Il Volo continues undauntedly touring in the U.S. and it is always a success.
The fans show with so much affection their admiration towards Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero who are evidently moved and pleased by all this.
I continue therefore in the description of three other concerts..
March 18
The concert was in Detroit at the fantastic and historical FOX THEATRE.
CAPOLAVORO
SMILE
HALLELUJAH
CARUSO
Some chatter about the columns.
After the concert in Antonio’s Restaurant. He posted the photo with this comment:
“What an unforgettable night! 🎵✨
It was an absolute joy to experience Il Volo live in Metro Detroit, surrounded by family, friends, and the vibrant Italian community. @barone_piero, @ignazioboschetto Boschetto, and @gianginoble11 delivered a breathtaking performance, reminding us why their music continues to inspire audiences around the world.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who purchased our ticket package and supported the Rugiero Promise Foundation in the process. Your generosity helps us continue making a difference in our community.
Sharing this special evening with loved ones made it even more memorable. Until next time, Il Volo! 💓”
March 21
The concert was in New York at the prestigious RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL.
Torpedine posted this photo with these ironic words:
“There’s not even a seat left for me…crazy “, because RCMH has been SOLD OUT for a long time!! 👏👏👏
You’ve all read the beautiful review of Jo Ann’s concert and now enjoy these videos of the evening.
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
TORNA A SURRIENTO
SE
O SOLE MIO
SMILE
And I think this was the reason for the cancellation of the New York soundcheck at the last minute, Il Volo was at 690 Park Avenue, that is, they were received by the Italian Consulate who published the photo with this comment:
“What an incredible pleasure to have @ilvolomusic at #690ParkAvenue before their concert at Radio City Hall. 🎤 Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero you are great artists. Thank you for representing Italy at its best!”
What can we say about this beautiful video that inspired the Italian news? (turn on subtitles)
March 22
The concert was in Atlantic City at HARD ROCK LIVE.
Il Volo with Sandra Russo who posted the entire live broadcast of the concert for Stardust Shows Entertainment.
You know that on their tour, there is a guest Cecile, a young Italian singer who accompanies them in a song and then sings a solo song. During an interview with Cecile a question was asked about her relationship with Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca, read what beautiful words she said about them..
How would you describe your relationship with Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio? Is there a moment you spent with them that you remember with particular affection?
I smile at this question because right now I am in my hotel room here in America and until a few minutes ago, I was having dinner with the guys. The relationship with Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca was truly the most unexpected gift. Of course, I hoped and was almost certain that we would get along but I never would have thought that such a deep friendship could be born. I have lived with them intimate moments of great confessions, reflections, and then the laughter, the tears of joy and the hugs given and received with an open heart, the mutual understanding in the less happy moments. Really, I never would have imagined a friendship of this kind and for me this is truly one of the most beautiful gifts I could receive… and I say this not because they are “Il Volo”, but because they are Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero.
Luckily I could tell you about a thousand significant moments; from the first concert together in Germany where they moved me with their kindness, hospitality, care, thoughtfulness; to my birthday celebrated together on stage and then celebrated together with families and friends; to evenings like tonight when Ignazio cooks for us and between music, laughter and chats, we all feel “at home”. During this tour of more than a month, we are spending a lot of time together. Traveling a lot, and moving from city to city every two days, we also share moments of everyday life, like meeting up in pajamas at the end of the concert in this big “camper” (tour bus) and waking up and having breakfast “on the road” while heading to the next stop. Luckily it is difficult to find a significant moment with the guys because with great happiness I can say that I have really experienced many of them and I hope there will be many more.
While in New York they were also guests of GOOD DAY New York, just before their concert.
Even Italian TV has taken an interest in Il Volo’s tour, this is the report aired on RAI 2 during the TG NEWS.
MAN= Fresh from the sold out of New York at the RCMH, Il Volo celebrates 15 years of career with three concerts that will be held in May at Palazzo Te in Mantua.
VOICE= TUTTI PER UNO Viaggio nel Tempo, a project that celebrates great Italian music, art and culture above all and fifteen years of career of Il Volo. The show in its third edition will move to the prestigious historic location of Palazzo Te in Mantua.
PIERO= We are sure that the place will be the setting for all the repertoire that we will propose in this new edition of TUTTI PER UNO.
VOICE= The dates set are May 8-10-11, the only concerts of Il Volo in Italy. Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble will bring on stage both their successes and unreleased performances accompanied every evening by special guests.
An important year for the group with the publication of AD ASTRA, their first album of unreleased songs, also available in the international version that includes the latest unreleased Tra le Onde.
And this service aired on Italia 1 during Studio Aperto.
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VOICE= Il Volo conquers New York, sold out at Radio City Music Hall the most coveted stage for the stars.
GIANLUCA= It is a great achievement for us to be here, we are very satisfied with the entire artistic journey, it was a great job but also a game.
VOICE= A success achieved and consolidated with passion, with the aim of bringing bel canto into people’s hearts.
The American tour continues in the most prestigious locations in the States, then in May, they return to Italy for the third edition of TUTTI PER UNO Viaggio nel Tempo, in an extraordinary place: Palazzo Te in Mantua.
PIERO= We are sure that this place will be the setting for all the repertoire that we will propose in this new edition of TUTTI PER UNO.
VOICE= After the U.S. and the suggestive stop in Mantua, the tour will continue in the main European capitals and in Latin America.
IGNAZIO= It will be a very important tour, energy-consuming, but we can’t wait.
Even Italian newspapers are publishing articles about Il Volo’s tour, like this truly unique one from LIBERO QUOTIDIANO that I’m translating for you.
Il Volo, Gianluca Ginoble: “Where They Made Me Sleep”, stuff for a select few
There are three Italians who have conquered America and the world, and not just today. And the triumph of Il Volo is all in a red keychain. Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble, former tenors now standard-bearers of Italian “bel canto”, interviewed by Repubblica proudly show off that little object: “At the reception they gave us this keychain. It’s room 424. Leonard Cohen slept here, guys.” And for those who know a little about music, it means being in the same category as the giants.
After all, they are in New York and their accommodation is simply legendary: the Chelsea Hotel, on 23rd Street. Practically one of the temples of rock: “I’m staying in Bob Dylan’s bedroom,” Gianluca proudly announces. The same walls and beds inhabited by Dylan Thomas, Mark Twain, Robert Mapplethorpe. And then the crazy, crazy parties between the Sixties and Seventies, creative and penniless geniuses. In the Big Apple they will sing for the fifth time at the Radio City Music Hall, another symbolic place, to certify their status as superstars. And their world tour (Europe, Canada, America, South America, the East) is stuff for a select few.
The three boys are doing things in a big way: in a few weeks there will be the third edition of Tutti per uno — Viaggio nel tempo, in the suggestive Palazzo Te in Mantua, on May 8, 10 and 11, the only live shows in Italy.
“This morning on the TV show Good Day New York, on Fox 5, they asked us to sing the melody of the Gladiator in Italian – Piero reveals – We could have sung the Yellow Pages and the melody would still have reached the heart. Didn’t the same thing happen in the days of Elvis Presley? Our parents danced, swinging their hips, even though they didn’t understand the words of the king of rock’n’roll.”
I am happy but not surprised by this success machine that is Il Volo, their talent and their skill are now known to everyone and fill me with pride and from all over the world I receive messages of love towards Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero, it’s really nice to be a Volo-fan!
The IL VOLO tour in U.S. started very well, in a short time there have already been three concerts, but let’s go in order:
10 September: DETROIT
Some friends were there, and I can tell you it was great.
They donned their beautiful white suits and then finished off with their traditional blues.
I don’t want to dwell on this concert, because among the audience there was our JANA, who had an important task to do after the concert. She herself will tell you in a post the concert and the meeting at the Meet & Greet.
We look forward to your review Jana !! 🤗
So I’ll just put some photos, also because the security didn’t allow to make videos at all. Here in Italy I have not had any limitations to videos, too bad.
Thank you Deborah Beaupre for the photos and for the video of ECSTASY OF GOLD!! 😘
Please click on the photo below to view the video.
Detroit is also famous for its cars, and the guys took the opportunity to get into some really beautiful cars.
The next stop is CLEVELAND, but 11 September is a date that no one forgets and our dear ones Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca dedicate the National Anthem in memory of so many missing people. ❤ 🇺🇸
12 September : CLEVELAND
This time the boys wore their blue suits from the beginning, I don’t want to be wrong, this is just my thought, but I think they did it out of respect as the day before was the anniversary of the disappearance of the Twin Towers.
Cleveland, like Detroit, welcomed Il Volo enthusiastically and Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio responded with love.
Rose Marie Paliobeis was present at the concert and wrote that during the concert the boys asked all people to stand up, and sang the National Anthem a cappella in memory of September 11th. It was a very touching and emotional moment.
Pat and I looked for a long time for a video that had captured this beautiful moment and here it is, thanks Lisa Joy, you were also present at the concert, happy to be able to see Il Volo again after a long time !!
In Cleveland there was also Judy Thurman with Beverly Olson. Read what a nice gesture Piero made.❤
Last night at the concert in Cleveland with Judy Thurman. Piero grabbed my phone to take a selfie, but his solo part in the song started, so he quickly snapped this. What love!
……. and Ignazio receiving a gift 😁
Please click on the photo below to view the video.
O SOLE MIO!! Ignazio, you are always the same !!❤😁
Please click on the photo below to view the video.
Thank you Judy also for the beautiful photos.
And how nice this short piece of “SE”.
IL MONDO
September 13 CHICAGO
And now it’s Chicago’s turn.
Deborah Georgini Beaupre, Jeannette Giglio and Susan Tafanelli were also present at the Chicago concert, and they told me it was fantastic. ☺
This time Deborah managed to make several videos and many photos, thanks Deborah !!
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca started the concert with their white suits.
The audience was very enthusiastic.
From the videos, I could understand that there were other songs that they didn’t sing on the Italian tour, like this beautiful one:
“Would He Even Know Me Now” (MI CONOSCEREBBE ANCHE ADESSO)
Please click on the photo below to view the video.
Even the beautiful “NELLA FANTASIA” was not on the Italian tour, too bad!
FUNICULÌ FUNICULÀ
GRANDE AMOREand immediately we feel melancholy, because we know that the concert is over !!
Three wonderful concerts, but the tour continues, but where will they find the strength and in particular the voice to face everything in such a tight time frame?
The next stop is Indianapolis, which of you will be there ??
Don’t miss this great opportunity to hear beautiful voices.
Scroll down the page to where it says “Listen to the full conversation with Mark Wigmore, here:” You can click the play button to listen to the interview. THEN, if you would like to save the audio click on the three vertical dots at the end to the right of the little speaker button and then click download. 😄
IL VOLO grinds out successes and continues their journey between the US cities.
The public seems increasingly enthusiastic and finally American fans are also involved in singing and dancing, together with Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero.
February 11: BETHLEHEM
February 11 is also the birthday of Gianluca, 25 years old !!! Celebrated on stage by friends-brothers Piero and Ignazio. ❤️❤️
❤️AUGURI GIANLUCA ❤️
And here is the photo of Gian’s cake.
A mix of songs:
Some videos:
PEOPLE
MY WAY
DELILAH
MEMORY
SURRENDER (sorry this one is sideways! 😯)
Beautiful photos from the concert:
(Please click on each photo below to view at a larger size.)
February 13: DETROIT
Thanks Deborah Georgini Beaupre, what a wonderful theater!
Few and very short videos from “Volomusic”, it seems that security is uncompromising. It doesn’t matter, they still give us the taste of the evening.
Mix of songs:
But how beautiful and elegant are the guys in this video with our dear Jana in the front row. You can see her at about one minute into the video.
In a vote from 1 to 10, I would say 10 with honors. ❤️
Jana, how lucky to be right in the front row, so close to them.
We await your other photos and your impressions.😉
NESSUN DORMA
SURRENDER
VOLARE (final) and GRANDE AMORE
GRANDE AMORE(final)
Still some nice pictures of the evening:
(Please click on each photo below to view at a larger size.)
And here are our friends in the Meet & Greet, with our beloved Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero.
JANA 😘
ROSEMARIE PALIOBEIS 😘 with her granddaughter.
LISA JOY😘
JEANNETTE GIGLIO 😘
JUDY PAULLIN THURMAN 😘
Even in these two stages, everything is fine.
How many friends are enjoying these beautiful concerts and we are still only halfway there.
Another nice thing, are the meetings between fans, before and after the concerts …. there is a long thread that binds us, beyond linguistic differences, culture, distance …. it’s called IL VOLO.
It’s a little behind, but Danielle has written about her sweetest experience in Detroit. Enjoy!
~ kya
Il Volo fan and college student.
So Saturday started off as a very busy day. I had a class that morning so couldn’t come home until after that. Which meant my mom had to drive out to school to pick me up, and we didn’t get home until around 4. My sister was already feeding the animals at this point so I ran to the barn to help her so we would finish faster. By the time we were done it was past 4:30, and we had less than an hour to get ready. She jumped in the shower and I rushed to get dressed and do my hair and makeup and then help my sister get dressed and do her hair. We quickly gathered up what we needed and were off for the FOX by 5:45. Thankfully our dad was driving us which made it somewhat less stressful.
Detroit was sooooo crowded that night, it was crazy! My dad was able to pull up to the curb a couple blocks from the theatre, and we hopped out and walked over. There was already so many people there! We headed over to Will Call to pick up our tickets and then made our way inside to find the VIP check in table. Right after picking up our badges we bumped into Emilia and her mom and we all went to find our seats.
Now, since I’d been so busy at school I hadn’t really had time to freak out about the concert or think about how close I was actually going to be. Yes, I knew we had front row seats, but I hadn’t really stopped to think about what that actually meant. We could stand there and touch the stage and our seats at the same time!!!! It was less than 5ft away!!! At this point me, Maria and Emilia (who was in the second row right behind us) really started to freak out! We spent some time talking to everyone else and saying hi to all the other fans. We basically couldn’t sit still we were so excited. About 25min to concert time we finally sat down, and then we noticed Ignazio was in the right wing looking at the sound board!!! We started waving at him, and he smiled waved back and blew us a kiss!!!!!! At this point I just KNEW it was going to be an amazing concert and I was definitely right.
When the orchestra finally came out, we really started freaking ou,t and when the guys came out singing Volare, I was smiling so big I thought my face would break!! They were RIGHT THERE!!!! I could have reached out and touched them if I had wanted to! All three of them smiled at us when they walked by our side of the stage, I think they found our adoring faces staring up at them cute. During one of the first few songs I was making a heart with my hands and Piero smiled and made a heart back at us!!! Gian was having fun winking at me, Maria, and the two girls (my age) next to us. He was so funny and adorable!!
During Piove is when I told Maria to hold up her sign asking Gian to sing to her and he motioned for her to come over! So she went to stand by him and he hugged her and sang to her and I was just taking pictures thinking that was all he would do since there were no stairs up to the stage. But then had her jump up to sit on stage with him!! At this point I started videoing because who knew what would happen now! He then motioned for Piero to come over and the two of them pulled her up on stage with them!!! She was soooooo happy!! The tickets were her 14th birthday present from me and I don’t think she’s ever enjoyed a present more. They sang to her, hugged her, and kissed her and had her kiss them, it was sooooo adorable! They were all so sweet to her, but especially Gian. He is her favorite and I don’t think she’ll ever forget him pulling her to his side and kissing her and just being an all-around sweetheart. I’ve never seen her smile so big! After the song they asked her name and when she said Maria, Ignazio started singing Maria to her. Then they were laughing about how she was taller than them (she’s actually an inch shorter than Piero, for now lol) and Piero pointed out she didn’t even have heels on. Then everyone noticed she was missing a shoe! Gian actually picked up her foot to show everyone and was then joking that she was taller than him with no shoes! It had fallen off when she jumped up on stage and fell down under the orchestra pit! We had to have security go get it after the concert.
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The next several songs are all kind of a blur, they were just so wonderful and funny!!! I was in tears from laughing so hard at Ignazio’s antics! And they continued to smile, wink, and make faces at us which made it all the more fun.
And then came O’ Sole Mio. A bit into the song I decided to go for it and hold up my sign asking Ignazio to sing. I held it just under my chin and pouted so sadly when he looked at me. He smiled and motioned like “why not?” and walked over as he was getting ready to sing his main part. I pretty much threw my phone at my sister and went up to the stage. He kneeled down and put his hand out for me to hold while smiling like the angle he is. It was the longest twenty seconds of my life! I started into his eyes the whole time!! When he sang “Come hold me tight, kiss me my darling” he gave me the sweetest hug ever and squeezed my neck and rubbed my shoulder as he let go. Then he pointed to his cheek and I kissed him!! And I accidentally left lipstick on his cheek that was there the rest of the concert! Then he spun me around and gave an adorable little bow before letting go of my hand and walking back to the main stage. It was so magical and wonderful, he made my night!!
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The only other thing that really happened was during one of the encore songs (can’t remember which) when Ignazio sat down on the first step up on the stage and started eating a piece of bread! Gianluca came over and scolded him lol. It was right in front of us so all of us in the front couple rows were laughing, especially when Gian pretended to offer us some! Then he ate some and put his finger to his lips to tell us not to tell lol.
After the concert we had to wait almost an hour for the meet and greet, and it was super rushed again but at least the security was nicer and more polite than last time. When it was mine and Maria’s turn, Gian and Piero yelled “Maria!!! Bambina!” and both tackled her with a hug lol. And Ignazio got a super happy look on his face and yelled “Bella!!!” and opened his arms wide and gave me a HUGE hug!!! I thanked him for singing to me and he said it was his pleasure, he was glad to see us enjoying the whole concert. Then I gave them the regional flags with their names I had drawn for the contest last year and they loved them. And Maria gave them little mini rosaries she had made.
After it was our turn went out into the lobby where we got to say hi to Mr. Barone, Mrs. Ginoble, Barbara, and Mrs. Boschetto. We also talked to Mrs. Boschetto for a moment with the help of Barbara and then took a picture with her. I told her that her son was amazing and thanked her for raising him right. She was so nice!! We waited around a little after to see if we’d be able to say hi to them again when they were leaving, but they left out the back. Then our dad met us outside the FOX and picked us up. I don’t think we stopped talking the entire way home! And it was hours before we could actually fall asleep. It was the most magical night of our lives! I never even dreamed that we’d get to interact with them as much as we did!! They were so sweet and kind and such gentlemen! And how kind they were to my little sister just made me like them even more, they treated her like a little princess. We can’t wait to see them again next time they come!!
