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HAVANA -- 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 favorit yeezy e music behind closed doors. Hello Havana! Good evening to my Cuban people, lead singer Mick Jagger shouted in excellent Spanish as he launched into the band s classic Jumpin Jack Flash. Coming two days after President Obama finished the first trip to Cuba by a U.S. president in nearly 90 years, Friday night s free rock concert, called the biggest in the country s history, cemented the communist-run island s opening to the world. Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs a free outdoor concert at Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana sports complex in Havana, Cuba, March 25, 2016. samba rose REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini The performance was billed as the first open-air concert in Cuba by a British rock band. The concert marks a milestone as rock n roll was considered subversive and decadent by the Castro regime adidas samba not too long ago, CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason reported.Nicholas Cull, a professor of public diplomacy at the University of California, told CBS News music breaks barriers. You have a moment that is in some ways unexpected and spectacular that is about energy and emotion and shows how people are coming together, Cull said. And that s the magic of these Ukci Time running out on hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines jet
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