He was among the main bets of the ‘holikers’ to open the festival and once again they have nailed it. Raul Clyde, one of the promises of Spanish reggaeton, opened the Holika in Calahorra at six in the afternoon. We feel sorry for those who were sure that it would be Omar Montes and for those who even dreamed of Rauw Alejandro or Bad Bunny. Although everything will come in time, because Holika is already on another level and has never set limits. “Thanks to those who have come without knowing who it was,” said Raul Clyde after his first song, wearing a T-shirt, shorts and sunglasses. In other words, the usual ‘outfit’ of an urban music festival and that at half past four in the afternoon this Thursday had long queues in the area around the cathedral to access the venue.
Clyde debuted at Holika with a dance group and ‘perreo’. The heat was pressing and fanning himself became vital. In fact, the organization had previously brought out hoses to cool down the audience. And Raul Clyde also ‘armed’ himself with water pistols to wet the attendees.
Fainting
Despite this, several young people suffered fainting and heat strokes, so they had to be evacuated from the area where the audience was concentrated. Some of them were treated inside the Red Bull tower, in front of the stage.
Raul Clyde, who has become a colleague rather than a partner of Saiko, who by the way was the surprise artist of the last edition, performed ‘Diesel’, ‘BCN’, ‘Joyyy’ and other songs in which he collaborates with Justin Quiles and Saiko himself. His concert ended with a cannon of confetti, which marked the inauguration of this sixth edition of Holika, which had for the second year the Legion VI Victrix of Paso Viviente and its dance group as masters of ceremonies. The soldiers and dancers of Mercaforum, another of the most popular events in Calahorra during Holy Week, took the festival back to Roman times. This has become one of its hallmarks, and has been reinforced by the Roman-era theme of its two stages. Thus, columns, statues and capitals create a space “where artists become musical magicians”, as the voice-over that introduced the festival said after three, two and one.