{"id":490,"date":"2025-05-21T14:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solucoesmais.com\/uau3\/eventos\/manel-cruz-cru\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:19:50","slug":"manel-cruz-cru","status":"publish","type":"evento","link":"https:\/\/uau.pt\/en\/eventos\/manel-cruz-cru\/","title":{"rendered":"MANEL CRUZ | CRU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ornatos Violeta, Foge Foge Bandido, Pluto, and Supernada are projects that have left a mark on the last few decades of Portuguese music, all sharing the genius touch of Manel Cruz.<br\/><br\/>An unmissable name and charismatic figure who, since the 1990s, has established himself as a cult personality in Portuguese rock, winning over a legion of fans with hundreds of concerts and a sublime musical r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<br\/><br\/>This year, after a creative hiatus, Manel Cruz returns to the stage and is preparing to release new songs under his own name.<br\/><br\/>Attending a Manel Cruz concert means singing his iconic lyrics at the top of your lungs, in a show that promises to be as thrilling as it is irreverent.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not a concert to present new songs\u2014though that doesn\u2019t mean there won\u2019t be any. It\u2019s not a concert to revisit old songs\u2014though that doesn\u2019t mean that won\u2019t happen either. Above all, it\u2019s a concert designed to create a space where every song is delivered in the rawest, most stripped-down form possible, embracing intimacy through vulnerability.<br\/><br\/>I only started performing solo a few years ago. It wasn\u2019t exactly planned\u2014let\u2019s say I began by \u201cdipping a toe in,\u201d responding to occasional invitations. For me, the joy of playing was always tied to sharing the stage. Over time, I think I learned to enjoy being there on my own, or just by myself, facing certain fears that arise when we take ourselves too seriously. It\u2019s a stage, one person, offering something of themselves to those willing to receive it. A proposed journey for and with each person present.<br\/><br\/>I came to realise the importance of the team that joins me and helps shape that moment. That\u2019s where my greatest joy lies\u2014alongside seeing it reflected in the audience. And cyclically, we do an artistic residency to introduce new challenges to the show. That\u2019s what we\u2019ll be doing in 2025: from the \u201ccru\u201d tour, we\u2019ll move toward a new flavour. We don\u2019t yet know what it will be\u2014perhaps in 2026 we\u2019ll understand it in retrospect.<br\/><br\/>One thing we do know: it will involve sound, light, and poetry.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manel Cruz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ornatos Violeta, Foge Foge Bandido, Pluto, and Supernada are projects that have left a mark on the last few decades of Portuguese music, all sharing the genius touch of Manel Cruz. 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