Barcelona (EFE) , as he did this Friday at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, at the first stop in Spain on the “XXV Tour 2023” tour.
In front of the 18,000 people who packed the venue, which will be filled again tomorrow for the second date in Barcelona, Williams has displayed all his skills as a snake charmer: he has made jokes, told stories, laughed at himself, He has danced, he has embraced his audience and he has reviewed some of the greatest hits of his solo career, which are not few.
25th anniversary of his career
A career that this year celebrates its 25th anniversary, a round number that has served as an excuse for this great ‘showman’ to dress in golden sequins and go out into the world to do what he does best: put on the show.
After touring half of Europe, the British artist has appeared today on the stage of Sant Jordi like a hurricane, running from side to side of the catwalk located in the center of the track to facilitate contact between Williams and his people.
Robbie has jumped into the ring with all his artillery -ten musicians, six dancers and three singers-, and the audience has started dancing from the first chords of “Hey wow yeah yeah”, which was followed by “Let me entertain you”, A declaration of intentions.
review of his career
“I’ve been trying to entertain you since the 90s”, Williams said with a smile, which he has presented in concert as a review of his career and his personal evolution during this quarter of a century.
“I have two types of songs: those that I am wonderful and those that I am fatally and tremendously depressed, and the one that I am going to sing now is in the second group”, he has ironized before interpreting “Strong”.
Minutes before, his thug side had exploded and, between his energetic interpretations of “Land of a thousand dances” and “Monsoon”, he had joked about his penis and his ass, and had learned to say sex and drugs in Spanish.
One of the funniest moments of the night was when he commented on the video from his days as a member of the Take That boy band that was projected on the screen.
Later, the public got deeper into their pocket, because they were already inside, when they remembered what was happening in the world in those years, specifically in Barcelona, where Barça lived one of its golden ages.
He has introduced “Eternity” talking about his additions and how he overcame them with the help of Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, and “Love my life” has served to declare that he is now happier than ever thanks to his wife and children.
Two rounds of encores
After all these confessions, which he repeats at every concert but which always sound terribly sincere, he has given his audience “Feel”, “Kids” and Rock dj”, before disappearing for a few minutes, to reappear immediately, very predisposed for the batch of encores
In the second, “She’s the one”, he hugged a spectator in the front row, who burst into tears, and she wasn’t the only one, because Robbie is a born communicator capable of making people laugh or cry at will.
“Angels” has been the last song from a concert that has not lost its rhythm for a second, despite the many times that the music has stopped for Williams to interrelate with the public, and that has left a very good flavor by everyone present, who came out humming “Feel”, just as he did before leaving the scene.
By Rosa Diaz
