Buenos Aires, Argentina

Time to see the show that broke my budget! I catch a bus down to Luna park and head into the arena. I have a standing ticket, and the performance is supposed to interact with the crowd. I am not sure what to expect but hopefully it is worth it! The show is based around the music of a Argentinian band, Soda Stereo. Basically, the concept of the show is a science fiction story where there is a planet, which is basically Soda, where things are inspired by the songs and how people who live on that planet are inspired by the lyrics. This is all woven around some world class acts and performance art. The show is fantastic and it showcases the brave and the strange acts. From the traditional acrobatics, a lady spinning on a rope by her hair, a song performed underwater in a tank all the way to skipping tricks. It grabbed and held my attention throughout. I think what elevated it for me was the music, and the fact that the crowd knew the words. They were real fans, so lots of singing and jumping about to the high energy ones. I just went along with whatever they were doing but enjoyed the music too. Hugely fantastic evening! I am now addicted to the song ‘De Música Ligera’ and a couple of others. Bit about the band: (who in Argentina sold out a stadium faster than Robbie Williams) Soda Stereo is an argentinian rock band that was formed in Buenos Aires in 1982 by Gustavo Cerati (voice and guitar), Hector “Zeta” Bosio (bass) and Charly Alberti (drums). Pioneer of the “rock in spanish” movement in the 80´s, it is considered the most influential and significant band in Latin America, with audience attendance and album selling records throughout it´s career. Soda was known for it´s innovative nature and for risk taking at all times, maintaining massive popularity along the way. They broke up in 1997 and ten years later they reunited for a successful tour with more than one million tickets sold.