Reviews Seville, Spain Fibes Auditorium June 10, 2023 |
Review by John Graham
Fibes auditorium is a beautiful state of the art venue
approximately 2,000 seats). I'm guessing it was about 2/3rds
sold out. Show started a few minutes after 8 pm as we've come
to expect, and it was obvious from the beginning Bob and the
band were 'on'. We had second row seats, so we could see
facial expressions. Tony was having a great time, smiling a
lot and interacting with Bob and his bandmates. The audience
remained seated throughout the show, but there were several
people who were itching to get up and dance during the
jammier parts. I was hoping they'd do a Grateful Dead cover,
but he chose "That old black magic" instead. The shows are
getting mostly rave reviews here in Spain so far, but with
comments to the effect that people were disappointed he
didn't play more of his old songs. I talked with some
fellow concert attendees as we were walking out, and asked
them whether they'd even heard "Rough and Rowdy Ways", and
they all said no. I encouraged them to dig into it, because
it holds its own and then some vis-a-vis his "classics" as
far as I'm concerned. I also told them "He's 82 years
old...he can play whatever the f..k he wants!". They agreed.
I've now seen close to a dozen shows on the current tour,
and this was one of the best.
John Graham
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