Local talent and emerging groups play a leading role on Endesa's stage, a Sustainable Sponsor of the Mallorca Live Festival

Three days at the Mallorca Live Festival go a long way. From enjoying hits by the Black Eyed Peas, remembering the good times with The Kooks, and moving to synthesisers with The Chemical Brothers, to vibrating with the present and future of the Spanish music scene magnificently represented by artists like Jimena Amarillo, with her personal style free of complexes, and La Plazuela, full of talent and so free of labels and complexes.

This year, Endesa will accompany the Mallorca Live Festival on the path to sustainability, a horizon that today it is essential to address. In fact, it is vital. This objective involved measures aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the event as much as possible. The use of shuttle buses was encouraged to travel to the venue, up to sixty rubbish collection points were installed, as well as points for returning glasses in the bars and drinking water fountains.

And Endesa's activation area at the festival, where many of those attending could enjoy a surf attraction, face painting and free popcorn to get their strength back, was built with recycled materials that will be re-used in future events. A package of initiatives that is completed with the subsequent calculation of emissions and their impact on the festival in order to take compensatory actions. 

Endesa also put its name to a stage on which local and emerging talent took centre stage, as could be seen from Thursday onwards. The British band Courting, with a single album only released last year, were the first to take the Endesa stage. This band from Liverpool, for their only performance in Spain during this tour, came on stage in the early afternoon to face an audience that was mostly seeing them for the first time and they were undoubtedly successful, although they really had to work hard. Carlangas came on next and presented the songs from his first self-titled solo album, after Novedades Carminha. In this third concert of the tour, with Mundo Prestigio as the band accompanying him, he was successful in consolidating the change to a Latin sound that had already emerged in the final stages of Novedades. Very entertaining.

León Benavente and Ginebras completed the line-up for the first day on the Endesa stage. The former played a really strong concert, which we are accustomed in their live shows. Impeccable, energetic, straight down the line. One of the best at the festival. Ginebras were not far behind, already consolidated as one of the freshest and most entertaining bands to see live. They came with their recently released third album, '¿Quién conoce a Willie Max?' They enjoyed their concert enormously as did the audience in Mallorca.

On Friday it was local talent that played a leading role on the Endesa stage. Ombra opened the day with a good performance on stage with his rock-based indie music. They were followed by Luis Albert Segura's band, called after the acronym of L.A. and who returned with great songs from their place at the Olympus the indie music. Their return to the stage is good news, together with the reissue of their fantastic album 'Heavenly Hell', which they performed entirely together with many of the fans.

The urban artist Dollar Selmouni also claimed his place in the local scene. With two albums behind him and a legion of stalwart fans accompanying him, he demonstrated the ease with which he is able to move between rap and melody, giving his performance a broad dimension. To close on Friday, and with the audience on fire after the concert by Quevedo, The Dandy Warhols created a lysergic atmosphere of fuzz and connections to earn their place in Mallorcan nightlife. Classics such as 'Bohemian Like You' and 'We Used To Be Friends' sounded especially inspired.

Saturday started full of energy with an entertaining crossover between Ramones and Siniestro Total which gave rise to the Fundación Francisco Frankenstein, a relatively new project endorsed by the musical trajectory of its components with songs lasting a minute and a half that served to warm up the atmosphere for the concert by The Reytons. This first visit by the British band to a festival in Spain enabled them to present themselves as a band to follow, with plenty of attitude and energy despite their short career.

The voice of the Dominican Yendry and interesting and original urban music by Ralphie Choo brought the concerts on the Endesa stage to an end. The former, after a flight of 30 hours as she explained, worked really hard to fill the stage all by herself. The latter, with an intimate concert in the twilight, was able to make the halo of mystery that floats in her songs and in her lyrics visible.

The other performers in the line-up like Vetusta Morla, Viva Suecia and Quevedo did not disappoint, nor did the audience. There should be special mention for Second, with a really solid concert on this their farewell tour. Let's hope it's not forever.

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