The Cranberries: the music we loved and hummed in the 90s was finally live in Bucharest

It might have been just that type of stage talk all singers have when meeting a new audience, but the Cranberries leading singer Dolores O'Riordan said at the end of the show in Bucharest last night that the public was an inspiration. And then, just before leaving the stage, she gave away her necklace to a little girl in the audience, who had been sitting during the entire concert on her father's shoulders, close to the stage, with her ears wrapped up in a pink noise protection headset. The Irish band rocked the evening last night in Bucharest. The concert was among the first in the European tour which marked the band's reunion and the first ever concert in Romania. There were 90 minutes of joy. Romanian fans had long awaited for this moment. The songs from the 90s worked like a charm for the public – so no wonder everyone knew the lyrics- even the young. There were families in the audience - we've seen people in their 40s who came with their kids. For many of these, it's understandable: the Cranberries' music was what the youth of the 90s had been waiting for after so many years of cultural confinement in the communist era. Dolores O'Riordan was a core of energy during the entire evening. And her amazing voice never let the public down (although before the tour started, doctors had found a vocal cord nodule which might have endangered the entire tour). In Bucharest, she has talked to the public, moved in her own, personal, funny way, run on the stage all evening. She has even included a couple of personal things in her speech. “This is a song I composed 16 years ago, just after I got married. Yes, I have been married for 16 years. It takes patience,” she said before playing Promises 'Dreaming my dreams'. Dolores is 39 and has been singing for the last 21 years.

Listen to more music The 90-minute concert was made of a series of well-known songs to the Romanian public. The first song the band played was Animal Instinct, and it went on with the much awaited Free to decide, Salvation, Linger, Zombie. Slower song were also included in the concert, like Ode to my family and When you're gone, a song Dolores dedicated to all those that we've loved and lost.

Listen to more music The sound went from alternative rock, indie and punk, with Irish folk influences. The crowd went crazy and loud as the leading singer got more energy to rock.

Listen to more music Besides the leading singer Dolores O'Riordan, the band is made of Noel Hogan (quitar), Mike Hogan (bass), Fergal Lawler (drums). The band reunited after six years of break. Dolores O'Riordan has played solo in the meantime (listen to one of her solo songs below).