Hola amigos,
Today is the DAY, Chuck Berry is in Tenerife, the concert is tonite at 9 p.m at the Pabellón Municipal de Deportes of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, capacity 5000 people, yesterday were almost 900 tickets left, warming up band, Los Reyes del KO.
Yesterday he played in Gran Canaria,over here in Canary Islands (Spain) in his European tour 2008.
Will post comments about his concert yesterday,

Carlitos
Tenerife

Cool poster!

Have fun.....

Chuck Berry yesterday in Gran Canaria, pictures and press comments,
March 27th Gran Canaria Concert

Chuck Berry in Canary Islands,
One of the greates artist in r&r will play tonite at the Park San Juan de Telde, Gran Canaria.
Chuck Berry arrived last night with his band and family with the intention to drive around the island before the concert
source, canarias 7, [www.canarias7.es]

This picture was taken outside the Gran Canaria Airport, Gando, by the way who is this lady?

Concert day comments today,
source Canarias 7 [www.canarias7.es]
The Myth Chuck Berry sang all his hits last night in Telde, Gran Canaria
After playing in Castellon on Wednesday, Chuck arrives in Canary Islands to play in two gigs, Gran Canaria and Tenerife. Around 3.000 people danced with his songs.
He arrived around afternoon, on Thursday, with a little bit of delay and he stayed at Hotel Santa Catalina. At 9 pm the warming up started to play, Los Reyes del KO. An hour later, Chuck jumped to the stage, his son was there as well. He was wearing a sailor hat and he did his famous duch jump.

Carlitos
Tenerife
Picture taken at the airport of Gran Canaria, yesterday

More pictures taken in Gran Canaria concert last night
source,[www.laprovincia.es]

Pictures taken last night of Chuck, son, his band, audience and warming up band, Los Reyes del KO,

Chuck arriving and his hotel, Los Reyes del KO and crowd in Gran Canaria

Warming up band, Los Reyes del Ko and Audience,

The Big moment Chuck on the stage!!

My favourites pictures last night,

Hoping you like the pictures, tonite I will go to the concert and tomorrow morning post comments,pictures will take, and everything,
Long live to rock and roll amigos!!!


Carlitos
Tenerife

thanks Carlitos - enjoy the hell out of it!

>> He arrived around afternoon, on Thursday, with a little bit of ... <<

i laughed out loud at that line in the report above -
it sounds an awful lot like a certain Keith Observation in Hail Hail Rock & Roll :E

Great photos -thanks Carlitos and enjoy!!

An hour and 15 minutes to the show, after a couple beers and scotchs, leaving home and DIRECTO to the Pavillion!!!

Carlitos
Tenerife

The concert is done, I´m now at the pavillion,
what a concert my frienDO!!!

Carlitos
Tenerife

Great pictures. Thank you

Fantastic pictures, thank you!

Headlines in all papers today about the concert last night,


CHUCK BERRY TELL ME THE TRUTH, HOW OLD ARE YOU? EL DIA NEWSPAPER

CHUCK BERRY, TOP MANTA, 5 STARS, DIARIO DE AVISOS

CHUCK BERRY GAVE US A MASTER CLASS IN OUR ISLAND


Carlitos
Tenerife

Pictures very soon.....

Chuck Berry Santa Cruz de Tenerife Concert,Friday, March 28th 2008




54 minutes of concert were enough to distinguish a full blooded man of rock and roll. At the Pabellon of Sports in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, a cyclone called Chuck Berry was around us!!!
It could be his resident card certified was born in October of 1926, but who´d wanted more than one arrived his age with the energy spreaded last night by the Almirant of Rock and Roll, in his first scale at the island.
Charles Edward Anderson Berry was presented with his sailor hat, a passion colour shirt, long black pants, and almost a thousand and half of fans had a good time with his rock and roll music.
Sang with his typical voice, dare with a guitar solos great reserve and even dance!!
He had the virtue to leave the main stage and let the whole band play but itself so the crowd could enjoy the talent of the musicians.
In the middle of a magistral class of primitive r&r of the 50´s, a little bad thing the acoustic of the place was very bad.
He sang all his hits, even tried to sing in Spanish a ranchera!!!
Typical movements and riffs, Berry Style, he did the duckwalk at the Johnny B Good, girls dancing on the stage, but one guy could get it, and Chuck was surprised about that, he sit a couple time to rest, at the begining was checking the sound of the guitar of his song, the members of the band were from Norway, piano, Drums, Germany, Bass and Lead Guitar United States.
At the end his son, introduce and claimed Chuck is the creator of r&r and after him many artist have continued his legacy.
Chuck before leave the stage shout us very loud , I LOVE YA, I LOVE YOU TENERIFE!!!

God Bless Chuck Berry,

Carlitos
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

PD, warming up band, Los Reyes del KO, great blues band, from Spain, but staying in Berlin actually, great harmonica solos, guitar, they playes some tunes of Chuck Berry, even they played a Michael Jackson song, the way you make me feel and said before begin, "with Michael the American dream is possible, he was born in a little town of black people, and now is a white woman lady.."
Lots of British, German and Scandinavian people in the audience.

Warming up band , blues band called Los Reyes del KO
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Me and novia at the gig

Warming up band , blues band called Los Reyes del KO



Me and novia at the gig

Chuck jump to the stage!!



He starts to correct his son


Audience


Chuck and his movements and riffssss!!

From the back of the stage



People start to get crazy!!!

The Duck walk in Tenerife!!!!!


Johnny B. Good !!!






Carlitos
Tenerife

People are ABSOLUT Vodcka Crazy!!!




Girls on the stage, and one guy!!! Chuck amazed and happy!!

Chuck seated and very happy

Chuck has left the stage, Berry´s son speach his father is History!!!

Hope you like the pictures, sorry for some weak pictures,too much alcohol and rock and roll at that moment, what a great night of primitive rock and roll
And in a couple hour I have to get ready for another night of rock and roll, Rosendo, a Spanish guy from Carabanchel, Madrid, one of the godfathers of rock and roll on Spain, he is 50 something, in good shape, great virtuoso of guitar and great lyrics, his music is very similar to the Irish Rory Gallagher.
By the way, I was in 1999 I believe in San Francisco, Mountain View concert, Rock and Roll legends, anyone has pictures or ticket to post them here? I lost my ticket and woul like to have a copy if it is possible, in that event Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard,

Hope you liked the pictures,
I love you people of IORR, you are the best on internet!!!

Carlitos
Tenerife

Tomorrow some videos of the concert

Carlitos
Tenerife

Thanks Carlitos - it was almost like being there! Wonder if anyone has a soundtrack???

Maybe, I know the guy was in charge of the sound, I´m gonna asking,

A friend of mine gave me some pictures from that night as well,

In a minute I´ll post them,

Carlitos
Tenerife

Another great quality pictures from my friend last Friday, enjoy them!!
By the way`, pretty women dancing on the stage, verdad?

Carlitos
Tenerife