Another concert review in a week, that's been a lot of posting for a lurker (me), but I just have to share it with you...
Sting, 03 June at Estadio Nacional (National Stadium) in Lisbon
WHAT A GREAT CONCERT!
My second Sting concert, ever, and if Barcelona was very good, this one was excellent! It was held at the National Soccer stadium, I had ground(?) tickets and managed a pretty good spot in the front row, slightly left of the stage, so I was between Sting and Dominic.
The concert began around 22.30 (Nitin was on at 21.30) and lasted aprox. 2 hours. It was a very enjoyable night, perhaps just a little windy, but you can't really feel it down there! I guess the stadium wasn't sold out, but there were lots of people, the central seats were almost full, there were just some seats at the sides. The crowd was very pleasant, at least where I stood, lot's of young people...
Oh, and they put two giant video screens each side of the stage, which I couldn't see very well (not that I needed), but where always transmiting very good images of the band, I think they had about 5/6 cameras, but I'm not really sure.
Again, Nitin Sawhney was very cool, and the crowd responded really well...
One of the singers even spoke in brazilian, and everybody laughed alot with JC/001...
During Sting's performance you could see some of Nitin's band members walking around that pit that separes the stage from the crowd, taking pictures, shaking hands, and enjoying Sting's music. Also, the percussionist was on stage with Sting for 1000 years and Desert Rose.
Now about Sting!
He seemed in good mood, dressed with his side pocket trousers and black t-shirt, he also had this thin sleevless jacket (I'm really in a loss for words here), with a hood that he pulled over his head during Moon Over Bourbon Street. He spoke some words in portuguese, and, of course, introduced the band members as "senhor..." He moved alot on stage, and did the usual acting with the other band members.
All of the band members seemed very well, especially Kipper (always clapping, standing up, even with recovering leg); Dominic made some strange faces now and then, once he even seemed he was going to cry, well I guess those are guitarist facial ticks, or whatever, maybe he really was unhappy.
About the set, here it goes (no really change from Barcelona, I hope I don't switch the order of songs)
Encore 1
Encore 2
So, it was excellent! I really enjoyed it! Everything was perfect! My father (he went to the central seats) was really impressed with Chris Botti and Dominic Miller, which also had some really inspired moments tonight... You could have a lesson on guitar techniques and styles of playing, by watching him play, he also changes a lot of guitar during the set! Sting was also very inspired on the bass, great solos now and then!
Ok this is it... This concert and Popmart Lisbon are closely tied as the best concerts of my life (which is not very long, I must say).
Tomorrow Sting is going to HermanSIC, which is a kind of Tonight with J. Leno around here, only longer and weekly... He is probably going to perform a song or two and to a small interview... I have put any idea of going aside since I have a Maths test on Monday, but of course I'll catch it by television...
Just on curiosity, Sting has been all over the press this week, every weekly magazine as at least 1/2 pages talking about his career and coming to Portugal... He is also cover of CITY magazine, which have very nice article/interview with him, talking about drugs, music, family, tantric sex, the police, money, etc. The article is from an Andrew Duncan, exclusive to City in Portugal, so I don't know if it appeared in some other foreign magazine... Another magazine also published the Revolver Interview, translated to portuguese obviously...
Oh, Just another thing... When Sting came on stage and looked around the crowd he pointed somewhere and made a recognizing face... I can almost swear he was pointing at me! Well, he could have remembered me from Barcelona: I was very near the stage, and he also waved at me when he passed with the Mercedes in the street! What do you mean, no? Yes, he could have been pointing to the side, or to some pretty girls around me... but let me have my 1 seconds of fame! (also my sister and my friends can serve as my witnesses, they pointed it out, I didn't even say a word! really... ok, ok, I'm going now...)
For those seeing Sting in concert in the near future enjoy your shows! It's going to be awhile for me!
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