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Thank god for performers like Mick Jagger who know not to put their own ego — and politics — ahead of entertaining fans

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In a new sit-down with the New York Times, the 82-year-old gave a rare peek into the inner workings of being the Rolling Stones’ frontman.

He is surprisingly self-aware about his tremendous ego, which he’s learned to switch off when not on stage.

Jagger doesn’t let it trick him into believing that fans who pay good scratch to attend his concerts want to hear his political musings — unlike Bruce Springsteen who, on his unofficial No Kings tour, has been proudly fusing his greatest hits with Trump resistance storylines borrowed from the channel formerly known as MSNBC.

As the Times’ David Marchese charitably put it to Jagger: “Bruce Springsteen clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back and forth” — which is, in itself, a funny framing.

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There’s no back and forth with Springsteen, who delivers........

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