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MACERATA and CASERTA by Daniela

The two concerts at the Teatro Sferisterio in Macerata, on 5 and 6 September were a great success.
I want to immediately translate for you the beautiful words of this article published after the first concert,  by Marcheinfinite.

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Il Volo captivates the audience at the Sferisterio in Macerata (sold out) for over two hours of great music. Tonight 6 September we repeat / VIDEO, photos, lineup and review.
Nothing to say. They are good and the public loves them. Sold out for the first (5 September 2024) of the two dates at the Sferisterio in Macerata (tonight it is repeated and there are no tickets, including the gallery) for Il Volo: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble.
The tour “Tutti per Uno – Capolavoro tour” (produced by Friends & Partners), celebrates 15 years of the group’s career and friendship.
There are many songs in the setlist, but there is no shortage of moments of reflection and chats with Ignazio as the one who gets angry and the other two who tease him. The audience is there, laughs and applauds. “We have been away from Macerata for 9 years and it is an honor for us to be in this magical place”, they begin. Then Ginoble greets his family members present in the Arena and together they thank Michele Torpedine and Maurizio Tosoroni who took them to a memorable concert in the Frasassi Caves.
From young Italian revelations, today the trio boasts a consolidated international career, with hundreds of performances in the most prestigious theaters in the world and millions of records sold. More than two hours of music for a special evening, with Il Volo enchanting and exciting everyone present with a set list of songs
from the album “Ad Astra”, the first of the unreleased ones, which reflects the personal and artistic evolution of the trio – together with great successes from the Italian musical tradition and from the group’s now consolidated repertoire. And, there is no shortage of songs by Ennio Morricone. Supporting them is a large orchestra of over 40 elements.
Il Volo continues the celebrations of an important year in music: 2024 represents 15 years of career and began in February with the success of Capolavoro’, the song – certified Gold Record – presented at the 74th edition of the Sanremo Festival, continued with the dates in Japan and arrived at the Verona Arena with Tutti Per Uno (a project by Michele Torpedine), three special concert events with numerous guests on Canale 5.
On the stage of the Sferisterio in Macerata the three artists, together or individually, presented a large group of evergreen songs, from My way by Frank Sinatra to La cura by Franco Battiato, from Caruso by Lucio Dalla to Who wants to live forever by Queen, to Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. A tribute also to the place with an intense interpretation of Il Mondo by Jimmy Fontana. We get to the encore with Grande amore… where it all began thanks to Michele Torpedine who immediately bet on those guys.
And it is the producer who reveals the group’s next projects to us: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble will be the protagonists of a tour in the main European capitals in autumn and in 2025 they will be in the USA, Canada and Latin America, while in January they will touch the sports halls of Milan, Bologna, Turin and Rome.
The Sferisterio is a very beautiful and particular theatre. I propose this beautiful video collage published in Sferisterio live, where you can also see the beauty of the theatre.
Look at the queue to enter the theatre…..we’ll enter with the people too!!

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We know the list of songs well by now so I’ll just show you a few videos.
This song is part of the new album and it is simply WONDERFUL!!! ❤️

SUCCEDE

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How many times have we heard this beautiful song, I believe that they proposed it from the first moments, but in this case it had a special flavor because Jimmy Fontana, author of this song, is a native of this area, so it was a tribute to him well appreciated by the present: IL MONDO 🥰

My goodness, how much passion Ignazio has in this song, in this short video filmed by your Michelle ❤️ ALMENO TU NELL’UNIVERSO.
This song by Morricone is simply fantastic, with a poignant sweetness: SE ❤️

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AD ASTRA  I love this piece. 🥰

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Piero, your voice becomes more and more powerful, congratulations, the studies can be seen and heard!! ❤️ AMOR VIDA DE MI VIDA
You absolutely must see this video, the song is the beautiful MISERERE, a serious song. At the top of the video it says: “Being able to be funny even during Miserere is not everyone’s thing”, in fact here too Ignazio managed to make everyone laugh and now you will understand why.
The beginning of the song is entrusted to Gianluca and these are the words that he must sing:
“But what a mystery my life is
What a mystery,
I am a sinner
(and here Ignazio indicates Gianluca nodding with his hand and people laugh) from the year eighty thousand

A liar (once again Ignazio confirms Gianluca’s words and everyone laughs)😂😂😂
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But certainly the song that received most of the positive comments of these two concerts was the new song proposed by Gianluca, the wonderful MUSIC OF THE NIGHT taken from The Phantom of the Opera. Gianluca you surpassed yourself, what a voice, what thrills, what a feeling, what an emotion.❤️❤️🔥

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Also, here are two Instagram videos if you don’t have Facebook.

But that’s not all, our Kirsten from Denmark was at her first concert and so as soon as she gets home we expect a nice report as in her style.
And then the surprises of these two concerts aren’t over, because during HERE’S TO YOU, as usual the guys dropped into the audience and Piero recognized someone in particular……but I’ll tell you in detail in a future post!! Don’t miss it.
Another very nice thing is these backstage photos. We are used to seeing Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca always perfectly dressed in their concerts but who thinks about ironing and checking their clothes?  In Macerata the STOP IRONING Ironing Shop took care of this. Here are the photos of the holder backstage and her words:
“Me and IL VOLO, (Piero Barone, Gianluca Ginoble and Ignazio Boschetto), a great work experience tried for the first time at the Arena Sferisterio and tomorrow it will be repeated.”
I honestly don’t know how many artists would have posed with photos together, well done our guys!!👏👏👏
And now I’ll post some photos of the concerts, there are many and all beautiful just the embarrassment of the choice.
The two concerts in Macerata are over and you will think that the boys are rightly resting, but no!!
On September 7 the boys were invited to a beautiful wedding, not that of Ignazio, but of a singer friend of theirs Arianna Bergamaschi, who had also sung Smile with them in Miami, remember?

She got married in Rome in San Pietro and also invited Il Volo as friends. Ignazio wasn’t there, he must surely be finalizing his preparations, but here are Piero and Gianluca.
Gian and Piero with some guests at the wedding.
But they also did a nice duet to cheer up the guests: MY WAY!

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TRANSLATION:
GIANLUCA= There are two of us and Ignazio obviously also greets you. We are delighted to be here for such an important event, for such a special wedding that has linked us by a friendship for more than ten years. With Arianna we shared wonderful moments, we sang together several times, with Olivier we are bound by this great esteem and friendship. We thank you (Arianna and Oliver) for the affection you show us every time and for the wonderful day you made all of us experience today. (applause)
PIERO= I wanted to thank you (Arianna and Oliver) for a gift you have given us. This year we are celebrating 15 years of our career and for the first time in 15 years we sat at two different tables (laughter) what a great gift!!
GIANLUCA= So??
PIERO= They put me at a table where they are all singers.
GIANLUCA= I am with producers, singers…
PIERO= … there is someone who sold me the impossible. He tells me Grande Amore, Grande Amore, I can’t take it anymore (ironic) Grande Amore,…… we can’t sing it, there are two of us and it’s made for three.
GIANLUCA= But we have a song in our repertoire that can be sung by two and that we all know.
(he continues in English) Is a very famous American song…..
PIERO= in Italian…
GIANLUCA= ….but there are some Americans, maybe…
PIERO= But if they are here in Italy, they make an effort to understand Italian! (laughter and applause)
GIANLUCA= So shall we sing directly?
PIERO= Let’s sing in English though! (laughter)
GIANLUCA= We didn’t do the soundcheck, without rehearsals.
ARIANNA= You are legends!!
GIANLUCA= Are you ready?
PIERO= Yes!
(My Way begins. Arianna, evidently happy with the surprise, warmly embraces Gianluca and Piero.   At the end of the beautiful song, Piero goes to the man sitting at his table to make him sing the chorus of Grande Amore) 🥰😂🥰😂
But now guys go and rest because there is the last concert of the Italian summer tour!!

September 9: CASERTA

In front of the beautiful Royal Palace of Caserta, right in the park in front of the entrance, a large stage was set up and in the background of the stage there was the writing IL VOLO!!
You should know that here we are in the Campania region, we are in the Neapolitan area and therefore the song list, as you will notice, has undergone some variations, this is to make you understand how Il Volo is attentive to the preferences of the areas in which their concerts take place. 👏

NELLE TUE MANI

FUNICULÌ FUNICULÀ (This is a famous song characteristic of the Neapolitan area)

SE TELEFONANDO

E LUCEVAN LE STELLE (Piero)

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QUANNO CHIOVE

(Ignazio chose this beautiful solo by Pino Daniele because Pino is Neapolitan and much loved by the people of his area. Quanno Chiove means When It Rains and while Ignazio was singing the song it also started raining 😂) 

LA CURA (Gianluca)

UN AMORE COSÌ GRANDE

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And so the Italian Summer Tour is over and I would say it was fantastic, lots and lots of people, lots of love and lots of skill!! Congratulations to Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca.💪❤️
Il Volo, on its official page, published these beautiful words:
Our summer tour has come to an end and we are still full of emotions. Every stage, every city, every stage was incredible thanks to you, who welcomed us with your warmth and energy.
We experienced moments that we will never forget. Your affection has accompanied us at every stage, and for this we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you for sharing part of your summer with us. In October we will leave for the European tour, and then return to the Italian arenas from January 2025 where we can’t wait to see you all again.
This is just the beginning of new horizons to share together.
With love,
IL VOLO 
❤️❤️❤️
But there is still a new commitment: on Sunday 13 September in the Arena in Verona there will be the TIM MUSIC AWARDS event where all the artists who have received results will be rewarded and Il Volo will be among them, so we will show you their performance and awards ceremony . 🥰
The next commitment will be the start of the European Tour on October 6th in London. 🎉
There are many empty days of commitments, could it be the time of the wedding between Ignazio and Michelle??? No news has been leaked but we will certainly try to inform you immediately if the event will take place. 😍😍
Michelle is getting ready, here is a video of the wedding dress fitting!! In the end Ignazio says that he doesn’t imagine anything, but one day Michelle accidentally showed him a photo and he immediately looked away……but now he sees from Michelle’s look that she is very happy!! 😍❤️

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See you soon: Daniela🤗

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PROMOTION, PROMOTION by Daniela

The promotion of the new CD continues unabated.
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, had an instore in Bologna.

Here are the photos.

Promo 01

Promo 02

Promo 03

Promo 04

Promo 05

And the next day, an instore in Caserta.

 

Promo 06

Promo 07

Promo 08

Promo 09

Promo 10

All the newspapers dedicate space to publicize the new CD, and the Matera special.

Here are some articles in the newspapers.

OGGI

Promo 11

GENTE

Promo 12

SORRISI CANZONI TV

Promo 13

DIPIÙ also dedicated the cover to them.

Promo 14

Promo 15

Promo 16

Promo 17

They were interviewed for Radio Rai, here’s the video.

They talk about their upcoming US tour and their musical repertoire.

They speak of their classic genre, but which has now become an alternative and of their commitment to bring this musical genre to the knowledge of the very young.

They tell of one of the moments that they remember with pleasure, when they met the Italian soldiers on a mission in Lebanon.

With this beautiful photo, Sony informs us that the new 10-year CD, The Best of IL VOLO, has reached third place in the Italian ranking.

Promo 18

Considering that the first place is held by a rapper much followed by the very young, and the second place is held by Zucchero, who is well known and followed and has proposed a CD of unpublished works, I would say that the third place, for a CD-compilation that reports songs already known of these 10 years …. I would say that it is a very good result.

Promo 19

On Sunday 17 in the late evening (almost midnight) a brief preview of the Matera concert was broadcast on Channel 5, and there was a record number of listeners!

And here is the announcement of Piero, who warns that they will be in Striscia la Notizia. (In Strip, they usually give the golden tapir, the boys took it because of the news of the Swiss hotel.)

If you wish to read more about Striscia la Notizia, the Golden Tapir and the Gabibbo, please see this Wikipedia article:

Striscia La Notizia

Promo 20

Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, with Il Gabibbo.

Promo 21

And here is the video of their presence in the satirical news STRISCIA LA NOTIZIA.

The guys are promoting the new CD and the Matera special that will be broadcast on Channel 5 on November 19th.

Moreover the boys send an ideal hug to all the inhabitants of Matera who in these days have had weather-related disasters.

Promo 22

Promo 23

And here they are in the backstage of Striscia la Notizia, together with the two “veline” (showgirls) Mikaela and Shaila.

 

And here with the presenters of Striscia la Notizia, Ezio Greggio and Enzo Iachetti.

Promo 24

All perfect guys, I don’t know where you find the strength to do everything.

But in a hurry, because there is a big event that awaits you on Italian TV, the concert recorded in Matera.

See you soon, I can’t wait !!

Daniela 

 

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PROMOTION OF NEW CD by Daniela

The tour de force for the promotion of the new CD continues at an incessant pace. 

Here are the images and video of the Rome instore Saturday, November 9th.

The arrival of Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca.

 

Promotion 01

Promotion 02

Promotion 03

Promotion 04

Promotion 05

Fantastic, and among all the fans, we recognize our delicious Xinjie.😘

Promotion 06

A nice event in Rome, but not everything ends here, Sunday Il Volo was expected in Milan for the Mini Live, and how can they arrive from Rome? (these guys so haughty, like some press has sometimes described them?)

But by train !!

But someone waited for them at the station to give them a small video to be broadcast live on the TV program DOMENICA VENTURA.

Here they are. And while they are being interviewed, near Piero, in the station, he passes the video of the advertising of the concert in Matera, what a beautiful coincidence. 

Nothing new is said in the interview. The man to whom Gianluca compliments, is a well-known Italian footballer Paolo Rossi.

And now radio promotions are starting.
The first is Radio 102.5.
Nothing important is said, but the boys are always kind and nice.

In this photo the boys are in the company of ZAC, one of the 102.5 radio speakers.

Promotion 07

Promotion 08

Nice mini video made with the 102.5 radio speakers.

But there is another radio waiting for the Radio Zeta interview.

Very nice interview, activate the subtitles because the translation seemed excellent to me.

Promotion 09

But now here they are at Radio Italia for another interview.

Another nice interview with Radio Italia, nothing new is said, the stages of 10 years are retraced and Manola asks what their favorite song is and they say that the most representative is “Grande Amore”.

They talk about bel canto, and that they are ambassadors of Italy in the world, then about the new CD and the next tour in Canada-US, and then of  the mini live event in Milan and the extraordinary presence of the people.

Manola asks how they manage to divide the parts of a song and they reply that there is no real division, only the verse is sung, which of the three can make it better, without any jealousy.

Piero says that they speak little of their beginnings, because as children, they were catapulted into an environment full of famous people in America and they didn’t realize this and when they tell it to others, they seem to say it to brag and the people does not believe that  are truth, but there are photos to testify.

Then, Ignazio imitates Gianluca who does something special with his ear and then says he is a nuisance.

Piero talks about the two Italian dates and the 2020 tour.

Manola asks what kind of music they listen to and they answer a little of everything, because music is always beautiful and tastes must be respected.

Final greetings.

Promotion 10

And here is another great news, on the EUROFANATICOS Facebook page, they did a long poll with a vote, to understand what was the most beautiful Eurovision song of the last 10 years and ……. Won IL VOLO, with “GRANDE AMORE”, all the finals where IL Volo was, were won hands down, and the grand final was won with 2600 votes, against 929 of the second classified.

CONGRATULATIONS BOYS !!! 😘😘😘

Promotion 11

Mamma mia, these guys never stop, this is only the first part of the promotion, we will still have to follow:

~ Instore Bologna

~ Interview in Roxy bar with Red Ronnie (he said he has already taken away the juke box for Ignazio)

~ Instore Caserta

~ Concert on live TV in Matera

~ Live concert of Radio Italia (of which I will attend the recording as a public)

See you very soon.

Daniela

 

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