Beers, rumba and high in a vibrant night with Estopa in Seville

More than a stadium with an Olympic vocation, The Charterhouse It was presented this Saturday as a macro plaza of neighborhood where regular colleagues share beers, pipes and rolling cigars while they catch up and remember anecdotes and founding experiences between pushes and laughter. An everyday imaginary of afternoons silly and hotsimple aspirations, dreams of periphery and celebration of happiness that Tow has been claiming rumbas for 25 years and this time he was contagious again with a vibrant and energetic concert in which Seville He gave it all.

Thus, with the same naturalness, closeness and self-confidence that they have championed since the beginning, the Muñoz brothers They managed to calm the controversy over the tickets among those who have seen how, two days before the expected meeting, new track seats have been put on sale when the first batch (which sold out in hours) had to settle for more distant options. An issue that, as the musicians themselves had explained in their networks, has had to do with the dimension of the scenery which, for the first time on this tour, was released in this large format that will also take Madrid and Barcelona. “Good night Seville, more people than in our entire fucking lives,” they stated excitedly.

In any case, these complaints, which were still heard in the massive and disorganized queues at the entrance, were soon forgotten when after about fifteen minutes past ten the artists and their usual band sounded the first chords of that anthem unbeatable that remains your heatwhose lyrics are known by heart to everyone who has ever bottle on the hood of a car in a vacant lot. Or the hundreds of spectators who did so under the bridge in the run-up, aware of the traffic jams that formed in the surrounding area hours before the start and the 7.5 euros that the ticket cost. beer inside.

From here on the night was party in which those of Cornellá They boasted of a very wide repertoire of great songs as Chub by Chub, Trajicomedy, I do not remember anymore, breaking the cord, Brake pads, Red wine, either Like Shrimp, that the tens of thousands of spectators chanted loudly and danced with the same effusiveness and disinhibition that is practiced in the karaoke. Among other things, because their concerts are designed to be enjoyed and their songs written to be sung by anyone. Although he disastrous sound prevented us from distinguishing the lyrics they were singing or what they were talking about and the visibility (both due to the screens and the structure of the stage itself) will clearly be too small for an event of this magnitude.

As in a great karaoke, mythical songs like ‘Tu calorro’, ‘Cacho a cacho’ or ‘Como Camarón’ resonated.

“We are going to do a concert with all the songs that you know. Thank you all, each and everyone,” we thought we understood David and José saying in front of a diverse audience of all ages (from those who were born with them to their parents, grandparents or children) who cheered them with palms “of that Sevillian rhythm” that they claimed over and over again.

With this high and in this relaxed and complicit atmosphere, impregnated with the smell of marijuana, Estopa flaunted a genuine sound that, long before C. Tangana, Rosalía either The Plazuelaknew how to collect the heritage of music cañí from the gas station tapes and mix it with the rock, pop, rap and music latin to tell the day-to-day life of those blocks in suburban works that were planned, in an intelligent balance between the friendly, the scoundrel and the combative. Aware that rumba accommodates all aspects of life. “From here we want to show our solidarity with the boys and girls of Palestine“, they exclaimed a little after that letter that asks be a little freer and be able to take flight.

And the sorrows with rumbas are less sorrows, brunette, was also heard among other more recent hits such as The day you leave, Vacations, I don’t say anything, When the moon falls, Lunar moon or their new single What more does it give us either The day you leave from the last album Esthiopia, which since its publication in March has not moved from the top of the sales charts.

Somehow, in these two and a half hours in which Estopa demonstrated that neither the years nor current musical trends can handle a style that, as it never was or intended to be, modern, it is not outdated either. On the contrary, after twelve albums In the market, the artists are just as fresh as in that tremendous debut with which they managed to sell more than a million copies back in 1999 thanks to an authenticity and sincerity that leads them to connect even with those who are not fans of their music. “We like churros, we like village festivals, we like quinquis, chonis, the goat guy,” they defended just before singing. The skirt of your slit, which caused the fury of a “hot, hot” public.

The bracelets that were given at the entrance were filled with colors to illuminate a completely packed stadium in which there was no room for a pin. “What a luxury, drinking a Cruzcampo in front of thousands of people… Those of AC DC “They didn’t have this,” they said after shouting “Long live Andalusia!”.

In short, a multitudinous “happy birthday” (-was sung in the entrance tunnels-) that started in Latin America and will continue in other Spanish and Andalusian cities such as Grenade (June 29) or Cadiz (August 9), with tickets sold out.