The Rolling Stones to perform in an open air concert in Cuba

The Rolling Stones are set to perform in Havana this month and that would make them to be the first British band to play an open air concert in Cuba. The free performance is scheduled to be held at the Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana on 25 March, just three days after President Obama wraps up his own visit to Cuba.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 1 March 2016.

It will be a big break for them because their music had once been banned on the Caribbean island for being an "ideological deviation". The band is promising to present a "set packed full of classic Stones hits as well as special gems from their million selling albums". Their gig will be held in a 64-acre sports complex after President Obama concludes his own visit to Cuba. It would have been a historic trip as he becomes the first sitting US President to go to Havana since 1928 - this is seen as a crucial step for thawing of relations between the former Cold War foes. Incidentally, many big musical names of the 1960s, like Elvis Presley and The Beatles, were banned after the island's communist revolution in 1959. Of course, the country's figurehead, Fidel Castro, had later admitted that he regretted the move. He even unveiled a statue to John Lennon in a Havana park in 2000. The Rolling Stones are at present on tour in South America, with dates this month in Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. Other British musicians who have held shows in Cuba in the past are The Manic Street Preachers - they played an indoor show in Havana in 2001 that was watched by Fidel Castro himself.


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