Nearly two dozen singers and musicians from nine Latin American nations honoured Fidel Castro with a concert on the eve of the former Cuban leader’s 85th birthday.

A massive military parade to mark the 50th anniversary of the date Fidel Castro and fellow rebels landed by boat in Cuba to launch their revolution started today without the ailing leader.

Ailing Cuban strongman Fidel Castro told hundreds of admirers in Havana for his delayed 80th birthday celebrations today that he was not well enough to meet them.

The Manic Street Preachers have played the biggest rock concert in Cuba for 20 years.