A big afternoon out

A grand afternoon party is about to happen in Málaga. The countdown begins for the celebration of Tardeo Summer at the La Malagueta bullring. The event will take place next Saturday, June 14, from 4:30 PM until midnight, and the attending audience will have no chance to stop dancing with the bands on the lineup: Los Electroduendes, Alejados, Money Makers, Sr. Mirinda, 90 Roll, and Dj Tony Logan. This festival will be the perfect prelude to welcome summer and also serves a charitable purpose, aiding local social entities such as Fundación Bisturí Solidario, by surgeon César Ramírez, and Fundación Cudeca, which provides palliative care to terminal patients.

The tardeo, promoted by SUR and Grupo Mundo, will highlight local bands that revive the greatest hits of the 80s and 90s. It does so on a large scale, moving bands that usually play in bars, beach bars, and local venues, to a much larger space like the bullring of the capital.

To keep the rhythm going, this festival will have both a drink and food bar, and entry includes one drink. Admission to Tardeo Summer costs 20 euros (plus 2.50 euros for management) and can be purchased on three platforms: (www.surentradas.com); on the El Corte Inglés page, (www.elcorteingles.es/entradas/conciertos) and on the online sales platform of SUR, (www.oferplan.diariosur.es). Minors under 16 can attend as long as they are accompanied by an adult.

Los Electroduendes from Málaga were born on May 4, 2013, almost by chance. A friend asked Carlos Medina Lucena to sing some songs at his daughter's wedding and he called some colleagues to set up a few covers. From there emerged the music that comes out of the crystal ball, Los Electroduendes Malagueños: "We wanted to pay tribute to Alaska's puppets," explains Carlos, the vocalist. Alongside him are David, Miguel, and Juan, and they are faithful followers of the songs with which they give their all on stage: Mecano, Hombres G, Loquillo, Duncan Dhu, Nino Bravo, Hombres G... Although now they are also introducing more current indie music with bands like Lori Meyers or Izal.

Accustomed to the tardeo concept with 80s and 90s pop, as well as current music, Los Electroduendes celebrate that this tardeo is a big event and they have time to give their all on the stage of the bullring, where they have played on previous occasions, but never so many songs. "Tardeo Summer allows us to play more songs, so they really shine. We are setting up a bit of current indie and reviewing the most popular songs from the 80s and 90s," says the band's vocalist.

Los Electroduendes' repertoire will leave surprises on Saturday, June 14 at the bullring. But some of the songs that will resonate and the attendees will dance non-stop to will undoubtedly be 'A quién le importa', 'El fin del mundo', 'En tu fiesta me colé' or 'No puedo vivir sin ti'. The band will bring their music out of the crystal ball to capture the entire dance floor.

A fair in Alhaurín El Grande was their first time on stage. From there, they have gone through local venues and have reached the famous Sala Siroco in Madrid. They even released an album in 2019. The band Alejados started their journey in 2012 and this 2025 arrives at Tardeo Summer to put on a great repertoire of national pop and rock on stage.

Their attitude is ahead of everything: "We are making friends and collaborating with colleagues," says José Manuel García, handling the bass for the band. They usually go as a quartet with him, Álex, Rubén, and Ophir, although in some concerts they rotate positions with musician friends who collaborate with the group. They define themselves as fans of 'El último de la fila' and all the national music from those years. "We are followers of Manolo García and all the songs that have that personal touch that the 80s gave," details the bassist of Alejados.

They also usually play along the Costa del Sol in Torremolinos, Marbella, or Fuengirola, but Málaga is one of their favorite venues. Although he regrets that "it's a shame because there are fewer and fewer places to play live music." With an average of 100 concerts per year, Alejados will land on Saturday, June 14 in La Malagueta to make the audience dance with the experience of having already participated in other charitable festivals in that square.

Without stopping singing the iconic chorus of 'Sufre mamón', this band from Málaga arrives ready to leave the audience breathless with songs like 'Insurrección', 'La casa por el tejado', 'Corazón contento', 'Clavado en un bar' or 'Como camarón.

Few will have spent a tardeo in Málaga and not know Sr. Mirinda. The band formed 13 years ago by Álex 'El Zurdo' and Adolfo Caimán has stepped on most of the stages of the city within this concept that has become fashionable in recent years. "I remember going to La Fábrica to play many years ago and I said to El Zurdo: 'Hey, I don't know if playing in the afternoons works'", confesses Adolfo Caimán. And it sure did. Now, this band from Málaga that was at the tardeo when it wasn't even known what it was, will make the anthems of an entire era resonate on the stage of the La Malagueta bullring.

They usually play in bars, but also at private parties. Their repertoire is full of songs from the 80s and 90s, although in recent times they have added to their list one of the great attractions of the tardeo: indie music with bands like Lori Meyers or Vetusta Morla.

"Doing this festival in the bullring is very well thought out because it is a great tribute to the tardeo," celebrates Adolfo Caimán, who will take the stage alongside El Zurdo, 'El Lere', and Dani Cuenca on drums. They assure that they have fun playing the songs and that "the work is transformed thanks to the audience" with a touch of rock in each song.

"Anthems of an era," describes Adolfo Caimán the list of Sr. Mirinda. They will sing at the great meeting of this Tardeo Summer iconic songs for all generations like 'Abanibi Aboebe', 'El calor del amor en un bar', 'Sin documentos', 'Cien gaviotas', 'Cuando brille el sol', 'Escuela de calor' or 'Salta'.

Before taking the stage, Denice Daley is in charge of making the band's war cry: "This is rock, pop, disco, Motown, boogie-woogie, and shubi-dubi!" This welcome will not be missing from Money Makers on Saturday, June 14 when the bullring is waiting for them to start playing non-stop. They will do it with a show synchronized with videos recorded by the group members: "We do medleys in English dedicated to decades, we have each one with the images of the song being played and also with characteristic things like TV programs, dances of the era, series... In this concert, the 80s are definitely going to fall and also something from the rockier 90s," assures vocalist Denice Daley.

They are mostly found in hotels along the Costa del Sol and Axarquía. But the tardeo is what they are being asked for the most in the venues and beach bars. The truth is that the audience that follows us doesn't feel like going out at midnight; the tardeo is a great invention, like the campero," highlights with humor the vocalist of Money Makers, who adds that it is much better "because it's nice to get home early, but it bothers me that it gets hot in the afternoon."

The international is the strong point of the Money Makers. Songs like 'Tainted Love', 'Billie Jean', 'Maniac', 'Daddy Cool', 'I feel good', or 'Final Countdown' will be in the repertoire that Denice Daley, Javi Malagamba, Rafael Pérez, Fran Sosa, and Jesús Carrillo will perform. They will put the 'shubi-dubi' in La Malagueta.

The 90Roll are in charge of bringing to light the versions that really motivate them: "MTV era, with music from music videos by Oasis, Green Day, Coldplay...", details Álvaro Moreno, vocalist of 90Roll. The Malaga band will dedicate their international repertoire to Tardeo Summer on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, June 14. "I think this festival idea is very well thought out, as we are going to play with colleagues and groups that do very good covers. This is going to be like reliving that era of the 80s and 90s that has been so enjoyed in La Malagueta; it's a tribute to the songs and the bands, but also to the space and Malaga site," assures the singer.

Since the late 90s, the experience of Álvaro, Miguel, Guille, Álvaro, and Juan has been making sense in music, but last year was when these friends joined and created a different project with 90Roll. A repertoire of more than 100 songs to transport themselves to another era and make the audience feel like in those MTV music videos from times past. "This is a project we believe in and with which people enjoy. That's why taking it to the bullring outside of the bars seems like a very exciting proposal," values Álvaro Moreno.

The 90Roll will be in charge of bringing to Tardeo Summer hits from all generations like 'You and me', 'One more time', 'My favorite game', 'Shiny Happy People', 'Take me out' or 'Last Nite'. A tribute that, as Álvaro Moreno says, will not only be for the songs but also for such a mythical place as La Malagueta.