Rolling Stones' Historic Claim to Cuba Concert Slammed by Manic Street Preachers

The Rolling Stones recently had a concert in Cuba, claiming to make history being the first British rock n' roll act to perform a concert in the area after 15 years, but Manic Street Preachers are saying that this is not true.

On March 25, The Rolling Stones played in front of 500,000 people in Havana, which pleased the fans since Western music was banned in the area for decades and was lifted in 2001. They played their hit songs like "Angie" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash."

With that, frontman Mick Jagger along with band mates Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts said that the gig is "a landmark event," but according to Manic Street Preachers, they had played in Havana back in 2001. Hence, the group isn't the first to play in Cuba after the ban was lifted, NME reported.

The gig of the Welsh band in 2001 was attended by Cuban leader Fidel Castro and was even documented in the DVD Louder Than War.

"Had the strangest of dreams last night," the band wrote on a Twitter post on Saturday. "I was playing a free gig in Havana, Cuba at the Karl Marx Theatre 15 years ago!!!!!!!!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Aside from that, Billboard reported that Audioslave also performed a free concert in the area in 2005, which was filmed, Major Lazer also recently played in the city, and Juanes of Colombia also performed in front of about a million people in 2009. But the recent free concert of the Stones is the biggest by a British rock band.

The JA Digital-produced concert of The Stones was filmed for Eagle Rock, directed by Paul Dugdate, who also directed the Sweet Summer Sun -- Hyde Park Live DVD of the group in 2013. The concert was very successful despite being stopped by the Vatican because it was Holy Friday, as previously reported by Music Times.

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