The Corrs conquer Madrid with their mix of pop rock and Celtic notes

As if nan hot, soaring temperatures were not capable to woody with, nan last time of June brought an tremendous thunderstorm to Madrid, which for a while threatened to make The Corrs return a washout moreover earlier it started.

But nan rainfall yet gave measurement and conscionable aft 10pm, Andrea, Sharon, Caroline and Jim came retired connected shape and nan applause from nan assemblage made it clear that thousands had been eagerly awaiting nan return of nan Irish set to Spanish shores.

The chords of 'Only When I Sleep' started to play... and nan show began! Andrea's sound possibly suggested that she had been performing for respective weeks, but nan vocalist still moved nan crowd.

After nan 2nd song, Andrea approached nan microphone and nan adjacent charm violative was upon us: "Buenas noches Madrid, es un placer estar aquí", thing we Spaniards admit very much: 'guiris' (foreign tourists) speaking nan connection of Cervantes. Back to Shakespeare's language, he commented that they emotion Spain and Madrid because his sister Sharon lives here.**

Celtic philharmonic acquisition successful nan bosom of Spain

Their popular stone mixed pinch Celtic notes return america backmost to nan early hits of nan Irish pinch songs taken from their first albums 'Forgiven not Forgotten' and 'Talk connected Corners' from nan mid and precocious 90's (yes, I'm a sucker for nostalgia...).

The auditorium of nan Tierno Galván parkland was packed to nan rafters, and nan assemblage was devoted and ne'er tired of singing and applauding nan songs of nan Irish and nan Corrs brothers, who ended up surrendering and thanking them for specified affection.

The assemblage came from different parts of nan world: Spaniards, Argentinians, Irish (even nan brothers' chap countrymen from Dundalk, nan Corrs; birthplace).

Between nan songs they played tracks for illustration 'Summer Sunshine' included successful 'Borrowed Heaven' from 2005 and 'White Light', included successful nan medium of nan aforesaid sanction from 2015. There was clip for everything; their champion known hits and 2 covers - 'Old Town' by Phil Lynott and 'Dreams' by Fleetwood Mac.

And of people location was nary shortage of folkier, much accepted songs that took america backmost to their autochthonal Dundalk. Caroline sat connected a flamenco container pinch her bodhrán, Sharon connected nan fiddle, Andrea pinch her Irish flute and Jim connected nan piano.

Andrea wasn't nan only 1 who ventured into Spanish aft nan interval, arsenic Sharon introduced 'All The Love In The World' successful Spanish. After that they continued pinch 'Breathless' and nan instrumental 'Toss nan Feathers' to adjacent nan performance and their tour.

Controversy pinch Spanish royalty

Sharon began a solo profession successful 2010 that has led her to merchandise 3 albums. The latest of these, 'The Fool and The Scorpion', (2021) written soon aft her overmuch publicised break-up, has been mired successful controversy.

Indeed, nan eldest of nan sisters was joined to Robert Gavin Bonnar, and during a vacation successful Andorra nan mates met Telma Ortiz,Queen Letizia's sister, pinch whom they deed it disconnected and became friends.

Once nan mates separated, Robert began an matter pinch Telma and they moreover had a kid together, thing that understandably didn't beryllium good pinch Andrea. On nan medium 'The Fool and The Scorpion' location is simply a opus of nan aforesaid sanction whose lyrics are wide assumed to beryllium a her revenge track.

The verse reads: "You'll person your desserts, served acold successful nan sedate of my tenderness. The arms she flew to, they'll sting you to death. I stake nan furniture was connected occurrence and you came each day. But now your bosom is wretched and your psyche took a beating. The fool and nan scorpion. The queen's twisted sister and nan chameleon. I americium free, I americium free, I americium reborn".

We don't cognize really these lyrics and this opus person gone down pinch nan caller couple, but Sharon seems to person fto retired each her pent-up rage. The Queen is simply a awesome person of music, but we person nary measurement of knowing if she was successful nan crowd for nan Irish band's return to Madrid.