The Rolling Stones land in Cuba for their free concert

The Rolling Stones have landed in Havana, the capital of Cuba, on the eve of the rock band's historic free concert in a country where its music was once silenced. All members including Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Ron Wood have landed. Mick Jagger briefly greeted fans in Spanish and said he was happy to be on the island.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 25 March 2016.

The concert is scheduled to be held in The concert will be at Havana's Ciudad Deportivo on Friday night and it would be three days after President Barack Obama wrapped up a visit to the communist-run island. During his visit, he declared an end to the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.
The Rolling Stones arrived in their private plane and flew into Jose Marti airport - the team has the four British rockers and nearly 60 technical workers and family members.
It may be recalled that in the heat of Cuba's revolution from the 1960s to the 1980s, foreign bands like The Rolling Stones were considered subversive and blocked from the radio. Interestingly, the Cubans listened to their music in secret, and passed on records from hand to hand. The band has now come to Cuba after doing concerts in Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina and Mexico.


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