2023-10-01 16:27:29
When it seemed that the script of her second night at the Palau Sant Jordi, this Friday, was coming to an end without any changes compared to the first, on Wednesday, Sabina threw everyone off balance with a phrase with connotations of an information bomb: “This may be my last concert in Barcelona”. Commotion in the stands and howls of sadness. “So it’s been wonderful being with you, thank you!” And the first ones to be astonished were the same musicians who supported him, and the promoters of the gig and the tour, who followed him behind the scenes.
This occurred at the end of a concert with much less press presence than the first, but the announcement, even with its question, has spread by word of mouth among the artist’s restless fans. And good, “stupefaction” is the word used by the musician who knows him best, Antonio García de Diego, who attended the scene undaunted, from the keyboards, and that he tells me that the “ghost” of the farewell has been hovering over this tour, and that some other night Sabina had dropped hints along those lines, “but not in such a categorical way.”
From the promoter, The Project, they share the surprise and make it clear that this is not a goodbye tour. Although, can we expect Sabina to announce that a certain ‘tour’ is her last, Serrat style? De Diego chooses to think so. But Sabina is unpredictable by definition, and when it comes to her withdrawal, no one is able to make assumptions. Not even himself. From that closest environment I get a comment: “Joaquín, he neither knows it, nor wants to know it.”
In the first seasons of this tour there could have been doubts about its endurance in the months on the road that lay ahead, but at this point The general feeling is that everything has gone well, even better than expected. And he himself is clearly enjoying it. Shouldn’t the final ruling be taken literally, then? De Diego estimates that, with that phrase, “Joaquín went a little overboard with the drama.”
To all this, the announced album does not arrive, but there is a third new song, after ‘Sentiendolo mucho’ and ‘Against all odds’, which could soon see the light. And if there ends up being an album, will there be another tour? As has been seen, Sabina does not need news to fill venues, but it is possible that now is debated in an internal pulse. At Sant Jordi he spoke about how the disappearances of his friends (Krahe, Aute, Milanés) made him feel alone, and he also said he did not understand why Serrat has retired. Who knows if discouragement or stubbornness to stay in the gap will win the game. Sabina Enigma.
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