They were and the concert began. Nina Simone wrote that her whole world changed in that moment.
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Part Mass, part-outdoor concert, the ceremonies began with a medley of Cuban folk songs from around Santiago before the pontiff entered the crowd in his Popemobile.
The duo began writing songs when their bands were on the bill of a big rock concert a few years ago, and eventually recorded this album, also called Fiction Family.
Fans who began arriving for the sold-out concert when the doors opened at 18:30 GMT said on Twitter there were boos from some people in the crowd almost an hour before he emerged.