Adam · Festival International de Carthage · 2025

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Live video · World · 2020s

Adam — Carthage International Festival, 2025

Why this recording

Lebanese singer Adam was making his first appearance on the Roman theatre stage at Carthage on 18 August 2025, before a full house according to the festival, backed by an orchestra conducted by Mahmoud Eid. The festival's official report lists around twenty songs, opening with "Nehna Sawa" and closing with Dhikra Mohamed's "Al-Asami", with covers of George Wassouf and Mayada El Hennawy late in the evening. The nearly two-hour HD video was released on the artist's official channel ten months later.

Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

This filmed live concert captures Tunisian singer Adam (آدم) at the 59th edition of the Carthage International Festival, on 18 August 2025, in the prestigious ancient theatre near Tunis. A figure of the Tunisian pop and Arabic scene, Adam gives a full concert of nearly two hours before a large crowd, blending songs in Arabic, Mediterranean melodies and contemporary arrangements carried by a full band. On stage, his voice and his exchange with the crowd convey the particular fervour of the great summer gatherings of the Maghreb, where the Carthage Festival has held a central place since the 1960s. The capture conveys the scale of the venue, the night-time lighting and the warm relationship between artist and audience. Representative of the 2020s live world and Arabic scene, this filmed live concert documents the vitality of Tunisian popular music and the importance of Mediterranean festivals in circulating these repertoires. A valuable document for discovering an artist widely followed across the Arabic-speaking world.

Setlist

  1. نحنا سوا
  2. كيفك أنت
  3. حدا
  4. تعا
  5. ابعديني
  6. أول حبيب
  7. على بالي
  8. حدا عارف
  9. الحرام
  10. أه يا حلو
  11. اتخيليني
  12. يا أيام
  13. خلصت الحكاية
  14. بس بحبك
  15. ارجعلي
  16. خلص الدمع
  17. كل واحد عنده سر
  18. وراق الخريف
  19. هذا أنا
  20. ألو (hommage)
  21. حلف القمر (reprise de George Wassouf)
  22. أنا بعشقك (reprise de Mayada El Hennawy)
  23. الأسامي (reprise de Dhikra Mohamed)

Personnel & credits

  • Adam — vocals