Marc Anthony performed again this 11 February at the iconic Madison Square Garden on the same day they were 11 years since the first solo concert he gave at the venue, an anniversary in which the singer of Puerto Rican origin showed that his music has conquered several generations of salsa lovers.
“ I just found out that it just so happens that today marks 25 years since the first time I played here“said the salsero on stage before the attentive gaze of those present who surely they have been listening to his music for decades.
The singer, who is said to be the only salsa artist who has been able to fill Madison Square Garden, premiered his tour “Pa’ lla Voy” by 2022, with which she will present her new album of the same name in the US and Europe, which will be released next March.
Marc Anthony started the recital of salsa with one of his greatest hits, “Valió la pena”, accompanied by a band of fifteen musicians.
Later came “Hasta Ayer”, of which the singer-songwriter barely uttered two or three verses, because it was a dedicated audience that sang the anthem from beginning to end.
He also did not resist singing “Flor Pálida”, “one of my favorite songs”, he said, but he also took advantage of the concert to pay tribute in a potpourri of ballads to the Mexican Juan Gabriel with “Abrázame muy fuerte” and to the also Mexican José José with “Almohada”, as well as to the Spanish José Luis Perales with “And who is he”.
The song “Pa’lla voy” was another of the protagonists, his new single with which he calls the party after almost two years of pandemic and that it is a song inspired by “Yay Boy”, by the Africando salsa orchestra, which originally sang in Wolof, a language spoken in Senegal and Gambia, by the late Pape Seck.
The New York public seemed to have forgotten Due to the pandemic, which has undoubtedly hit the city hard, since a good part of the attendees did not wear a mask despite being indoors, thanks to the fact that the state has annulled the rule that made it mandatory just a few years ago. days.
The artist, aged 53, who at one point in the show even dared to play the drums, said goodbye with one of his known hymns, “Voy a vive”, during which he waved and kissed the Puerto Rican flag.
Marc Anthony not only marked 25 years since he first sang solo at Madison Square Garden, but his twenty-fifth time selling out one of his concerts.
The “Pa’lla voy” tour will continue through eight other US states until early April, and then jump to Spain at mid-July, where he will perform in nine cities, including Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Oviedo.