Audioslave To Rock Cuba

[DLR'sCock]

Super group Audioslave are set to become the first U.S. rock band to perform
outdoors in Cuba, sharing the stage with their Cuban music counterparts.

The group, currently touring in support of their upcoming sophomore release,
"Out of Exile," accommodated their touring schedule to be able to give a special
performance May 6 at La Tribuna in Havana, Cuba. The concert will be free and
open to the Cuban public. In the past, the open air venue has accommodated up to
1 million people.

The performance, the first open air concert by a U.S. rock band in Cuba, was
authorized by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Instituto Cubano de la
Musica. The effort represents an opportunity to share with the Cuban youth the
free expression of music that embodies rock and roll.

"Kids are the same all over the world, and we are extremely proud and excited to
bring rock 'n' roll to the youth of Cuba. It's all about the music, and free
expression of music crosses all barriers. This is a rare opportunity, and we are
grateful and honored to have the support of both countries," said Audioslave.

The band will be in Havana May 4-7, interacting with the Cuban youth and the
Cuban musical artists. Interscope/Epic as well as Done and Dusted, a U.K. film
production company, are producing the event with the Instituto Cubano de la
Musica.

[Guitar Shark]

Wrong forum dude. ;)

Audioslave is one of the best bands out there today. I wish I could have gotten tickets to their upcoming Seattle show but they sold out in less than 5 minutes. :(

[DLR'sCock]

Audioslave live is an incredible show. I tried to get tix as well for here in NYC.

[FORD]

Originally posted by Guitar Shark
Wrong forum dude. ;)



I'll allow it, given the historic political ground involved with this particular concert.

Rock n roll brought down the Iron Curtain as much as anything else, so it will be interesting to see what might develop in Cuba once bands start playing there.

[Guitar Shark]

Originally posted by FORD
I'll allow it.

LOL, you've been watching too many legal dramas on TV, Judge FORD. ;)

[Guitar Shark]

FORD I don't know if you saw this, but the concert got moved to the Paramount and a ticket presale starts in 5 mins (10 a.m.) today.

[DLR7884]

Originally posted by DLR'sCock
Audioslave live is an incredible show. I tried to get tix as well for here in NYC.


Originally posted by Guitar Shark
Audioslave is one of the best bands out there today. I wish I could have gotten tickets to their upcoming Seattle show but they sold out in less than 5 minutes. :(


Ebay fellas.

I paid $186 for 2 tickets to last Sunday's show in D.C.

DLR7884
Worth every penny.

[DLR'sCock]

Too much muulaa for me bro....

[Nickdfresh]

U.S. Band Gives Outdoor Concert in Cuba
Saturday, May 7, 2005 4:46 PM EDT
http://newsimages.adelphia.net/ap_photos//HAV10505070632.jpeg
The Associated Press
(http://www.adelphia.net/news/read.php?ps=1018&id=11897431#)
By JOHN RICE

The American group Audioslave broke decades-long barriers with a thundering concert before thousands of Cuban fans _ who knocked over barriers to get closer to the first U.S. rock band to play an outdoor concert in Cuba.

Chris Cornell's scream _ "I won't do what you tell me!" _ boomed off the high-rise apartment buildings on south side of the stage Friday night as feedback shrieks from Tom Morello's guitar drifted into the night breeze over the Caribbean to the north.

"This is the best thing that has happened here this year," said 25-year-old rock fan Omar Juanes.

"The best thing in your life," shouted a nearby friend who darted back into a crowd of more than 3,000 people _ many with dreadlocks, body piercings and tattoos. A few swooped around the edges of the crowd on roller blades.

It was a distinct difference from the orderly, clean-cut crowds who march in massive anti-U.S. protests along the Malecon waterfront at the same venue: the Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Tribunal before the U.S. Interests Section, or diplomatic mission.

Even before the concert, hundreds of fans were so eager that they sent metal security barricades clanging to the pavement and rushed forward to fill a 50-yard long area that had been reserved for special guests _ mostly workers and teachers with exemplary official records.

Police allowed the fans to stay in the invaded space and several joked with tattooed youths in Metallica T-shirts swigging rum.

U.S. travel restrictions on Cuba and the Cuban government's ambivalence toward rock music have limited visits by U.S. rockers to Cuba.

Officials often cite Billy Joel's 1979 indoor performance as a rock and roll landmark here.

But elemental grunge, thrash and metal are the most popular styles of rock on an island rich in its own complex, polyrhythmic popular music.

Audioslave had the whole crowd screaming and dancing when it went back to its frantic, pounding, grungy roots, but left those in the back merely toe-tapping on some of the newer, less frantic songs.

"We would like to have stronger music _ bands like Metallica," said a gaunt man sitting alongside friends on the Malecon seawall who gave his name as Walter Delgado, 32. Even so, he said, "We are happy for the first time in our rock and roll history.

[Guitar Shark]

Originally posted by DLR7884
Ebay fellas.

I paid $186 for 2 tickets to last Sunday's show in D.C.

DLR7884
Worth every penny.

I ended up getting a ticket in the presale, for about $40 including Ticketbastard fees. Can't wait.