Rolling Stones will be presented in Cuba in late March – El Colombiano

The team of the iconic British band The Rolling Stones and the Cuban Institute of Music held talks to finalize organizational details of a concert to be held in Havana in late March next, local media reported Thursday

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speculated for weeks about the possible concert, rumors that took real form with a publication of cultural television newscast Cuban state on his Facebook page, which said the concert will stage the “surrounding land” at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana , information later replicated by other official media of the island.

the possibility of this historical presentation, which will be the first of the famous British rock group on the Caribbean island, has been the subject of a wave of rumors and speculation from the private visit to the island its charismatic lead singer, Mick Jagger, last October

According to the disclosed information., veterans the Rolling Stones will in Havana last stop of his Latin America Olé Tour, q ue started on February 3, 2015 in Chile, followed by Argentina and Uruguay; and conclude in Havana in late March on a date yet to be specified. In Colombia will be on March 10 in El Campin in Bogota.

The first news of the efforts of The Rolling Stones with Cuban cultural authorities to play their music on the island, they met through guitarist, Keith Richards, who last year said in an interview the possibility concert in Havana.

“We would visit Cuba now that the situation is changing. It is a place where there have been great cultural steps for the whole world. It would be interesting to be there, because it is a new place for us and certainly will be a new for them. Negotiations are progressing and when there is a confirmation we will know, “said the legendary guitarist.

Richards also revealed then that the current bassist Darryl Jones, influenced the interest of the band appear in the

island. Jones appeared in February 2015 in Havana with the band the Dead Daisies, composed of emblematic figures of rock , and said he would convince Jagger for the Rolling Stones act in Cuba.

the rock group British will join the parade of famous artists who have visited Cuba since last year, including Rihanna, Usher, Katy Perry or musician Ozzy Osbourne, lead singer of the legendary heavy metal band Black Sabbath.

His visit, which for many weeks already assumed certain, will take place in a month marked by the president’s trip to US Cuba, Barack Obama, an event for the history of the two countries re-established relations in 2015 , it will be the first ruler of the North American country steps on the island in the last 88 years.