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The Rolling Stones announce free concert in Cuba!
rollingstones.com ^ | March 1, 2016

Posted on 03/23/2016 5:11:38 AM PDT by detective

The Rolling Stones will perform a groundbreaking concert in Havana, Cuba on Friday March 25, 2016. The free concert will take place at the Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana and will be the first open air concert in the country by a British Rock Band. Always exploring new horizons and true pioneers of rock, the Stones, who have toured every corner of the globe, will bring their high octane performance and incredible music catalogue to the Caribbean for the first time ever.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: cuba; rollingstones; stones; strollingbones
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On Good Friday, the Rolling Stones will play a free open air concert in Havana Cuba. No doubt they will include Sympathy for the Devil.
1 posted on 03/23/2016 5:11:38 AM PDT by detective
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What are they in their 90s??

At least the Beatles had the smarts to quit when their music was still great.


2 posted on 03/23/2016 5:14:06 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Trumpetir :"He could go on a shooting spree downtown and I would still worship him"')
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Mr Obama’s visit postponed the show this week. Unexpectedly no less.


3 posted on 03/23/2016 5:14:47 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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And in London, some tickets were $1000 for their last tour. Way to treat your home country fans.


4 posted on 03/23/2016 5:15:47 AM PDT by MacMattico
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They all get paid $20 a month a Cuba, apart from a few necessary elite professionals. For instance top-performing doctors with two specialties may now earn as much as $804 per year.

So yeah, the concert would have to be free.


5 posted on 03/23/2016 5:18:57 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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Pretty smart move to make the concert a free one. Cuba being communist, no one has any money to pay for tickets.


6 posted on 03/23/2016 5:19:20 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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7 posted on 03/23/2016 5:24:00 AM PDT by Maceman
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The “Geritol for Lunch Bunch” is still creaking and rolling.


8 posted on 03/23/2016 5:25:48 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
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As a rapper once said...it’s all about the Benjamins!


9 posted on 03/23/2016 5:26:36 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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Was this supposed to be a secret? I have been hearing about the Concert ever since barky decided to go to Cuba and legitimize the Communist regime.


10 posted on 03/23/2016 5:27:13 AM PDT by DAC21
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New genre: Geriatric rock!


11 posted on 03/23/2016 5:27:23 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (New Sig: The would-be Empress has no clothes. My eyes!)
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Well, since everyone’s poor there, it would have to be free I guess.


12 posted on 03/23/2016 5:30:34 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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“Pretty smart move to make the concert a free one. Cuba being communist, no one has any money to pay for tickets”

Free? Pfftt, I hope the State Dept IG is keeping a close look at the expenditures.


13 posted on 03/23/2016 5:31:10 AM PDT by DAC21
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As I recall, one line from a Stones song had Mick singing, “I’m no Che Guevara.” I forget which song. I guess he thought Che was cool. Probably still does.


14 posted on 03/23/2016 5:36:10 AM PDT by Genoa
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Our _resident will probably give them Air Farce 1 to fly them in and out. He will call it a donation to the cause by the American people.


15 posted on 03/23/2016 5:37:04 AM PDT by certrtwngnut
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It HAS to be free since nobody in Cuba could afford the typical cost of a Stones ticket......

As a side note, I think Cubans are more into Salsa than old rock and roll........

16 posted on 03/23/2016 5:39:39 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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True dat!


17 posted on 03/23/2016 5:43:10 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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As a side note, I think Cubans are more into Salsa than old rock and roll........

It's all we have left to show western hegemeny, porn, Brit Rock, and Hollywood movies.
18 posted on 03/23/2016 5:43:56 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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Is there modern hotels and restaurants in Cuba? I see some travel agency’s advertising a trip to Cuba. Can these tourist be so dumb they think it will be a modern and updated vacation spot?


19 posted on 03/23/2016 5:44:12 AM PDT by angcat (TRUMP!)
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“........ their high octane performance and incredible music......”

“Music”? What, the “Stones” are trying to drive all the snakes out of Cuba now?


20 posted on 03/23/2016 5:44:25 AM PDT by DaveA37
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