Pulp held a class demonstration in Kobetamendi

It is difficult to define the word class , at least in its most remote meaning from Marxism. It has a vague meaning, a lot of variability depending on one's experience, knowledge, and surroundings.

It's not very clear what defines class, elegance, style, but the synthesis of those concepts cannot be far from the charisma, the knowledge, the serenity and the connection with the audience that Jarvis Cocker, the leader and singer of the Sheffildarra group, showed last night during the ninety minutes of Nagusia's performance on stage. 

In the great week of British music (last weekend Black Sabbath said goodbye in Birmingham and Oasis arrived at the stage, pacifying the mood between the Gallagher), the poster head of Thursday's Pulp has embodied the vanguard of the invasion of British music that the Bilbao BBK Live will receive, with its new album (these songs in that collection do not remain in the shadows of the band's classics in the live repertoire, which is much to say).

From the opening of the concert to the extended and celebrated version of the classic "Common People" by Spike Island, the first song of the album More, released after 24 years of silence, the Histrionic and theatrical Jarvis Cocker captioned the 569 concert tour of the British band. To greet the audience, they chose a unique trio of pop songs: "Got to have love", a song of the classic "Disco 2000", "Babies" and "Common".

After the sustained rhythms of Pulp, it is the turn of the perfect band for this festival and for that moment. The bética Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso has awakened on the stage of San Miguel the joy of life and the festive atmosphere with a little funk played and sung masterfully. 

The Argentinian duo has gone over the songs of their two albums , Baño María and Papota, and the bilbaine audience has danced to their melodies without flanges with "Dumbai", "Baby gangsta", "Impostor" and the song that the wonderful playful bass "Mi deseo" trots.

Basque music, for starters

Eider Saez has been the first artist to wear Kobetamendi music after opening the doors of the festival area with an hour's delay. Lazkao's singer has presented in the tent his first album, Nola aldatu gara? , accompanied by guitar, bass and drums, to an audience that was still relatively scarce.

The trio, accompanied by a percussionist on stage, has released its first album, Miruenea (Oso Polota, 2025). 

The group has been able to stage the mix of folk, electronics, and vocal harmonies that Mirueneaholds, and in the hot sun the first dances of the day have been lit by the songs "Zazpiak bat" (with homage to the Leturia shoes), "Loreak mendian" (accompanied by Hofe on stage) and "Morroxko", as well as "Salda dago dago", which brings back the triki pop.

On the way to the evening, the audience was accompanied by Hindsen garage rock and indie, among other things, after the Wunderhorse group accidentally cancelled its performance on the Major stage.

Also notable was the performance of the Catalan Maria Arnal, who came out of the delightful and innovative folkie path with Marcel Bages and presented us with a series of songs that she has not yet published and that surround her powerful voice with dark electronics. 

With a screen behind it showing projections and four dancers performing measured choreographies, Arnal's avant-garde proposal had two rivals: he was facing the sun as far as the visual side was concerned, and there was an unceasing rumour as far as the sound was concerned.

Kiwanuka heavenly

The British soulman Michael Kiwanuka directed the first day of the Bilbao BBK Live into the evening, and took advantage of the fluctuating, cadentious rhythms and seductive voice to do so.

The second issue of an extra night, "One more night," the moving "I'm a black man in a white world," and "Hero," showed from the beginning the clues of the path that a wonderful concert was going to take; sweetened by some splashes of Kiwanuka's mysticism, the one-hour performance moved in the direction of excellence at all times and played high moments: the performance of "Home again," performed by the duo of strings and Kiwanuka with acoustic guitar, has been moved to the list of the historical moments of Kobetan (my).

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