Starlite is filled with Jamaican sounds with Sting & Shaggy...

The audience surrendered to the performance of this duo, who attended the Festival for the first time, to present their inspired album "44/876."

The Nagüeles quarry in Marbella, which hosts the Starlite festival, was filled with Jamaican sounds last night with the performance of Sting & Shaggy, who presented their album "44/876" in their first performance in Spain of the duo's international tour.

With British punctuality, the performance began at 10:34 p.m. to the sound of "Englishman in New York," a song from Sting's solo career, with the Englishman appearing dressed in orange jeans and a shirt with tour motifs.

Clad in a floral-print T-shirt and gold sneakers, he was accompanied by Jamaican singer Shaggy, two distinct personalities who complement each other perfectly on stage, with a unique style marked by reggae and Caribbean influences seasoned with a touch of pop and jazz.
 

Immediately afterward, the audience rose to their feet with "Morning Is Coming" and "Magic," while the audience hummed the chorus to the Jamaican's command, who danced and cheered throughout.

During the concert, songs by the legendary band The Police were heard, with the most effervescent songs of the night being "Message in a Bottle" and "Roxanne," which were met with a standing ovation and the audience was on its feet.

With a more up-tempo Sting, his message in a bottle thrilled the Starlite audience, where families took the opportunity to record themselves with their cell phones while singing the catchy and famous chorus, forming a wave of lights that accompanied the ballad "Fields of Gold."

During the performance, with moments marked by Caribbean rhythms and authentic reggae sounds that both managed to blend with their greatest hits, they paid tribute to Bob Marley and his song "Get Up, Stand Up," introduced in the more rap-like version of The Police's "Walking on the Moon."

The two artists' harmony was evident in a simple staging where the music took centre stage. With "Dreaming in the USA," Shaggy asked who is from England, Jamaica, Spain, Hindu, Jewish, or Muslim, to convey the message that "we are all brothers" and "there is only one people, and that is the dream."
 

There were some spectacular moments with the performance of "Crooked Tree," a track from the new album, during which Shaggy dressed up as a judge and Sting wore a black and white striped T-shirt, pretending to be a prisoner and pleading for mercy.

The encore came just after midnight with songs like "Desert Rose," "Every Breath You Take," and the acoustic "Fragile," which concluded at 12:36 a.m.

Starlite's youth corps included notables such as the President of Gabon, Ali Bongo, and former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

(c) Diario Sur by Maria Jesus Serrano