After a summer spent festival-hopping, accumulating concerts and enjoying live music outdoors, September arrives and it’s time to trade festival wristbands for tickets to rooms, venues and large stadiums. But the end of the festival season doesn’t mean the music ends; on the contrary: autumn arrives with a particularly interesting agenda and with artists for all tastes.
Shakira, Aitana, Bryan Adams, Vetusta Morla, Morat, Jungle or Guitarricadelafuente are just some of the names that will pass through Spanish stages in the coming weeks. There are large international tours, artists returning to the road, new voices in pop and bands that continue to show why live performance remains one of the best ways to enjoy music.
September arrives with two big concerts
If we talk about big pop concerts this autumn, there are two names that stand out: Shakira and Aitana. Two artists from different generations, with very different careers, but with one thing in common: they are capable of turning their concert into one of the season’s major events.
The first to perform will be Aitana, who has four dates in September, the 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th, at the Movistar Arena in Madrid, with the Cuarto Azul World Tour. The Catalan artist thus continues with a tour that confirms her position as one of the great figures of current Spanish pop, after several years of consecutive hits and expanding her audience more and more. Her concerts are also a good opportunity to hear live the songs that have marked this new stage of her career.
Aitana at a Cuarto Azul World Tour concert
A few days later Shakira will arrive, and from September 18 for twelve nights she will bring her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour to Madrid. For the occasion Macondo Park has been created, a space designed to welcome the Colombian artist’s followers and accompany a show that will not miss her greatest hits. It is, without a doubt, one of the great musical appointments of the last quarter of the year and one of those concerts that go far beyond a date on the calendar.
The new season of Spanish indie
If indie and national rock are your thing, this autumn also has a few dates to add to your calendar. Vetusta Morla returns to the stages with their Return Tour. Songs from the first leg will take them through cities such as Málaga, Pamplona, Barcelona and Seville, among others. The Madrid-based band has for years been one of the indispensable names in the Spanish indie scene and this return is one of the dates their fans had marked on the calendar.
We will also have Guitarricadelafuente, who will perform on October 2. The artist, who will soon make his film debut with La bola negra, has managed to build a very personal proposition from a blend of folk, pop and traditional sounds, and has become one of the most interesting names on the new Spanish music scene.
Vetusta Morla
The September 20 will be Iván Ferreiro’s turn, an essential figure of national indie. His songs have been part of Spanish music for decades and his concerts continue to bring together several generations of fans. And although Arde Bogotá does not yet have a concrete start date for a fall tour, there is a release worth keeping on the radar: on October 3 Manufacturas del club de la gente sola arrives, his third album. After the success of his previous works, the new album will be one of the most anticipated national releases of the season.
Three names that will fill stages
Bryan Adams will be one of the big international names passing through Spain with seven concerts in different cities, including Zaragoza, A Coruña and Bilbao. The Canadian artist continues to bring to the stage that melodic rock that has marked a large part of his career and that brings together several generations of audiences.
Bryan Adams
In a line closer to Latin pop we find Morat, who will continue their tour of Spain before ending the run in Madrid with four concerts. The Colombian band has become one of the most popular pop groups of the last few years and their songs about love, heartbreak and friendship have live performances as one of their best formats.
And if we talk about national pop-rock, Dani Fernández also has an especially busy schedule. The singer will offer four concerts in Madrid on October 9, 16, 17 and 23, two of them, the 16th and 17th, already sold out. After establishing himself as one of the most important artists of his generation, his live shows have become one of the major events of current Spanish pop.
Two dates to dance
If you’re looking for concerts that make you dance, Jungle will perform on October 26. The British duo will bring to Spain their blend of funk, soul, electronics and pop, a live show that gains even more energy and promises to be one of the most danceable dates of autumn. On October 30 it will be Carlangas, who will bring his act to the stages with a mix of pop, rock and electronic. The Galician artist has become one of the most personal names on the national scene and his concerts are a good option for those seeking something different within the Spanish music landscape.
And if you’re looking for something different, from October 15 to 18, Granada will host Réquiem por Lorca, a homage to the universal legacy of Federico García Lorca that will bring together music and performing arts in various emblematic spaces in the city. An alternative to the big tours this season and a good option for those who want to approach live music from another place.
Because if there is one thing the autumn music schedule has, it is variety: big international stars, Spanish pop, indie, rock, electronic and proposals that go beyond the usual concert format. It only remains to choose which of them will become part of our own agenda.
