Last week, the Rolling Stones announced Exhibitionism, a new exhibition that will tour the world with over 500 artifacts of the band's career.
Set to open on April 6, 2016 at the Saatchi Gallery in London, the show is being promoted with a poster designed by Mark Norton and shows the midsection of a female model in bikini bottoms with the Stones' tongue logo positioned in a rather provocative manner.
Transport for London, which controls the advertising on the city's subways, and Clear Channel, which handles it for the busses, have decided that the poster for the exhibition is too lewd and has banned the ad until a more suitable poster is produced.
What they have requested and, evidently, what they will get is a replacement with the lips moved up to the model's naval.
In all honesty, it is questionable if this is really better or less risque.
A spokesperson for the Stones released a statement saying "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."
So far, the rest of Britain will still be scandalized by the original poster.
Below you can see the original and then the revised edition.
