Rolling Stones Perform Historic Free Concert In Cuba
HAVANA (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Rolling Stones performed a historic and momentous show Friday night in Cuba, historic free concert in a country where its music was once silenced.
Published reports said Mick Jagger welcomed the fans in Spanish for the concert at Ciudad Deportivo, and performed went on to perform the 1968 classic "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and the 1974 classic "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)."
The set list also included "Tumbling Dice," "Out of Control," "All Down the Line," "Angie," "Paint It Black, "Honky Tonk Women," "You Got the Silver," "Before They Make Me Run," "Midnight Rambler," "Miss You," "Gimme Shelter," "Start Me Up," "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Brown Sugar." Keith Richards took over the vocal for "You Got the Silver" and "Before They Make Me Run."
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The band's private plane had arrived Thursday at Havana's airport with about 60 technical workers and family members, CBS2 reported.
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. Cubans listened to their music in secret, passing records from hand to hand.
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Friday night's concert came three days after President Barack Obama wrapped up a visit to the communist-run island during which he declared an end to the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.
The president opened the first presidential visit to Cuba in nearly 90 years when he landed in Havana. This the first visit by a sitting president since 1928 when Calvin Coolidge visited with President Gerardo Machado.
The band's Cuba stop follows concerts in Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina and Mexico.
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