Pedro Sánchez and Begoña Gómez They attended this Friday the last concert of Joan Manuel Serrat, at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. The President of the Government used the Falcon for this. In the agenda of the President of the Government there is no record that he had any institutional act for which he had to move to the Catalan capital, apart from the concert itself. The head of the Executive flew this Friday with his wife and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares. After the farewell recital, Sánchez highlighted the musical career of the Catalan, who “has put music and lyrics to our history,” he said.
The plane left Madrid, from the Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base, at 7:27 p.m. and landed in Barcelona at 8:14 p.m. In addition, Begoña Gómez and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, accompanied Sánchez at the concert by the Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta; that of Universities, Joan Subirats, and the delegate of the Government in Catalonia, Maria Eugènia Gay.
The Minister of Culture of the Generalitat, Natàlia Garriga; the mayoress of Barcelona, Ada Colau; the first deputy mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, and the leader of the PSC, Salvador Illa, also attended the concert this Friday, the day after the president of the Generalitat, Peter Aragonés.
Going out on stage, Serrat drew applause and shouts from the 15,100 people present at the event, before singing the first song of the night, ‘Temps era temps’, and encouraging the audience to have a good time: “I have come to say goodbye with joy. It will be the last but I want to have a great time”, said Serrat.
The farewell tour of the singer-songwriter from Barcelona’s Poble Sec, The vice of singing 1965-2022 began on April 27 at the Beacon Theater in New York, in the United States, and this is the third time he has offered in his hometown, where he also performed on Tuesday and Thursday.
“Your songs are born from small and large experiences. You have put music and lyrics to our history. Your fight for common memory has made you a reference for many generations. It has been a luxury to be able to accompany you today. Moltes gràcies, Joan Manuel”, he later said in a message on social media.
In addition to Sánchez, ministers Miquel Iceta, José Manuel Albares and Joan Subirats also attended tonight’s meeting; the representative of the Government in Catalonia, Maria Eugènia Gay; the Minister of Culture, Natàlia Garriga; the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau; the first deputy mayor, Jaume Collboni, and the leader of the PSC, Salvador Illa, among others, after the Jewish president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, did it.
The singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat has said goodbye to the stage this Friday with his third and last concert at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, which culminates his farewell tour after 57 years of career, and has said: “Nothing more, thank you very much . It has been a pleasure”. In the statement announcing the farewell tour, Serrat assured that he wanted to say goodbye “personally to the public with whom he has shared life and songs for more than half a century” and that after this tour he will not return to the stage, but that he will continue playing and composing at home.