On March 19, Il Volo was a guest on RAI1 in the television program STASERA C’È CATTELAN.

Alessandro Cattelan is a young presenter, friend of Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero.

The intervention was nice, the kids were relaxed, dressed casually and even adapted to a nice musical game.

Here’s the translation!

CATTELAN= Let’s start with our first three guests this evening, it’s quite clear who will be…..Ilenia, have you understood? Who will be? I said three, who will they be…

ILENIA= Il Volo!

CATTELAN= Il Volo!!!! However, they deserve a triumphal announcement: 15 years of career, 13 albums, the next one coming out on March 29th will be called AD ASTRA and will be their first album of unreleased songs. They are ready to leave for yet another world tour, they will tell us about it shortly, give a big round of applause to Il Volo!!

(Capolavoro begins and Gianluca Piero and Ignazio enter from outside the studio to the notes of the song.)

CATTELAN= What a masterpiece!
Ladies and gentlemen: IL Volo!!
Come guys come, take a seat.
Il Volo a Stasera is Cattelan, welcome back.
(the guys sit but the chairs are high) 😁

GIANLUCA= But you can’t make us do these figures (he doesn’t reach the ground with his feet) 😂🤣

CATTELAN= Too tall?? 😁

PIERO= Could you have put the sofa lower? (he also doesn’t touch the ground with his feet) 🤣😂

CATTELAN= Look how comfortable Ignazio is!! 😂💪

PIERO= Can we take a close-up of our feet??

IGNAZIO= Sorry, I’m too comfortable…

CATTELAN= It’s like when you’re sitting on a plane…

GIANLUCA= How is Ale? (Cattelan’s name is Alessandro)

CATTELAN= Everything is fine and you?

PIERO= Do you know what it looks like? You know that New York photo of the workers (the famous photo eating the sandwich suspended in the air) on the crane, we’re missing the sandwich, the sandwich in our hands.

GIANLUCA= Okay cuts, enough come on.

CATTELAN= Actually he gave me an excellent connection with New York, because the last time we saw each other, it was actually only Piero (the two of them exchanged a clap).

PIERO= Only you and I know (refers to the fact that Piero and Cattelan met at the New York marathon)

IGNAZIO= You don’t know that he invited me…

CATTELAN = That day in New York?

IGNAZIO= Yes, but to do it (the marathon)

PIERO= Look at the wallpaper on my cell phone?

CATTELAN= What are we talking about, oh my, New York, can we show it? What bridge is this?

IGNAZIO= Look at this one (marks a dot on the screen) it’s Piero!

PIERO= Verrazzano Bridge.

CATTELAN= Verrazzano Bridge which is the starting point of the New York marathon, where Piero and I met.

These are the images of Piero at the New York marathon, I must say impeccable style, how far have you come?

PIERO= I did it in 4 hours and 15 minutes instead of 19 thousand, we have a bet…..

CATTELAN= 19 thousand? one step away from the podium  😁, oh well there were a lot of you!

PIERO= 55 thousand participants. We have a bet, one and two gentlemen here (Gianluca and Ignazio) we were in Athens and we made a bet and Ignazio said: “How many participants are there?” and I replied “more than 50 thousand”.

Ignazio said: “If you get under 25 thousand we will offer you dinner.”

Have you ever seen this dinner??🙄😁

CATTELAN= Not us!!

GIANLUCA= But look (Piero) is wasted, he’s dying of hunger..😂

IGNAZIO= You didn’t understand, we were in Athens, when we return to Athens we’ll offer you dinner. 🤣

CATTELAN= Ah, it was only valid there. So, at a certain point I saw a crazy missile go by (Piero), I didn’t have time to understand if it was you, because I was in the audience cheering that day, I was there watching this thing for the first time in my life , I had never seen it, but it is an incredible party, a wonderful atmosphere. .

PIERO= The audience was 2 million people because there are 42 km full of people.

CATTELAN= But when you are there, what emotion do they give you? They help you when… there was a moment when you had visions, you no longer understood anything…

PIERO= No, the greatest emotion was seeing a girl with a poster and it said…..

CATTELAN= The lights came on, but were we in the dark until now? You can see us from home, we’re here! 😁 Tell me…. (to Piero)

PIERO= …a girl with a poster and it said “Jack I’m pregnant”….in my opinion Jack is still running!! 😂

CATTELAN= He crossed the finish line straight ahead!
You run (to Ignazio and Gianluca) No?

IGNAZIO= With the ….. I can’t say (he means the motorbike)

GIANLUCA= Like Forrest Gump we run. 😁

CATTELAN= Like Forrest Gump, he was more I’ll reach you later.

IGNAZIO= He invited me and I said that if they let me come on a motorbike, I’ll come. I do it on my motorbike.

CATTELAN= Yes, is it valid?

PIERO= No, it’s not valid.

CATTELAN= You can’t, you can’t! Listen, how did Sanremo go? We are a bit running out of the long queue at Sanremo, all those who came told us about their Sanremo trauma, spontaneously.

IGNAZIO= But this year or in general?

PIERO= We are among the last (to come to his show)

CATTELAN= Yes, maybe someone will still come…

IGNAZIO= The last one missing is Bugo who is still looking for him. 😁 (a Sanremo singer who left the festival a couple of years ago)

CATTELAN= But it was from a few years ago…

GIANLUCA= He stayed a little behind…

CATTELAN= How did it go for you this year?

GIANLUCA= It went well, we are very satisfied. We presented a slightly different piece, let’s say. Always coherent, but we wanted to show our three personalities, so the group is a single entity but with different voices and different personalities and we are satisfied..

PIERO= In fact the title is self-referential (he’s joking) obviously: Capolavoro (Masterpiece) !

GIANLUCA= Obviously.

CATTELAN= Certainly a masterpiece.

IGNAZIO= Talk about us, yes! Talk about Gianluca’s beauty……😂

CATTELAN= …of Ignazio’s friendliness and Piero’s physical prowess.🤣🤣

IGNAZIO= In what sense? 😳

CATTELAN= In the sense that everyone has their own peculiarity: beauty, friendliness and athleticism.

You are among the Italians most accustomed to the big stages around the world, there is still something that excites you, perhaps when you return here to Italy, paradoxically even things that are a little smaller, but that give you an emotion.

IGNAZIO= Good pasta! 😁

CATTELAN= Ah, eat well!!

PIERO= We received the greatest emotion a few days ago, we announced three concerts at the Verona Arena that we will now do in May and now we have opened the fourth date because they were sold out. This is not a compliment we pay ourselves, this is a way to thank the public who allow us to hold concerts, to fill magical places, we have many in Italy, but above all who have allowed us to celebrate 15 years of our careers , because without them, seriously, we couldn’t have done anything.

GIANLUCA= There is a topic that is close to my heart, because it is often known that when you expose yourself and do our job, including you, there was also an episode with Ale (He mean that this thing Cattelan also suffered), like us who said we were separating…

CATTELAN= Ah, yes…

GIANLUCA= Now we know that people need gossip, everyone wants to know but…..

IGNAZIO= But it wasn’t fake that we were together, that we have to continue…

CATTELAN= The only request is if by any chance you really have to split up, can you do it here now, so you can give us a bit of…🤣🤣

GIANLUCA= A shot in popularity.

CATTELAN= Of course, the important thing is that you don’t do it tomorrow by someone else. If you want to do it, it’s now or never! 😂

PIERO= Unfortunately we announce that Il Volo will be together for many years. 🥰🥰🥰

CATTELAN= Okay, you still gave some news!!
I must say that it made an impression on me when I was preparing the interview, but even now, when you think about 15 years of career, that’s a long time.

GIANLUCA= There are many, eh!!

CATTELAN= Also because you are young anyway, 15 years is a long time.

You also participated in a charity operation in 2010 where there were some incredible names and you were obviously 14 years younger than you are now.

PIERO= Wait…

GIANLUCA= There are some photos that testify to the embarrassing period of our career but, it was the beginning...(he means embarrassing because they were kids)

PIERO= But we have to tell it…

GIANLUCA= Yes, I was telling…

PIERO= Do you know that now on Netflix, can we say Netflix on Rai2?

CATTELAN= Yes, yes of course, there is also “Salutava Sempre” if you want to see it, a wonderful show. (Cattelan’s program on Netflix). 😁

PIERO= Very beautiful.

CATTELAN= Did you see it?

PIERO= Since February 26th, can you see that I am informed? It came out on February 26th, right?

CATTELAN= March 15th, okay it doesn’t matter, the important thing is that you saw it and that you liked it.

PIERO= However, you know there is the documentary on Netflix.

CATTELAN= On We Are The Word? Yes.

PIERO= About We Are The WorLd, I watched it a few days ago, while I was at home on the sofa, I was moved because those studies, Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, we lived them, we were there and somehow I had a blast from the past why in 2011????

CATTELAN= 2010

GIANLUCA= When there was the earthquake in Haiti, the second one was organized after the first 25 years of We Are The World, with all the artists, there was Justin Bieber, there was Beyoncé…

CATTELAN= Miley Cyrus??

GIANLUCA= Miley Cyrus was there..

CATTELAN = Celine Dion…

GIANLUCA= Yes, the problem was that we were at the beginning of our career, we were children…

PIERO= ….with scarves bought at the flea market I don’t know where???

CATTELAN= In fact I ask you: “Can I show you the photos?”

PIERO= Nooooo.

GIANLUCA= YES

CATTELAN= Oh well, you were little, guys!

IGNAZIO= They were the embarrassing ones (Piero and Gianluca)

CATTELAN= This route, we have one with Myles Cyrus, who is also very young anyway.

PIERO= But look at the scarf? 😂

CATTELAN= Here they are, Miley Cyrus and Il Volo! Approximately how old were you?

PIERO= 15/16 years
(he goes towards the photo) I don’t understand, but these two scarves here….(his and Ignazio’s)

CATTELAN= You can see there was some air..

PIERO= (indicating Gianluca) Look at him with the French scarf….he was already ahead. 🤣

IGNAZIO= You too were in transition between whipped cream and Myles Cyrus, understand?

CATTELAN= Yes, whipped cream.

GIANLUCA= In fact we had to call ourselves “The Miracle” then we thought Il Volo. 😂

CATTELAN= Il Volo is fine. There is also a photo with Celion Dion I saw, really incredible names. Here it is wow!

PIERO= We never left our scarves behind.😁

GIANLUCA= Guys, Celine also wore a scarf.

CATTELAN= Of course because you had launched a trend, no one was immune now!

PIERO= But do you have another one?

CATTELAN= Maybe, wait there’s Will I Am..

PIERO= Ah, the one from the Black Eyed Peas

CATTELAN= Will I Am, oh, there are always scarves.

GIANLUCA= But these were the elegant white scarves in the evening. 😂

IGNAZIO= Guys, I don’t know if you remember where we were here?

PIERO= At Jimmy Iovine’s house

CATTELAN= Jimmy Iovine of course, my goodness!

PIERO= The founder of the beats.

IGNAZIO= It was a crazy party and everyone was there: Cindy Crawford, Lady Gaga, Puff Daddy…everyone!

CATTELAN= As 15-year-old kids, how do you react to an evening like that? That is, were you the ones who stayed in the corner, did you try to interact with the others?

GIANLUCA= In reality we didn’t recognize many of them, we said: “but who is this?” – It’s Puff Daddy….

CATTELAN= You were too young.

GIANLUCA= Yes, too young.

IGNAZIO= At that time Gianluca had a habit (he touches his ear) he looked at everyone like that.😂

CATTELAN= Were you scratching your ears?

GIANLUCA= It was nervousness, I was there watching…. sorry but, forgive me, from school to that one, in five months…

CATTELAN= Madness, it’s madness!

GIANLUCA= …it’s normal for you to stay there, biting your nails….

IGNAZIO= Did you see Gianluca like this. (he scratches his hand with wide eyes) 😂

GIANLUCA= Yes, completely!

CATTELAN= It’s okay, it’s okay.

IGNAZIO= The callus came after some time.

PIERO= Jimmy Iovine organized these parties to introduce Il Volo, who was a new artist who was part of Interscope Records..

CATTELAN= Yes…

PIERO= …..to all these artists..

CATTELAN= Sure.

PIERO= So in some way we were the protagonists of the evening, but we didn’t know anyone, and that nobody is all the artists: Beyoncé etc.

GIANLUCA= Imagine, the first performance of the first album, then the first songs and we also sang IL MONDO, think about you…. and there is a gentleman in his forties, who goes on stage, pats us on the shoulder: “Welcome to our family”….and who was he??? Did you ask Piero who is he? And he told me it was Puff Daddy!

CATTELAN= In short, it went well for you!

GIANLUCA= There is this scene here, which are things that remain indelible, it’s clear.

IGNAZIO= Well, that was the period of fireplaces, wasn’t it? At first we did all the showcases, which was this five song intro show and coincidentally they were all in front of the fireplace.

CATTELAN= Ah, why was it cold?

IGNAZIO= In the fireplaces at home…incredible.

CATTELAN= Beautiful, intimate… you were very young there, but over the years you have taken on a bit of a star attitude, I always read about crazy requests from artists in the dressing rooms. When I presented Eurovision, there was a legend that I asked for strawberries in the dressing room.

PIERO= Who, us?

CATTELAN= No, no me.

PIERO= Oh you?

CATTELAN= I don’t even know if I like strawberries!

PIERO= So, there is a truth that Il Volo in the quick change, which is that cubicle behind the stage….but you have never asked yourself: “But will someone who sings for two hours pee or not?”😂😂😂

CATTELAN= I’ve actually never asked myself that.

PIERO= One day a promoter friend of ours comes to us and asks: “Guys, I’m curious, but why are you asking for cat sand? Who has a cat?” None of the three have cats!   😂🐈‍⬛

GIANLUCA= We are the cats! I swear. 🤣🤣🤣

CATTELAN= I don’t want to know!

PIERO= It’s us, because this thing is intelligent, this request was made by Alessio Guerrieri, our back linear, hello Alessio Guerrieri…

IGNAZIO= Besides being a masterpiece, you are also intelligent….

PIERO= Alessio requested cat sand, because we behind the stage, while Ignazio or Gianluca sings, I go behind and pee in the cat sand. 😂

CATTELAN= On the sand for cats! 😳

PIERO= Of course, sorry! 😂

CATTELAN= Then, you don’t do it directly but there will be someone who arrives with a sandbag behind the stage…..😁

GIANLUCA= Obviously there is also the cat bowl.. 😂😂

CATTELAN= To drink if you are thirsty!!! I don’t know if they wanted to know this!!! It was still very beautiful.

PIERO= However when you see Il Volo singing, imagine what happens behind it….

GIANLUCA= We are back there with the sand….😂

IGNAZIO= We are waiting for you…

CATTELAN= I don’t know if I will be able to look at you with the same eyes!!

So, we went through it quickly before, there was this interview on the radio in which you had a bit of an argument and from there it created an avalanche….

IGNAZIO= I wasn’t there!!!🙄

CATTELAN= Weren’t you there????

IGNAZIO= No, I wasn’t there, I had fallen asleep that morning.

CATTELAN= But do you fall asleep every time you go to see someone? You have a problem!

IGNAZIO = Sometimes…

GIANLUCA= But he arrives on time like 8:30 down…. but basically the next day, so you’re there waiting….😂

IGNAZIO= I have my time zone! 😁

CATTELAN= You need to rest.

GIANLUCA= Look, everything was exploited there, then we didn’t immediately deny it.

CATTELAN= But did it have anything to do with the different vision of music?

PIERO= No, no, I said.

GIANLUCA= No, you have to stop, now I’m pissed (he’s re-enacting the scene from then)

PIERO= I only told the truth guys…

GIANLUCA= I simply said that it’s nice to return to Sanremo and sing Queen and show that we can be something else too.

PIERO= And I said: “Excuse me, if you want to be someone else, speak for yourself, I know who I am….”

GIANLUCA= But you can’t answer me like that in front of everyone!

CATTELAN= Stay calm, or beat yourself up.

PIERO= (to Gianluca) But I can tell you..(Piero hugs Gianluca) 🥰

IGNAZIO= I was sleeping. 😁

GIANLUCA= He was sleeping.

CATTELAN= Ah ah ah, certainly!

CATTELAN= However, we thought of exploiting the topic of the discussion….

GIANLUCA= Enough, enough, break away. (to Piero who continues to hold Gianluca)

CATTELAN= ….we wanted to try to make you play a little game. Each of you sings a different song at the same time as the others, three songs in time, but everyone is singing their own.

PIERO= You know you seem more Marzullo than Cattelan. (Marzullo always does complicated things)

CATTELAN= Maybe it stirs something in your conscience, I don’t know.

PIERO= Each of us sings a song together with the others, but isn’t it the same song?

CATTELAN= Put it this way it seems difficult, but now you’ll see what happens, it’s a game we’re about to play called “I understand it on the fly” (it means I understand it immediately)
Come, come!

CATTELAN= Ok, each member of Il Volo is about to sing a song. Everyone will sing their own but they will do it at the same time.

The competitor who will play with me and I will have to guess the three songs. The only custodian of the correct answers is our Ilenia, can you confirm that you have them there Ilenia?

ILENIA= Yes.

CATTELAN= Perfect, then you will be the one to give us the right or wrong answer. The competitor who is about to play with us must have particular characteristics, he must be as similar to me as possible, also have blue eyes, support Inter, have a surname that ends in N, give a huge round of applause to Pier Paolo Spollon. (an italian actor)

SPOLLON= Good evening, I see they are looking at me strangely.

GIANLUCA= I want to give a round of applause to the Street Clerks (the band) because without them this program would be a film without a soundtrack.

BAND= Did you see? Other than Coachella, Coachella. 😁😁 Thanks Gianluca!

CATTELAN= It would be a bad film without the soundtrack.

SPOLLON= Can I get out of the embarrassment for a second? I saw them (Il Volo) looking at me and thinking….but who the hell is this?

But you must not know anything about me.. (he means that the game is not on his person)

PIERO= But did I see you in Doc or not? (Italian television series)

SPOLLON= More or less.

CATTELAN= That’s right, yes!

SPOLLON= The only thing you need to know is that I’m the one who works with Luca Argentero (Italian actor), the one over there.

CATTELAN= He’s a fake doctor. (he impersonates a doctor in the TV series)

SPOLLON= Exactly!

CATTELAN= So, the guys from Il Volo are about to sing. I’ll give a quick recap of the rules, they each sing a song, but at the same time, it will be up to us to try to understand the three titles of the songs. We have a small blackboard that we will have to write on.

SPOLLON= And you called this game for me?

CATTELAN= Because I like to win. Are you ready guys?

PIERO= Wait, I’ll fix this (ear microphone)

SPOLLON= And what is this for? (one button)

CATTELAN= They put this but it’s useless, we crush it but it’s useless!
Ready, go!

(the three songs start, difficult to recognize them)

CATTELAN= Damn I miss the first one! At that time…

GIANLUCA= But did you in the audience understand? – Yes-

CATTELAN= Really? So I’ll play mine, I’ll show them here. Mine are:
LOVE ME TENDER but I didn’t understand it, I just know that Gianluca likes it and so I tried, then SEI BELLISSIMA and UN AMORE COSÌ GRANDE.

PIERO= Wait, who sang “Sei Bellissima”…..

CATTELAN= “Sei Bellissima”: Ignazio, “Un Amore Così Grande”:  Piero and Gianluca : “Love me Tender.”

PIERO= Well done!!

SPOLLON= I’d say you did a really good job, congratulations…

CATTELAN= But what did you write?

SPOLLON= You guessed them all, well done, we have a winner…so I wrote in abbreviation:
You’re Belliss+++ and that was it, I wrote Presley because I felt it but I’m not convinced it’s Love Me Tender, maybe it’s Falling in Love….

GIANLUCA= Great, he got it! Great!

SPOLLON= I didn’t understand the last one and I wrote: Caruso!

CATTELAN= So, because a Caruso is always good! Ilenia?

ILENIA= You were wrong, you and him too.

CATTELAN= But what is the way to deliver results? Which are the right ones? Read there.

ILENIA= Piero: “Un Amore Così Grande”,
Ignazio: “ Sei Bellissima”,
Gianluca: “Can’t help falling in love”.

CATTELAN= Damn, but you got it right.
Okay, 2 to 1.

SPOLLON= No, I also understood “Sei Bellissima” and Presley.

CATTELAN= Are you ready (to the public) – Yes-

You can also help us if you think of something, we can cheat easily, don’t worry!
Guys….Ignazio the headphones…

IGNAZIO= Go…

CATTELAN= Whenever you want….(three more songs begin…difficult to understand some…Gianluca gives help to Spollon)….But come on…

SPOLLON= Is there a jury?

CATTELAN= No, it’s me.
So for this round, as far as I’m concerned it is made up of:
MERAVIGLIOSA CREATURA
ALMENO TU NELL’UNIVERSO
ROCKET MAN by Elthon John.

PIERO= Applause, applause!!

SPOLLON= I start from the bottom: ROCKET MAN and I guessed it before you (Gianluca) said Rocket Man, then I wrote DIVERSO (He wanted to write Universo), and then I wrote Nannini. (he means Meravigliosa Creatura)

CATTELAN= It doesn’t apply and I would say that this is mine too…

SPOLLON= Ilenia, can we say that Nannini is fine?

ILENIA= Yes, it’s fine.

IGNAZIO= Sorry, it would be like saying: What show do you like by Alessandro Cattelan? Cattelan! But what does it mean?

CATTELAN= Ignazio is right, it’s not worth saying Nannini. Oh well, last round, whoever wins this one wins it all.

SPOLLON= Are we tied?

CATTELAN= I would be ahead but I’ll leave you tied. Guys, let’s do the last one, whenever you want! (last three songs begin)

So, what did you write?

SPOLLON= You go first, you have a clean face but you continue to spy.

CATTELAN= I have a long eye. 😁

IGNAZIO= Yes, he spied!

SPOLLON= But it’s bad for you, because I was the last one in the class, so if you copy from me….😁

CATTELAN= Go, what did you write?

SPOLLON= I wrote: IL MONDO, I understood it, then I wrote E POI…
So, what did you write?

CATTELAN= Me too.

SPOLLON= And then I (Gianluca) didn’t understand.

CATTELAN= I wrote TI PENSO but it was IL MONDO, you’re right, so E POI  and then I wrote A WONDERFUL WORLD.

GIANLUCA= Ah, did you hear it?

CATTELAN = Of course! Piero you were disturbed by the other two, that’s how it went. Guys now let’s do the math to see who won, the important thing is that you give a big round of applause for Il Volo!!

Thank you so much for being with us, guys, it’s always a great pleasure to see you, Gianlu, come here (and hug Gianluca). Happy world tour, where are you going now?

GIANLUCA= China, Japan, then the Arena of Verona and we will tour our new album which is AD ASTRA.

PIERO= First album of unreleased songs.

CATTELAN= I’m in China and Japan, I don’t know if I can come, but I’ll see you at the Verona Arena. Best wishes (for Easter).

Best wishes ladies and gentlemen, Il Volo!!

And here are some short videos of the rehearsals for our guys’ entrance.

A special guitarist: Ignazio.

And three songs at the same time!!

Happiness 🥰🥰

This presence from Cattelan is also nice, but these guys are unstoppable, a new date has been announced on their Asian tour which will start soon and therefore SHANGHAI in China has been added.

Also two instore dates have also been given, one in Verona (which I will participate in) and one in Naples!!

But then there will be participation in the program On The Road Verso il Giubileo, and Domenica In da Mara Venier, and then Radio Italia live, so stay with us, there will still be a lot to read.

See you soon: Daniela 🤗

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