Matt Bellamy and the rest of the band performed a concert full of pyrotechnics that the heavy rain that fell on Bela Vista Park couldn’t erase.
Rain and fire in the same night. On one side the British Muse with a grandiose fireworks display and on the other the rain which begins to fall little by little on the Bela Vista Parkstage of Rock in Rio Lisboa, which did not let anyone back down.
Mat Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme e Dominique Howard stopped the audience (70,000 spectators, organization data) with a roaring performance and sound, which started with the group wearing a mask in “Chant”, around 11:20 p.m. and did not end until after midnight with “Cydonia Knights“.
Between the huge audience, soaking wet, vibrating with each song and delirious with Bellamy doing guitar “riffs” on his knees then throwing the instrument in the air to be completely broken.
A banda tocou “Will of The People”, “Hysteria”, “Drill Sergeant”, “Psycho”, “Pressure”, “Wont Stand Down” (com fogo a sair do palco e público em ecstasy”, “Stockholm”); “The Gallery”, “Compliance”, “Thought Contagion” (but pirotecnia), “Interstitial”, “Plug in Baby”, “Behold, The Glove”, “Uprising”, “Drop Kubuki”, “Prelude into Starlight” ( confetis a invadirem a Bela Vista) e “Kill or be killed”.
A big Muse concert, with a lot of fire, which the water falling into the pots couldn’t put out. Muse performed at Rock in Rio instead of foo fighterswho lost their lead singer Taylor Hawkinsdied at the end of March.
Lots of partying in the afternoon
In the afternoon, passengers on the Airbus 330-343 bound for Cuba who flew over yesterday Lisbon for more than two hours, the plane landing safely after a problem with the landing gear, they had to have a privileged view of the Nice viewnext to the airport.
It was late at night and it was dinner time when The National appeared on stage. The American indie rock band formed by Brice Dessner, Matt Berninger, Bryan Devendorf, Aaron Desner, Scott Devendorf e Padma Newsome burst into the Mundo scene at full throttle. Among several successes, Berninger returned the public’s welcome. “Yes, we missed you so much too,” he exclaimed.
When they returned to major festivals nearly three years later, due to the contingencies of the pandemic, around 40,000 people cheered on Xutos & Pontapés, which opened up the world rock scene in Rio Lisboa, with large audiences cheering. is accumulated from 5 p.m. . The concert ended up being marked by the speech of the singer Tim on Covid-19 and war. “We missed being together and it still takes time to get well, but it will be fine, we need hope,” he said. Tim. “We must put an end to war and destruction”, added the artist, before interpreting the song of hope”black as night“.
There was also room for “Homem do Leme” or “So if he falls“,com Kaluon drums, bearing the symbol of the national champion of FCPorto and, not far from there, a symbol of the Benfica.
the band of Tim, Kalu, Joao Cabeleira e Mistletoe showed his surrender. “Thank you for your patience and the opportunity you gave us, it’s almost complete,” he concluded. Timbefore embarking on the last theme of the group, “Maria” and the “again” “Casinha”.
followed Liam Gallagher, just after 7 p.m. The British singer, who with his brother, Christmasdominated the musical charts with Oásis, from the 90s until the beginning of the 2000s, showed great brilliance on stage, after the debut with “Hello” and the “house” was practically full of applause, when the first torch was raised, which passed through security and entered the premises. a few “thanks for the middle”, ended with “wonderall“, from Oásis, with the audience singing the chorus.
Inflatables with long lines
In a multi-hour festival, hats, drinks, food and inflatable structures for spectators to sit on were the most sought after. In the case of the inflatables, courtesy of one of the telecom brands present, people were in long queues, almost a kilometer long.
Parents and children left the stand, satisfied, with the certainty that they will have a comfortable place this summer, on the nearest beach.