24/11/2012 4:08 a.m. - Updated 24/11/2012 4:19 a.m.
In concert marked by hits, Lauryn Hill opened the first day of Back2blackAmerican opened and closed the show with the hit 'Killing me softly'.
'How are you?', the singer asked the audience scratching Portuguese.
Isabella Marino
From Rio
Shouting "Rio, Rio, Rio" and raising an audience more than warm. That was how Ms. Lauryn Hill started at 2 am this Saturday (24), the main show of the first night of the fourth edition of the festival Back2black (B2B), the Leopoldina Station, in downtown Rio The American singer opened the show with the famous hit "Killing me softly", arranged quite different from the original, raising about four thousand gifts.
Lauryn Hill was headlining the first day of the festival Back2black (Photo: Alexandre Durão/G1)
Lauryn Hill improvised a "How are you?" in Portuguese and said that the public was beautiful. "Everything is everything" and "Superstar" songs were performed by subsequent robust team of musicians who accompanied the singer on a night marked by successes in the career of Lauryn Hill, which did not come to Brazil two years ago.
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The singer had announced in interviews that invite a Brazilian singer to make a cameo on the show tonight. Gabriel was chosen The Thinker, who translated verses of the song "Black Rage", recited by Lauryn Hill, talking about the struggle of the black and issues like racial injustice. Thinker spoke in Portuguese each verse the singer spoke. Soon after, he retired from the stage, and did not sing any songs.
Lauryn Hill opened and closed the show with the hit
'Killing me softly' (Photo: Alexandre Durão/G1)
Near the end of the show, Lauryn Hill asked the audience if he knew the Fugees, the first of which banda American singer took part, raising everyone with success "How Many Mics". Before closing the show with the same success that opened the show, around 3:20 a.m., the band paid tribute to Brazilians playing an instrumental snippet of "Waters of March" by Tom Jobim. Back2Black What started at 21h50 with Martin's Vila, who, shortly after taking the stage, called the Bahian Virginia Rodrigues, in a show marked by many guests. The singer paid homage to Yemanja and performed a song "The Sea calmed," success in the voice of Clara. Riachão, Tito Paris, Manecas Costa and daughter of Martin, Mart'nália were also part of the samba show. then it was time to raise the public's Nneka festival. Show starts at 23.45 with the Nigerian Rio thanked the audience and said happy to play for the first time in Brazil. Excited, spectators shouted the name of the singer, not left out of the repertoire hits like "Heartbeat" and "Shining Star."
The Nigerian singer Nneka levandou audiences with hits like 'Heartbeat' (Photo: Alexandre Durão/G1)
After the show of Lauryn Hill, drummer, percussionist and producer, Ricardo Imperatore, also performed on the main stage of Back2black. Brazilian artists such as Caetano Veloso, Maria Gadú, Ana Carolina and Marcelo D2 attended the first day of the event. Many people bother with the clutter for the withdrawal of tickets and booed the production of Back2black. Some even went on the assault and about 100 people invaded the festival, after toppling a fence placed near the box office.
The tempers flared not delivered or the DJ who performed at the show range between Nneka and Ms. Lauryn Hill. The boy was hit with a beer glass, but took it in stride and said "that was not a beer." Besides the main stage, the festival this year is the stage Petrobras, which late on Friday was to play the Brand new bands, musician and percussionist recifense Siba Congolese Jupiter Bokondji. wagon A former train station of Leopoldina also drew attention of the public. Called Wagon Petrobras, the space was reserved for those who wanted to sign up and sing with a band event. The audience enjoyed improvising and risked presentations.
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