A few hours before the concert. There are thousands of people in front of the hall. There are hundred of sings \u201cLooking for tickets\u201d, but none with \u201cSelling\u201d. People with t-shirts, bandanas, body paintings waiting without any patience for everything to start. The picture was beautiful.
\nThis is pretty much the expectation for a band like Red Hot Chili Peppers. They have been in Top 10 for decades for their talented, yet very different music and to be here in a small country like Bulgaria was a one life chance.
\nAt exactly 20h everyone was inside the hall in ecstatic mood. On there stage, though, were an English band, called As Able As Kane. They are from the rave generation and had kind of a career in late 80s. And that\u2019s why nobody has heard of them in Sofia, but they rocked the stage like they have never stopped playing music. It was a good beginning of a great thing.
\nAnd at 21h the Peppers began. From the first hit on the drums Chad Smith, we felt the chilli in the main dish. The sound was incredible. Soft and clean. Where entered Michael \u201cFlea\u201d Balzary in a very strange position \u2013 almost standing on his head, but playing like a machine. We saw and Josh Klinghoffer, but not in his whole power, cause he had broken his leg at one of their gigs and now was sitting at the corner of the stage. \u201cBut where is Anthony\u201d, the people were wondering. Suddenly, he showed up jumping, without the left leg of his trousers. Flea was without the right one. Crazy funk style, just like from the beginning of their career.
\nThe first song was \u201cMonarchy of roses\u201d \u2013 from their new album \u201cI\u2019m With You\u201d. It was just like magic \u2013 everyone knew the lyrics and from the first song you just couldn\u2019t really hear the voice of the frontman. The concert was just like watching your favourite movie for the first time \u2013 you don\u2019t why, but your mouth is open all the time and just don\u2019t want it to end.
\nThe guys from the group are 45-50 years old, an age, at which most of us find it tiring to go outside, but had some kind of fire in them. I have never seen so much energy in one place. They are dancing and jumping and jumping and just can\u2019t stop. They are playing their hits \u2013 in the setlist you could hear \u201cUnder the bridge\u201d (during this song, the audience was so excited, that not only me, but nobody could hear Anthony \u2013 he was outsang), \u201cOtherside\u201d, \u201cCan\u2019t Stop\u201d, \u201cBy the Way\u201d, \u201cSnow\u201d, \u201cAround the world\u201d, \u201cBlood sugar sex magik\u201d. They had very different setlist for every country that they played in and fortunately for the fans, that have listened the band for a long time, the old goodies prevailed over the new album.
\nThe encore. Well, that was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. For over 10 minutes the people just kept yelling for an encore. Without taking a breath. Chad was throwing drum sticks and Flea tried and tried to speak, but without any success. For the encore, though, he didn\u2019t need any talking. We saw his famous walking on hands and they gave three more songs of happiness, finishing like every their concert with Give it Away. We heard how great of an audience we are, how they love us, but they didn\u2019t needed to say it \u2013 they just couldn\u2019t leave the stage. I think that like every single person In the hall they wanted more. But that was it. Have you heard an audience that screams and sings after the concert, when they are already out? I did and I was one of them. Everyone was wet and thristy, but eager for more. Red Hot Chili Peppers showed us why are they are a band from world class. They showed us how much chili they have in theirselves and we found some in us as well. That was the greatest concert in Sofia this year without any doubts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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