Overview
- Van Morrison performed at the Auditori del Fòrum in Barcelona on Friday as part of the Festival de Jazz de Barcelona.
- The concert centered on material from his January album Somebody tried to sell me a bridge and on classic 12‑bar blues and R&B arrangements.
- Reviewers described the recital as roughly 1 hour 35 minutes of measured, technically assured playing with the singer in very good vocal condition.
- The show ended with reworked versions of Moondance, Real Real Gone and a closing Gloria that brought the audience to its feet.
- The appearance underlines Morrison’s ongoing late‑career activity at about 80 years old after a long, decorated recording career and recent collaborations while he continues to omit Brown Eyed Girl because of a rights dispute.