The Killers and the happiness of 30,000 people

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knows that well

because he has the gift, he has it at superlative levels, almost supernatural.

He is the fucking don himself, the human gift of making everyone happy with his jumps and his wiggles and his fist swings in the air and the

uhs and the

and the

of that wonderfully deep but elastic voice.

And especially with the songs of the

which God knows are not the most original rock songs in the world, they are not even the most original to come out of

but they are like safe-conducts to collective fun, to the joy that is shared with a gang of friends, or already with 30,000 people electrified by these songs.

The golden ticket in the form of heroic guitars and corny choruses that come out of your throat like carbonated sparks from a peta zeta.

The Killers were the headliners on the second day of the

which is held over three afternoons, evenings and early mornings in

the mountain that shades the Biscayan capital.

The lineup offered many other avenues of escape this Friday, such as the rock & roll of

one of the last (and quite decadent) survivors of Brit-pop, or

consolidated by right as a benchmark for 'indie' rock. in Spain.

But nobody beats the Killers, one of the most successful groups of this century, the last link in the most colorful 'AOR', who last night were as agile as they were forceful.

His best albums are from the last decade, well, from the previous one, but his live performance maintains its verve and freshness.

The day before,

recalled, laughing as if it were an uncomfortable irony, that the first

songs are now 20 years old.

The same happens with those of the Killers, but Brandon Flowers, so handsome, so 'fit', so disgustingly cool, enthusiastically accepts that passage of time and thoroughly enjoys the role of the group as a popular classic of the 21st century.

They will never say that they are tired of playing their greatest hits, they will not worry that they might lose the thrill of the first moment.

Nor will they try to reinvent them.

No no no.

They have the gift of making others happy and they are delighted with it, they have a superpower and the responsibility that comes with it, so they go back to

and all those old songs as if it were the first time.

And the people, well, the people were happy as hell.

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