{"id":4168,"date":"2019-10-18T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/?p=4168"},"modified":"2019-10-18T12:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T16:58:36","slug":"la-tribuna-musical-de-la-habana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazineampm.com\/en\/la-tribuna-musical-de-la-habana\/","title":{"rendered":"The Musical Tribune of Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"

A certain Havana park, a neighbor of the Malecon, had a very unique sign in the 1990s that quoted Fidel Castro resoundingly: \"Imperialist gentlemen, know that we have no fear.\" The park was called July 4 and although the cartel was not even the most famous of the revolutionary propaganda in Cuba, it is possible that it would have some sort of premonition for that place. In the following decade, Fidel Castro himself would order to build the Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Anti-Imperialist Tribune there. Four steel arches arranged from major to minor, a concrete stage and a statue of the Apostle with a child in his arms, pointing towards the Office of Interests of the United States, stand out in the structure of what has been for almost two decades the Most representative political square of the so-called \"Battle of Ideas\", and one of the most important musical stages in Cuba.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another poster, now written on the back of an artist, says: \"We receive flowers and bullets in the same heart.\" It is March 23, 2010, and in the park that became a political square in the Puerto Rican group, Calle 13 will play for the first time in Havana in front of 200,000 people. It is for many the biggest concert that will take place on that stage and like everyone else <\/span>\u2014<\/span>the previous ones and those that are to come<\/span>\u2014<\/span>- will have an unquestionable political standard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Concert of Calle 13 in the Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Anti-Imperialist Tribune, on March 23, 2010. Photo: Kaloian.<\/p><\/div>\n

Eighty days was the record time used by 1988 workers, technicians, architects and engineers to leave the Tribune ready. On April 3, 2000, Fidel officially opened it, and in the future, it would play a central role in the claim of the child Eli\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez and as soon as a political act was convened in the capital. Another event, the liberation of the Five, located there a national holiday and since then it is remembered <\/span>\u2014<\/span>almost another link to music<\/span>\u2014<\/span> the much-commented request for \"freedom for Mary\" launched loudly by Robertico Carcass\u00e9s. The tours through the neighborhoods of Silvio Rodr\u00edguez, the summer openings and hundreds of musical events have passed through there. For three consecutive years <\/span>the Latin American rock festival Patria Grande<\/span><\/a> had its headquarters on that stage and showed iconic bands from the region such as You will not like (2014), Carajo (2015) and Ana Tijoux (2016).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the years, that initial political entrustment was becoming more or less remarkable, according to the moment the country faced, and although many musicians confirm that, in fact, every concert there includes<\/span> a marked interest of that kind, it is undeniable that the musical movement on the Island was greatly favored with its facilities. Discounting the massive Concert for Peace in 2009 (in the Revolution Square), and the historic show of The Rolling Stone in 2016 (on the grounds of the Sports City), a good part of the most striking international concerts that have occurred in Cuba during the last fifteen years took place in the Anti-Imperialist Tribune: Audioslave and Air Supply (2005), Manu Chao and Radio Bemba Sound System (2006), Sepultura (2008), Kool & The Gang (2009), the Street show itself 13 (2010), and the most recent of Olga Ta\u00f1\u00f3n (2015) and DJ Diplo and Major Lazer (2016). Except for genres such as jazz or classical music, which have safe locations and much easier to predict when planning a concert, other genres such as rock, pop, reggaeton or trap do not run with such luck if they require of massive musical squares within Cuba, <\/span>hence the Tribune is a good option.<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n