Credit: Andrew ThompsonBlondie will travel to Havana, Cuba, next year to host a special vacation experience that will include a variety of musical performances and other activities.
The “Blondie in Havana” event will take place March 14 to March 18, and will feature two headlining concerts by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band, as well as performances by respected Cuban musicians, trips to some of Cuba’s celebrated museums and cultural institutions, a photography and architecture tour of the city, and more.
The Blondie concerts will be held at Havana’s famous Teatro Mella, and will feature the band playing a variety of its best-known songs. In addition, the group will be joined by a number of popular Cuban artists and bands, including Alain Perez, David Torrens and the Afro-Cuban progressive-rock act Sintesis.
“We’ve never been to Cuba, though we’ve always hoped to get there someday.” says founding Blondie guitarist Chris Stein. “We’ve been talking about it for ages and now it’s finally happening. Havana is such an incredible scene, such an incredible city. I’ve always been fascinated by their music and their wildly creative culture. It’s going to be an amazing trip and we’re all really looking forward to it.”
Adds drummer Clem Burke, “Blondie has always had a love for music from that part of the world. All the way back to ‘Rapture’ and ‘The Tide Is High,’ we’ve always experimented with Caribbean sounds and polyrhythm. So as soon as going to Cuba became a possibility, we started putting something together. I think there will be a really special energy.”
Registration for the vacation experience opens this Friday, September 28, at 9 a.m. ET at BlondieinHavana.com. The website also offers more details about the event.
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