Serrat says goodbye in style in New York, where he begins his last tour

The artist Joan Manuel Serrat has started the beginning of the end of his career in New York, a city to which he has special affection and that welcomed him when he was forced into exile. Ahead of him are 9 months and 70 concerts that will end in Barcelona.

The first concert of the tour “The vice of singing. Serrat 1966-2022” has taken place at the Beacon Theater in New York, with all sold out. An ambitious tour in which he will visit several countries in South America and the main Spanish cities.

His last concert had been before the pandemic, on February 12, 2020, at the Wizink Center in Madrid, where he performed with his friend and partner Joaquin Sabinawho suffered a fall into the pit and had to be hospitalized.

Now it is back and its faithful do not want to miss it. To see the singer-songwriter one last time, many have traveled from anywhere in the United States to New York. A full house in one of the most important theaters for an artist, who beyond being a singer, is the soundtrack of a lifetime, even across the pond.

It was at the age of 21 that he first stepped onto a stage in New York City and many They can’t believe it’s the last time. More than 18% of the population of the New York City is Spanish-speaking, so they know their songs by heart. Yesterday he moved the Atlantic city to the Mediterranean Sea.