Memorial concert at Lucerna sold out

Tickets to a public memorial concert for Vaclav Havel at Prague’s Lucerna Palace, organized by his brother, sold out in two hours. The rock group The Plastic People of the Universe, which was closely associated with Václav Havel, will be playing along with other groups of the dissident music scene, Garage, Hudba Praha and the Velvet Underground Revival. The organizers have also promised to show clips from documentary films about the former president and play tributes from friends and celebrities. The memorial concert will be shown on a big screen on Wenceslas Square and live on Czech TV.