Rock night, the rock of what might already be considered old acquaintances, or at least veterans, this Friday on the second day of Mad Cool 2023 is what Queens Of The Stone Age, Mumford And Sons, and The Black Keys provide as rockets. put the festival in orbit.
From the rawest sound to the one that flirts with funk or folk, each has added different flavors to that recipe, but has always been used as the main ingredient for the enjoyment of guitar and drum beats. 67,000 dinners attended by organization today to the newly opened Iberdrola Music area south of the city.
On the first day, the warm-up of the Madrid event, which faced much more pop and soul, was more difficult this time not because of the temperatures exceeding 30 degrees once again in the afternoon, but because the first artists had yet to arrive. courtesy of the singer-songwriter showed off the same rallying power Angel Olsen and his delight in flying atmospheres or the Dutch band dEUS and ground level serious foundations but very danceable.
“Oh my god, it’s so hot!” cried the English, the sun hitting his face. sam smith, the first to encourage a significant audience to enjoy the melodic pop offering without white soul and gender attributions, which is vastly more linked to the previous day’s offering, played by, for example, Lizzo or Lil Nas X. It is possible to imagine that no one warned her that the shirt she jumped on stage and the very tight gold bodice was not the best outfit to function in Madrid two hours after dark. Fortunately, in the first case she was only one of many models she wore almost as proportionately as familiar themes, to highlight a flamboyant purple dress and cuts like ‘Stay with me’, ‘Promises’ or ‘Promises’. Unholy’, second second. Smith displayed his great capacity for melodic nuances on stage in front of a gigantic statue that was again lying underneath; this aspect is further strengthened by the handful of enormous black sounds that accompany it.
However, when the festival definitively kicks off is when the American band finally takes over. queens of the stone age, opened their show infectiously with the song ‘Nobody Knows’. Certainly the last time Josh Homme and his company played in Madrid five years ago, at that fateful Mad Cool 2018 where everything coincided with another move at the same time, then from Magic Box to IFEMA and the Californian, not satisfied with the VIP bastions Sparsely The crowd but the stage He encouraged the fans, who were right in front of him, to jump over the fences and approach the group. More casual in that sense, but equally infectious, his live show played a handful of songs from his latest album, ‘In Times New Roman’, but hasn’t forgotten other emblematic works like ‘…Like Clockwork’ (2013). ) and cuts like ‘A Song for the Dead’.
“You know the last concert we gave in Barcelona? I still think it was the best of that tour because we found the best audience in Europe … maybe until tonight,” said the band’s leader, Marcus Mumford. mumford and sons, perhaps before the surprise concert of the day, due to the strength of the meeting. Because apart from his excellent work, for example for the OST of the drama ‘Ted Lasso’, Mumford has not had major commercial success in Spain since they brought folklore back into fashion with their debut album, “Sigh No More” (2009). and especially ‘Babel’ (2012), which doesn’t stop playing between hits like ‘I’ll wait’ and the fireworks castle tonight. One possible explanation is that they haven’t played in the city for 10 years, their only year has passed since then. So far recital in the capital, their recital at the Palacio Vistalegre with its terrible acoustics, something they have finally retaliated with a quality sound, has allowed us to enjoy their catalog of instruments beyond the usual rock music. banjo, dobro or double bass.
The same stampede recorded the appointment black keysSince the concert in 2012, the other extravagant figures of the capital were releasing the then commercial bombshell ‘Lonely boy’, whose southern accent and nod to blues and soul has left a very good taste in the mouth. “Hand Way” (2011). Four albums later, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney put the finishing touches on this day of rock, with the latest “Dropout Boogie” (2022); The big stars of tomorrow’s closing ceremony will be the sold-out Red Hot Chili Peppers.