Plastic People of the Universe mark 45th anniversary

The psychedelic rock band Plastic People of the Universe are marking their 45th anniversary with a concert in Prague on Thursday. The band was founded in the capital in September 1968. It was later banned by the communist authorities and its members were sentenced to prison terms in the 1970s which provoked the creation of the human rights manifesto Charter 77. The band, whose style is sometimes described as “dissident rock”, has recorded nine studio albums that were only officially released after the fall of communism.