Mick Jagger released a joke about the "eavesdropping" Obama at the concert

The leader of the legendary group The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger released a caustic joke to US President Barack Obama and the government of electronic surveillance in the United States and abroad, CBS reports.

Speaking on Monday evening in the Verizon Center sports and entertainment complex in Washington, he shouted from the stage: "I don’t think that President Obama is here today. But I’m sure that he is listening to us." The audience responded to this hint of whistle and applause.

The performance of The Rolling Stones in Washington became part of a tour dedicated to the half -century anniversary of the group.

Meanwhile, according to the TV channel, Jagger was not previously seen in antipathies to the current US administration. Last year, heparticipated in the evening blues in the White House, where President Obama sang a few words along with the artists. After that, Jagger wrote on Twitter that Obama "looked truly calm and happy."

However, at the same time he refused to visit a tea party in Davos, organized by the British Prime Minister, fearing that his name would be associated with the policy of the Conservative Party, headed by Prime Minister. “I came to Davos by invitation, because I thought it would be interesting ... But it turned out that they used me as a political toy,” Rolling was indignant.