An irreverent musician, Charly García turns 70 and Fito Páez has announced that he will pay tribute to him in a free concert tomorrow at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. “Places are limited and tickets are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis,” he announced on Instagram. But this concert is part of the Charly BA, a series of events to celebrate the musician’s birthday.
At the Kirchner Cultural Center there will be four concerts – the shows can be seen on the YouTube channel and the Facebook– and there will be a hundred artists, including Julieta Venegas and journalists who will give talks about García’s legacy. The shows will start from the afternoon and 6 thousand tickets have already been distributed.
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As Argentina prepares to celebrate Charly García, its manager, José Palazzo, told La Tercera that the singer will spend “just a private birthday with friends.” However, Clarín maintains that the mythical rocker is likely to attend the cultural center. “For the first of those two closing sets where there is speculation with the presence of Charly himself in the place, David Lebón, Erica Di Salvo, Ulises Di Salvo, Rosario Ortega, Juan Ingaramo, Alina Gandini, María Rosa Yorio, are announced. Guido Spina, Raúl Porchetto, Nahuel Pennisi, Andy Chango, Alejandro Medina and Lola Medina, among others. While the closing one will add Julieta Venegas, Richard Coleman, Christian Basso and Benito Cerati ”.
“The great narrator of Argentine history”
More than music, the press in his country says that Carlos Alberto García Moreno, born in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito, shows the history of Argentina with his work. “Charly has been telling us the story since the time of Sui Generis with records such as Little Anecdotes of Institutions or Winter Confessions, where there are very explicitly political issues that speak of censorship, mediocrity or situations that have to do with what was going on. Very committed and very narrative lyrics of what was happening, “said historian Felipe Pigna.
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For this reason, Télam made a tour to collect the testimony of the fans, who searched – making a long queue, between tents and blankets from early on – the tickets to attend the tribute. Walter, 37, to occupy the first place in the line, arrived at the CCK door on Wednesday: “I am happy because it is a much deserved tribute because Charly is the first massive Argentine artist of all generations ”, said. “Behind Walter is Facundo, who arrived yesterday 15 minutes after him from Moreno, province of Buenos Aires, and spent the night here with cold, blankets, singing songs together, listening to music. Charly for me means inspiration, poetry, music, he is a great artist and it is part of our religion to follow him everywhere ‘”.
Another fan, Olivia, who came to get a ticket for the closing of the event, considers that Charly garcia He is a god for Argentines, on the same level as Diego Armando Maradona. “Charly is everything, after Diego he is the god of the people. I went to the tribute to San Martín as well and all this is great because we Argentines are going through very sensitive moments and it is good that we get excited about good things ”.
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Telám anticipates that the tribute will continue. “The celebration will move to La Cúpula del CCK where at 7:00 p.m., 7:40 p.m., 8:20 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. ‘TRIP. An experience on Charly García ‘, which will bring together music and images with the participation of the photographer and visual artist Nora Lezano, the singer Lidia Borda and the pianist and arranger Daniel Godfrid and the participation of Paula Pomeraniec on cello and Pablo Salzman on double bass ”.
So far, several stages are sold out and can be viewed online.
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