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Mon, December 12, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Campo Pequeno
The tour of Evanescence is: "Worlds Collide Tour".
It was my 2nd Evanescence show. My 1st one was in May 30, 2004 here in our 1st Rock In Rio at Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon.
I arrived at Campo Pequeno at 06:25 am of Monday. It was a windy, rainy day (all day). Doors opened at 19:00 and Evanescence was scheduled to start at started at 21:30.
Before "Evanescence" in Campo Pequeno, played Tigress, they started at 20:30 and played 29 minutes. Played a set of 8 songs.
Members:
Katy Jackson (Vocals)
Tom Harrison (Guitar)
Jack Divey (Bass)
Sean Bishop (Guitar)
Josh Coombes (Drums)
I never heard of them before. They were cool. Some cool rock sound with an awesome vocals lady, Katy Jackson.
You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.
01. Power Lines
02. A Letter to Death
03. Choke
04. Feel It
05. Headaches
06. Bring Me Down
07. Alive
08. Disconnect
Finally was time for Evanescence. They started at 21:31 and played 85 minutes. Played a set of 17 songs.
Love the concert. The piano, guitars, drums and back vocals always really cool to hear. Awesome rock, metal and symphonic sounds that Evanescence have.
The band members are:
Amy Lee – lead vocals, piano, keyboards, harp (1995–present)
Tim McCord – guitar (2022–present); bass (2006–2022; touring musician 2006–2009)
Will Hunt – drums (2009–present; touring musician 2007–2009)
Troy McLawhorn – guitar (2011–present; touring musician 2007–2011)
Emma Anzai – bass, backing vocals (2022–present; touring musician)
You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.
Artifact/The Turn (Song played from tape)
01. Broken Pieces Shine
02. Made of Stone
03. Take Cover 04. Going Under 05. Wasted on You
06. Lacrymosa
07. Lose Control / Part of Me / Never Go Back (Triple Threat Medley) 08. Far From Heaven
09. Your Star
10. End of the Dream
11. Better Without You
12. Call Me When You're Sober 13. Imaginary 14. Use My Voice
15. Blind Belief 16. My Immortal 17. Bring Me to Life
In bold are the videos I made.
Videos of Evanescence (7 videos):
Evanescence-Going Under, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-12-12 HD
https://youtu.be/qQbEDRv5524
And the video:
Evanescence-Wasted on You, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-12-12 HD
https://youtu.be/OE8DX6CIDeU
And the video:
Evanescence-Far From Heaven, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-12-12 HD
https://youtu.be/b0ooH_2wfvk
And the video:
Evanescence-Imaginary, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-12-12 HD
https://youtu.be/xY1Yg-6-vBs
And the video:
Evanescence-Use My Voice, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-12-12 HD
https://youtu.be/Hhqng3C95zw
And the video:
Evanescence-My Immortal, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-12-12 HD
https://youtu.be/lZrZVsBm4xQ
And the video:
Evanescence-Bring Me to Life, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-12-12 HD
https://youtu.be/Glt3ud2RLT8
And the video:
And here it is the second music video from "Midnights" by Taylor Swift.
Love the video, love the song. The video is freaking awesome with some amazing guests like the "HAIM" sisters, Laura Dern, Pat McGrath, Jack Antonoff and Dita Von Teese.
And this video has a lot of easter eggs. So another reason to start counting them.
The music is from the new album: "Midnights".
Taylor Swift - Bejeweled (Official Music Video)
2,846,509 views •Oct 25, 2022
https://youtu.be/b7QlX3yR2xs
And the video:
Hope you will love this awesome lyric.
Taylor Swift - Bejeweled (Official Music Video)
Baby love, I think I’ve been a little too kind
Didn’t notice you walking all over my peace of mind
In the shoes I gave you as a present
Putting someone first only works
When you’re in their top 5
And by the way
I’m going out tonight
Best believe I’m still bejeweled
When I walk in the room
I can still make the whole place shimmer
And when I meet the band
They ask, “Do you have a man?”
I could still say, “I don’t remember”
Familiarity breeds contempt
Don’t put me in the basement
When I want the penthouse of your heart
Diamonds in my eyes
I polish up real
I polish up real nice
NICE!
Baby boy, I think I’ve been too good of a girl
Too good of a girl
Did all the extra credit then got graded on a curve
I think it’s time to teach some lessons
I made you my world
Have you heard
I can reclaim the land
And I miss you
But I miss sparkling …
-> Chorus
Best believe I’m still bejeweled
When I walk in the room
I can still make the whole place shimmer
And when I meet the band
They ask, “Do you have a man?”
I could still say, “I don’t remember”
Familiarity breeds contempt
Don’t put me in the basement
When I want the penthouse of your heart
Diamonds in my eyes
I polish up real
I polish up real nice
NICE!
Sapphire tears on my face
Sadness became my whole sky
But some guy said my aura’s moonstone
Just ‘cause he was high
And we’re dancing all night
And you can try
To change my mind
But you might have to wait in line
What’s a girl gonna do?
A diamond’s gotta shine
-> Chorus
Best believe I’m still bejeweled
When I walk in the room
I can still make the whole place shimmer
And when I meet the band
They ask, “Do you have a man?”
I could still say, “I don’t remember”
Familiarity breeds contempt
Don’t put me in the basement
When I want the penthouse of your heart
Diamonds in my eyes
I polish up real
I polish up real nice
And we’re dancing all night
And you can try
To change my mind
But you might have to wait in line
What’s a girl gonna do?
What’s a girl gonna do?
I polish up nice
Best believe I’m still bejeweled
When I walk in the room
I can still make the whole place shimmer
And 2 extra videos of Taylor Swift on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" October 24, 2022.
Taylor Swift Spills on Record-Breaking Midnights Album and Teases a Potential Tour | Tonight Show
Taylor Swift Reveals Star-Studded Cameos in Her Easter Egg-Filled Bejeweled Music Video
Love the song. The video is cool but I would prefer if in the middle of the video we do not see 100 seconds of some actors talking to each other. That cut of the music it was unnecessary.
Can we have a complete new video of Taylor Swift story but only with the music? With no other cuts.
The music is from the new album: "Midnights".
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (Official Music Video)
14,609,636 views •Oct 21, 2022
https://youtu.be/b1kbLwvqugk
And the video:
Hope you will love this awesome lyric.
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (Official Music Video)
I have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room
I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices, I end up in crisis
(Tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
(For the last time)
It's me
Hi
I'm the problem, it's me
At teatime
Everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out
Slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart but never killed
Did you hear my covert narcissism
I disguise as altruism like some kind of congressman?
(Tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving and life will lose all its meaning
(For the last time)
It's me
Hi
I'm the problem, it's me
(I'm the problem, it's me)
At teatime
Everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money
She thinks I left them in the will
The family gathers 'round and reads it
And then someone screams out
"She's laughing up at us from hell!"
It's me
Hi
I'm the problem, it's me
It's me
Hi
I'm the problem, it's me
It's me
Hi
Everybody agrees
Everybody agrees
It's me
Hi (Hi)
I'm the problem, it's me
(I'm the problem, it's me)
At teatime (Time)
Everybody agrees
(Everybody agrees)
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Sat, June 25, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Rock In Rio (Parque da Bela Vista)
I went to Rock In Rio to see Duran Duran (for the 6th time) live. This time was "FUTURE PAST EUROPE". After a week of some crazy weather we got a sunny hot day. But it worth every minute of it. 70.000 people.
It was my sixth Duran Duran show. I went to 3 shows outside Portugal and with this one will be my third show in Portugal.
I arrived at Rock In Rio at 6 am. Still night. Cold night with some rain. I went to the road where we will be in line to enter later, waiting that somebody else came. And about 9 am a A-Ha fan arrived.
We got inside a little after 12 pm.
After waiting for a few minutes on the main entrance we got in. When I was waiting my friend Tania appeared behind me (she wanted to see "Bush"). A lot of people ahead of us taking photos and trying to give us "things". Well, so I run to the front and then went to the left side. I got in to the front row corner on the left and my friend Tania went to the front row corner on the right side.
Finally I could rest on a sunny and hot day.
Before Duran Duran in Rock In Rio, Lisbon we saw the band "Bush", also "UB40 featuring Ally Campbell" and "A-Ha".
The first band on stage was Bush. They played for 53 minutes (17:00 - 17:53).
I never saw them before but I like them. Gavin Rossdale just went outside the stage to the fans everywhere while singing a few times. When he passed from me I touched his arm. And on the other side of the stage my friend Tania just got a special hugh from him. Awesome moments for sure. The sound was really awesome. Love one of the songs where we could see a video of people flying on roads. It was "Comedown". Love the song and the video behind was freaking awesome. Also great moments: "Bullet Holes" from the movie "John Wick 3: Parabellum" with images from the movie also behind. "Glycerine" another great moment.
01. The Kingdom
02. Machinehead
03. Quicksand
04. Bullet Holes
05. Blood River
06. Ghosts in the Machine
07. Everything Zen
08. Flowers on a Grave
09. Glycerine
10. Comedown
The second band was UB40 featuring Ally Campbell.. They played for 57 minutes (19:00 - 19:57).
It was cool to see some reggae music. We got "Purple Rain" by Prince also "Can't Help Falling In Love" by Elvis Presley. "Red Red Wine" to finish the show.
01. Here I Am (Come and Take Me) (Al Green cover)
02. The Way You Do the Things You Do (The Temptations cover)
03. Homely Girl (The Chi‐Lites cover)
04. Groovin' (Out on Life) (UB40 featuring Ali Campbell & Astro cover)
05. Cherry Oh Baby (Eric Donaldson cover)
06. One in Ten (UB40 cover)
07. Purple Rain (Prince cover)
08. I'll Be There
09. Many Rivers to Cross (Jimmy Cliff cover)
10. Kingston Town (Lord Creator cover)
11. Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley cover)
12. Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond cover)
The third band was A-Ha. They played for 76 minutes (21:00 - 22:16). "Summer 2022 Tour".
They started playing when the night came. Started with sunny glasses but after the 1st or 2nd music they take it out. Everything was so slow. Yes, but with some some cool songs.
01. Sycamore Leaves
02. The Swing of Things
03. Crying in the Rain (Carole King cover)
04. The Blood That Moves the Body
05. Train of Thought
06. Foot of the Mountain
07. We're Looking for the Whales
08. Cry Wolf
09. Here I Stand and Face the Rain
10. Hunting High and Low
11. The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
12. I've Been Losing You 13. The Living Daylights 14. Take On Me
In bold are the videos I made.
Videos of A-Ha (2 videos):
A-Ha-The Living Daylights, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/rT753apBAVo
And the video:
A-Ha-Take On Me, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/bjCyfQEdf-M
And the video:
Finally was time for Duran Duran. They started the show at 23h04 and played for 102 minutes (23:04 - 00:31 and encore 00:33 - 00:48).
Duran Duran perform a 19-song set at Rock in Rio Festival, 17 songs plus 2 on the encore.
They still are freaking amazing. A lot of energy on stage. For some 60 year old members they still look fit. Simon a bit voiceless in some parts, but nothing out of this world.
Cool that they played some of the new songs, but always awesome when they play like a greatest hits set. Great songs from the 80s and 90s that will always stay with my memories.
Velvet Newton (Song played from tape) 01. The Wild Boys
02. Invisible
03. All of You 04. A View to a Kill 05. Notorious 06. Union of the Snake 07. Come Undone
08. Give It All Up 09. Hungry Like The Wolf
10. Friends of Mine 11. Ordinary World
12. Tonight United 13. Planet Earth
14. Hold Back the Rain 15. The Reflex 16. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (Grandmaster Melle Mel cover) 17. Girls on Film / Acceptable in the 80's
Encore: 18. Save a Prayer 19. Rio
In bold are the videos I made.
Videos of Duran Duran (13 videos):
Duran Duran-The Wild Boys, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/AKETx-GQXjE
And the video:
Duran Duran-A View to a Kill, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/VGviAUiC2GM
And the video:
Duran Duran-Notorious, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/ZLoIeRV-qZ0
And the video:
Duran Duran-Union of the Snake, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/YzuSMCO8vn0
And the video:
Duran Duran-Come Undone, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/CUQ4zBSbfpA
And the video:
Duran Duran-Hungry Like The Wolf, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/AbKVVaMYWbM
And the video:
Duran Duran-Ordinary World, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/wLDQjEYK7EY
And the video:
Duran Duran-Planet Earth, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/dYXqi6mwPqw
And the video:
Duran Duran-The Reflex, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/cR0d5IYlfoM
And the video:
Duran Duran-White Lines (Don't Don't Do It), Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/j5X0ikxVTQA
And the video:
Duran Duran-Girls on Film / Acceptable in the 80's, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/xWRi8LfizLA
And the video:
Duran Duran-Save a Prayer, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/iDRX_TOdDmQ
And the video:
Duran Duran-Rio, Parque da Bela Vista, Lisbon, PT, 2022-06-25 HD
https://youtu.be/-fyW58iv8Bw
And the video:
Num dia de Rock in Rio Lisboa em que “nostalgia” era o conceito que abarcava tudo, os Duran Duran seriam, sem dúvida, a banda mais esperada pelas 70 mil pessoas que se deslocaram ao Parque da Bela Vista neste sábado, 25 de junho. Há mais de dez anos que a banda britânica de pop rock e new wave formada no final dos anos 70 não atuava em Portugal. Para uma geração, trata-se do grupo responsável por muitos dos hinos de juventude com que vibraram em escutas partilhadas através de discos de vinil, nas danceterias, ou que serviram de banda sonora para alguns dos momentos mais emocionantes e entusiasmantes das suas vidas.
Sendo assim, era de esperar que os Duran Duran fossem recebidos por uma enorme multidão no Palco Mundo. A fasquia era alta e, como em qualquer grupo com mais de 40 anos de atividade, a resistência ao teste do tempo é fulcral para que a sua mera existência e apresentação ao vivo faça sentido. Os Duran Duran já não são os mesmos que tocaram no Super Bock Super Rock em 2008, nem tampouco aqueles que passaram pelo Coliseu dos Recreios em 2005. Quanto mais os jovens que fizeram três datas em Portugal em 1982.
Porém, e como é óbvio, a idade traz experiência e umas quantas vantagens. O frontman Simon Le Bon e companhia — o baixista John Taylor, o teclista Nick Rhodes ou o baterista Roger Taylor, sendo que a formação é alargada em palco — mostraram funcionar como uma máquina bem oleada.
Para uma banda como os Duran Duran, o alinhamento é previsível mas eficaz. Os fãs querem ouvir os grandes êxitos — e o grupo faz questão de os tocar o melhor que sabe, incluindo pelo meio alguns temas mais recentes, neste caso, do álbum “Future Past”, de 2021, que não geraram grande entusiasmo junto da plateia.
Foram, claro, canções como “Notorious”, “Hungry Like The Wolf”, “Come Undone”, “Girls On Film” (que culminou num crossover moderno com “Acceptable in the 80’s”, de Calvin Harris), “Save A Prayer”, o grandioso e apropriado “Rio” ou “Ordinary World”, dedicado ao povo ucraniano que tem sofrido diariamente desde fevereiro, que animaram verdadeiramente o público.
Apesar de a sua voz não ser a mesma, e de a rouquidão se notar a partir de certo momento do espetáculo, Simon Le Blon conseguiu atingir a grande maioria das notas certas e, com a ajuda de duas vozes femininas de apoio, cumpriu o seu desígnio.
Ao vivo, e como reflexo direto dos seus temas, os Duran Duran mantêm-se como uma banda anglo-saxónica pop rock invulgarmente recheada de groove — com destaque para o baixo, instrumento tantas vezes menosprezado na música pop e rock, e para o saxofone. Ao contrário, por exemplo, do caso dos A-ha (que estão em boa forma e também deram um concerto bastante competente), a música dos Duran Duran soa atual e virtuosa.
Sim, sabemos que foi composta num determinado tempo e contexto, mas não a pressentimos como uma peça museológica com 40 anos quando a ouvimos nas colunas do Palco Mundo do Rock in Rio — continua refrescante. E penso que esse seja um dos melhores elogios que podemos dar a qualquer músico ou artista.
A banda pareceu estar genuinamente empolgada durante a atuação e também deixaram assim os fãs de longa data, que dançaram e vibraram com aquelas músicas que tão bem conhecem e que, por mais que o tempo passe, muito provavelmente vão continuar a ser as músicas das suas vidas. Qualquer melómano que se preze terá de defender a descoberta constante de novos sons e artistas, mas a nostalgia é um refúgio natural — e inofensivo — do ser humano. Deixemo-nos envolver por ela em noites como esta.
Carregue na galeria para ver outras imagens do concerto dos Duran Duran no Rock in Rio Lisboa. (link no inicio do blog para poderem abrir o link das fotos).
Com mais de 40 anos de história, a banda britânica deu no Rock in Rio Lisboa um enxutíssimo concerto com a melhor pop/new wave dos anos 80 (e algumas pérolas posteriores pelo meio). Sexagenários, os Duran Duran dançaram, fizeram dançar, foram bombásticos e fizeram bombar. Pareceram genuinamente jovens (apesar da rouquidão de Simon Le Bon ter aparecido a meio). (Também) é assim que se faz.
Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor e Roger Taylor estão todos nos 60 e tais. Mas a pop é ilusão e os Duran Duran, em palco na noite de sábado da Bela Vista, pareceram uma banda mais jovem (especialmente se formos amigos e fizermos ouvidos moucos a uma certa perda de voz de Simon Le Bon a partir da exigente 'Ordinary World').
Com o património de mais de 40 anos de canções - uma discografia iniciada no homónimo álbum de 1981 -, o grupo de Birmingham cumpriu no Rock in Rio Lisboa dois desígnios: deu ao público tudo o que o levou a comprar bilhete (um sem fim de êxitos imorredouros da pop e da new wave dos anos 80 e início dos 90); mostrou que a longevidade na pop não tem que ser embaraçosa (à semelhança do que, de resto, também demonstraram os noruegueses e também veteranos A-ha, que antecederam Duran Duran no maior palco do festival).
Principiando à hora certa, os Duran Duran não se pouparam e atiraram-se, desde logo, à frenética 'Wild Boys' (bateria de Roger Taylor bem pujante), espécie de teste de força para os 90 minutos que se seguiriam. E manobra para ganhar crédito para duas canções de "Future Past" ('Invisible' e 'All of You', o álbum de 2021 que só os indefetíveis das primeiras filas souberam reconhecer, com o resto da plateia (de perder de vista) a acusar indiferença.
A partir daí, com apenas mais duas visitas ao disco mais recente ('Give It All Up' e 'Tonight United') a entremear o alinhamento, os Duran Duran dedicaram-se à antiga e nobre missão de agradar. Veja-se o luxo: 'A View to a Kill', colheita James Bond 1985, 'Notorious', funk do melhor com o dedo de Nile Rodgers (aquele pequeno riff de guitarra tão, mas tão comestível) via 1986, 'Union of the Snake', do igualmente soberbo ano de 1983. A acompanhar o quarteto-base, um coro de duas vozes femininas, saxofonista e guitarra elétrica.
'Come Undone', vestígio de um início dos anos 90 em que os Duran Duran voltaram a sintonizar-se com as tabelas de vendas, não deslustrou, mas perdeu para uma aprumada 'Hungry Like the Wolf' (primeiro 'sintoma' de "Rio", de 1982, de que se ouviriam outros dignos espécimes mais adiante) e para a bem-vinda recordação de 'Friends of Mine', penúltima canção do álbum de estreia (e uma das poucas canções do alinhamento que não foram single).
A partir de 'Ordinary World' (dedicada ao povo da Ucrânia, "que está a sofrer inexplicável e inimaginavelmente"), Simon Le Bon mostrou uma crescente rouquidão que se refletiu numa menor capacidade em atingir notas altas com o mesmo acerto, mantendo contudo a afinação na maior parte do tempo e incutindo, galhardamente, alguma rudeza mais rock na entrega. Não foi perfeito, mas esteve longe de ser um grande problema. E a aspereza, já perto do final, até deu jeito em 'White Lines', versão de Grandmaster Flash e Melle Mel lançada no mal-amado álbum de versões de 1995.
'Girls on Film', o terceiro single da carreira da banda (e ainda hoje, um portento de concisão new wave), mereceu cruzamento com 'Acceptable in the 80s', de Calvin Harris. A banda saiu depois de cena, mas voltou depressa para um encore, também ele uma 'instituição' de outros tempos em festivais: Simon Le Bon, agora vestindo apenas uma t-shirt com a expressão "courage est au courant" e voltando a pedir orações pela Ucrânia, parece ter tomado meio rebuçado de mentol para 'Save a Prayer'. O final, esse, só podia ser um: 'Rio' (gloriosamente mais 'Pop in...' do que 'Rock in...'), o glamour de 1982 diretamente para um 2022 que ainda não sabemos bem de que terra é, mas pelo menos em Lisboa vem com solo de saxofone.
A banda inglesa terminou a noite de sábado do Rock in Rio Lisboa com os maiores êxitos, alguns com 40 anos, e continua a ter no vocalista Simon Le Bon um "frontman" com uma energia inesgotável.
A plateia junto ao Palco Mundo do Rock in Rio Lisboa já estava composta quando uma dúvida assaltou dois amigos na casa dos 50 anos: ele, antigo emigrante na Suíça, ia comprar discos dos Duran Duran à Holanda porque os LP"s só chegaram mais tarde a Lisboa, a uma pequena loja dos Restauradores que os seus cabelos brancos já não o ajudavam a lembrar. Ora, o espaço chamava-se "Bimotor" e foi essa a metáfora da banda britânica na noite deste sábado no Parque da Bela Vista: um avião antigo, restaurado mas fiável, com músicos de excelência para lá dos 60 anos mas a um ritmo frenético.
O espetáculo começou eletrizante, com o tema "Wild Boys" a conquistar, de imediato, a plateia. De casaco branco e calças prateadas, Simon Le Bon empolgou-se, chegou perto da audiência, ao lado do baixista John Taylor. Seguiram-se, num ápice, outros êxitos, como "A View to a Kill", um dos temas da saga de "James Bond" e "The Union of The Snake".
"Come Undone" catapultou a banda para os temas mais calmos, com Nick Rhodes a brilhar nas teclas e a filmar a multidão e Roger Andrew Taylor na bateria. De seguida ouviram-se temas mais recentes do novo álbum, "Future Past", até regressarem os êxitos antigos como "Save a Prayer".
Em resumo, um concerto nostálgico e do agrado dos milhares de fãs com t-shirts com o nome da banda estampada e que recordaram o concerto em Portugal em outubro de 1982, no antigo Pavilhão Dramático de Cascais. Porque eles estão para durar...
Dia para maiores de 40
Depois da noite do rock, com Muse ou Xutos e Pontapés e do dia dedicado aos mais jovens, com Black Eyed Peas e David Carreira, no último fim de semana, o Rock in Rio Lisboa recebeu ontem festivaleiros de meia idade, nostálgicos dos anos 80 e 90. Para "matar" saudades dos tempos de há 40 ou 30 anos, o Parque da Bela Vista deu as boas-vindas a outras bandas do século passado, mas que ainda dão cartas em 2022: Bush, UB40 e A-Ha.
Pouco passava das nove da noite quando a formação norueguesa de "new wave" e "pop rock", nascida na cidade de Oslo, em 1982, subiu ao Palco Mundo. Os músicos, que alcançaram sucesso mundial nos anos 80, rapidamente mostraram ao que vieram e conquistaram a audiência com um "boa noite Lisboa, tudo bem?". Alguns dos maiores êxitos como "Take on Me" não foram esquecidos e se em Liam Gallagher rebentaram duas tochas e em Ivete Sangalo sobressaíram as bandeiras brasileiras, no sábado à noite foi a vez de uma bandeira da Noruega se destacar entre a imensa multidão. As hostilidades foram abertas com os membros do grupo com óculos de sol, já a tarde se tinha posto. Até ao fim ouviu se "pop" electrónico, com o piano em destaque, a lembrar os "eighties".
Ainda era de dia quando os UB40 se apresentaram. A banda britânica com influências do "reggae" e "pop", formada em 1978, na cidade de Birmingham, mostrou ter uma legião de adeptos em Portugal. Ali Campbell, o convidado da tarde, continua, aos 63 anos, com um alcance vocal assinalável. A audiência dançou ao som do "reggae" durante uma hora, embalada pelos sons do grupo e, ao contrário do que tinha acontecido nas tardes do fim de semana anterior, o recinto encheu, com 70 mil a vibrar com a interpretação de "Purple Rain, de Prince, uma das músicas mais celebradas.
Os grandes êxitos dos UB40 ficaram para o fim da tarde, entre eles "Cant Help Falling in Love" ou "Red Wine". O fim do concerto coincidiu com a entrada de Ney Matogrosso no Galp Music Valley. A exuberância e performance do artista brasileiro levou vários milhares ao local, que se desviaram do palco principal do Rock in Rio Lisboa.
Às cinco da tarde tinham entrado na Bela Vista os Bush. Banda "grunge" formada em 1992 em Inglaterra e que vendeu milhões de álbuns... nos Estados Unidos, terminaram em 2002, mas voltaram em 2010, com Gavin Rossdale, como "frontman", Chris treynor na guitarra, Corey Britz no baixo e Nick Hughes bateria. Sem as camisas de flanela que celebraram, também, os Nirvana ou os Pearl Jam, há 30 anos, o vocalista desceu mesmo do palco e juntou se ao público ao agarrar várias mãos de fãs em êxtase, enquanto celebrava as centenas de t shirts que notou "com o nome da banda". "Último espetáculo na Europa e que maneira de terminar", atirou Gavin, com uma cerveja portuguesa na mão. O público aplaudiu mas notou que o concerto teve menos de uma hora de duração. Soube a pouco, porque o "grunge" esteve em alta. "São ingleses e não estão habituados a este sol", brincava-se nas primeiras filas. Verdade ao não, minutos depois começava, no Galp Music Valey, o concerto de António Zambujo. A organização não quis sobrepor atuações e o espetáculo do cantor português foi transmitido em direto nos ecrãs gigantes do Palco Mundo, para entretenimento de quem já marcava o lugar para os UB40.
Pelo Galp Music Valley passaram ainda os Delfins e, a encerrar a noite, José Cid. Os artistas foram uma alternativa aos cabeças de cartaz do Palco Mundo e puseram os espectadores a cantar e a dançar os grandes êxitos... em português.
Johnny Depp answers questions at trial how he started his career.
Some magic in this video.
This is one of the greatest Johnny Depp Interviews of all time without a doubt. And it was made on trial.
Here you can see the vulnerability, the sensitivity of this great actor, man, father.
A living legend.
Johnny speaks about his first movie and others. And I was there (in the 80s) watching those movies. "A Nightmare on Elm Street" 1984 and "21 Jump Street" the TV Series (1987-1990).
I loved that movie "A Nightmare on Elm Street", still watch this movie almost every year.
And the TV show "21 Jump Street" marked me a lot in the 80s. Love it. "The cases of an undercover police unit composed of young-looking officers specializing in youth crime."
You should see this video and believe me you will see why Johnny depp is one of the best personalities on this planet.
Whatever the outcome of this trial, my opinion about Johhny Depp will never change. Or about "Captain Jack Sparrow" in the "Pirates" movies or "Officer Tom Hanson" in "21 Jump Street".
Johnny Depp - Explains How He Got Into Acting & Talks Pirate Of The Caribbean
2,723,528 views •Apr 19, 2022
During his testimony on Tuesday, Johnny Depp explained how he got into acting and Hollywood. He talks about how Nicolas Cage helped him in the beginning, his first movie role, Pirates of the Caribbean, and more.
Love the video, love the song, love Lady Gaga. This is the first video from "Top Gun: Maverick".
This video have some video shots from the movie.
Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand (From “Top Gun: Maverick”) [Official Music Video]
8,694,622 views •May 6, 2022
https://youtu.be/O2CIAKVTOrc
And the video:
Hope you will love this awesome lyric.
Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand (From “Top Gun: Maverick”) [Official Music Video]
Tell me you need me
Hold my hand, everything will be okay
I heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey
Pull me close, wrap me in your aching arms
I see that you're hurtin', why'd you take so long
To tell me you need me? I see that you're bleeding
You don't need to show me again
But if you decide to, I'll ride in this life with you
I won't let go 'til the end
So cry tonight
But don't you let go of my hand
You can cry every last tear
I won't leave 'til I understand
Promise me, just hold my hand
Raise your head, look into my wishful eyes
That fear that's inside you will lift, give it time
I can see everything you're blind to now
Your prayers will be answered, let God whisper how
To tell me you need me, I see that you're bleeding
You don't need to show me again
But if you decide to, I'll ride in this life with you
I won't let go 'til the end
So cry tonight
But don't you let go of my hand
You can cry every last tear
I won't leave 'til I understand
Promise you'll just hold my hand
Hold my hand, hold my
Hold my hand, my hand
I'll be right here, hold my hand
Hold my hand, hold my
Hold my hand, my hand
I'll be right here, hold my hand
I know you're scared and your pain is imperfect
But don't you give up on yourself
I've heard a story, a girl, she once told me
That I would be happy again
Hold my hand
Hold my hand
Hold my hand, hold my hand
Hold my hand, hold my hand
Hold my hand
I heard from the heavens
Mon, April 25, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Campo Pequeno
The tour of Simple Minds is: "40 Years of Hits Tour".
It was my 6th Simple Minds show.
I arrived at Campo Pequeno around 19:00 of Monday. Doors opened at 20:00 and Simple Minds started the show at 21:08.
I bought the ticket on January 11, 2020. Had the VIP A-2 ticket. Think I was the first to buy a ticket to this show, because I could choose exactly where I wanted to go, middle of front row. More then 2 years before the show. Because of COVID, the show had to be posponed 2 times. First they postponed to 2021 and then to this date in 2022. And this time was on a holiday here in Portugal.
Simple Minds, played for 130 minutes (1st set 52 minutes + 2nd set 61 minutes + encore 17 minutes). Played 23 songs.
Simple Minds are always awesome live. And Jim Kerr is always so frendly with us and making jokes during the show. I love when I see female drummer, just need to say this.
The band members are:
Jim Kerr - lead vocals (1977–present),
Charlie Burchill - electric & acoustic guitar, occasional keyboards (1977–present),
Ged Grimes – bass guitar (2010–present),
Sarah Brown - backing vocals (live since 2009, 2017-present),
Gordy Goudie - additional keyboards & guitar (sessions since 2001, 2017-present),
Cherisse Osei - drums (2017-present),
Berenice Scott - keyboards (live since 2020).
Well you can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.
Set 1:
01. Act of Love
02. I Travel
03. Celebrate
04. Glittering Prize 05. Promised You a Miracle
06. Book of Brilliant Things
07. Let There Be Love
08. Love Song
09. Belfast Child
Set 2:
10. Theme for Great Cities
11. Real Life (Tour Debut)
12. Waterfront
13. She's a River (Drum's solo in the end)
14. Once Upon a Time
15. Someone Somewhere in Summertime
16. See the Lights 17. All the Things She Said 18. Don't You (Forget About Me)
19. Let It All Come Down
20. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
Encore: 21. Speed Your Love to Me 22. Alive and Kicking 23. Sanctify Yourself
In bold are the videos I made.
Videos of Simple Minds (6 videos):
Simple Minds-Promised You a Miracle, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-04-25 HD
https://youtu.be/x32A8FbYG1A
And the video:
Simple Minds-All The Things She Said, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-04-25 HD
https://youtu.be/IA2w0EHwiSw
And the video:
Simple Minds-Don’t You (Forget About Me), Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-04-25 HD
https://youtu.be/nRQUIJNLHM4
And the video:
Simple Minds-Speed Your Love to Me, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-04-25 HD
https://youtu.be/YANj_KM8ntY
And the video:
Simple Minds-Alive and Kicking, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-04-25 HD
https://youtu.be/0maaB1h5Sx4
And the video:
Simple Minds-Sanctify Yourself, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PT, 2022-04-25 HD
https://youtu.be/tw4QD7bz9U0
And the video:
Sun, January 30, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Altice Arena
The tour of Bryan Adams is: "So Happy It Hurts Tour".
It was my 15th Bryan Adams show, all here in Lisbon. My first Bryan Adams show was in December 13, 1991 in Estádio José Alvalade.
Bryan Adams was scheduled to start at 21:00.
For this show I bought the ticket on Thursday, 2021/October/14 in FNAC, Connect Saldanha, Lisbon, Portugal. "Plateia em Pé".
After almost 2 years of this crazy Pandemic we just got a live show here in Lisbon. This concert was like a test for us. We had to show a vaccine prove or a negative test. I show them both. Bryan Adams was in Gondomar on the day before. And then was this Lisbon show in Altice Arena. More then 16000 people were there.
I arrived at Altice Arena at 6 am. Was a sunny and cold day. Was with my friends during the day. We got inside around 7 pm and I run to the front row, stayed in front of Keith Scott.
Finally was time for Bryan Adams. He started at 21:27 and played 133 minutes. Played a set of 27 songs.
Band: Bryan Adams (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Keith Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals), Gary Breit (keyboards, backing vocals), Solomon Walker (bass, backing vocals) and Pat Steward (drums, backing vocals).
Love the concert and the setlist was freaking awesome with some fan requests.
He played 3 of the new songs.
Well you can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.
01. Kick Ass
02. Can't Stop This Thing We Started
03. Run to You
04. Shine a Light
05. Heaven
06. Go Down Rockin'
07. It's Only Love
08. Cloud Number Nine
09. You Belong to Me
10. Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
11. Here I Am (Only Bryan on guitar and Gary Breit in the piano)
12. When You're Gone
13. (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
14. Back to You
15. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You
16. I'm Ready
17. 18 til I Die
18. Summer of '69
19. Tonight (Requested by André in the audience)
20. One Night Love Affair (Requested by Sandra in the audience)
21. Kids Wanna Rock (Requested by Bruno in the audience)
22. Please Forgive Me (Requested by Estefânia in the audience)
23. Cuts Like a Knife
Encore:
24. Never Gonna Rain
25. So Happy It Hurts (Followed by Bryan showing pictures of his childhood in Portugal)
26. Straight From the Heart (Acoustic only with Bryan on stage)
27. All for Love (Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting cover) (Acoustic only with Bryan on stage, with a snippet of Shine a Light at the beginning)
