Can a 30 year old concert suddenly be high in Putin's shadow? Almost 30 years ago, Swedish Leather Nun and the English punk icons Public Image Ltd were the main actors when the first international rock festival was organized in the former Soviet Union. Now the concert is released on disc - 'Vive la F?te! Vive la Revolution! '. Putin's shadow grows again in Europe. It has been less than 30 years since the fall of Glasnost and the Soviet Union. 30 years since Europe could breathe out for decades in clamp between the two superpowers of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union. 30 years since the ancient Soviet republics could begin to breathe dreams of freedom, independence and democracy. The launch was a series of newspaper articles in an Estonian newspaper in June 1988. A little month later, the first international rock festival in the Soviet Union was held. The place was S?ngarstadion in Estonia's capital Tallinn. 120,000 youth from the Soviet Union gathered to join the Soviet Union's counterpart to Woodstock. TV companies and newspapers from the United States, Europe and Japan were in place and reported. And in the midst of this host of youthful festivities, joy and futility, Swedish Leather Nun was one of three main actors. Nobody had a clue that the Summer Of Rock festival would end in the beginning of Estonian independence and the first real crack in the former Soviet Union. What was only thought of as the first international rock festival became a symbol of celebration and rebellion against the old one. Vive la f?te! Vive la Revolution! Now the concert is released on disc. As a historical document, which has been updated in Putin's shadow. Glasnost, Perestrojka and the dream of something that became something else. A Europe that could breathe out, but again holding the breath
