rich interview.
“I told Mick it’s a paltry honor.... It’s not what the Stones is about, is it?”
Jagger, 60, is scheduled to become “Sir Mick” at a Buckingham Palace ceremony next Friday. Paul McCartney and Elton John already have been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
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