Joan Manuel Serrat He definitely says goodbye to the stage. Tonight he has celebrated his last concert of his tour ‘El vicio de cantar 1965-2022’, and he has done it in Barcelona, where he has gathered more than 15,000 followers.
Among the attendees who did not want to miss this emotional farewell, the President of the Government himself, Pedro Sánchez, accompanied by his wife, Begoña Gómez. Along with him have also been the Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta; that of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares; that of Universities, Joan Subirats; the first secretary of the PSC, Salvador Illa; the deputy mayor and mayor of this party in Barcelona, Jaume Collboni; and the Government delegate in Catalonia, Maria Eugènia Gay.
Serrat has greeted the public of his hometown with a “ha sóc here!”. “Thank you for coming today, the day that I solemnly proclaim my farewell of my own free will”, he added before a Palau Sant Jordi full of friends, acquaintances, admirers and personalities. Everyone has received him with a huge ovation.
The world of culture has turned to Serrat, who has personally invited Raimon, Maria del Mar Bonet, Jordi Évole, Javier Cercas, Marina Rosell, the Muñoz de Estopa brothers, Isabel Coixet, Mario Gas, Gemma Nierga and Sílvia Pérez Cruz , among many others.
The mayoress of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and the president of the Government of Aragon, Javier Lambán, also wanted to be with Serrat at his farewell. The Minister of Culture of the Catalan Generalitat, Natàlia Garriga, was also present this Friday, while President Pere Aragonès was at the concert yesterday.
“Temps era temps” is the song that opened a concert with a repertoire specially designed for Barcelona and full of songs with a high emotional charge. “Don’t get carried away by the temptations of melancholy and nostalgia,” the singer-songwriter has asked. “This is a party. It will be the last concert, but I want to have a great time!“.
The farewell tour of the singer-songwriter from Barcelona’s Poble Sec, ‘El vicio de cantar 1965-2022’, began on April 27 at the Beacon Theater in New York, in the United States, and this is the third he has offered in his hometown, where he also performed on Tuesday and Thursday. In total, 74 concerts to say ‘goodbye’, 45 of them in Spain.
Source: Lasexta
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