Gig Reviews
British band The Vaccines closed their mini-tour of 4 concerts in Spain last Tuesday in Barcelona's Sala Razzmatazz and did it in front of an almost full hall that was waiting anxiously for the Londoners. The ones in charge of opening the night were the band from Madrid The Parrots, who with their mix of
Review written by Nolasco Contreras. Last Sunday at midnight, the twenty-fourth edition of the Benicassim Festival came to an end. The night was closed with a spectacular concert by Justice that during ninety minutes catch the audience of the festival thanks to an amazing scenario full of lights. If we must highlight something of this year
After a first warm up day that was clearly won by Enrique Bunbury, Catalan Festival Cruïlla 2018 open all the stages in a second day in which Prophets of Rage, N.E.R.D. or Lori Meyers, among others, stood out. Joan Dausà, Festival Cruïlla 2018, Barcelona (13/07/2018) – Photo provided by the media department of Festival Cruïlla The day began with Joan Dausà on
Festival Cruïlla 2018 began yesterday in Barcelona when the main stage designed by Lluís Danés was inaugurated with performances by Jack White, Enrique Bunbury and Seasick Steve. Seasick Steve, Festival Cruïlla 2018, Barcelona (12/07/2018) – Photo provided by the media department of Festival Cruïlla The day would begin precisely with Seasick Steve after 19:00 in front of some 1000
It has been 12 years since Pearl Jam played for the last time in Catalonia and the waiting had been too long for a band of the calibre of Seattle’s band. It is true that Eddie Vedder’s band hadn’t managed a sold out at Palau Olimpic in Badalona in 2006 nor the Palau Sant Jordi
Under an incredible place of tranquility, serenity and perfect respect, Fleet Foxes gave a remarkable concert yesterday in the wonderful setting of the gardens of the Palau Reial in Barcelona in which they played a good part of their discography and showed why they are the spearhead of Americana folk-indie worldwide. Fleet Foxes, Festival Jardins
Almost 6 months after his last visit to Barcelona, Goran Bregović returned to Barcelona, this time as part of the heterogeneous line-up of the Festival Jardins de Pedralbes, which in its 6th edition presents names of the size of Elvis Costello, Tom Jones and Fleet Foxes, among many others. Goran Bregović, Festival Jardins de Pedralbes
25 years after playing for the last time on the same stage, Guns N'Roses returned to Barcelona in a massive tour that brought together more than 50,000 nostalgic people who packed the Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys to the rafters, who wore mainly in t-shirts from the 90s, showing the desire in the city to see
Sometimes as a writer, review the concert of a band that has been marking different stages of your personal life is really hard, especially for the fact of trying to be objective without falling into the fan phenomenon at the first sign of trouble. Up to seven times I’ve seen Editors, remanining in my memory
Canadians Arcade Fire came back to Barcelona just one year after presenting worldwide their latest album Everything Now (2017) at Primavera Sound 2017 Festival. If on that occasion the two shows at Barcelona’s festival left us with a somewhat bitter aftertaste, the concert before a Palau Sant Jordi with almost 80% attendance from the band
