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Singer dropped from Aids ad

Saturday 08 January 1994 00:02 GMT
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The US government withdrew an Aids prevention radio advertisement featuring Anthony Kiedis, the lead singer for Red Hot Chili Peppers, after it became known he had been convicted of sexual battery, Reuter reports from Washington. The new campaign shows an uncharacteristic explicitness in addressing Aids prevention through condom use.

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