Details from a Ney Matogrosso show show that historic moments don’t need to be played out in big events, especially in a distracted way
Designed to be a great first day moment of the The citythe light show which started on the Skyline stage at around 20.20 on this Saturday 2, did not excite the audience, who witnessed the confused performance of Ney Matogrosso under the heavy rain falling in the City of Music, Interlagos.
To remember the opening of the first Rock in Rio, Ney sang South America, song with which he opened the Rio festival that year. The singer looked insecure in the costume, which resembled a bird, with the stage cold and damp. Also, the music, the success of his album Sky Water – Bird, from 1975, had long since ceased to be in his repertoire.
During the singer’s presentation, the bracelets distributed to the festival audience, something spread by the band Coldplay, flashed with colored lights in a very coy way. In the sky, a quick fireworks display that didn’t excite anyone.
Without understanding anything, the audience already positioned to see one of the big attractions of the evening, the American singer Demi Lovato, began to shout “Demi, Demi, Demi”.
The moment has to be marked as the great anticlimax of the first edition of The Town. Historical moments should not be reproduced, especially carelessly.
Understand the light show at the Ney Matogrosso show
The first edition of the festival included a novelty: thousands of multicolored bracelets distributed to the public, which lit up at the same time. This Saturday 2 the 100,000 accessories lit up around 8pm, creating an impressive visual effect. The moment was accompanied by a special presentation by South Americasung by Ney Matogrosso.
The idea of the action was to honor the former Rock in Rio, when the audience was also enlightened. On that occasion the festival opened with the voice of Ney, who returned to the stage of The Town as the bracelets lit up.
This type of bracelet, capable of emitting multi-colored lights when activated from a distance, became popular when it was distributed on the tours of the Coldplay. The City props were lit for 10 minutes during the festival. There were also 6,300 lights, as well as 1,000 square meters of LEDs.
PRINCE! Ney Matogrosso delivers absolutely everything in the #TheTown2023NoMultishow pic.twitter.com/Jf34ROL7Ki
— Multishow (@multishow) September 2, 2023
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