Music critics in the British press on Wednesday unanimously surrendered to Rosalía and qualified with five stars and headlines of “absolute triumph” the show of her‘Lux’ tour, which signed yesterday Tuesday the first of two concerts at the O2 in London, both sold out.
“Rosalía’s live show is a ‘triomf’ (triumph, in Catalan), as they would say in Barcelona”, writes Alexis Petridis, from The Guardian newspaper, who assures in his review that ‘Lux’ is one of the “most daring and sophisticated concerts in the history of pop”.
On her first night in London, Rosalía confessed from the stage that, since her beginnings, she had always dreamed of performing in this city, but on a different stage: the majestic Royal Albert Hall.
“And I never have, but I’ve sold out two nights at the O2,” she said proudly in front of a stadium of 20,000 people, a capacity four times as large.
“With this skill, precision and talent, she would have any stadium in the palm of her hand,” comments Will Richards of Rolling Stone magazine, who also gives the Catalan singer a full star rating.
Another music magazine, NME, agrees that the ‘Lux’ tour is “a work of art of breathtaking brilliance” and highlights the presence of the Heritage Orchestra, as well as Rosalía’s characteristic and natural humor.
During Tuesday’s concert, the Catalan took the opportunity to interact with the audience with her “slangy” English, asked them to teach her to speak with a British accent and brought out British singer Lola Young in her now iconic confessional to tell her her story of heartbreak.
“It’s hard to imagine a major label commercial artist having attempted a show like this,” writes The Standard’s Lisa Wright, who also notes the concert’s set design, where pop references mingle with high culture.
BBC music critic Mark Savage also speaks of this potpourri of styles and concepts, between the earthly and the divine, that “make heaven seem within reach for at least an hour and a half”.
Rosalia’s visit to London, where she will give a second concert on Wednesday, reported Agencia EFE, comes after several awards for ‘Lux’ in the UK, where she won the BRIT Award for International Artist of the Year in February and will pick up the International Songwriter of the Year award at the prestigious Ivors Awards in a few weeks.
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