Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:31:10 +0200Joan Baez’s iconic 1989 concert which featured Václav Havel as a roadiehttps://english.radio.cz/joan-baezs-iconic-1989-concert-which-featured-vaclav-havel-a-roadie-8128415© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalMany Czechs remember the concert of American folk musician Joan Baez in Bratislava on 10 June 1989 as one of the signs of the approaching fall of communism. During the concert Baez openly expressed her support for Czechoslovak opposition groups and to Václav Havel, who managed to smuggle himself into the concert hall pretending to be a roadie. Her stay in Bratislava was closely observed by the communist State Security services, but they missed the Czechoslovak dissident who fit into his pretended role by carrying her guitar.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/baez_joan.jpg?timestamp=1758797658 Joan Baez’s iconic 1989 concert which featured Václav Havel as a roadie https://english.radio.cz/joan-baezs-iconic-1989-concert-which-featured-vaclav-havel-a-roadie-8128415 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9