The best and biggest show by The Hives…”, promised the Swedish band before going out on stage at the Palacio de los Deportes last night and they were not wrong at all.
They appeared 15 minutes before 10:00 p.m. They wore black suits with white lightning bolts, just like their album cover The Death of Randy Fitzsimmonswhich allowed them to do the biggest concert of their career and relationship with Mexicans, almost 30 years after they emerged as one of the coolest and punkest lineups in history.
Pelle Almqvist, despite screwing up his knee to the point of needing surgery in the not-too-distant future, defied all odds and, although he didn’t jump like we usually see him, he did what was necessary to drive his people crazy with Bogus Operandi y Main Offender, the first songs of the toquín.
“First rock n’ roll, then my health,” he told Excelsior last week.
Welcome, Mexican friends, how are you? Very well? Fantastic! Welcome to The Hives. Do you like what you see from The Hives? Me too. I want you to put your hands up and clap with this song. Rigor Mortis Radio”the vocalist said in Spanish.
Obviously, Pelle came down to greet the race and strutted down the catwalk that brought him closer to his people.
Olé, olé, olé, The Hives…”, began to be heard among the fans, while Pelle introduced Walk Idiot Walk in Spanish, which was a very nice touch. Hands in the air of many fans, others excitedly throwing (or wasting 180 pesos) beer, jumping and making the venue start to move and boy, it was a microseism that we are used to.
On stage, one of the two ninjas in charge of protecting the band appeared to clean the floor and remove the cables to prevent another member from… rubbing his knee.
Thank you very much, my people, ladies, gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen and all of us. Finally, The Hives at the Palacio de los Deportes. “We had to wait a long time,” he said again in Spanish and before inciting his fans to continue with the madness of Good Samaritanin which the Hives decided it was a good idea to freeze on stage.
Where are my people? Are they here with us? The biggest Hives concert in history. “Tonight is very important and now this song… is there a problem or why the silence? Silence is not invited to the Hives concert,” the vocalist exclaimed when claiming that the energy was dropping just after Go Right Aheadwhich was followed Stick Upfrom his most recent album.
Pelle, like the rest of the hive, couldn’t get enough of the emotion with this show, that’s why they chose pure powerful songs to never let people rest. Which is it? Try It Againaccompanied by a wave of applause; the classic Hate To Say I Told You Sowhich had an incredible entrance with Niklas’ guitar that caused beer to fall from the sky once again, and Trapdoor Solution.
“This is the end of the tour for our album,” Pelle launched, before Take Back The Toys, I’m Alive. Then, the Palace took on life and light of its own with the help of Bigger Hole To Fill. Pelle, A hopeless romantic, he walked through the luminous passage and let himself be loved.
Minutes before Countdown To Shoutdown was present on this evening’s set, Pelle took a Mexican flag that a person in the audience had, waved it as if it were still the national month and said: “A thousand more songs from the Hives tonight.” It’s never enough of the Hives!
This is how The Hives’ biggest show was about to end, but not before songs like Come On!, Smoke & Mirrors y Tick Tick Boom. Although it was an important concert, it was fleeting and, as is customary, they did not play again. A Little More For Little You.
THE DAMNED
The Damned, ladies and gentlemen. The curse stepped on the stage of the Palacio de los Deportes last night at 8:00 p.m.
The British rebellion took over the Copper Dome in Mexico City for the first time and did so with the same intensity as they have done at the extinct CBGB in New York, the Electric Ballroom or any punk nest in London.
For Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Monty Oxymoron, Pinch and Stu West, their first time in the capital (they played in 1991 in Tijuana) was a test, but not for the band’s connoisseurs who were more than excited to see how the first punk band in history played songs like Shadow of Love, Smash It Up y The History of the World.
“Are you having a good time?” asked Vanian, 67.
Sometimes it is impossible to deny the origins and that was what happened with The Damned, because its unsightly set of strobes, bad lighting and purple background dropped a lot of essence of the counterculture.
Although Dave is the main face, he also gives his space to each of his companions; For example, Oxymoron had his solo on the keyboards and Captain Sensible did the same with the requintos on the guitar.
We don’t like politicians. “Politicians, fuck you!” exclaimed the guitarist, while the entire band put on a red nose to play. Beware of the Clowna reference to his tireless rebellious spirit.
They also played Eloiseby Barry Ryan, but the moshpit was set up until The Invisible Man y Love Song. If you doubted the legends, just see how the epicenter of kicks, elbows and pushes expanded to the point of seeing how a security member had to force a boy to get off the shoulders of a punk rocker and not culminate in his daredevilry. crowdsurfing.
New Rose, Neat Neat Neat y Smash It Up parte 1 y 2 They concluded the presentation of the legends of British punk.
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