Cuban Music Group Los Van Van on a Tour of Europe. (Photo: Internet)

Los Van Van, the mythical Cuban music group founded by late bassist, composer and band leader Juan Formell, began on Wednesday in Spain a tour of several European nations, which will end on November 5 in Paris, France.  

During a press conference at the Cuban embassy to Spain, the current director of the group, Samuel Formell (son of the well-known musician), expressed his excitement for returning to Europe after two years of absence, Cubasí reported on October 19.

The legendary band, after concerts scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Madrid and Barcelona, respectively, will perform in another seven cities of Germany and Italy, before closing the tour in Paris, the French capital.

We haven’t been to Europe since 2014, when we carried out a tour dedicated to my father and recorded the live concert in Paris, Samuel recalled.

After that, we recorded the album Fantasía, precisely a CD to pay tribute to the founder of the group, and that will precisely be the work we will promote now, because although the disk was released a couple of years ago with great acceptance by our Cuban and Latin American fans, its songs have never been performed live in European stages, stressed Samuel, who is also the drummer of the famous band that will celebrate its 48th anniversary on December 4.