It's the record that changed us forever
Treinta años después de que 'Omega' redefiniera los límites entre el flamenco y el rock, Kiki Morente —hijo del legendario Enrique Morente— emprende una gira junto a Lagartija Nick para revisitar ese disco fundacional. No se trata de una simple conmemoración, sino de un acto de transmisión viva: la misma banda, una nueva voz, y el peso compartido de García Lorca, Leonard Cohen y un padre cuya sombra es también una herencia. El legado no se conserva en vitrinas; se lleva de gira.
- Kiki Morente asume una responsabilidad enorme: reinterpretar ante el público la obra más arriesgada de su padre sin caer en la mera imitación.
- Lagartija Nick, presentes en el nacimiento de 'Omega', anclan el proyecto en la autenticidad sin permitir que se convierta en museo.
- La tensión creativa entre continuidad y renovación es el motor real de la gira: ¿cómo se honra algo sin fosilizarlo?
- La primera fecha se anunciará este jueves, y el calendario se desplegará a lo largo de 2026, construyendo expectativa de forma deliberada.
- El proyecto convoca a dos generaciones de oyentes: quienes llevan tres décadas con el disco y quienes están a punto de descubrir por qué importó.
Treinta años después de su lanzamiento, 'Omega' vuelve a los escenarios. Kiki Morente, hijo del cantaor andaluz Enrique Morente, ha anunciado una gira junto a Lagartija Nick —la misma banda que acompañó a su padre en la grabación original— para celebrar el aniversario de un álbum que fusionó el flamenco más hondo con la energía cruda del rock. "Es el disco que nos cambió para siempre", escribió Kiki en redes sociales, con la convicción de quien ha crecido dentro de una herencia musical.
'Omega' no fue en su momento un disco más: fue un acto de rebeldía artística, una apuesta por cruzar fronteras que muchos consideraban infranqueables. Ahora Kiki no pretende replicar lo que hizo su padre, sino traer su propia mirada a ese material, desde el privilegio —y el peso— de haberlo conocido desde dentro, no como oyente externo sino como parte de la historia familiar.
Lagartija Nick representa la continuidad viva del proyecto. Su presencia no es nostalgia, sino un puente tendido entre el impulso original y el presente. El repertorio beberá también de Federico García Lorca y Leonard Cohen, dos pilares intelectuales y emocionales que sostuvieron 'Omega' desde el principio y que siguen resonando con igual intensidad.
El diseño visual de la gira correrá a cargo de Derek V. Bulcke. La primera fecha se revelará este jueves, y el recorrido completo se extenderá a lo largo de 2026, dejando espacio para que el proyecto madure y llegue tanto a quienes llevan décadas con este disco como a quienes están a punto de descubrir por qué 'Omega' sigue siendo necesario.
Thirty years after Enrique Morente's landmark album Omega first arrived, his son Kiki is taking the record back out on the road. He's bringing Lagartija Nick with him—the same band that stood beside his father when the album was made—and together they're mounting a full tour to mark the anniversary. "It's the record that changed us forever," Kiki wrote on social media, announcing the project with the kind of certainty that comes from living inside a family legacy. "We've been wanting to tell this story for so long."
Omega was never just another album. It was a deliberate act of artistic defiance, a moment when a group of musicians decided to push back against the currents of their time and make something that fused flamenco's deep roots with the raw energy of rock and roll. Enrique Morente, the legendary Andalusian singer, was the voice that carried it all. When Kiki was a boy, he heard his father sing those verses—the ones that would become part of the record's permanent architecture. Now, as an adult artist in his own right, Kiki is stepping into that space, not to replicate what his father did, but to bring his own vision to it.
Lagartija Nick represents continuity. They were there at the beginning, the musicians who understood what Enrique was reaching for. Their presence on this tour isn't nostalgia; it's a living connection to the original impulse. But Kiki brings something new. He carries the weight of knowing this music from the inside—not as a fan discovering it for the first time, but as someone who grew up in its shadow, who can now offer a fresh perspective while honoring what came before.
The tour will draw from deep wells. Enrique Morente's own artistry forms the foundation, but the project also reaches toward Federico García Lorca, the poet whose words and spirit haunt so much of Spanish culture, and Leonard Cohen, the songwriter who understood that rock and roll could be a vehicle for something spiritual and uncompromising. These aren't random touchstones; they're the intellectual and emotional architecture that held Omega together from the start.
The visual identity for the tour comes from Derek V. Bulcke, whose design will frame how audiences experience these concerts. The first date will be announced this Thursday. The full schedule will unfold across 2026, giving the project room to breathe, to travel, to reach the people who've carried this music with them for three decades and the new listeners who are about to discover why Omega mattered in the first place.
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It's the record that changed us forever. We've been wanting to tell this story for so long.— Kiki Morente, announcing the tour on social media
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Why does a thirty-year-old album warrant a full tour now, in 2026? What's changed?
The record never stopped mattering. But now Kiki is old enough to understand it from the inside—not as a child hearing his father sing, but as an artist with his own voice. That's the shift. He can honor it without imitating it.
Lagartija Nick was there at the beginning. Are they playing the same parts, or are they reimagining the music?
They're the witnesses. They remember what the original impulse felt like. But with Kiki's voice and perspective, the whole thing becomes something new. It's not a museum piece; it's a living conversation across thirty years.
The album fused flamenco and rock. Is that fusion still radical, or has the world caught up?
The fusion itself isn't shocking anymore. But the *commitment* to it—the refusal to choose between those worlds—that's still rare. Omega was about defending that choice against pressure. That's what they're honoring.
You mentioned Lorca and Cohen as influences. How do they sit inside this music?
They're the spiritual ancestors. Lorca gave it the depth of Spanish tradition and tragedy. Cohen gave it permission to be uncompromising, to treat rock as a serious form. Enrique understood both of those things.
What does Kiki bring that his father couldn't?
Time. Distance. The ability to see the album as a complete thing, not something still being fought for. He can sing it with gratitude instead of defiance—which is its own kind of power.