On the 13-th of May 2008 famous British jazz fusion guitarist John McLaughlin gives a concert at the Stazione Birra in Rome at 8.30 pm.

After moving to the US in the late Sixties, McLaughlin played on landmark Miles Davis electric fusion albums including Bitches Brew and On the Corner.

In the Seventies he enjoyed success with his electric Mahavishnu Orchestra, as well as playing alongside Carlos Santana and pioneering world music with his acoustic group Shakti, featuring tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and violinist Lakshminarayana Shankar.

In the late Nineties a new incarnation of the group, Remember Shakti, formed and toured the world. More recently McLaughlin has performed with his new electric group, 4th Dimension, featuring drummer Mark Mondesir, Gary Husband on keyboards and bass player Hadrien Feraud, who all perform on this date.