THE TOUR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN by Daniela

Less than a month to go to the start of the IL Volo world tour.
We all need this “return to a semblance of normalcy”.
Yes, because lately we have lived two years of more or less total seclusion, the pandemic has devastated the world and yet, we have not completely emerged from it.
The Omicron variant also took me and my husband, fortunately it was like having a flu, cough and cold, nothing more, we are at home, spaced from everyone and in a few days we will repeat the test, hoping it will be negative!
Also, for two months, we have been living through the nightmare of war here near us, for this we must not stop praying for peace. Enough, stop the horrors, enough suffering.
We all want to smile, to meet, desire for concerts, for friendships.
So let’s go back to the Il Volo tour, it will start on May 15th, here are all the dates:

The first date is near, what a thrill, for many of us fans, it will be a pleasant return to listen to their splendid voices, but for many, it will be the first experience and it is indescribable, the emotion and amazement for those who hear their voices. live for the first time in concert.

The confirmed dates are 41 for now, but we know well that Piero said there are many more, but everything has been postponed or canceled several times, the pandemic has upset all plans, as well as having taken away many fans who adored Il Volo from the beginning.

Of course, at the beginning, they were little more than children and immediately catapulted into another world, immensely larger than them. But they broke into the hearts of Americans, who hugged them immediately, amazed by their voices and fascinated by their simple way of being, three little boys with important voices and hearts of gold.

The tour is starting, and after the summer they will arrive again there, where Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca have always left a piece of their heart grateful for everything you all have always given them.
Here, one of their first guest appearances on “The Early Show on Saturday’s”.

I know, we have seen and reviewed these old videos several times, but it is always exciting to see their beginnings and understand how far they have come !!
So I propose again these two Concert Lobby videos, recorded on the radio in Toronto on June 6, 2011, maybe some of you have not seen them!

Some of their successes will also be part of this year’s concert, they are milestones of their journey, but then there will be the music of Morricone, to whom the concert is dedicated, it will be a beautiful show.

Believe me, I was in the Arena in June 2021 and it was all a unique emotion. I will be in the Arena again this year in June and the enchantment will repeat itself. I can’t wait for the time to come.

So, are you ready?
Do you already have your tickets?

Let me know what concert you are going to, so we will make an update list, it will be fun.

A hug to everyone: Daniela

On April 25, 2009, Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero sang together for the first time, today they celebrate 13 years of career and success together.

Great result, full speed ahead!!

 

Credit to owners of all photos and videos.

156 thoughts on “THE TOUR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN by Daniela”

  1. Got my tickets for March canceled ( huge disappointment) BUT am rescheduled for September Detroit MI. (huge excitement) I’m so ready

  2. So many cancelation in the last 2 years that now I’m afraid to be too excited about their upcoming shows, praying hard they will happen. First for me will be in Taormina 🥰

    1. Anna, Taormina, always remains my dream, sooner or later I’ll be able to go to a concert there.
      You will meet many friends and besides the concert it will be exciting to see Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca wandering through the streets of the beautiful Taormina.

  3. I noticed on October 9th it says they will be in Alba, Fl but the city is Sunrise, Fl. Never heard of Alba. Have they moved their concert from the Live arena? If so, wasn’t notified of it. If someone can clarify this, I would appreciate it.

    1. I just noticed the same issue! I was also not notified and I tried to google Alva, FL. No such place. Please see if the venue has been changed! My husband and I have all our plans made for Sunrise, FL🤔🤔🤔😢

    2. I went to Ilvolomusic.com and October 9 th is still listed as Sunrise, FL Please let me know if you hear differently!🌺🌸

    3. Joanne, actually, if you go to the Volomusic concert list, it says ALBA, FL, (as in the attached photo), but don’t worry it’s the same location and the same arena as FLA live Arena. Sunrise is the name of the village born as Golf Village and in 1971 it took the name of ALBA but everyone knows it as Sunrise. So it’s all right, they are the same.

      https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/278902535_821403055483673_4717482701989393706_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_ohc=UDkGKWtzmhgAX-Q_rwQ&_nc_ht=scontent-mxp1-1.xx&oh=03_AVJwCR9YBsGmo0_VhKK8qGzFtZu012_H5uaGo1SVYzK9-Q&oe=628B8910

      1. Thank you very much Daniela. You are always so very helpful for us fans. I also enjoyed the history you have enlightened me with. Hope to meet you some day.

      2. In the end, I think it’s all a translation problem, usually the city names are not translated, but in this case yes, SUNRISE in Italian is ALBA, I think the misunderstanding is all there, but WIKIPEDIA (in the Italian version) reports both names. I ask Pat to correct the list, so that there is no misunderstanding.

  4. My daughter Gina and I will be at the Atlanta Georgia concert on October 2. Cannot wait. We saw Il Volo back in Tampa, FL in Feb 2020 just before the pandemic hit.

    1. Also Atlanta October 2nd. Second time for me…the first was also in Atlanta just before COVID.

  5. Non possiamo aspettare!!! We have meet/greet/photo op tickets on September 27 at Radio City Music Hall, NYC! This will be the 6th time we are at an Il Volo concert, the last being in February just before the pandemic. Grazie Dio and we continue to pray for peace in Ukraine!

  6. Oct 13th Phoenix is my special day! This year we are traveling 800 miles to see our boys. Well worth it!

  7. Daniela, It is good to hear your written voice again,
    So glad you and your husband made it through the
    Omicron. Yes, knowing concerts are coming soon has
    helped all of us make it through the winter, Praying for
    peace in Ukraine and safe journeys for all. PAT, so happy
    you are back with us as well.

    1. Thanks so much, Martha! I’m happy to be back. Still much more recovery for me, but I am doing well. 😊

    2. Yes, Martha, we also missed Omicron to bother, we’re fine but the test says POSITIVE.

      We always pray for peace, everywhere in the world.

  8. Hi all. I have tickets for October 4 and October 7 concerts in Ft Myers, FL and Clearwater, FL. They will be my 8th and 9th to see our beloved IL Volo. So looking forward!

  9. We really appreciate your dedication to bringing fans up to date with photos, stories and news. Thank you so much. I wish everyone health and safety during the tour and always.

  10. Hi! We will be in Verona for the June 4th concert…Can’t wait!! In addition, I have tickets for the Chicago concert on September 13.

    1. Susan, it’s always a real pleasure to hear from you.
      I will be in Verona on the 3rd, who knows if we can say goodbye.
      Of course you and your brother travel all over the world, what an envy !!

  11. Hi Daniela
    I’m coming over for the June 3rd concert in Verona. Very excited but also concerned about current conditions. Are you attending the June 3rd or June 4th or both? Do you think there will be a sound check during the day prior to the concert? I’m so ready to be in the homeland of these three wonderful artists!

    1. Hi, I’ll be in Verona on the 3rd, we have to meet, what place will you be? If everything goes well, there is the sound check, if you are registered in the official fanclub you will be notified.
      I will not come to the soundcheck, because I have a friend with me who is not part of the fanclub, it is her first time in concert in Verona, and I don’t want to leave her alone.

  12. Hi Daniela and Pat. Good to hear you are both recovering and feeling better. I have tickets for both nights in Taormina and then Phoenix in October. This will be my third time seeing them in Italy and sixth time in the US. Excited about these upcoming concerts.

    1. Thanks Janet. Think of me when you are at the concerts. I doubt I will be able to go this year. 😥

    2. Hi Janet, this time we will not see you in Verona, but how nice, both evenings in Taormina !!
      Will you always be with your very kind husband?
      And then Phoenix too!
      A hug

  13. I have tickets for the concert in Clearwater, FL and I am so excited since it will be the first time I hear them in person!

  14. My sister and I were going to see them Mar. 21 in Durham, but it was canceled and not rescheduled. Very disappointed! I may go see them in Atlanta on Oct. 2 if there are still tickets.

    1. Linda Rhyne, you are right, we have all been sorry for these inconveniences, think that my ticket to Verona has been postponed twice, it was supposed to be Verona 2020 (purchased in 2019), then postponed to 2021 and now to 2022 !!!
      Surely you will still find tickets to Atlanta, people are very cautious when buying, there is still a lot of fear.

  15. Ciao, Daniela. So glad you are ok after Omicron and that Pat is much better. Thanks so much for the Toronto videos–just wonderful, and Ignazio was a hoot, as usual. I also saw them for the first time Feb. ’20 in Tampa, and I have a meet-and-greet in Clearwater in October. Still trying to make arrangements for the Palmanova in July as well.

  16. Hello, Pat and Daniela! So glad you are both recovering. Yes, this old lady will be going to Toronto with my step-daughter, Susie, for the concert on September 7th. We will be going by train from Ottawa and will stay at the Royal York, across the street from the train station. Since our March, 2022 concert in Ottawa was cancelled I got a refund for the tickets, I’ve gone whole hog with Meet and Greet VIP tickets. Will be 90 yrs. old on May 1st, so this is my birthday present to me! May not get to see them again, but there is always hope! Hugs, Dolores

    1. Wow, Wow, Dolores, how good you were to pick up Toronto with Susie accompanying you, it’s a great birthday present and you’ll love hearing them live. Since your birthday is very close, I send you my warmest wishes !!! A big hug from Italy!

      1. There’s nothing to compare with a big hug from Italy! Had one when I was in Sicily in 2012 and am still basking in the joy of it!

  17. Hope you and your husband feel better.
    I am going to Bethlehem on 9/29.
    This will be my 8th time with first row seats and M & G – cannot wait. I feel so lucky to have seen them so many times but each time is like the first time

  18. Wishing all of you wonderful concert experiences and I look forward to your many post concert reviews and comments. Enjoy to the fullest!

    1. Mark, there will be so many stories and videos to see this year.
      I can’t believe you won’t go to any concerts, but you still have time !!!

    1. I thought they were supposed to be going to Australia? They keep saying they are. No sign of them anywhere near the UK.

      I dunno, Andre Rieu comes here, just up the road in Leeds in fact, but Il Volo, nope. 🙁 I am gonna go off in a huff and sulk, or even have a temper tantrum, especially if I can’t find a huff! 🙁 🙁 🙁

      Roz

    2. Kathrine, this is the list of confirmed dates, but Piero has repeatedly said that there will be Australia and also Japan and Brazil, so I think we will definitely see dates added. Of course Omicron isn’t making things easier.

  19. Dear Pat and Daniela, I will be in Taormina both dates
    June 11 and 12. Wish you could come too.
    Sept 10 Detroit
    Sept 12 Cleveland
    Sept 27 New York
    Oct 7. Clearwater
    Oct 13. Phoenix
    Oct 15. LA
    God willing of course.

    1. I sure wish I could come too, Rose Marie. I’ve always wanted to go to Taormina. But I wouldn’t mind going back to Rome either! 😉

    2. Dear RoseMarie, you surpassed yourself, 8 concerts and both dates in Taormina !! I really wish I could be there.
      What can I say, in Taormina it will be fun, there will also be many friends and then the period is really favorable for Taormina, who knows how many slushes you will eat !! I await many of your comments!

    3. Wow! Rose Marie!! Did you win the Lottery?? To be able to go to so many concerts and all over the United States!! Air fare alone would put me in debtor’s prison! Have a wonderful time and stay healthy! Hugs, Dolores.

      1. Hi Delores, no lottery, 2 are driving distance. 2 are gifts from my children. The others are gifts to myself. I’m 83 and don’t know when the guys will be touring again in the USA so I am treating myself. Thanks for the good thoughts. I’m trying to stay healthy. Hugs back at you.

  20. Helou everybody, my husband and I will be at Phoeniz, AZ. Will there be a meet and greet or a sound check for us registered in the Fan Club?
    Gracias

  21. Thank you for the article- always love them!!🥰 I know I am am so lucky, and grateful this year, that I get to see the guys 4 times! Frankfurt, New York, LA and Rome… so excited – they are truly the best and live it’s just amazing!🤗🤗🙏🙏💖💖 bringing a friend with me who discovered them during the pandemic and she is in for a treat!🥰
    Prayers go out to everywhere/everyone in the world, still crazy times with pandemic and war… also prayers that the guys will be fine🙏🙏💖
    Thank you again for keeping us informed and on our toes!❤️

    1. Wow Sanna, 4 great dates, will your friend always be there or will she just come to a concert? But where are you from Sanna? You will see them in Germany, Italy and the US, wow !!

    1. David I’ll copy the answer I gave to Kathrine: this is the list of confirmed dates, but Piero has repeatedly said that there will be Australia and also Japan and Brazil, so I think we will definitely see dates added. Of course Omicron isn’t making things easier.

  22. I am going to see the guys on September 17th in Conneticut and September 29th in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I’m praying there will be no need for anymore cancellations.. My dream is to one day see them in Italy. It must be beautiful. I hope your tests are negative Daniela and I’m glad you’re doing well Pat.

    1. Cathy, let’s all cross our fingers and hope the dates are no longer postponed. They will be two good concerts!
      This morning I took the test at home, but it’s still positive, I’ll do it again tomorrow!

  23. My husband & I are attending the September 25th concert at the MGM in Oxon Hill, MD. We are excited.

    1. Yes Karen, we are all very excited for these concerts, I think these emotions will go straight to the heart of Piero, Ignazio and GIanluca!

  24. I will be attending the concert and meet and greet in Chicago on September 13–my 6th concert of II Volo.

  25. Hi Daniela and Pat, I, along with two friends will be attending the October 9th concert in Sunrise Florida. Don’t know where the name Alba comes from. Meet and Greet was not offered at time of booking so will have to forgo this time around. Cannot wait. !! Pleased to read everyone is gradually getting back to normal.

    1. Hi Marion, so you will be at Sunrise, very well.
      As I have already explained, I believe that the problem of SUNRISE or ALBA is all due to the translator, SUNRISE is ALBA in Italian.
      We are returning to normal, but there is still a long way to go slowly, slowly.

    2. Marion, M&G tickets were available back in April. They were supposed to be in Sunrise on April 10th but was rescheduled to Oct. 9th. M&G tickets were probably sold out back in April. So sorry you won’t be able to see them in person. Their hugs are great!!!!

  26. So happy to hear that you and your husband are feeling better after your bout with COVID. Happy Pat is getting better too and sorry she won’t be going to a concert. My dream Daniela, like you, is to go to a Taormina concert (or even Verona or Agrigento) because its location is so gorgeous. Someday it will happen. I had front row Durham tickets but that was cancelled. Had to settle for second row (+ Meet and Greet) seats in Atlanta Oct. 2. Very excited, my fourth concert. Can’t wait!

    1. Sally, I’m happy for you.
      Verona is really very close to Brescia and I am very lucky in this, but besides Taormina, I too would like to see the concert in the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, that place is so beautiful!

      1. The Valley of the Temples was part of my Sicily/Italy tour in 2012. You are so right, it was spectacular. BTW, this will be my third Il Volo concert, and hopefully not my last! Dolores

      2. I have only been to Taormina once, in April of 2011. I fell in love with it then (and all of Sicily) and would love to return. I had never heard of Il Volo then and didn’t know about them until 2015! My loss!

        Why do they always schedule their Taormina concert in the heat of the summer? Sicily can be extremely hot in the summer.

  27. My tickets were originally purchased last year for April of this year ,before reschedule, so Covid was still a problem so that is perhaps why no Meet and Greet available. We are lucky that Florida is one of the most accommodating states re Covid.

    1. Hi Marion. I purchased my M&G tickets back in November of 2021. So sorry you missed out of purchasing them.

    2. Marion, Ticket Master has 1 M&G ticket still available at Sunrise. Section 1, Row E, Seat 5. $490.25 plus fees if you are interested.

  28. Ciao Daniela and Pat. I was happy to read that you are well into your recovery.

    What a surprise to open my email and see your article today on lL Volo’s 13th Anniversary. I thoroughly enjoyed the read and the videos. I never tire of watching them.

    I have tickets for September 25th in Oxen Hill, Maryland (The National Harbor). Despite the fact that I have been following them for 13 years, this will be my first live concert and needless to say, I am really excited. I am trying to find out if there will be a sound check and if so where and when I can purchase the tickets.

    Hope everyone stays healthy and safe and that the concerts go on as scheduled.

    1. Your first Mary Jane concert, what a thrill.
      There are no tickets to buy for the soundcheck, you just have to be a member of the Official Fan Club and they will notify you with an email.

  29. First of all, good health to you and your family. Thanks for everything you do for us. I have tickets for the concert on June 26, 2022 in Dusseldorf, Germany.

  30. I have tickets for Sept 23, in Atlantic City,postponed from March. I’m so looking forward

    1. Mona, these concert tickets, have been longed for, as they are postponed, and we all keep our fingers crossed because the dates are now fixed.

  31. My family and I will be in Indianapolis on September 15! We have wonderful tickets and I will te be 89 years old and it will be my one and only chance to see them. I am BEYOND EXCITED!!

    1. Hi, Jill! Don’t count on it being your one and only Il Volo concert! I’m 90 yrs. old and will see them in Toronto, Canada for the third time. Hoping to see them again some time. Dolores

  32. Clearwater, Florida, October 7th. Traveling from Seattle since we can’t seem to lure them to the Pacific Northwest. Zillions of fans here.

  33. Ciao Daniela

    Hope you and your husband are feeling better now
    Date have been changed several times not easy to cope with that so I
    Will try to fly from France to Italy in December 17th to Milan to see IL VOLO live for the first time ! Hope I ll make it

    Baci

      1. Thank you Dolores so difficult for who’s working to reschedule everything such a pain when dates don’t matches wit your duty and work of your everyday routine… that if is it I guess we have to cope with date finger cross for next December for the3d time… I’ll be see them live one day…. May be that one day they will decide to make it to Paris or France as well……will be easier for me…Loys of love dear Dolores and thank you for you support .❤️

      1. Ciao Bella S’ignora
        Wish I would for beautiful Verona or even my hometown province Messina/Taormina …. Unfortunately I have to stick up with Milan is a sort of better date for me

        I am in the tourism business not easy to move in summertime or during all sort of holiday that’s why I had made tickets for October but then they changed in December….

        Even 17of december will be hard for me too close to Xmass season but I ll try my best for ours “Mousquetaires “

        The best would be that they decide to come to France one day to reschedule their tour but they are far less popular here unfortunately….

  34. I have tickets for September 29, Bethlehem, Pa. This is my first concert…I’m so excited. I wanted to get meet and greet tickets, but was told when I called Wind Creek Event Center that there is no meet and greet. I see Camille has meet and greet tickets for that night. How do I find out for sure if this will occur? I’m confused.
    This is my first time commenting. I’m an eighty yr old grandmother who just found these wonderfully talented young men, and I am led to pray for them every day now. Daniela and Pat, I enjoy reading all your articles…..thank you!

    1. Hi Ellie this is Camille – I think Wind Creek told you there was no Meet & Greet because I believe all of those seats have already been purchased. I bought my tickets back in October. The M & G tickets are usually the first few rows maybe 10. If you look at the Wind Creek site you can see the seating chart and you will see all those seats are purchased.

      So happy you are getting to see them. 🤩🤩

    2. We should form a Seniors Il Volo fan club, as there are a number of us over 80 years old (young). Welcome to the Flight Crew columns. Dolores

    3. How sweet you are Ellie, and besides, it’s your first gig, it’s going to be beautiful.
      Thanks for the compliments, you are welcome, follow us and comment, you will find here many friends who love Il Volo.
      Greetings from Italy

  35. Hi Daniela. I have tickets for New York in September. I am taking my two granddaughters with me. I was at their concert in Atlanta two years ago. It was my first one and I will never forget it. They are absolutely phenomenal live. We are travelling from Ontario Canada and will be staying within walking distance to RCMH. We are all very excited. Take care my dear and I hope you and your husband feel better soon. Thank you so much for all you do it’s so appreciated.❤️❤️❤️

    1. Thanks Barbara, my husband and I did the test this morning, all right, we are NEGATIVE !!
      Thank you for your compliments!
      Happy second concert!

  36. Hi Daniela, I like to thank u for all the right ups u do on the guys . Also glad to hear u & yr husband r feeling better .
    I’m so upset I have tickets to see the boys in Boston in March but they changed the date to September 20 th but I will be in Athens Greece so my daughter will be going with my girlfriend I told her to take plenty of pics.. Hoping to see them in Florida on October 4 th.
    I did see them February 2020 at the Wang had a meet & greet they were so awesome!

    1. Mary, sadly many of us have had to change their whole schedule due to these postponed concert dates. I wish you to see them on October 4th, and it is also Ignazio’s birthday!

  37. Thanks, Camille….I’ve never purchased concert tickets before so this is all new to me….I’m disappointed but I’m learning. I am handicapped so I bought tickets months ago in the handicap section. Just yesterday I inquired about the meet and greet tickets so naturally it was too late. Thanks again for explaining it to me. I was anxious to meet Piero because I think we might be distantly related.
    I wrote a letter to his mother but it came back with not enough address. I think I may try to give it to security that night and they could give it to him. I am so looking forward to September 29 and I know you are too! Thanks again and God bless our “boys”. Ellie

    1. Ellie, it would be really nice to find out that you are related to Piero.
      You had to send the letter to Naro’s House Teca, surely they would have delivered it to Piero’s mother.

  38. Daniela-I will be seeing Il Volo in Chicago on September 13. I can’t wait! But I have a question. On my ticket, it says “Meet & Greet”, which I paid for. But don’t you have to have a badge of some sort to enter the “meet & greet”? Please let me know, as I am very concerned I won’t be able to get in! I saw several people with badges hanging around their necks, which I assumed was for admittance to meet & greet. Please won’t someone advise me on this matter?😳

    1. Janet, I have never gone to a Meet & Greet, but I know that the badge and also other gadgets, they give them to you before the concert, at least I have seen this done, I hope that someone familiar with Meet & Greet will give you this confirmation.

    2. Hi Janet,

      When you arrive for the concert (plan to go very early because if there is a sound check that is when it happens), you enter the lobby and there is a special desk where you pick up your bag of goodies if you have Meet and Greet tickets. Your badge will be in there and that is how they know who gets to attend the M&G after the show. At least that is how it happened for me in Atlanta.

  39. Thanks for the lovely update. I thouroughly enjoyed the interview from Toronto, that I had never seen before. Oh boy were they cute :-).

    And YES – I hold tickets for the first concert in Italy, namely JUNE 3, in VERONA.

    I cannot wait – am counting the days. My husband and I shall be driving down to Italy and have two overnights i Verrona. So if anyone is planning a get-together or something, i/we should be very interested in joyning. Will there be made a sign-up list for such occations? Please let me know, so that I can join.

    I do likewise pray that there will be a sound-rehearsal on the 3rd – does anyone know? I am a member of the official fan club (not my husband), but I don’t really know how it works? We shall be arriving in Verona in the afternoon of June the 2nd and leave midday on June the 4th.

    Greetings from Kirsten, Denmark

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