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15/04/08 -
TEATRO DE VERANO, MONTEVIDEO
Review by Marisa:
I arrived in Montevideo on Friday 11th.. Nice flight, Clear weather
en Porto Alegre when I took off but cloudy and overcasted in Montevideo
when I landed..
Awesome family time which was one of the reasons I chose Montevideo
instead of Buenos Aires to attend the gig.
It's always wonderful to catch up with family and old friends I
have nott seen for a while
The gig was on Tuesday and I started warming up for it. My friends
from Porto Alegre arrived on Monday and we went to the Punta Carretas
Shopping to buy our "11"cds and of course, some more shopping..
( A girls afternon, ya know? )
Me and my niece spent almost all Monday's evening drawing the banners
I was taking to the gig..
I am adding the pictures of those banners and they turned really
cool! I was just hoping the guys would see them from stage.
Tuesday finally arrived and I was so excited to finally be there
in front of the stage again that I could not believe my eyes.. I
arrived at the venue at around 8.15 pm so 45 minutes before the
gig was schedule.. I met some uruguayan and brazilian friends and
we were in a really good mood. Singing, bouncing and taking pictures
with our banners outside the venue.
Teatro de Verano in Montevideo is an outdoors Theater for about
5.000 peeps. The night was clear and COLD!! I think it was probably
8 C but the termic sensation was lower because of the wind. and
also because the place is in front of the beach. Its a lovely place
for a hot summer night but it was fall and not the perfect place
for a gig . I was fearing we would freeze because it were about
34 C in Porto Alegre when I left here on Friday 11th..
When we came in to take our seats the support band was already performing..
It was called Monalisa and it was an uruguyan band.. They were really
great and helpped the crowd to warm up before the gig.
Well.. then the lights went off for a second and turned on again
for the guys to come on stage . it was exatcly 9.15 pm and the crowd
went wild.. As I sadi it was a cold night so Bryan and Keith were
on his jeans and jean jackets which make it even more surprising.
I had seen them wearing those clothes only in Europe gigs and I
was nicely surprised with that outfit.. BTW the guys looked really
handsome..
The first song : There will never be another tonight, put everyone
to bounce and sing and Bryan and boys were really enjoying themselves.
I must say it was a perfect setlist.. Ok. I missed a couple of songs..
Especially "It's only love" because I was expecting the
Kman to play that amazing solo right in front of me.. but sometimes
you cannot have everything .
I also missed "Walk on by " from "11"cd because
I was truly expecting to see Bryan performing it on his encore but
there weill be another time..
Can't stop this thing followed and by that time the peeps who were
on the upper seats had reached the fromt row so by then I was about
in the 10th row.. I was inicially on Row 3 but I did not want to
risk myself in that crowd so I settled in my own seat which gave
me a very nice view..
I was on the right side of the stage ( on Bryan's vision ) I missed
being closer from Keith though I feared he would not see me from
the stage.
The acoustic of the Theather was awesome..Bryan took his acoustic
guitar and played :Please forgive me.. His voice sounded even more
fantastic than in the last time I saw him performing live in Porto
Alegre on March 3, 2007.. He just keeps on getting better every
year.
Everyone sang with Somebody and when ITISE started the crowed started
cheering.. The new single was finally being perfomed live.. It has
been in the uruguyan top 10 since it was launched and the crowd
knew the words really well. It was in #4 the Sunday before the gig.
Bryan was amazed and r really happy. He smiled and
winked to Keith and he was really enjoying his time on stage.
I do not remember exactly when it was that he started interacting
with the crowd.. He said he was very happy to come back to Montevideo.
He also mentioned that when he was there the year before it was
warm and that night it was so cold... but the crowd was hot.. lol
He said he had answered many intevrviews during
the day and they asked him why he had come back to Uruguay .. then
the crowd went totally wild cheering his name.. Then he put his
hands on his waist.. That classical one you have seen so many times..
and said.. You see.. That's why I got back.. and I will be back
many times.. When do you want me to come back?? In december, in
January??? Of course the crowd yelled yes for each sentence..
He also said they asked him to go to Punta del Este ( Which is a
really famous uruguayan beach ).
"You are the jewel of South America" Well the place was
small for the ovation he got from that..
I think Let's make a night to remember followed and everyone sang
along with Bryan.
Summer of 69 followed and the lights on the back of the stage started
blinking which gave the song a special effect and of course, again
everybody sang along with them.
I had the setlist in hands.. The one for the other South America
gigs and it was exactly the same one as Lima and other cities..
So I was checking it out to see what would follow..
Then Bryan introduced.. Master Keith Scott which made the crowd
euphoric.. and we knew "have you ever really loved a woman"with
Keith performing the spanish guitar.. He was absolutely fantastic..
and got an ovation after the song.
I do not remember when it was that Keith starting sweating but I
guess it was right after Summer so he took his jeans jacket off
and showed his shaped chest on that really sexy black bottoned shirt..
And the fans , of course started cheering his name..
Cuts like a knife and the nanana chorus echoed in the cold nightg
and the guys on stage were having a blast..
When you are gone followed and Bryan ( his funny self as always
) picked a really cute uruguayan girl that went speachless in first
place when he asked her what she did. Luckily she recovered her
talk and did a great job .
Bryan introudeced here.. This is Florencia, She does nothing, she
is from here.... etc. etc. and he was really, really funny. Hilarious
I would say.
It was time for one more song from 11 and it was Oxygen. I really
enjoyed it live and keith's solo was really cool. The crowd also
enjoyed it and clapped along most of the song. The only thing was
the last song of the main part of the gig and Bryan said.. These
are my guys, my brothers and introduced the band. They were all
smiles so we noticed they had really enjoyed the gig. It was right
there that I showed my "Troob on fire" banner and Keith
saw it.. Pointed, smiled and blew me a kiss. What a sweet thing
for him to do..
I cannot recall when was it but Bryan saw the brazilian flag the
girls where holding and looked straight at them and said.. "Thanks"
The ovation started when the guys left the stage and they came back
for # 9 and Run to you..
Then Bryan did his acoustic encore which was awesome..
Tonight we have the stars was fantastic.. By that
time the night was espectacular with gorgeous moon and stars.. so
Bryan stopped for a second.. Looked up and said.. Tongith we really
have the stars.. And the crowd cheered and yelled his name. I started
feeling down when Straight from the heart began because I knew it
would be only one more song.. The hamonica and Bryan's acoustic
guitar sounded awesome. Plus this song is very specail to me because
it wass the first Bryan's song I heard in my life back in 1983..
So it was really special.
It finished with All for love with Bryan's voice sounding like heaven
.
The feeling I got from that gig was it was way too short..You always
want more when they start performing.. They are just too good to
be true..
We met Keith after the gig and he was extremely nice and patient,
autographing cds and taking photograhps with us..
Then we went back to our hotels and homes and starting planning
the next gig..
(Above) The Brazilian girls with Keith!
Setlist:
There Will Never Be Another Tonight
Can't Stop This Thing We Started
Please Forgive Me
Somebody
I Thought I'd Seen Everything
18 Til I Die
Let's Make A Night To Remember
Back To You
Summer Of '69
Have You Ever Really Loved Woman?
Everything I Do
Cuts Like A Knife
When You're Gone (with Florencia from Montevideo)
Oxygen (Acoustic)
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
Cloud #9
Run To You
Tonight We Have The Stars
Straight From The Heart
All For Love
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