Hombres G

Hombres G took the stage with their original line-up: David Summers (vocals and bass), Rafa Gutiérrez (guitar), Dani Mezquita (guitar) and Javi Molina (drums). The Madrid band, active since 1983 and an icon of carefree eighties pop, strung their hits together one after another. “Voy a pasármelo bien”, which summed up the mood of the night, was there, as was the opening of “Devuélveme a mi chica”, sung back by the whole auditorium: “Estoy llorando en mi habitación, todo se nubla a mi alrededor…”. They also played “Venezia”, “El ataque de las chicas cocodrilo”, “Mujer de bandera”, “Si no te tengo a ti” and “No te puedo besar”, songs that, in the organisers’ words, have not only stood the test of time but grown with it.

After the concert, the party moved to the lounge with Juan Magán’s set, which welcomed in 2025 from behind the decks. Among the audience on the final night were pianist Chucho Valdés, actor and musician Pablo Carbonell, singer Juan Peña, writer Irene Villa and businessman Hamza Zaidi. With New Year’s Eve, Starlite Occident Madrid closed twenty days of programming in which the line-up brought together Alejandro Fernández, Vanesa Martín, Niña Pastori, Il Divo, Grupo Frontera, Black Eyed Peas, Camilo, Mau & Ricky, Clean Bandit, Isabel Pantoja, Taburete and Estopa. The set-up was built in six days, with more than a million sequins, half a million lights and 30,000 balloons, and, according to the organisers, created more than 1,000 jobs in the capital.