Twenty years since Veneer, his uncompromisingly candid, game-changing debut, José González celebrates its anniversary with selected European special solo shows It’s hard to believe an album recorded with merely the most basic of equipment in a cramped Gothenburg flat could end up going platinum, not only in Sweden but also the UK and selling well over 1 million copies worldwide. It’s harder still when one acknowledges that, aside from one brief trumpet solo and the slightest hint of percussion, the record features just one hushed voice and the dextrous picking of an acoustic guitar’s nylon strings. But 2003’s Veneer was such an album, charting in several countries in the world, and eventually making Top 10 in the UK, thanks in part to its cover of The Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’. To mark this milestone release, Gonzalez returns to a few selected European stages in 2023 to perform its songs and, no doubt, more than a few other classics, whether his own or interpretations of those written by others.
Access to the event is free of charge, by reservation. Bookings can only be made online at eventbook.ro from Thursday 23 November 2023 at 10:00. Reserved tickets are not allocated and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations are valid until 16:50 (day of the concert), seats remaining unoccupied after this time will be redistributed to those in attendance. Cinema Timis doors open at 16:15.