The line 'went to cuba to meet castro' in let robeson sing does not only apply to paul robeson, but also to msp themselves. In february 2001, they gave a concert in Havana, the highest-profile gig by a Western group in cuba since 1979, when Billy Joel played there. fidel castro surprised the Manics' audience by turning up as the guest of honour at their show in the Karl Marx Theatre. The night before he had already had a short chat with the MANICS. when asked if he didn't thought their music too loud, castro answered that 'nothing could be louder than war'. after the show, however, castro said that it was definitely louder than war. because of this the manics' dvd with the cuba-gig was called louder than war.