With the approach to the start date of the Sanremo Festival, IL VOLO was interviewed by Radioitalia.
Here is the translation of the interview.
PRESENTER = I’m punctual today too. Today I have to present three great voices, three great artists: IL VOLO, hello guys.
P + I + G= Hello
PR = I have made the first compliment to you and you laugh so?
P = We laugh for that.
PR = Why, are not you great artists? You are!
G = Also, it is also nice to remind the audience that I was born on the same day, 11 February, that we last participated in the Sanremo competition.
PR = But not the same year dear…. but yes, in fact you were born the same day and in Sanremo we reciprocate the birthday wishes, but this year no, because Sanremo will already be finished, but I must say that for the Aquarius, will a good year and, closed parenthesis! Are you happy ? (she ask to Gianluca)
G = Very
I = And Libra?
PR = I do not know, I know the Aquarius because it is our sign and then …. then, I inform myself.
PR = So, welcome back to Sanremo, in the race, I have to say, because in Sanremo you were there last year, nice, it was a great participation.
You come back to Sanremo, because logically, you have a track in which you believe very well, come back to Sanremo, because in Sanremo, good or bad, you are born, and because you celebrate 10 years of career.
P = Exactly, we celebrate 10 years of our friendship that binds us, the passion that unites us, we could not choose a better stage the Ariston (the theater of Sanremo) which saw us born 10 years ago and we wanted to celebrate this goal together.
PR= Gianluca, do you want to talk about it, and tell us something about the song entitled MUSICA CHE RESTA?
G = To remember that Grande Amore has given us so many emotions, so it’s one more reason to come back, we are fond of this stage, but especially this song, we believe a lot, in this piece, because the important thing is to get to the people, win people’s hearts, this is the most important thing.
PR= You always come to the people, anyway.
Listen, Ignazio, can we imagine/anticipate a pop-lyric song?
I = I think an artist never wants to lose his personality, then surely it will be a big surprise, we would like to say anyway, that among the various authors and writers of this song, there is also Gianna Nannini, whom we value a lot, and we are really happy to have her on the team.
PR = Ok, very well, so great return to Sanremo. I’m thinking about 10 years, you are very young and have already played the most important stages in the world, you duet with the most famous international stars, you have made a journey that an artist, even in 50 years can do.
Sometimes you stop to think about this and you are afraid of having burned the stages, apart from that, your dear friend Michele Torpedine will invent one every minute, but do you think it all happened too quickly?
P = We met at the age of 15, our teenage period was different from that of our peers, but, as you said, Michele Torpedine invents one opportunity after another, so it’s never enough. When we are on a stage, we always think about the next one.
PR = But are you happy to come back to Sanremo? I feel you are a little like this ……. are you excited?
G = We are happy, a little tense, because anyway it is an experience ……
I= It is a stage that always creates a little anxiety.
PR = You are on another stage right now, but we’ll think about it in a few days.
G= Also here we had a beautiful concert in 2015.
PR = Of course.
I = And sure Radioitalia will invite us again this year.
G = Again, exactly.
PR = Absolutely yes.
PR = I know that then there is another beautiful international project, a right album, of unpublished songs and not ..
G = Yes, it will be a surprise, we cannot tell you more, it will be an international project, where there will be new songs.
I = We can only give you a clue.
PR= Go.
I= This year we celebrate 10 years, so we are very happy.
P = and in the album there will be MUSICA CHE RESTA …..
PR = All right, I cannot get more information from IL VOLO, it is so, but we will listen to them in a few days on the stage of the Ariston.
We are very happy of your return to the race. We love you.
P + G + I = Thanks, us too, thank you for your affection.
Did you like this interview?
They said many things but did not reveal anything, but, reading between the lines, maybe a few hints to a further album there was.
(thought I’d update the post with the new album cover, since we have it now – does it remind anyone else of the Beatles’ “Abbey Lane” cover?)
We’ve all been not so very patiently waiting for their new CD to be announced! Yes, finally, it is to be released on Feb 22, 2019! However, it is only on Amazon.it for right now. I’m sure it will be available on Amazon in the USA eventually, but who knows when? 🙂
Of course, this die-hard fan has already ordered it, but I’ve also heard a few of you had beat me to it already – lol…
I ordered mine on Saturday and got the expedited shipping – of course, and it says it will be delivered the last week of February. If you choose regular shipping, arrival is first week of March or so. But if you choose the expedited shipping, for $18, it still says arrival Feb 27 – 28. Also, do not let the FREE SHIPPING entice you – that is only for ITALY! If you can understand Italian, or at least figure it out, that’s good. If not, Google Chrome, and if you have the new Microsoft Edge, both have a translate feature. I had to do the plug-in for the Edge, but it works beautifully. Since the CD has not been officially released, there is no picture, or any song lists….
Of course, those of you lucky enough to be in Italy, may get to see the guys in person at an event signing… sigh…. 🙁 Perhaps that is why they are not doing any touring until March, so they can do a CD signing tour?
If you are short on cash right now, not to worry, they won’t bill you until they ship. 🙂 If you think the shipping is a lot, it is; however, I went back to my notes and realized I paid $25 for the expedited copy of the Grande Amore – Sanremo edition 4 years ago, so price has actually gone down. So this is a bargain… Interestingly, the CD is listed as 22.74 euros, however, when you click on it, the price indicates the 18 euros price (or lower).
If you still have not gotten their book (I really doubt it will be translated into English…) it is also available for a lot less than originally published, however, the shipping is more than the book cost! lol! But still well worth it – around $20…. (I think the book was originally close to $20) The book is available immediately, so why not treat yourself to the book and the CD; and you can struggle through the Italian, while you wait for the CD! Again, don’t be fooled by the free shipping….
Sanremo starts just 2 weeks from tonight! Our heads will be spinning with news and anticipation. Stay close to our site for all of the latest and greatest news and interviews translated by Daniela!
It was a memorable event. What about, Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero, so close to Pope Francis, in such an important event, followed by about 600 thousand young people present and millions of people on television?
It was very emotional and I think the guys have felt the weight of this great emotion on their shoulders and also of this great honor.
They were emotional, as we were, who followed them from afar. . . very touching and emotional.
Here is the video, for those who could not follow them live.
Also nice is this video taken from another angle.
Seeing them again causes shivering in me.
Of course they could not be presented to the world, the event was the World Youth Day, not IL VOLO, but they were there, present before the Pope, emotion to the stars!
Surely this experience will always remain in their hearts.
From that position they could see a tide of young people, united by moments of prayer and truly unique contemplation, the silence was impressive.
But the best picture is undoubtedly this …… stupendo 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca in a selfie with Sua Santità (His Holiness) Pope Francis …. incredible!
In this photo, Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca offer Pope Francis a gift of a jewel created for him.
These videos was made by Gianluca and Piero, we see the Pope and the crowd – really immense.
Instead, this video was made before the event.
P = This is a message for all young people like us.
G = We are honored to be here in Panama at WYD, you are so many, there are almost a million young people.
I = It will be a great emotion, also because for us it is the first time we sing for the Pope, we will sing a very special Ave Maria, we hope to be close to all the young people, with music, on this spiritual day.
P = Long live the WYD and the Pope.
G = bye
I = bye
Yesterday during the singing tests.
I am very happy that you all have also been able to enjoy the event live. By testing we saw that the TV2000 streaming channel was often stuck and so Pat did a search and saw that the EWTN channel was better for you.
Well, both channels worked and we did not miss a single instant of this event
Sunday, here in Italy, they sent on television, this little interview:
Presenter = Yesterday at the vigil IL VOLOalso sang, let’s see how this performance went.
P = Some time ago we had met Pope Francis in a private audience and we gave him, an AVE MARIA, a special record, just for him.
I = Surely it was a great experience of life, both for our personal lives, and also for our career.
P = This was the perfect opportunity to understand how beautiful and important it can be, to share all kinds of music.
G = We can say that it was one of the most beautiful experiences of our lives.
It all passed very quickly, but it was an indescribable moment.
The boys were very serious, as it should be on these occasions.
They are never out of place, always appropriate to the event.
I was very proud that IL VOLO had this wonderful opportunity, it was an honor, and they certainly did not waste it.
These are the words of the boys, “If someone had told us that one day we would sing for the Pope, we would hardly have believed it . . . . Never stop chasing your dreams.”
For info on the Panama youth day vigil tonight 6:30p Panama time and Mass tomorrow, scroll all the way to the end.
Yesterday on the official page of IL VOLO was published this beautiful message from our boys:
Hi #ilvolovers! We are almost ready! We promised you a 2019 full of surprises and start immediately!
On February 22nd our new album “Musica” will be released, and shortly we will communicate in the stories the link to the PRE ORDER AVAILABLE FROM TODAY on Amazon.
We are leaving for Panama, tomorrow we will sing for the Pope, the emotion is great and in these days we can not think of anything else, but as you know, we are preparing for another important event … Sanremo festival and we can not wait to present the single “Musica che resta” on the stage of the Ariston!
You are ready?
Yes, you got it right, the new CD, the CD of pop-lyric music, will be released on February 22nd. In it, is the new song that will be presented at Sanremo MUSICA CHE RESTA will also be contained.
For now you can pre-order on Amazon.
This will be a month full of events, the Sanremo Festival is getting closer and closer.
Meanwhile, the cities of our boys begin to encourage.
I LOVE NARO the city of the baroque, has published this post:
“It would be nice that all the Narese would share this post in the Facebook profile since our fellow citizen Piero Barone brings ever higher our beloved city of Naro.
Musica Che Resta is a song by Il Volo.
It is the song with which they participate in Sanremo 2019.
For the trio this is the second time on the stage of the Ariston, after the victory of Sanremo 2015 with Grande Amore.
The song speaks of a love and the strength it gives to move forward:
“Love hug me, I want to protect you, we are the sun on a rainy day, tonight hold me, kiss my soul, we are true music that remains.”
The text of Musica Che Resta was written, among others, by a great name of Italian rock music: Gianna Nannini.”
This is the beautiful banner hanging above the bar in the middle of the square of Montepagano !! The inhabitants of Gianluca are really nice.
Also this event was published: Tuesday, January 29 press conference of IL VOLO where they will exhibit their projects for the year 2019 and 2020 ……….. surely they also talk about the tour !!!!
But in the meantime our boys are certainly not resting.
Yesterday they left for PANAMA for the WYD event.
G = Just arrived at the Amsterdam airport, ready for this flight to Panama, about 12 hours, but it will be a magnificent experience. Follow us on this journey.
P = Boys, we are in Amsterdam, we will soon board the flight to Panama, because tomorrow we will sing in front of Pope Francis, for the World Youth Day. Hello.
(the sweet Barbara is always with them)
Ignazio: Hi everyone! We’ve just wrapped up the shooting of “Musica Che Resta” video.
Gianluca: This Saturday we’ll experience a great emotion because we’ll sing a very special “Ave Maria” for Pope Francis in Panama.
Piero: As you know, when we’ll come back in Italy Sanremo Festival awaits us, to sing for the first time our new song. We can’t wait to present you, let you listen our new single “Musica Che Resta” on stage at the Ariston theater.
In fact, two days ago the filming of the new video ended, little is known of it, but it seems to have been made in Milan.
G= We are recording the video with a great director, Mauro Russo.
MR = Come on Gianluca, you cannot say that we are recording the video, now we are not doing anything.
G = Look what kind. We are doing a masterpiece.
……. and there is someone who has a lot of fun, during makeup sessions….our Ignazio is too funny. 😂 😂
I am very excited! We will see the boys sing in front of the Pope and to thousands and thousands of young people from all over the world. Simply fantastic!
At 6:30 pm (Panama time) today, the vigil in Panama will begin and the boys may sing.
Sunday at 8.00 am (Panama time) there will be Mass, where our boys will sing the Ave Maria.
For those who want to follow the live streaming please try the link below.
Yes, those of us in the Midwest are now in for more snow on Monday, along with frigid temps for the weekend! We’ll just have to imagine ourselves next to Gian on the beach! 🙂
Yes, it’s birthday time again for our youngest, curly-haired, member!
Gianluca will be 24 this year on Feb 11 – hard to believe they are growing up so quickly! Time sure flies when you are having fun? We are having fun, right? 🙂
Anyway, this year will be special again for Gian, as Sanremo will have just happened. Let’s hope he has more to celebrate than just his birthday this year.
Once again folks, send your birthday greetings to Kelly, our phenomenal video/graphic artist on the crew and she’ll start her gathering of favorite photos!
Submit your wishes to: lvoloflightcrw@outlook.com
You can also submit them here, on this post. Kelly will get them directly from the Flight Crew address…
Once again, I’m sure Kelly would like ideas for a theme song for the video. Of course, Gian is her favorite, so she might just have something already in mind, but I know she loves all of your ideas!
Grazie,
Jana
p.s. we’re having a cold front move through the Midwest here, thought we could use a picture to warm us up a bit! 🙂
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