Some Red Hot Chili Peppers at half throttle and collapses mark the final day of Mad Cool 2023

The 90s are revived with the anthems of Oasis by the hand of Liam Gallagher and the waste of energy of The Prodigy

   MADRID, 9 Jul. (Michelle Ortega - EUROPA PRESS) - .

Some Red Hot Chili Peppers at half throttle and the collapses inside the Iberdrola Music have starred the last day of Mad Cool 2023, which has managed to gather more than 200,000 people in three days.

This Saturday, July 8, has been the most massive day of the Madrid festival, with at least 70,000 people, according to data from the organization. Despite the fact that the difference with the previous days is not great in terms of figures (65,000 on the first day and 67,000 on the second), the large influx of people at the closing of the festival has resulted in traffic chaos and long queues, for example in services.

Already at 7:00 p.m., while groups such as the British Years have played on the different stages

But before these, the undisputed protagonist has been Liam Gallagher, who despite his little connection with the public, has the trick of having given voice to essential pop hymns to make it worth facing the 33 degrees of the moment and the scorching Madrid sun.

The live performance by the British, who performed in a black sweatshirt despite the high temperatures, is a consolation for those nostalgic for an impossible Oasis concert. He has taken advantage of this since the beginning of his show with 'Morning glory', a classic that has stirred emotions among a predominantly foreign audience, as he has also done less effectively with 'Slide away', between brief words of gratitude that were hard to hear among the murmur of the assistants who were located further from the stage.

But ecstasy has arrived with the mythical 'Wonderwall', which has cut off any conversation to be chanted by everyone present. The concert hour has come to an end with another Britpop milestone signed by Oasis, 'Champagne supernova'. Any past tense was better for an artist who nonetheless has the repertoire to keep it relevant.

Coinciding with groups like Primal Scream on a smaller stage, M.I.A. He has put the protest note as headliner with his rap combined with electronic, alternative and world music.

Janelle Monae's replacement, who fell off the bill a few weeks before the festival, has offered a show full of color, diversity and defense of human rights. Thus, she has denounced the situation of refugees in songs like 'Borders'. Baptized as Matangi Arulpragrasam almost 50 years ago in Sri Lanka, she herself is a refugee and it was in the United Kingdom where she began a career in which she has been accused of terrorism for her support of the Tamils, a separatist organization that was fighting against the Sri Lankan government. .

Her proposal, so different from what happened in the rest of the 185,000 square meters of the venue, has had little public compared to the other greats on the bill, although the artist has managed to win over those present with her closeness and songs like her success 'Paper plans'.

Punctually, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have already started at 11:00 p.m. The most anticipated moment. Not in vain the group shirts have been the uniform of the day.

The guitarist John Frusciante, the bassist Flea and the drummer Chad Smith have been the first to jump on stage before the largest audience of this Mad Cool. The musicians, highlighting a hyperactive Flea, have given way to vocalist Anthony Kiedis and 'Around the world' with a musical intro.

The assistants have rejoiced in this classic that the Californians have interpreted trying to imitate their best times. Shirtless and with their characteristic style, the already sixty-year-olds have achieved it only at times. Some of these have taken place in 'Snow' or 'Californication', necessary in a 'setlist' that lacks classics.

The band has opted for not so well-known songs, staying at half throttle also with their empty transitions in front of a dispersed audience during several songs.

What is expected of this funk rock hit machine has already arrived in the final part with 'By the way' and 'Give it away', which have been tremendously chanted and applauded, arranging a concert in which the skill of Flea and her union with Frusciante.

Meanwhile, the pop diva Ava Max has offered dance and a show on another stage of the last day of the Madrid festival in which it has also been possible to enjoy live performances by various Spaniards such as Morgan, Shinova or Sila Lua.

Also Spanish, classics at the closings of other festivals, Elyella, have shared a schedule with the latest headliner, The Prodigy. The British electronic music group has conquered the resisters with their first concert in Spain since the death of Keith Flint.

This has concluded a new edition of Mad Cool, whose start was hindered by traffic, transportation and access problems - with long lines under the sun to enter the venue-, and in which Lizzo, Robbie Williams have triumphed musically , Sam Smith, Queens of the Stone Age, Mumford