Earlier this week via a Twitter post, The Rolling Stones announced a free concert in Cuba that the legendary rock 'n' roll band is organizing, taking place on March 25, 2016, at the Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana. The Stones will (fittingly) be the first British band to perform an open air concert in Cuba. Once again, The Rolling Stones are making rock n' roll history!
The Rolling Stones announce free concert in Cuba! #StonesCuba https://t.co/Xdl4DW9lnH pic.twitter.com/olRCAc2XbX
— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) March 1, 2016
"We have performed in many special places during our long career but this show in Havana is going to be a landmark event for us, and, we hope, for all our friends in Cuba too," the iconic rock n' roll group said in a press release, according to UPROXX.
The Associated Press got the chance to speak with Cuban fans of the band, and it sounds like the excitement over the announcement is already spreading. Plus, the publication explains that The Rolling Stones will be "the most famous act to play Cuba since its 1959 revolution."
"It's part of a dream to see the greatest icons of music who couldn't come before for various reasons, above all Cuba's isolation," Cuban music critic Joaquin Borges Triana told AP. "The Rolling Stones are going to magically unite generations of Cubans, from people in their 60s to their children and grandchildren."
This concert announcement falls during the Stones' America Latina Ole Tour, including stops in Santiago, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre, Lima, Bogota and Mexico City. The current tour will wrap up just about two weeks prior to the Cuba concert.
