Michael Kocáb to celebrate 70th with Metronome slot

Singer and composer Michael Kocáb will celebrate his 70th birthday with an appearance at Prague’s Metronome music festival next June, the organisers have announced.

Kocáb became famous as the frontman of the band Pražský výběr. He was also involved in politics and oversaw the departure of Russian troops from Czechoslovakia in the early 1990s.