Set in the rainforest of Victoria, this reminded us of Bestival! Ran with no corporate sponsorship whatsoever, it’s a great boutique festival this year headlined by Public Enemy! What!!! Yes. Celebrating 25 years of the release of “Fear of a Black Planet” they performed the tunes, and Chuck D still held the crowd with ease [...]
A great little festival by the river underneath a CLIFF!!! We were joined by local breaking crew Elements Collective (crazy skills!!) who repped hard with style, power and finesse. Rocking the hip hop stage with local talent was an honour and a pleasure. There was a dubstep DJ, DJ Cutloose, who was cooking a pumpkin [...]
It was a big moment to return to the Belvoir Amphitheatre, Dave Grohl’s favourite venue, and certainly one of ours too, after supporting The Scissor Sisters and Arrested Development back in 2006. It was an early afternoon set but we drew the crowd in slowly to create our Cuban Party! It was great to see [...]
Shows in Dublin are always great because the Dubliners are always up for the party. The 2 gigs this weekend at Dandelion and Button Factory, both great little venues, were no exception – thanks to Jamie and Chris for looking after us!! While we were there, we checked out an exhibition of Dublin folk musician [...]
It’s not often that you get to go to a festival and over those days, you get to see see Kanye West, Kelis, Linkin Park, Prince and then watch the final F1 Grand Prix of the season from the Ferrari yacht – and have a chauffeur on call 24/7. Such was the case at Yasalam [...]
It is always a pleasure to play in Asia and pleasantly surprised that music really has no boundaries and people love to party wherever you are in the world. Also thanks to people such as Yudha who hosted us at the Playground festival now in its 5th year, the music lovers of Jakarta have been [...]
Yes friends, it’s one of the biggest dates in the calendar! Few more days to go until Bestival!!!! Have you got your “Fantasy” costumes ready? Bestival is getting bigger and better with each passing year. We will be doing a Sunday afternoon set this year at 2pm. But fear not, we will be bringing on [...]
After a hiatus of 7 years, the Cubans are chuffed to return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a run of shows – this time in the guise of “The Lyin Bitch and the Wardrobe” where Cubans frontman Mike Keat talks about his life through the colourful characters he has met and created in his [...]
Camp Bestival is just round the corner, with an awesome line-up of artists and this year the Cubanos will be hitting you with a show as well as a set from our good friend, Barry Peters and the Halifax Hospital Radio Roadshow. Make sure you check out special sets at the Singstar tent where we’ll [...]
If you’re always missing the Cubanos gigs in London, don’t worry! Over the Summer we will be holding a monthly residency at the prestigious Floridita venue in the middle of Soho. The dates will be 3rd June, 1st July, 2nd September (not August). Tickets: £7 adv through Ticketweb/ £10 on the door 0207 314 4000 to [...]