Saturday, May 25, 2024

Taylor Swift 2024-05-24 Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Fri, May 24, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Estádio da Luz

The tour of Taylor Swift is: "The Eras Tour".
It was my 1th Taylor Swift show.

I arrived at Estádio da Luz at 06:00 am. Went to the VIP 1 entrance outside the Stadium Area, on the gate. Went inside at 07:15 am to the VIP Stage left and right queue together.
I had the VIP 1 Front Stage Esquerdo (It's Been a Long Time Coming Package). My gate to go in the left side of the stage was 26. The 25 was to the right VIP Stage tickets.
At 03:25 pm we got inside. First we went through a police check and then run to the gate 26. Got in the 26 and run again to get in the left side of the stage.
The time we got in was with a little delay. And the general doors also opened later. A big mess outside the stadium with thousands of people wanting to get in. And I know a lot of people had to run outside to get in. Many fans were late to get in and even lost the first band "Paramore" I'm thinking of my niece who only got in 10 minutes before Taylor Swift started. She went to the "Bancada Piso 3".

Scheduled times next.
15:00 VIP early entry
16:00 General doors
18:15 Show was scheduled to start -> Paramore
19:30 Show was scheduled to start -> Taylor Swift
22:45 Show ends

Before "Taylor Swift" in Estádio da Luz, played Paramore, they started at 19:03 and played 45 minutes. Played a set of 9 songs.

Current members

Hayley Williams[a] – lead vocals (2004–present), keyboards (2006, 2012–present)
Taylor York – guitar (2009–present; touring 2007–2009), keyboards (2012–present), backing vocals (2017–present)
Zac Farro – drums, percussion (2004–2010, 2017–present), keyboards (2017–present), backing vocals (2007, 2017–present)

Current touring musicians

Joey Howard – bass, backing vocals (2015–present)
Logan MacKenzie – keyboards, guitar (2017–present)
Joseph Mullen – percussion, drums (2017–present)[300]
Brian Robert Jones – guitar, backing vocals (2022–present)

I liked to see them for the 1st time. I missed when they come here a long time ago. But was cool to see them now. Hayley Williams always so freaking cool. She went to the stage with her eyes painted with dark colours. Very cool.

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:


01. Hard Times
02. Burning Down the House (Talking Heads cover)
03. Still Into You
04. Caught in the Middle
05. Told You So
06. The Only Exception
07. Misery Business
08. Ain't It Fun
09. This Is Why

Finally was time for Taylor Swift. She started at 20:15 and played 200 minutes (3 hours and 20 minutes). Played a set of 45 songs.

It was an amazing show. I loved the concert. Incredible to see all of this eras (albums) coming together in one big show. A lot of memories.

Telling a little of how I started to love Taylor Swift and her music:
The first video I ever saw from Taylor Swift was "Love Story" in 2009 and love the video and the song.
Then "Speak Now" the album was out, also I love it. I bought the blu-ray "Speak Now World Tour – Live". I still remember to see that concert so many times.
Then "Red" album with all those amazing songs. Still one of my favorite albums.
When "1989" album was out I think that was the one that made me love her. The complete album is a masterpiece. Still my Taylor Swift favorite album.

About this concert in Lisbon. Was freaking amazing to see The Eras Tour in my hometown, Lisbon, Portugal. I was waiting for so many years to see her live. Finally she decided to come here. I bought my ticket in July 12, 2023. About 10 months ago. I wanted so much to buy tickets for both shows. I tried the codes but no lucky in those. I made it to buy the VIP for the 1st show. Was very happy about that for sure, to see her in my city. And when I tried to the 2nd show was all sold out, with no chances of getting any ticket.

I will never forget this concert. Amazing memories. Watching "Cruel Summer" live was really incredible, to see everyone singing the song, always one of my favorite songs. This was from the "Lover" era.
Especially this part.

"I'm drunk in the back of the car
And I cried like a baby coming home from the bar (oh)
Said, "I'm fine, " but it wasn't true
I don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you
And I snuck in through the garden gate
Every night that summer just to seal my fate (oh)
And I screamed for whatever it's worth
"I love you, " ain't that the worst thing you ever heard?
He looks up grinning like a devil

It's new, the shape of your body
It's blue, the feeling I've got
And it's ooh, whoa, oh
It's a cruel summer
It's cool, that's what I tell 'em
No rules, in breakable heaven
But ooh, whoa, oh
It's a cruel summer
With you"

Believe me, to hear this with a million people singing at the same time is really incredible.

The next eras on stage were "Fearless" from 2008, "Red" from 20212 and "Speak Now" from 2010.

These were the albums that made me like her more. And was the time I started to buy her CDs.
I made the videos from this 2 albums. Amazing to see this songs live. "Love Story" the first song that I ever heard and saw the video from Taylor.
"Fearless" and "You Belong With Me" the songs I heard many times when they were out. And to see them live were amazing.
The songs from the "Red" era are all amazing specially "All To Well", one of my favorite songs. And to see live the 10 minute version is really incredible. To see everyone sing the song at the same time: again, amazing. In the video I made of "All To Well" more or less in the middle of the video someone knocked my phone. But I got to it again and continue filming.

On the "Speak Now" era we only got 1 song. But 1 amazing song: "Enchanted". She took out of this setlist one of my favorite songs "Long Live".

"Reputation" era was next. I love the "...Ready for It?". To see this live was another epic moment.

"In the middle of the night, in my dreams
You should see the things we do, baby
In the middle of the night, in my dreams
I know I'm gonna be with you, so I take my time
Are you ready for it?"

Knew I was a robber first time that he saw me
Stealing hearts and running off and never sayin' sorry
But if I'm a thief, then he can join the heist, and
We'll move to an island, and
And he can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor
Every love I've known in comparison is a failure
I forget their names now, I'm so very tame now
Never be the same now, now

I, I, I see how this is gon' go
Touch me and you'll never be alone
I-Island breeze and lights down low
No one has to know (No one has to know)"


Next the folkmore double era. The joining of two eras: "Folklore" and "Evermore", both from 2020.

Seeing that cabin on the main stage was really cool. That 3 minute standing ovation after "Champagne Problems" was awesome. We could see that Taylor was really happy and surprised.

"1989" era was next. My favorite album.

So cool to see this songs live. "Style" "Blank Space" "Shake It Off" "Wildest Dreams" "Bad Blood".
"Wildest Dreams" is always one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs. Love this so much. And to see this live was realy awesome. I made a video where I joined this song with "Bad Blood".

It was great to see the new album being included in the concert setlist: "The Tortured Poets Department". This was next. This album have some amazing lyrics. Taylor with her genious brain could write the best things possible.

One of my favorite songs is "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?". Love this lyric and song and the portuguese people singing along was incredible.
Love to see Taylor singing with great power and determination this in a platform that went all over the stage.
In the moving platform singing this was really fantastic. It was like something out of a movie:

"… So I leap from the gallows and I levitate down your street
Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream
"Who's afraid of little old me?"
I was tame, I was gentle 'til the circus life made me mean
"Don't you worry, folks, we took out all her teeth"
Who's afraid of little old me?
Well, you should be

… You should be
(You should be) You should be
'Cause you lured me (you should be)
And you hurt me (you should be)
And you taught me

… You caged me and then you called me crazy
I am what I am 'cause you trained me
So who's afraid of me?
Who's afraid of little old me?
Who's afraid of little old me?"


Another awesome moment of this album. Other of my favorite songs was "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived". This was one of the best momemnts of the night. Hearing everyone singing this song with Taylor.
When the drums appear on stage was epic. A lot of people with drums going higher and higher while taylor was singing:

"Were you sent by someone who wanted me dead?
Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?
Were you writing a book? Were you a sleeper cell spy?
In fifty years, will all this be declassified?
And you'll confess why you did it
And I'll say, "Good riddance"
'Cause it wasn't sexy once it wasn't forbidden
I would've died for your sins
Instead, I just died inside
And you deserve prison, but you won't get time
You'll slide into inboxes and slip through the bars
You crashed my party and your rental car
You said normal girls were boring
But you were gone by the morning
You kicked out the stage lights
But you're still performing

And in plain sight you hid
But you are what you did
And I'll forget you, but I'll never forgive
The smallest man who ever lived"


Then, was time for the surprise songs.

Time for what comes next. And we got a few "1st time playing" live.

"Come Back…Be Here" (Red album 2012) / "The Way I Loved You" (Fearless album 2008) / "The Other Side of the Door" (Fearless album 2008)
With spoken intro, mashup on guitar and tour debut for “The Way I Loved You”.

"Come Back…Be Here" and "The Way I Loved You" simply amazing songs. We got only a little of "The Other Side of the Door".

Then was "Fresh Out the Slammer" (from the new TTPD album).
Also a live debut, on piano, with "High Infidelity" outro.
I love this song. Epic lyric.

"Now, pretty baby, I'm running back home to you
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
(Fresh out the slammer, oh)

Another summer taking cover, rolling thunder
He don't understand me
Splintered back in winter, silent dinners, bitter
He was with her in dreams

Gray and blue and fights and tunnels
Handcuffed to the spell I was under
For just one hour of sunshine
Years of labor, locks and ceilings
In the shade of how he was feeling
But it's gonna be alright, I did my time

Now pretty baby, I'm running back home to you
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
(Fresh out the slammer, oh)"


And finally the last era of the show. The "Midnights" era is coming from the 2022 album.

This is just a happy album. Awesome cool pop songs.
We got 7 songs. They are all cool in their own way.
Finishing the show with "Karma" with confettis and fireworks to end the show on the best way possible.

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:


Intro
(Fearless, End Game, Speak Now, gold rush, TTPD, evermore, Red, Lavender Haze, Bejeweled, Lover)

Lover
01. Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince (shortened)
02. Cruel Summer (extended outro)
03. The Man (spoken intro)
04. You Need to Calm Down (shortened)
05. Lover (spoken intro; extended outro)

Fearless
06. Fearless (shortened)
07. You Belong With Me
08. Love Story

Red
Red - Intro (contains elements of "State of Grace", "Holy Ground" and "Red")
09. 22
10. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
11. I Knew You Were Trouble (shortened)
12. All Too Well (10 Minute Version; spoken intro)

Speak Now
Speak Now - Intro (contains elements of "Castle's Crumbling")
13. Enchanted (shortened)

reputation
14. ...Ready for It?
15. Delicate
16. Don't Blame Me (shortened)
17. Look What You Made Me Do (extended outro)

folklore / evermore
18. cardigan (shortened)
19. betty (spoken intro; shortened)
20. champagne problems (spoken intro; followed by a 4 minute standing ovation)
21. august
22. illicit affairs (shortened)
23. my tears ricochet
24. marjorie (shortened)
25. willow (extended)

1989
26. Style (shortened)
27. Blank Space
28. Shake It Off
29. Wildest Dreams (shortened)
30. Bad Blood (shortened)

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
Female Rage: The Musical (contains elements of "MBOBHFT", "WAfoLOM?", "loml", "So Long, London" & "BDILH")
31. But Daddy I Love Him / So High School
32. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me? (shortened)
33. Down Bad (shortened; with "Fortnight" outro)
34. Fortnight
35. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived (shortened)
36. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart (extended intro)

Surprise Songs
37. Come Back…Be Here / The Way I Loved You / The Other Side of the Door (spoken intro; mashup on guitar; tour debut for “The Way I Loved You”)
38. Fresh Out The Slammer (live debut; on piano; with "High Infidelity" outro)

Midnights
39. Lavender Haze
40. Anti‐Hero
41. Midnight Rain
42. Vigilante Shit
43. Bejeweled
44. Mastermind
45. Karma (extended outro)

In bold are the videos I made.

Videos of Taylor Swift (33 videos):

Sorry about this. -> In the videos below you can see these messages (you can go to my videos pressing where it says: "Watch on YouTube").

"Video unavailable
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Taylor Swift-Cruel Summer, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/30eey44peGg
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Fearless, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/luUjqlY4wA0
And the video:


Taylor Swift-You Belong With Me, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/uNpoHmBKA6c
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Love Story, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/AaqePkesAv4
And the video:


Taylor Swift-22, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/L_ytF4roc1Q
And the video:


Taylor Swift-We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/VWCFrIv0QHU
And the video:


Taylor Swift-I Knew You Were Trouble, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/6OfXuNYsbt4
And the video:


Taylor Swift-All Too Well (10 Minute Version), Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/ci0eKyRkm8Y
And the video:


Taylor Swift-...Ready for It?, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/yOsoLbuRhUk
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Look What You Made Me Do, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/J56Qzjm6ldg
And the video:


Taylor Swift-betty, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/b6fwI6gGcME
And the video:


Taylor Swift-champagne problems, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/ByPxsQ-Z3TU
And the video:


Taylor Swift-August+Illicit Affairs (3 minute ovation), Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/O_yM15mFCs4
And the video:


Taylor Swift-my tears ricochet, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/l8n-33aBfN4
And the video:


Taylor Swift-marjorie, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/pn5ZobwpuO0
And the video:


Taylor Swift-willow, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/HOerAWI2CQE
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Style+Blank Space, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/LnvOjmewnGI
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Shake It Off, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/48RoNGv8wFk
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Wildest Dreams+Bad Blood, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/Bl8Mg4UgB_s
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/lv7qrXvdbrU
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Down Bad, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/Sv1RB1N0Uyw
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Fortnight, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/Mv3an4Ybbmw
And the video:


Taylor Swift-The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/vmkVGXtdtzU
And the video:


Taylor Swift-I Can Do It With a Broken Heart, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/4rGifRDDN1Y
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Come Back…Be Here/The Way I Loved You/The Other Side of the Door, Lisbon, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/bwOIEeTW5f8
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Fresh Out The Slammer, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/5HPcpggBDHE
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Lavender Haze, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/D5jt5RoN0nY
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Anti‐Hero, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/vAUjGcnq4aw
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Midnight Rain, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/xApTB3Gihp8
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Vigilante Shit, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/vUKq0smqC94
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Bejeweled, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/V5UQqy0qbDw
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Mastermind, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/S9eEk5Tj0Eg
And the video:


Taylor Swift-Karma, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, PT, 2024-05-24 HD
https://youtu.be/9xwoeHANSJg
And the video:


THE END. Now waiting for new tours in the next years with new albuns by Taylor Swift. And Lisbon will be on the map, we hope. At least Taylor promised us that.

Saturday, April 06, 2024

The Warning 2022-04-06 Cultura em Peso, Review: The Warning conquer the Portuguese public with an epic night at LAV – Lisboa Ao Vivo

https://culturaempeso.com/review-the-warning-conquistam-o-publico-portugues-com-uma-noite-epica-no-lav-lisboa-ao-vivo/

Cultura em Peso

Review: The Warning conquer the Portuguese public with an epic night at LAV – Lisboa Ao Vivo

After a long wait, the band formed by sisters Dany, Pau and Ale Villarreal - The Warning - performed for the first time in Portugal, with a memorable rock concert at LAV - Lisboa Ao Vivo.

Per Jolu (João Luis) April 6, 2024

It was last Friday that the Mexican trio – The Warning – made their debut in Portugal, with an absolutely breathtaking night of rock, in which the band showed, together with Conquer Divide, the “girl power” that exists in the world of heavy music.

Before the doors opened, some anxiety was already felt, with different groups of fans marking their place in the queue, armed with flags and posters asking, for example, for Pau's drumsticks or Dany's pick.

At 9pm, the 5 members of Conquer Divide, from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, took to the stage to open the night. With a performance that did not exceed half an hour of concert and focused mainly on the band's latest album – “Slow Burn”, from 2023 –, the group had the desire to create moshpits from the first songs. However, the audience, made up of several families with children (and who were not exactly looking for a metal concert), did not respond to this request, compensating with lots of jumping and rhythmic clapping, particularly in “Paralyzed” and “NEWHEAVEN ”. To close the concert, with the theme “welcome to paradise” over, the band replaced the traditional “horns up” with hearts, launching a chain of love from the stage to the end of the audience.

Setlist – Conquer Divide:

  1. Atonement
  2. chemicals
  3. Eyes Wide Shut
  4. Paralyzed
  5. system_failure
  6. NEWHEAVEN
  7. welcome2paradise

After waiting for around 30 minutes, the lights went down and, with “ The Warning ” written on the screen behind the stage, “Intro 404” (opener of the latest album – “ERROR”, from 2022) began to be heard, alongside sound of which Dany, Pau and Ale Villarreal entered to take their places, leaving the audience in euphoria, who shouted the name of the band and each of the members.

For their debut on Portuguese soil, the Mexican band brought songs from all their albums – the aforementioned “ERROR”, “Queen of the Murder Scene” (2018) and “XXI Century Blood” (2017), leaving out the EP “ESCAPE THE MIND” (2015) and the highly acclaimed cover of “Enter Sandman” (2021). In addition to the aforementioned discography, all the songs from the album “Keep Me Fed” were also presented, scheduled for release on June 28th of this year.

It was precisely with one of these new songs that The Warning made themselves heard for the first time in Lisbon, opening the concert with “S!CK”. From then on, the young band went through the lineup at full speed, with absolutely impressive mastery – from Ale's admirable bass lines, to Dany's incredible voice and technical skill on the guitar, to Pau's voice while playing. Drums with the expertise that earned her the 2023 rock drummer of the year award from Drumeo.

After practically 1 hour of moments that will remain in memory, such as Pau's voice at the beginning of “Survive” or the combination of the three sisters' voices (highlighting Dany's high note) at the entrance to the last chorus of “Hell You Call A Dream”, the band would close the concert in an epic way with “Narcisista”. However, the public asked for more and the group returned to the stage to say goodbye to Lisbon with “EVOLVE”.

After the concert, characterized by an atmosphere of affection from both sides, between the audience and the band, there will certainly be a feeling of longing for this rock night and the desire for it to happen again soon.

Setlist – The Warning:

  1. S!CK
  2. Z
  3. CHOKE
  4. What else do you want?
  5. Dull Knives (Cut Better)
  6. MORE
  7. MONEY
  8. Survive
  9. Automatic Sun
  10. ERROR
  11. DISCIPLE
  12. Hell You Call A Dream
  13. MARTYRDOM
  14. Narcissist
  15. EVOLVE

Thanks: Everything Is New

The Warning 2024-04-05 LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo - Sala 1, Lisbon

Fri, April 5, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal @ LAV - Lisboa Ao vivo - Sala 1

The tour of The Warning is: "Europe Tour 2024".
It was my 1th The Warning show.

I arrived at LAV at 01:55 pm. It was a windy hot sunny afternoon. General doors opened at 20:00 and show was scheduled to start at 21:00.
I had the VIP Meet & Greet ticket so I had some different times.
18:00 VIP check-in opens
18:25 VIP check-in closes
18:30 VIP Meet & Greet
19:15 Early access to merchandise shop
Sometime between 19:40 and 19:55. Early Entrey customers will be escorted to the standing area
20:00 General doors
21:00 Show starts -> Conquer Divide - The Warning

A little after 6pm when we entered they put us in line for the meet & greet with the band. I bought the CD "Error" and then at the meet & greet the 3 sisters signed the CD for me. I told them that I started to listen to their music when I found out their cover videos when they were younger around 2020/2021. They cover the big bands like Metallica, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses and others. And then I went to investigate their YouTube channel where I discovered all the videos, including rehearsals and live performances. And they thank me, they were happy. I also told them I would love to see them again in the future in a big arena in my city. Daniela also thank me and said that would be awesome.

After the meet & greet I went to buy on the merchandise store an offical tshirt by The Warning. And after that I got out again and queue again outside the venue. I was front on the queue again. We got inside around 19:50 before the general people (20:00). I entered and went directly to the middle of the first row. I wanted to be in the middle to see Paulina (the drummer) in front. Daniela was playing guitar on my right and Alejandra playing bass on my left.

Before "The Warning" in LAV, played Conquer Divide, they started at 20:59 and played 30 minutes. Played a set of 7 songs.

Members:
Current:
Kiarely "Kia" Castillo – clean vocals (2013–2018, 2020–present)
Kristen Sturgis - Rhythm guitar (2013-present)
Isabel "Izzy" Johnson – lead guitar (2014–2018, 2020–present)
Samantha "Sam" Landa – drums (2020–present)
Touring:
Madison Moon – unclean vocals (March 2024–present)

I only knew about them on April 1st (4 days before the show) when I received my "The Warning" email with the VIP instructions (schedule of the concert day). And the name "Divide Conquer" is there opening for The Warning.
I went looking for their youtube channel to see any videos they might have released. Just to get a feeling of their sound.
I enjoyed seeing them live. Always happy and very lively. Trying to talk to the public.

Info of the band from wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquer_Divide

The band was formed in Michigan by guitarist and songwriter Kristen Sturgis along with Suzie Reagan. The lineup initially began as a five-piece with the addition of bassist Sarah Stonebraker, drummer Tamara Tadic, and singer Kiarely Castillo in 2013. On March 1, 2014, Conquer Divide announced that they had recruited Liverpool-based YouTube guitarist Izzy Johnson to become a member, making it a six-piece. A short time later, Suzie was let go and replaced by Texas-based vocalist Janel Duarte. Although their official biography featured on the Artery Recordings website states that they were formed in 2013, the concept for the band had existed since about 2005, according to their producer Joey Sturgis.

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:


01. Atonement
02. Chemicals
03. Eyes Wide Shut
04. Paralyzed
05. system_failure
06. NEWHEAVEN
07. welcome2paradise

Finally was time for The Warning. They started at 22:00 and played 65 minutes. Played a set of 15 songs.

It was spectacular. I loved the concert. They were always very excited. Daniela said some things in Portuguese, she once said that how was it possible that they had only just come to Portugal for the first time. Daniela spoke in spanish a lot of the times between songs. But we portuguese understand them well.
Daniela is always excited about the Portuguese public. I liked the faces that Daniela made from time to time in amazement at us.
Paulina is also always happy with us and amazed by our reactions to the songs.
I loved to see Paulina sing "Narcisista". She is amazing playing drums and singing at the same time. I love Paulina's determination on the drums.
Alejandra always very cool, in her style. But moving really well with the bass.

The band members are:

Daniela "Dany" Villarreal Vélez, 24 (born January 30, 2000) – guitars, lead and backing vocals, piano (2013–present)
Paulina "Pau" Villarreal Vélez, 22 (born February 5, 2002) – drums, backing and lead vocals, piano (2013–present)
Alejandra "Ale" Villarreal Vélez, 19 (born December 13, 2004) – bass, piano, backing and occasional lead vocals (2013–present)

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:


01. S!CK
02. Z
03. CHOKE
04. Qué Más Quieres
05. Dull Knives (Cut Better)
06. MORE
07. MONEY
08. Survive
09. Automatic Sun
10. ERROR
11. DISCIPLE
12. Hell You Call A Dream
13. MARTIRIO
14. Narcisista
Encore:
15. EVOLVE

In bold are the videos I made.

Videos of The Warning (12 videos):

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The Warning-Sick, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/-X-9OYcR3G0?si=d1IPge6yuVSxySvz
And the video:


The Warning-Qué Más Quieres, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/YVLWat0tM7I?si=_tv4_QltqFkKvqIk
And the video:


The Warning-Dull Knives (Cut Better), LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/ysKZ6LLGlHo?si=pp2mhiryfZ9NTirZ
And the video:


The Warning-More, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/xanIcED_JWM?si=Y7_gFHm59L31ILHw
And the video:


The Warning-Money, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/IAjyVBiOvEg?si=ZxdGacKEzU0OEEuU
And the video:


The Warning-Automatic Sun, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/ySQDSg-ajYE?si=oSCtT12bsr9el-4y
And the video:


The Warning-Error, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/6sHA2EPlKME?si=iN2JZer8wu6Cc5eE
And the video:


The Warning-Disciple, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/_UceVoovqzg?si=NLdzXDQUzq6c1OVy
And the video:


The Warning-Hell You Call A Dream, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/gwnKHp_TCb4?si=J4PKwk-doTZOhLKh
And the video:


The Warning-Martirio, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/nrHYVTOxQoA?si=pxU8mXjzkZLve9iW
And the video:


The Warning-Narcisista, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/rmW3lr6J-_Y?si=Lou_jra0FWrmG-hk
And the video:


The Warning-Evolve, LAV - Lisboa ao Vivo, Lisbon, PT, 2024-04-05 HD
https://youtu.be/4B2BjkTf7x0?si=XTmG3XnaOhcJv_9Y
And the video:


At the end of the concert when I was leaving the venue I found out Sam (the drummer of Conquer Divide) on the audience and I talked to her a little. Very friendly and nice.
I went again to The Warning merchandising place and bought the LP "Error" signed by the 3 sisters before the show.
And notice that the band Conquer divide was also in a merchandising spot selling some stuff. I went there and bought their last CD "Slow Burn" and all the 5 members signed it. Was very cool. I talked a little with Kia (the main vocalist of Conquer Divide) and told her I like to see them and that I only knew them for about 4 days. But went to look for their youtube channel and saw their videos. She was happy and gave me the signed CD.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Depeche Mode 2024-03-19 Altice Arena, Lisbon

Tue, March 19, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Altice Arena

The tour of Depeche Mode is: "Memento Mori Tour".
It was my 2nd Depeche Mode show. My 1st one was in July 11, 1993 in the old Estádio José de Alvalade, Lisbon (31 years ago).

I arrived at Altice Arena at 06:00 am. It was a windy, sunny day. Doors opened at 19:00 and Depeche Mode was scheduled to start at 21:30.

Before "Depeche Mode" in Altice Arena, played Suzie Stapleton, she started at 20:29 and played 31 minutes.

Members:
Suzie Stapleton
Gavin Jay
Jim Macaulay
Dave Collingwood
Gareth Skinner

I never heard of them before. But I like their sound.

Info of the band from the Official site:
Suzie Stapleton Official site

"Suzie Stapleton is an alternative rock artist. She is known for electric live performances, and poetry-strewn, guitar-driven noir soundscapes that cross into gothic-blues and alt-folk."

"Born and raised in Sydney, Stapleton spent ten years in Melbourne where she began performing and recorded two EPs - “45 Revelations Per Minute” (2008) and “Obladi Diablo” (2012). Stapleton relocated to the UK in 2015 after several European tours and a chance encounter with producer Cypress Grove. Instantly enamoured with her midnight vocal, Grove invited Stapleton to record some backing vocals for volume 3 of The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project (Axels & Sockets, 2014), a labour of love and tribute to The Gun Club’s frontman which has featured Iggy Pop, Mark Lanegan, Thurston Moore and many others over its four volumes.".

Finally was time for Depeche Mode. They started at 21:34 and played 126 minutes (98 mns+Encore 28 mns). Played a set of 22 songs.

Love the concert. Depeche Mode were freaking awesome. A lot of energy by Dave Gahan and Martin Gore.

The band members are:

Current members:
Dave Gahan – lead vocals (1980–present)
Martin Gore – guitars, keyboards, backing and lead vocals (1980–present)
Christian Eigner – drums, keyboards (1997–present)
Peter Gordeno – keyboards, bass guitar, piano, backing vocals (1998–present)

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:



Speak to Me (Instrumental Outro)
01. My Cosmos Is Mine
02. Wagging Tongue
03. Walking in My Shoes
04. It's No Good
05. Policy of Truth
06. In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)
07. Everything Counts
08. Precious
09. Before We Drown
10. Strangelove (Acoustic; sung by Martin L. Gore)
11. Somebody
12. Ghosts Again
13. I Feel You
14. A Pain That I'm Used To (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
15. Behind the Wheel (Dedicated to Andrew Fletcher)
16. Black Celebration
17. Stripped
18. Enjoy the Silence

Encore:
19. Waiting for the Night (Peter Gordeno & Christian Eigner on keyboards)
20. Just Can't Get Enough
21. Never Let Me Down Again
22. Personal Jesus

In bold are the videos I made.

Videos of Depeche Mode (10 videos):

Sorry about this. -> In the videos below you can see these messages (you can go to my videos pressing where it says: "Watch on YouTube").

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Depeche Mode-Wagging Tongue, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/Nm_dm0a_6Po
And the video:


Depeche Mode-Walking in My Shoes, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/QdNwpd7MLyI
And the video:


Depeche Mode-Everything Counts, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/3rlUHA-Ssv8
And the video:


Depeche Mode-Strangelove, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/6GRL8yocI24
And the video:


Depeche Mode-Somebody, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/3-G5M51gdYI
And the video:


Depeche Mode-Enjoy the Silence, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/z7N2La3R6kw
And the video:


Depeche Mode-Waiting For The Night, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/tL7Ky_0wwc8
And the video:


Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/V82m_eWAHzU
And the video:


Depeche Mode-Never Let Me Down Again, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/Q2BuZ3iS2Lc
And the video:


Depeche Mode-Personal Jesus, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2024-03-19 HD
https://youtu.be/Rlui7H-WmRk
And the video:

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Bon Jovi - Legendary (Official Music Video)

Here it is finally new music from Bon Jovi. This is the new single out today called "Legendary".
New album "Forever" out June 7.
Love the video and the sound. NEW, OUT TODAY. I like the beat of the song. Will be in our heads without a doubt.

Bon Jovi - Legendary (Official Music Video)
23,393 views •Mar 14, 2024
https://youtu.be/g83Y19JezCM?si=uo_SNoayU64whUgD



#BonJovi #Legendary #BonJoviForever
Pre-order/pre-save Bon Jovi’s new album, “Forever”, out June 7th: http://BonJovi.lnk.to/ForeverAlbumPs
Celebrate “Bon Jovi 40” here: http://BonJovi.lnk.to/BonJovi40EM

Hope you will love this awesome lyric "Bon Jovi - Legendary (Official Music Video)".

Bon Jovi - Legendary

Who are you and who am I,
To think that we could ever fly?
It don’t pay to even try
Work, get paid, and just get by
Sons of sons, bricks on bricks
What’s broken you don’t try to fix
Round here there ain’t no “whys” and “ifs”
You don’t pick up what you can’t lift

I raise my hands up to the sky
Don’t need more to tell me I’m alive

Got what I want
Cause I got what I need
Got a fistful of friends
That’ll stand up for me
Right where I am
Is where I wanna be.
Friday night comes
Around like a song
Sweet Caroline and we all sing along,
Got my brown eyed girl
And she believes in me.
Legendary

I know this town
Like the back of my hand
Every crack in the sidewalk
Tells me who I am
Live and you love
Is the law of the land
These are our dreams
That’s where we stand

Raise my hands up to the sky
Don’t need more to tell me I’m alive

Got what I want
Cause I got what I need
Got a fistful of friends
That’ll stand up for me
Right where I am
Is where I wanna be.
Friday night comes
Around like a song
Sweet Caroline and we all sing along,
Got my brown eyed girl
And she believes in me.
Legendary

Who are you and who am I
To think that we could ever fly

Got what I want
Cause I got what I need
Got a fistful of friends
That’ll stand up for me
Right where I am
Is where I wanna be.
Friday night comes
Around like a song
Sweet Caroline and we all sing along,
Got my brown eyed girl
And she believes in me.
Legendary
Legendary

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Madonna 2023-11-07 Altice Arena, Lisbon

Tue, November 7, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Altice Arena

The tour of Madonna is: "The Celebration Tour".
It was my 12th Madonna show. 2nd of 2 shows here in Altice Arena, Lisbon.

I arrived at Altice Arena at 18:00. Doors opened at 19:00 and Madonna was scheduled to start at 20:30.
For this show I bought the "Where's The Party Premium Ticket Package".
This package includes:
- One reserved ticket,
- Limited edition litograph,
- Merchandise item designed and created exclusively for package purchasers,
- Collectable laminate & lanyard to remember your evening,
- Designated check in and on-site event staff.
I got in around 19:00. Received my merchandising from the VIP Package, was missing the litograph. They said that I had to ask by email to send it to me.

Before "Madonna" in Altice Arena, played DJ Barata, he started at 19h31 and played 58 minutes.

Finally was time for Madonna. She started at 21:33 (this time only 63 minutes late) and played 136 minutes. Played a set of 27 songs.

Love the concert. One of my favorite Madonna tours for sure. She told a lot of stories on this show about her life all along this last 40 years of her career. She talked about when she came to live in Lisbon for a few years.

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:



Act I
It's a Celebration (bob the drag queen; "D&D", "Lucky Star", "Celebration", "Erotica", "Vogue", "BIM" & "Material Girl")
01. Nothing Really Matters (contains elements from the Club 69 Remix)
02. Everybody (contains elements of "Where's the Party")
03. Into The Groove (contains elements of "Into the Hollywood Groove")
04. Burning Up
05. Open Your Heart
06. Holiday (contains elements of "I Want Your Love" by Chic)

Act II
The Storm (contains elements of "In This Life")
07. Live to Tell
The Ritual (Dancers interlude; contains elements of "Girl Gone Wild")
08. Like a Prayer (contains elements of "Birjina Gaztetto Bat Zegoen", "Unholy", "Girl Gone Wild" & "Act of Contrition")

Act III
Living For Love (contains elements of contains elements of the Offer Nissim Remix, “Let’s Go Crazy” & “Fever”)
9. Erotica (contains elements of "Justify My Love", "You Thrill Me" & "Papa Don't Preach")
10. Justify My Love (contains elements of "Gangsta" , "Erotica" & "Fever")
11. Hung Up (contains elements of "Hung Up on Tokischa" & "La Isla Bonita")
12. Bad Girl (contains elements of "Le Regret, op. 332")

Act IV
Ballroom (dancers interlude; contains elements of "Up Down Suite", "Vogue" & BREAK MY SOUL (THE QUEENS REMIX))
13. Vogue (with Jean-Paul Gaultier as judge)
14. Human Nature (Shortened)
15. Crazy for You

Act V
The Beast Within
16. Die Another Day
17. Don't Tell Me (contains elements of "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly")
18. Mother and Father
19. Sôdade (Cesária Évora cover)
20. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor cover) (Shortened)
21. La Isla Bonita (Shortened)
22. Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover) (Shortened)

Act VI
Madonna (video interlude; contains elements of "I Don't Search I Find")
23. Bedtime Story (contains elements of the Sound Factory Remix)
24. Ray of Light (Sasha Ultra Violet Remix)
25. Rain

Encore:
Like a Virgin / Billie Jean (contains elements of Express Yourself, Angel & Smooth Criminal, Dangerous, YRMW, TWYMMF by MJ)
26. Bitch I'm Madonna (contains elements of "Give Me All Your Luvin")
27. Celebration (Benny Benassi Remix; contains elements of "Bitch I'm Madonna" & "Music" - Shortened)

In bold are the videos I made.

Videos of Madonna (12 videos):

Madonna-Nothing Really Matters, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdhtbPJb89k
And the video:


Madonna-Nothing Really Matters (End)+Everybody, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrAfy-kwEf4
And the video:


Madonna-Into The Groove, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U95bRY-BrR4
And the video:


Madonna-Burning Up (With Intro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6dMPByct8&t=338s
And the video:


Madonna-Open Your Heart, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-P0LcEl5Po
And the video:


Madonna-Holiday (With Intro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv-YRozJaP4
And the video:


Madonna-Live to Tell, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nOFw_4tIjY
And the video:


Madonna-Like A Prayer (With Intro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfS82JFhUa4
And the video:


Madonna-Vogue (With Intro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA0oMpBL0J0
And the video:


Madonna-Die Another Day (With Intro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE0Wuki50CU
And the video:


Madonna-Die Another Day (End)+Don't Tell Me, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiFjRSKvotg&t=193s
And the video:


Madonna-Bitch I'm Madonna+Celebration (LikeAVirgin-BillieJean), AlticeArena,Lisbon,PT, 2023-11-07 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q0KZDPwml8
And the video:

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Madonna 2023-11-06 Altice Arena, Lisbon

Mon, November 6, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Altice Arena

The tour of Madonna is: "The Celebration Tour".
It was my 11th Madonna show. 1st of 2 shows here in Altice Arena, Lisbon.

I arrived at Altice Arena at 05:30 am. It was a sunny day with some clouds and a little rain. Doors opened at 19:15 and Madonna was scheduled to start at 20:30.
For this show I bought the "Floor A GA". When I got in through the left side, I found out that the main pit was still open, so I went there and got a bracelet to get in. I managed to stay in the second or third row in the middle of the pit but walked around in a few songs.

Before "Madonna" in Altice Arena, played DJ Kura, he started at 19h30 and played 60 minutes.

Finally was time for Madonna. She started at 21:58 (88 minutes late) and played 137 minutes. Played a set of 27 songs.

Love the concert. One of my favorite Madonna shows ever for sure. She told a lot of stories on this show about her life all along this last 40 years of her career. She talked about when she went to New York and also when she came to live in Lisbon for a few years.

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:



Act I
It's a Celebration (bob the drag queen; "D&D", "Lucky Star", "Celebration", "Erotica", "Vogue", "BIM" & "Material Girl")
01. Nothing Really Matters (contains elements from the Club 69 Remix)
02. Everybody (contains elements of "Where's the Party")
03. Into The Groove (contains elements of "Into the Hollywood Groove")
04. Burning Up
05. Open Your Heart
06. Holiday (contains elements of "I Want Your Love" by Chic)

Act II
The Storm (contains elements of "In This Life")
07. Live to Tell
The Ritual (Dancers interlude; contains elements of "Girl Gone Wild")
08. Like a Prayer (contains elements of "Birjina Gaztetto Bat Zegoen", "Unholy", "Girl Gone Wild" & "Act of Contrition")

Act III
Living For Love (contains elements of contains elements of the Offer Nissim Remix, “Let’s Go Crazy” & “Fever”)
9. Erotica (contains elements of "Justify My Love", "You Thrill Me" & "Papa Don't Preach")
10. Justify My Love (contains elements of "Gangsta" , "Erotica" & "Fever")
11. Hung Up (contains elements of "Hung Up on Tokischa" & "La Isla Bonita")
12. Bad Girl (contains elements of "Le Regret, op. 332")

Act IV
Ballroom (dancers interlude; contains elements of "Up Down Suite", "Vogue" & BREAK MY SOUL (THE QUEENS REMIX))
13. Vogue (with Jon Kortajarena as judge)
14. Human Nature (Shortened)
15. Crazy for You

Act V
The Beast Within
16. Die Another Day
17. Don't Tell Me (contains elements of "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly")
18. Mother and Father
19. Sôdade (Cesária Évora cover)
20. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor cover) (Shortened)
21. La Isla Bonita (Shortened)
22. Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover) (Shortened)

Act VI
Madonna (video interlude; contains elements of "I Don't Search I Find")
23. Bedtime Story (contains elements of the Sound Factory Remix)
24. Ray of Light (Sasha Ultra Violet Remix)
25. Rain

Encore:
Like a Virgin / Billie Jean (contains elements of Express Yourself, Angel & Smooth Criminal, Dangerous, YRMW, TWYMMF by MJ)
26. Bitch I'm Madonna (contains elements of "Give Me All Your Luvin")
27. Celebration (Benny Benassi Remix; contains elements of "Bitch I'm Madonna" & "Music" - Shortened)

In bold are the videos I made.

Videos of Madonna (12 videos):

Madonna-Nothing Really Matters+Everybody, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pQI0tZdLU
And the video:


Madonna-Into The Groove, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNoLd2UESgE
And the video:


Madonna-Burning Up (With Intro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzxbVqCQxWk
And the video:


Madonna-Open Your Heart, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEQLKCCGNJE
And the video:


Madonna-Holiday (With Intro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8YxvS5hLsg
And the video:


Madonna-Live to Tell, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcLjCpVz2zo
And the video:


Madonna-Like A Prayer (With Intro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64j9iB7V7Lw
And the video:


Madonna-Vogue (With Intro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrs8vp6hGY8
And the video:


Madonna-Die Another Day, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fMu4dXa0nw
And the video:


Madonna-Don't Tell Me, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x38kJPJB1U
And the video:


Madonna-Bitch I'm Madonna (Like A Virgin-Billie Jean MJ), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnlnBx-nsjw
And the video:


Madonna-Celebration, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-11-06 HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld7ZYRE7ZZA
And the video:

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Madonna 2023-10-15 Variety, Madonna’s Celebration Tour Proves the Material Girl is Still the Reigning Queen of Pop Music: Concert Review

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/madonna-celebration-tour-concert-review-1235756452/

Here it is an article from variety.com about the first concert from yesterday (2023-10-14) of The Celebration Tour by Madonna at the O2 Arena in London.

Getting ready to see her again in my city in 3 weeks in Lisbon, Portugal on November 6 and 7, 2023.

At the end I will put also the setlist.

Madonna’s Celebration Tour Proves the Material Girl is Still the Reigning Queen of Pop Music: Concert Review

By Mark Sutherland


WireImage for Live Nation

Four songs into Madonna’s long-awaited Celebration Tour and a technical hitch gives her a chance to chat for a little longer than was probably planned.

She tells the crowd of her early days being “hungry, broke and scared” in New York, with a lack of support from her father, who wanted her to come back home.

“But I was not about to go back,” she declares. “Because I am not a quitter!”

You can say that again. Madonna has been many things to many people over her 40-year pop career – something this two-hour-plus, 40-odd song, multiple-costume-change telling of “the story of my life through music and dance” makes very clear. But throughout it all, she has always been an absolute trouper.

Most other performers would have balked at taking on a gruelling world tour less than four months after a stay in the ICU with a serious bacterial infection. Many more might have at least considered tempering the ambitious nature of an all-singing, all-dancing show that would be a physical challenge for any of today’s young pop megastars, let alone a 65-year-old pop veteran with strapping on her knee.

But not Madonna. After postponing the scheduled first leg, the tour finds itself starting – a mere 20 minutes late – at London’s O2 Arena, the very venue where, in 2015, she famously fell down the stairs after a cape malfunction at the BRIT Awards.

Those of us who were close enough to hear the thud as she hit the floor like a pole-axed prize fighter that night were amazed when she simply got back to her feet and got on with the show. And tonight, she metaphorically climbs off the canvas of that hospital stay to reclaim her pop heavyweight crown, a metaphor helpfully supported by the elaborate boxing set-up utilized during the lead-up to the show’s second act.

There are few signs that Madonna was fazed by the fraught run-up, let alone the lengthy “reset” required after her punky rip through “Burning Up.” She may sigh, “This is exactly what you don’t want to happen on your opening night,” but she simply gets her hype man Bob the Drag Queen up to tell jokes, while reminiscing about the days when she would trade “blowjobs for showers” in ‘80s NYC.

Tonight, the Madonna show goes on and, after that early hitch, it simply doesn’t stop, laying on spectacle after spectacle and show-stopper after show-stopper. With so many stages, set-ups and costume changes, you could probably catch this gig half a dozen times and still not spot everything (and many of this crowd, teetering on the brink of delirium ever since the Madonna pop-up store opened in the adjoining mall this morning, seem set to do just that).

And for once, Madonna – whose relentless commitment to the present and future of her music had always previously prevented her from playing the fantasy setlist her catalog seemed to be crying out for – is here to celebrate her four decades at the top with almost every song a fan – whether casual or obsessive – could dream of.

Furthermore, tonight she lays claim not just to her own history, but also to her influence on music and the wider world over the last 40 years. Not for nothing did the set start with “Nothing Really Matters” and its refrain of, “It all comes back to me”.

There are nods to her activism – including a passionate plea for peace between Israel and Palestine and tributes to those we have lost to AIDS – and her trailblazing, via a montage of negative news headlines and video footage from across her career. It’s a timely reminder that, in an age where anyone with a million streams that gets a new haircut can be hailed as “iconic,” Madonna really has achieved that status, over and over.

There are snippets of other people’s music throughout – a snatch of Sam Smith’s “Unholy” here or Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” there, plus a surprisingly poignant acoustic cover of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”. Some of her children make on-stage cameos, and even her ex-husbands appear briefly on screen. There are tributes to Sinead O’Connor and, more controversially, Michael Jackson, via a dubious mash-up of “Billie Jean” with “Like a Virgin”.

But mostly, it’s about Madonna and her songs. Taylor Swift has undoubtedly crystalized the concept of musical ‘eras’ in the public consciousness, but Madonna is no slouch when it comes to giving each phase of her career a distinct look and sound.

And tonight, she flits seamlessly between different stages of her life, sometimes via a costume change, sometimes by climbing into an illuminated portal that sees her fly over the crowd on her way to another time and place.

From the joyous early ‘80s dance-pop of “Get Into the Groove” and “Holiday”; to big ballads such as “Live to Tell” and “Bad Girl”; to the raunch of “Erotica” (in which Madge gets to saucily, um, interact with her younger self via a lookalike in the iconic “Blonde Ambition” get-up) and “Justify My Love”; to the sheer, irresistible pizazz of “Vogue,” “Don’t Tell Me,” “La Isla Bonita,” “Ray of Light,” “Hung Up,” “Like a Prayer” and so many others; this show is proof that there is no such thing as too much Madonna.

True, the lack of a live band occasionally makes things lack a little punch (most notably on a glitchy “Die Another Day”). But overall, tonight shows that while – just like 40 years ago – Madonna still doesn’t know how to quit, boy has she learned how to come back.

“It’s been a crazy year,” she says, during a rare pause for breath. “I didn’t think I was going to make it and neither did my doctors.”

But thankfully, she did and, by the end, all the different iterations of Madonna from across the decades are on stage, the lookalikes hugging each other with delight during “Bitch, I’m Madonna,” while the real deal stays center stage and supremely focused.

Still dancing, still singing, still the one and only Madonna.

And here it is the setlist from Madonna (28 songs), October 14, 2023 (Note: First show of The Celebration Tour)

Friday, September 29, 2023

U2 - Atomic City

Here it is the new U2 video made in Las Vegas.
A video out on the 25 shows Opening day of the 'U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere’ - Opening September 29, 2023'.
U2 - Atomic City
187,135 views - Sep 29, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNMsGVwUXc0

'U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere', a first-of-its-kind live music experience will see the world's biggest rock band launch the world's most cutting edge venue, Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas.

Hope you will love this awesome lyric "U2 - Atomic City".

U2 - Atomic City

Come all you stars, falling out of the sky
Come all you angels, forgetting to fly
Come all who feel we’re not on our own
All U.F.Os, come on your way home

Alone, that’s no way to be carrying on
C’mon
Are we betting on a future that’s long gone
in luck or in song
You just have to be right one more time than your wrong

Atomic City
Atomic City… (Atomic)

I’m free... where you are is where I’ll be
I’m free... so unexpectedly

Come all who serve above and below
Come all believers and all who don’t know
Come quick, Come soon, comme ci comme ça
Let me dive into your eyes and blah blah blah
Guitar shaped pool with strings
Etcetera
Sinatra swings
A choir sings
Love is God and God is Love
And if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough

Atomic City
Atomic City …..
(Atomic sun for everyone … for everyone)
God doesn’t play dice
But he likes roulette
The wheel has not stopped spinning yet

I’m free... where you are is where I’ll be
I’m free... so unexpectedly
I’m free… I see what’s in front of me
And your freedom is contagious
What you’ve got I wanna be

I’m free.. it took me my whole life
I got the keys to the cages
I’m ready for bright light

I’m free… I came here for the fight
I’m front row in Las Vegas
And there’s a big one on tonight

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop (Official Video)

I was on youtube watching some videos and suddenly I see this new video by Rick Astley. And I love it, his voice is just unique.
An amazing video and a very calm song. Video was filmed entirely by Rick Astley and his wife.

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop (Official Video)
1,955,372 views •Aug 31, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWNQUvIk954



"My wife Lene and I shot this video on a phone in Denmark, in a forest beside a beautiful beach. The song in essence is about how there is so much technology out there pulling and pushing us in our daily lives, that we need to remain human in this fast moving world. The idea of making a video simply, somewhere beautiful and real like this resonates with me, and I hope it does with you too! Rick x"

Hope you will love this awesome lyric "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop".

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Stop (Official Video)

Anybody stop this feeling
Anybody stop this pain
Stop this world from turning
So we can start it again again again again yeah

Tell me that I’m just dreaming
Don’t tell me we’ve gone too far
Tell me this life has a meaning
Is it written in all our scars

Never gonna turn it back
Never gonna change the facts
Can’t stop this world from turning
The fire’s already burning
Never gonna feel the same
Never gonna and that’s a shame
We gotta keep believing
Can’t lose that human feeling

If anybody has the answer
The question’s never in doubt
Some say life is a dancer
Together we’ll find out

Tell me it’s just a feeling
Tell me that this ain’t real
It’s an artificial dream of the future
We’d better be prepared to kneel

Never gonna turn it back
Never gonna change the facts
Can’t stop this world from turning
The fire’s already burning
Never gonna feel the same
Never gonna and that’s a shame
We gotta keep believing
Can’t lose that human feeling

I don’t think I can make it
If you won’t tell me the truth
No I don’t think I can fake it
If you’re keeping secrets too
No I don’t think I can make it
No matter how hard I try
I don’t think I can shake this feeling
That everything I know is a lie

Never gonna turn it back
Never gonna change the facts
Can’t stop this world from turning
The fire’s already burning
Never gonna feel the same
Never gonna and that’s a shame
We gotta keep believing
Can’t lose that human feeling

Tell me it’s it just a feeling
What’s the meaning
Tell me that this ain’t real
What’s the meaning

Tell me it’s it just a feeling
What’s the meaning
Tell me that this ain’t real
Come on tell me that this ain’t real

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Robbie Williams 2023-03-27 Altice Arena, Lisbon

Mon, March 27, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Altice Arena

The tour of Robbie Williams is: "XXV Tour".
It was my 4th Robbie Williams show. My 1st one was in October 19, 2003 here in Pavilhão Atlântico (now altice Arena), Lisbon.

I arrived at Altice Arena at 06:30 am. It was a windy, sunny day. Doors opened at 19:30 and Robbie Williams was scheduled to start at 21:30.

Before "Robbie Williams" in Altice Arena, played Lufthaus, they started at 20:30 and played 37 minutes.

Members:
Robbie Williams
Tim Metcalfe
Flynn Francis

I never heard of them before. A brand new electronic group. At least I know 1 of the members, Robbie Williams.

Info of the band from the Official site:
Lufthaus Official site

"Lufthaus is a brand- new electronic group of Robbie Williams, Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis.

The group’s sound, fusing the pulse of electronica with the art and structure of classic song-writing, was greatly inspired by the city of Berlin. What the trio have created in response to the atmospheres there feels timeless, impressionistic and yet relentlessly modern - much like Berlin itself.

Lufthaus’s merging of music, art, new digital technologies and live performance forges a unique experience which is somehow intangible, classic and yet as much of the future as the pulse driving all great cities - not least the city that still defines creative collaboration and experimentation."

Finally was time for Robbie Williams. He started at 21:46 and played 113 minutes. Played a set of 20 songs.

Love the concert. Robbie Williams was freaking awesome telling a lot of stories on this tour show. Even talking with some of the fans.

The band members are:

Current members:
Robbie Williams – lead vocals, guitar, tambourine (1997–present)
Gary Nuttall – lead guitar, backing vocals (1997–present)
Guy Chambers – keyboard, guitar, backing vocals (1997–2002; 2012–present)
Jeremy Meehan – bass guitar, backing vocals (2004–present)
Karl Brazil – drums (2009–present)
Tom Longworth – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2012–present)

Choristers:
Denosh Bennett – backing vocals (2012–present)
Sara-Jane Skeete – backing vocals (2012–present)
Nayanna Holley – backing vocals (2012–present)

Brass (Atlantic Horns):
Ben Edwards – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion (2012–present)
Mike Kearsey – trombones, sousaphone, keyboards, percussion (2012–present)
Mark Brown – saxophones, bass clarinet, acoustic guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2012–present)

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:



01. Hey Wow Yeah Yeah
02. Let Me Entertain You
03. Land of 1000 Dances (Chris Kenner cover)
04. Monsoon
05. Strong
06. Come Undone
07. Do What You Like (Take That song)
08. Could It Be Magic (Barry Manilow cover)
09. Don't Look Back in Anger (Oasis cover)
10. The Flood (Take That song)
11. Love My Life
12. Eternity (XXV)
13. Candy
14. Feel
15. Kids
16. Rock DJ
Encore:
17. No Regrets (XXV)
18. She's the One (World Party cover)
19. Angels (XXV)
20. Let Me Entertain You / Strong / Come Undone / Feel / Angels

In bold are the videos I made.

Videos of Robbie williams (13 videos):

Robbie Williams-Monsoon (1 of 2), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/-TSFaH5jOkc
And the video:


Robbie Williams-Monsoon (2 of 2), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/Il48Ur-CUrs
And the video:


Robbie Williams-(Intro) Strong, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/2mvaVNgyB4M
And the video:


Robbie Williams-Talk To 2 Ladies To Come Near The Stage, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/Fp6HtbM3L98
And the video:


Robbie Williams-Come Undone, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/4jfEe9PMhzQ
And the video:


Robbie Williams-(Intro) Don't Look Back In Anger, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/lR0nbvkd7ho
And the video:


Robbie Williams-(Intro) Love My Life, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/2mvaVNgyB4M
And the video:


Robbie Williams-(Intro) Eternity, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/6AQihuSCIKE
And the video:


Robbie Williams-Rock DJ, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/SC3MS91ERuM
And the video:


Robbie Williams-No Regrets, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/ygVfEu90BUk
And the video:


Robbie Williams-(Intro With Filipa) She's The One (Outro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/Spvthj0z9HQ
And the video:


Robbie Williams-Angels (Outro), Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/tqdXS-f4rIU
And the video:


Robbie Williams-LetMeEntertY+Strong+Come Undone+Feel+Angels, Altice Arena, Lisbon, PT, 2023-03-27 HD
https://youtu.be/LFHklipxVyg
And the video:

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Eva Under Fire - Heroin(e) & With or Without You (U2 Cover)

2 awesome videos.
I already knew this band "Eva Under fire" with the "Heroin(e)" video. Saw the band on instagram stories a while ago.
Now I saw this cover of "With or Without You" by U2. And is freaking awesome. I love it.

Eva Under Fire - With or Without You (U2 Cover) (Official Video)
57,234 views •Sep 30, 2022
https://youtu.be/iA4UbALfEOg


Eva Under Fire - Heroin(e) (Official Music Video from Sno Babies)
1,081,111 views •Sep 18, 2020
https://youtu.be/smnkcKe52Ic


Hope you will love this awesome lyric "Heroin(e)".

Eva Under Fire - Heroin(e) (Official Music Video from Sno Babies)

I'm not your heroine
(Heroine, heroine)

I'm not the person you knew yesterday
I've been used, abused along the way
This is the side of me you pierced with pain
These are the hands that couldn't hold your shame

I tried to hold on 'til I realized

I can't save you, no
I can't change you now
Save your own skin
I'm not your heroine
I can't save you
Now break these chains yourself
Save your own skin
I'm not your heroine

I'm not your heroinе

You tried to make me takе your pain away
You tried enlisting me to be your saving grace
I'm not responsible for your mistakes
There's nothing I can do and you're to blame

I tried to hold on, slipping far this time
I tried to hold on 'til I realized

I can't save you, no
I can't change you now
Save your own skin
I'm not your heroine
I can't save you
Now break these chains yourself
Save your own skin
I'm not your heroine

I tried a million ways
I tried to save the day
I tried a thousand more to try to walk away

I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried

I can't save you, no
I can't change you now
Save your own skin
I'm not your heroine

I can't save you, no
I can't change you now
Save your own skin
I'm not your heroine
I can't save you
Now break these chains yourself
Save your own skin
I'm not your heroine

I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried

I'm not your heroine
(Heroine, heroine)

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Epica + Apocalyptica 2023-02-14 Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon

Tue, February 14, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseu de Lisboa

The tour of Epica is: "The Epic Apocalypse Tour".
It was my 1st Epica show. And this was a show with 3 Bands I've Never Seen before, Wheel (1st band), Epica (2nd band) and Apocalyptica (3rd band)

I arrived at Coliseu at 6 pm. Doors opened at 19:00 and the 1st band was scheduled to start at 20:00.

1st band were "Wheel" in Coliseu, they started at 20:00 and played 26 minutes.

Wheel is a Finnish prog-metal band based in Helsinki, consisting of James Lascelles (Vocals/Guitar), Santeri Saksala (Drums), Aki ‘Conan’ Virta (Bass) and Jussi Turunen (Lead Guitar).

Here it is their official website: Wheel

I never heard of them before. They were cool.

Time for Epica. I thought they were the last band playing. But some Epica fans told me that Apocalyptica will be the last band playing and Epica before them.
They started at 20:50 and played 80 minutes. Played a set of 12 songs.

Love the concert. Was my first time watching them live. And I only knew their music on the last 2 to 3 weeks. Awesome metal and symphonic sounds that Epica have.

The band members are:
Mark Jansen – rhythm guitar, growled vocals, co-lead vocals (2002–present)
Coen Janssen – keyboards, synthesizer, piano (2002–present)
Simone Simons – lead vocals (2002–present)
Ariën van Weesenbeek – drums (2007–present; session member: 2006–2007)
Isaac Delahaye – lead guitar, backing vocals (2009–present)
Rob van der Loo – bass (2012–present)

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:



Alpha – Anteludium
01. Abyss of Time – Countdown to Singularity
02. The Essence of Silence
03. Victims of Contingency
04. Unleashed
05. The Final Lullaby
06. Fools of Damnation
07. In All Conscience
08. Rivers
09. Code of Life
10. Cry for the Moon
11. Beyond the Matrix
12. Consign to Oblivion
Jack Sparrow (Hans Zimmer song)
Until We Meet Again

In bold are the videos I made.

Videos of Epica (6 videos):

Epica-Abyss Of Time - Countdown To Singularity, Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/y84Z_S_9b4I
And the video:


Epica-Victims Of Contingency, Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/LwpP57WHiEk
And the video:


Epica-In All Conscience, Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/OmT210L3uMU
And the video:


Epica-Cry for the Moon, Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/IFO2Uapcp7g
And the video:


Epica-Beyond the Matrix, Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/QHHyY6hpCgg
And the video:


Epica-Consign to Oblivion, Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/R6MdlBRv8jA
And the video:


Finally was time for Apocalyptica. I thought they were the 2nd band playing. They were the last to play.
They started at 22:40 to 23:52 and 23:54 to 00:07, played (72+13) 85 minutes. Played a set of 13 songs.

Love the concert. Also my first time watching them live. I remember only of 1 song of Apocalyptica "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica.

The band members are:
Eicca Toppinen – bandleader, lead cello (original and occasional role) rhythm cello (current role), programming (1993–present)
Paavo Lötjönen – rhythm/bass cello (1993–present), lead cello on "Master of Puppets" only (1996–present)
Perttu Kivilaakso – lead cello (current role), programming (1995, 1999–present), rhythm cello (1995, 1999–2002)
Mikko Sirén – drums, percussion, programming (touring member: 2003–2004; official member: 2005-present)

You can check all the details of the show in the setlist below.

Here it is the setlist:



01. Ashes of the Modern World
02. Grace
03. I'm Not Jesus (with Franky Perez)
04. Not Strong Enough (with Franky Perez)
05. Rise Again (with Simone Simons)
06. En Route to Mayhem
07. I Don't Care (with Franky Perez)
08. Shadowmaker (with Franky Perez)
09. Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover)
10. Inquisition Symphony (Sepultura cover)
11. Seek & Destroy (Metallica cover)
Encore:
12. Farewell
13. In the Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg cover)

In bold are the videos I made.

Videos of Apocalyptica (4 videos):

Apocalyptica + Simone Simons-Rise Again, Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/i7prFfAxUUI
And the video:


Apocalyptica-Nothing Else Matters, Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/rDGd-X_TW6g
And the video:


Apocalyptica-Seek & Destroy (Part 1), Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/3OXxmDO90ZU
And the video:


Apocalyptica-Seek & Destroy (Part 2), Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT, 2023-02-14 HD
https://youtu.be/bMPrOfTOIsM
And the video:

Saturday, February 11, 2023

Linkin Park - Lost (Official Music Video)

A special video from Linkin Park.
So many memories of watching Chester and the band. I was lucky to see them (Linkin Park) a few times live.

A few of the main tweets that the "Linkin Park Twitter account" sent explaining the video.

Twitter: @Linkinpark
Celebrate 20 years of Meteora with unreleased music, demos, B-sides, live shows and never-before-seen footage plus more in the Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Set. Pre Order now: http://linkinpark.com #Meteora20

Twitter: @pplpleasr1
It was all a dream. Thank you so so much to @mikeshinoda @linkinpark for giving me the opportunity to direct LOST with @maciejkuciara. And thank you to our incredible team for working so hard with us on this.
Watching the premiere last night with 30,000 people was something else

Twitter: @Linkinpark
"What's great about this project is it's like a lost memory in the form of a time capsule. The music video really encapsulates that. I’m so proud of how it turned out.” @joehahnLP

Lost [Official Music Video] - Linkin Park
4,302,837 views •Feb 10, 2023
https://youtu.be/7NK_JOkuSVY




Video Credits:
Directors: Maciej Kuciara, pplpleasr

Production Company: Shibuya - http://shibuya.xyz

AI Production: Kaiber, Jacky Lu - https://kaiber.ai/, Sagans, @sagansagansagans

Editor and Compositing Lead: Anthony Scott Burns
Illustration: jun._.ka

Animation: Alasdair Willson, Andrew Hawryluk, Colby Beckett, Daniels Gulbis, Egor Mark, Kim Ho, Torell Vowles, Toros Kose

#LinkinPark #Meteora #Lost

Hope you will love this awesome lyric.

Linkin Park - Lost (Official Music Video)

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
Just a scar somewhere down inside of me
Something I can not repair
Even though it will always be
I pretend it isn't there (This is how I feel)
I'm trapped in yesterday (Just a memory)
Where the pain is all I know (This is all I know)

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
And I'll never break away (Can't break free)
'Cause when I'm alone

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I'm lost in these memories
Living behind my own illusion
Lost all my dignity
Living inside my own confusion

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
But I'm tired, I will always be afraid
Of the damage I've received
Broken promises they made
And how blindly I believed (This is all I know)

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
I will never break away (Can't break free)
'Cause when I'm alone

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I'm lost in these memories
Living behind my own illusion
Lost all my dignity
Living inside my own confusion

[Bridge: Chester Bennington]
I try to keep this pain inside
But I will never be alright
I try to keep this pain inside
But I will never be alright
I try to keep this pain inside (I'm lost)
But I will never be alright
I try to keep this pain inside (I'm lost)
But I will never be alright

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I'm lost in these memories
Living behind my own illusion
Lost all my dignity
Living inside my own confusion