Music: Lila Downs and Valdés at Chillida Leku and Metallica in Bilbao, intense musical weekend
Three great figures will attract all the attention of music lovers to Euskadi between today and tomorrow. With the uncertainty generated by the last-minute cancellations, it has been confirmed “100%” that both the concerts by Lila Downs and Chucho Valdés with Paquito D’Rivera at Chillida Leku, and the rock session led by Metallica at San Mamés, They will be carried out.
The Hernani museum has been observing how, throughout the week, the promoter Singular Fest was suspending, for no apparent reason, the tragic drama ‘Lucía de Lammermoor’ that Ópera Garage was going to perform on Thursday, and the concert by the Orquesta Yesterday’s Mondragon. However, from Chillida Leku they reaffirm that Lila Downs (today, 7:00 p.m.) and Chucho Valdés (tomorrow, 7:00 p.m.) will go on stage that has been set up in the museum gardens. Two long-awaited events in which the Gipuzkoan public will be able to enjoy the renewal of Mexican song in the voice of someone who is considered to be the heir to Chavela Vargas. Tomorrow will bring together 42 years later two of the most representative Afro-Cuban jazz musicians today. Pianist Chucho Valdés and saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera meet again after their journey in the Irakere orchestra, in which they promise to be a festival of Latin, African and fusion rhythms.
Metallica won’t miss their date
The performance of the Californian band yesterday in Belgium cleared up all doubts about their presence in Bilbao. That was the next date of his tour after his cancellation on Wednesday in Switzerland, due to a positive for Covid, of a “family member” of the group. A concern that permeated those who already have a ticket to attend the San Mamés stadium tomorrow, where the Bilbao Bizkaia Rock Day is being held. Those who will surely not be there are The Regrettes, who were going to open the festival but were affected by the virus. Instead, Niña Coyote eta Chico Tornado has been programmed. Duo from San Sebastian, creator of a ‘western’ rock, desert and arid that, without a doubt, will make us forget all the uncertainty of these last few days.