Estopa is one of the most significant groups in the history of music in Spain. The brothers David and José Muñoz, originally from the working-class neighborhoods of Cornellà de Llobregat, conquered every possible corner of the country thanks to their modernized rumba with touches of rock. Their success crossed borders and helped them tour around the world, filling stadiums in Latin America and even performing in the United States.
Precisely one of these special appearances, coinciding with a Grammy Awards ceremony, left an important mark on the older brother of the duo. This was told in El Hormiguero with Pablo Motos, where they presented their latest album, Estopía. In addition to remembering that this October 18 will mark the 25th anniversary of their first album, they also looked back on a vacation plan that ended negatively.
David Muñoz had expressed his desire to visit the Grand Canyon National Park, located 200 kilometers east of Las Vegas, where they were for the Grammy Awards. However, the journey had to be covered in an unorthodox way. Being about two and a half hours away, first they had to fly in a small plane before taking a helicopter that would take them to the spectacular views of the place.
Unfortunately, the first part of the flight was very uncomfortable for David. As he told Motos, he very soon suffered the consequences of the shocks and the ups and downs in altitude. Quite the opposite of his brother José, more comfortable and enjoying the road. With these circumstances in hand, David suffered severe dizziness and fainted before landing at the halfway point. The eldest Muñoz felt “a light at the end of the tunnel.”
Although that was his vision, what he actually found was a paramedic checking his eyes with a flashlight. He did not regain consciousness until several minutes after touching down, and the final helicopter leg was still to come. Faced with such vicissitudes, the brothers decided to cancel the excursion and return to Las Vegas by van. A 6-hour trip in which David also had a hard time.
It was not the only spectacular experience that the Muñoz family shared on the set of San Sebastián de los Reyes. During a tour through Latin America, their arrival at the Santiago de Chile airport was complicated by the flood of fans who rushed over to hug them. The security forces wiped their hands of the overflow, but the most striking image was that of his manager Chus, stepping back with her suitcase when she saw the calico.
