– Hello Havana! Good evening to my Cuban people, shouting singer Mick Jagger in fluent Spanish when he took the stage and the band started tonight’s first song, “Jumpin ‘Jack Flash.”
Tens of thousands of fans turned up to hear the outdoor free concert.
– After today I die, says Joaquin Ortiz.
62-year-old has been a rock enthusiast since he was a teenager in the 1960s. The time he had to use album covers from revolutionary Cuban band to hide Beatles and Stones their records.
– This is like my last wish, to see the Rolling Stones, he said.
Forbidden
The communist regime considered while British and American rock music to be harmful. Music from artists like the Stones, the Beatles and Elvis Presley was banned on radio and television after the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power in 1959.
Thus Stones’ first concert in Cuba very eagerly awaited by many members of the audience.
– I think I’m going to cry, says 62 years old Miguel Garcia, who came by bus from Cienfuegos and slept outside on the lawn before the concert.
Already 18 hours before the concert starts the audience began to flock to the arena of sports ground Ciudad Deportivo.
Large-show
the government estimated in advance that it could get up to 500 000 spectators. Since it was not sold tickets it is difficult to estimate the crowd, but tens of thousands had at least met up.
The audience consisted of both older couples, families, tourists and a large number of young people.
the members of the band landed in Havana Thursday, just two days after US President Barack Obama ended his historic visit to Cuba. He was the first sitting US president who visited the island nation in 88 years
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