Joan Manuel Serrat celebrates his big farewell party this Friday in his hometown of Barcelona: last concert on a tour that has taken him around the world for the past eight months before he leaves the stage forever.
Four days after his 79th birthday (December 27 anniversary), Serrat ends in the city where he started his career With little room for nostalgia and lots of party spirit, 58 years ago, in 1965, the Barcelona singer-songwriter asked his followers to bid him farewell with joy.
The tour of ‘El vicio de cantar’ began on April 27 at the Beacon Theater in New York, followed by Miami, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Spain, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile. he did. , Peru and Uruguay.
Serrat sold out tickets quickly and saw the dates double, until the final figure was reached: 74 concerts, 45 of which were in Spain.
The city with the most concerts was Buenos Aires. He has done so in many other Latin American cities that are his second home, with five very emotional recitals in which he recounts anecdotes about his long relationship with Argentina.
Returning first home this FridayHere, if you do the same as on the previous occasions, you’ll probably pick about 20 of the 70 songs in your repertoire without removing others like “Mediterranean”, “Lucía” or “Those little things” or “May be today”. Have a great day’, ‘For Freedom’ or ‘Party’.
“It’s over, the sun is telling us the end is coming”, Serrat will sing tonight at the iconic Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona with friends and followers, including Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and minister Miquel Iceta.