Rolling Stones Rock Cuba with Historic Free Concert Deutsche Welle
go to original March 26, 2016

Rock legends the Rolling Stones strutted and sang before hundreds of thousands of jubilant Cubans in Havana on Friday, delivering a historic concert in a country that once forced fans to listen to their favorite music behind closed doors.

Mick Jagger welcomed concertgoers by saying in excellent Spanish, "Hello Havana! Good evening to my Cuban people," before leading the band into their first song, "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

The crowd was made up of older couples, families, tourists and plenty of young people. Thousands of people unable to get into the venue packed the surrounding streets near the city center, with the music echoing clearly for more than half a mile (about a kilometer).

Many concertgoers said the event showed that Cuba was finally coming out of the cold after decades of ideological and economic isolation.

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Related: From ‘Jumping Jack Flash’ to a Fan’s Take: ‘After Today I Can Die’ (Associated Press)

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