Rolling Stones: historic Cuba concert to air on Rai5 in the documentary "Havana Moon"

"Rolling Stones: Havana Moon": the documentary directed by Paul Dugdale, capturing the Rolling Stones' historic concert in Havana, will air on Rai5 tonight, Thursday 23 April, at 11:30 pm, for Rai Cultura.

Filmed at the close of the 2016 "América Latina Olé Tour", the film recounts an unprecedented event: a free concert that drew over one million two hundred thousand spectators to Havana, turning the Ciudad Deportiva into a vast open-air arena. On stage, the Rolling Stones in full: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood.

The setlist runs through the key moments of their repertoire, with classics such as "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "It's Only Rock 'n Roll", "Gimme Shelter", "Brown Sugar" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", capturing the energy of a band capable of speaking to audiences and contexts historically so distant. More than the record of a show, "Rolling Stones: Havana Moon" preserves on film the symbolic weight of an evening that marked a cultural and musical turning point for Cuba.

The Rolling Stones recently released a single on vinyl in an extremely limited run, distributed in just a few select stores. In the days before, the English band had built anticipation with a series of clues that appeared across the UK. The new Rolling Stones track is titled "Rough And Twisted": a song built on unmistakably blues foundations, marking the start of a new album cycle. The single anticipates the album "Foreign Tongues", expected in the coming months, with a release date informally estimated around 10 July. The vinyl's distribution was almost symbolic in scale. In Italy only a single copy arrived, put up for sale by Psycho Records. The buyer then shared the listening experience with those present in the shop, as documented on the store's own social media channels.

In recent days, the British band had been building anticipation with an enigmatic campaign that appeared in London: posters signed “The Cockroaches”, the Stones' longtime alias, accompanied by a QR code linking to a teaser site set in a Seventies-style room. Among the objects on display was a copy of “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” by David Bowie, a visual clue placed within a setup designed to stir interpretation and anticipation. At the same time, casting calls were held in London for the lead single's video, with filming already carried out between 30 and 31 March. Indications about the concept point to a hybrid imagery of blues, punk, northern soul and glam aesthetics, in keeping with the band's visual and musical tradition.

On the live front, the prospect of a European tour — with a date reportedly planned at Rome's Stadio Olimpico — is said to have been shelved even before the announcement, partly due to Keith Richards' health. Production of the album is reportedly once again in the hands of Andrew Watt, already involved in the previous "Hackney Diamonds", the Stones' first studio album of new material since "A Bigger Bang" (2005).

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