Marc Anthony returned to perform last night at the iconic Madison Square Garden on the same day they were fulfilled 25 years since the first solo concert he gave at the venuean anniversary in which a New Yorker of Puerto Rican origin demonstrated that his music has conquered several generations of salsa lovers.
“I just found out that it just so happens that today marks the 25th anniversary of the first time I played here,” said the salsero on stage before the attentive gaze of both young fans, dressed in their best clothes, like women who, wearing t-shirts from previous concerts, They made it clear that they have been listening to his music for decades.
The singer, who is said to be the only salsa artist who has been able to fill Madison Square Garden, premiered his ‘Pa’llá Voy’ tour of 2022, with which he will present his new album of the same name in the US and Europe, which will be released next March.
Marc Anthony, received with a thunderous welcome and dressed in a gray jacket and a simple white shirt, kicked off the salsa recital with one of his biggest hits It was worth it, accompanied by a band of fifteen musicians.
then came Until yesterdayof which the singer-songwriter – who was born and grew up in the Latin neighborhood of East Harlem known as “El Barrio” – barely pronounced two or three verses, because it was a dedicated audience that sang the anthem from beginning to end.
He didn’t resist singing either. Pale Flowerone of his “favorite songs”, he said, but he also took advantage of the concert to pay homage in a potpourri of ballads to the Mexican Juan Gabriel with Hug me very tight and also Mexican José José with Pillowin addition to the Spanish José Luis Perales with And who is he.
The song Here I go was another of the protagonists, her new single with which she calls the party after a year and a half of the pandemic and which is a theme inspired by yay boyfrom the Africando salsa orchestra, which originally sang in Wolof -a language spoken in Senegal and Gambia- by the late Pape Seck.
The New York public seemed to have forgotten about the pandemic, which has hit the city of skyscrapers hard, as a good part of the attendees did not wear the mask despite being in an interior space, thanks to the fact that the state has annulled the rule that made it mandatory just a few days ago.
The New Yorker, who at one point in the show even dared to play the drums, said goodbye with one of his best-known hymns, I’m going to liveduring which he waved and kissed the flag of Puerto Rico, the island where his parents come from.
Marc Anthony, who has accumulated more than three decades of triumphs, not only marked 25 years since he first sang solo at Madison Square Garden, but his twenty-fifth time he sold out one of his concerts.
The ‘Pa’llá voy’ tour will continue through eight other US states until early April, and then jump to Spain in mid-July, where he will perform in nine cities, including Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Oviedo. (AND)
Source: Eluniverso
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