SHAWN MENDES THE TOUR LISBON (EN)
REVIEW BY: TELMO ANTUNES
Honestly, you just needed to sing "NÓS SOMOS PORTUGAL" in "In My Blood" and I would be already happy, but at least you had the golden key to finish the show!
Shawn Fuckin 'Mendes, our little Portuguese brother came back to Portugal for the fourth time if I'm not mistaken and of course he rocked! He brought his latest tour in support of his latest self-titled album.
First of all, Alessia Cara! Yes we must talk about this woman! She was amazing, lots of energy on stage, super extroverted herself. I do not doubt that she was enchanted with Portugal and that she will return. She sang "Wild Things", "Scars to your Beautiful" and "Here", among many other hits, including some from the new album and the Altice Arena knew the lyrics backwards.
The thing with the Portuguese audiences is that we don't go to only one concert, for example last night, we went to Ariana Grande, Five Seconds of Summer and Lady Gaga concerts as well, we sang every single song during the break and we sang with screams. So when they played the "Shallow" my god ... and, by the way, I also made new friends in the line! what a great time!
Shawn! Now I'll talk about you! I'm very disappointed, do you know why my boy? You had all afternoon to see the lyrics of the Portuguese version of "In My Blood" and nothing! "Nadinha"! Not a "Nós somos Portugal"! But you made up with the rest. He said very little, the concert was very fast, music behind music, but when he spoke it was mostly in Portuguese. Someone please teach him to change the position of the "te" in "Te amo Portugal" Thank you!
When "fallin 'all in you" started I had a pseudo heart attack, I did not cry I stopped the tears hahaha but it was very beautiful. I sang all the songs from back to front without bothering! I mean, I guess I did not tune out ...
The initiatives for the concert ran at half-gas but they happened, and the fact that we had the flash on plus the bracelets to give light, made the Arena to transform into a sea of stars! It was beautiful!
The arrangements were very well done, the arrangement of "Ruin" was the same but we got used to it, besides I really enjoyed the vocals too! Those falsets were perfect, even being live! damnnnnnnnn.
The concert ended in the best way, do you know those moments when you are so happy, thay you know that they will be marked forever? The burst of confetti and smoke was amazing! It was an unexpected ending, at least for me, and it's different for a Shawn Mendes concert. Seeing him live for the second time, the first one in 2017, you can see the enormous growth of him as a person and artist and also of the concept of the tour, very much alive! THE NEW KING OF POP FOR THIS GENERATION! Fight me on that! May the next come!
Did you notice that when he left behind the curtain at the end of the concert, we continued to sing and he came back and just looked stupefied at us? Portugal will always be THAT BITCH!
Hey and the in meet & greet there something about a movie, anyway I will not say anything else ... it's wait and see till January.
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Good readings and good concerts!