Once again, I feel compelled to make this publication due to the constant fake news about Il Volo that daily invades every type of social media.
I’ll start by offering you this article published in early September by TRIESTE NEWS newspaper (Trieste is the capital city of Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region in northern Italy).
He pretends to be Gianluca Ginoble from Il Volo, a disabled woman from Trieste, was defrauded.
The same topic was taken up by Radio-Roseto (Roseto degli Abruzzi, Gianluca’s hometown) which published this post which I’m translating for you.
Trieste: Pensioner defrauded online by a fake Gianluca Ginoble profile from Il Volo
A 60-year-old woman living in Trieste fell victim to an online scam orchestrated by a fake Facebook profile impersonating Gianluca Ginoble, a member of the famous band Il Volo. Paradoxically, the artist is known for his dedication to issues related to disability and the elderly.
Convinced that she had been in a virtual relationship with the singer since last March, the retired woman, who has a disability, was persuaded to make numerous top-ups on the “Steam” platform, totaling €2,280.
When she realized the scam, the woman filed a complaint with the Carabinieri station on Via dell’Istria, precisely reconstructing the details of the scam. Investigations are ongoing, and the judicial authorities have been informed.
The artist’s father (Ercole Ginoble) also intervened in the matter, reiterating his call to caution in a public post:
“Despite repeated warnings not to believe these impostors… they are all fake profiles!”
The news was reported by the online news outlet TRIESTE.news.
This incident refocuses attention on the phenomenon of online romance scams, which often target vulnerable individuals, exploiting the victims’ emotional involvement and the notoriety of public figures to defraud them of money.
So the poor woman was induced, like many other fans, to make deposits in cash or with prepaid cards, thinking she was chatting with the real Gianluca.😩🤬
And now I propose this video published on Tik-Tok by Alvise Salerno who is a speaker on Radio Number One (Italian radio), and which I translate for you.
Il Volo paying homage to Charlie Kirk (American conservative political activist) during a live performance?
Fake news, it never happened, but the posts went viral.
ALVISE = It’s necessary to make a video because something’s happening here on TikTok and also on Facebook, especially on these two social networks, regarding Il Volo.
We’re saying this right away because then people will scroll forward.(He means that he reported the news immediately so as not to have the reader scroll ahead looking for the topic.)
THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED, IL VOLO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS STORY.
Basically, these people created an article that, among other things, leads to a site where viruses are spread. So don’t open this article if you happen to see it. I won’t even show it to you on the screen. But you should know that this article exists that says Il Volo participated in a concert commemorating Charlie Kirk and that during their performance they even stopped, lowered their heads, and gave a eulogy, something of that sort for Kirk himself.
I’m telling you this for a simple reason, aside from the fact that it never happened, because I’ve read thousands, oh boy, thousands of comments believing this bullshit!!
The guys from Il Volo have NEVER participated in any concert commemorating Charlie Kirk, the guys from Il Volo have NEVER sung a song for Charlie Kirk, the guys from Il Volo have NEVER stopped their performance by bowing their heads, as has been described, to pay homage to Kirk himself.
This thing is going around the world, and by the way, it didn’t even start in Italy. There were simply users who took this news, brought it back to Italy, in Italian, created videos, and those videos are getting thousands of likes and thousands of comments.
Boys and girls, NO, STOP!!
Thank you, Alvise, for raising this issue and for rightfully defending our guys.
Did you listen carefully to Alvise’s words? These people are waiting for your comments, your likes, which translate into money for them!!! 🤬🤬
That’s why I’m telling you not to like randomly, but to double-check the site the photos and videos come from.
Finally, I offer you this comment that was written under our article published on February 24, 2025.
Ludwig writes to us from France, his comment was made on September 3rd. and I’ll translate it for you:
“My mother is under the influence of Piero Barone’s fake profiles. She’s 74 years old and has already spent €5,000. We explained and showed her all the comments and evidence that they are scammers. She doesn’t give up, she says the real Piero is in love with her. We’re living in hell; we’re all lost: friends, children, grandchildren. She lied to us so we could advance her money, which went to her scammers. This has been going on since March 25. She wants to prove to us that he will come and that she won’t give up. Do you have any other testimonies? We’re in France. Sometimes I manage to take control of her Messenger and expose the scammers. Then I eliminate one of the henchmen, but 10 more appear.”
Ludwig, I’m so sorry about the scam your mother suffered. Please let her read this article and I hope she can be convinced. Piero would NEVER ask a fan for money.
And this is another article published byACIREALE SOCIAL(Acireale is a Sicilian town).
ONLINE SCAM ALERT: FAKE PROFILES OF PIERO BARONE USED TO DECEIVE MEMBERS
September 7
In recent days, the administrators of Acireale Social have detected a worrying increase in membership requests from profiles supposedly belonging to Italian singers, particularly Piero Barone of the trio Il Volo. These requests, which at first glance might seem harmless or even flattering, actually conceal a well-orchestrated attempt at digital fraud.
On August 24, our page published a photo of Piero Barone having lunch at a well-known restaurant in Acireale. The post attracted considerable interest among members, with numerous comments and shares. It’s plausible that scammers, noticing the attention it generated, decided to exploit the singer’s image to create fake profiles and attempt to virtually approach fans who had interacted with the content. These profiles, often well-constructed and accompanied by photos stolen from official social media, began contacting users directly, initiating private conversations with the aim of obtaining money.
This is not an isolated case. Piero Barone himself previously collaborated with the television show Le Iene to expose a scammer impersonating him, successfully getting an elderly woman to send him money, believing she was chatting with the real artist. The incident highlighted how easy it is for those with malicious intent to exploit the notoriety of public figures to manipulate people’s emotions and trust.
According to the Postal Police, cloning social media profiles is an increasingly widespread practice, especially in conjunction with public events, television appearances, or viral posts. Fake profiles tend to be recently created, with few friends, generic content, and a communication style designed to appear credible. They often offer investments, fundraisers, or ticket sales for non-existent events.
The administrators of Acireale Social urge all members to exercise extreme caution. It is essential not to accept suspicious requests, not to share personal information, and to immediately report any unusual behavior. Verifying the authenticity of a profile also involves checking the creation date, the consistency of posts, and the presence of verified official channels.
The administrators will continue to monitor the situation, but it is important that each user is aware of the risks and remains vigilant.
It is highly unlikely that a famous singer would decide to personally contact members of a local page to discuss local events.
And here is a video made by Ignazio in 2023 where he explaining about the fake profiles that are under his name and which ones are his and please do not message these people if they send you a Facebook message or even if they sent you a Facebook request because it’s not him. He does not have Facebook. The only account he has is his Instagram and it should have a blue check mark next to his name to verify that account is his legit one.
In recent days, after the news of Gabriele’s birth, fake photos of Ignazio with a baby in his arms have appeared on many pages.
Be wary, they are all fake!!! 🤬🤬
I hope that publishing this latest article on the subject of fakes will help many people clarify matters.
Our guys DON’T ASK FOR MONEY, THEY DON’T MAKE FRIENDS TO CHAT WITH FANS, everyone beware of these scams!!
Piero, Gianluca, and Ignazio are much loved individually and also as Il Volo, which is why there are many FAKE articles and FAKE profiles trying to attract your naive attention, playing on your affection for these three wonderful guys. So don’t accept friendships or send money from people who present themselves to you as the real Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble, or as Il Volo!!
On April 29, on the show LE IENE, a report was aired that once again took stock of the situation of FAKE PROFILES that take advantage of unsuspecting people to take MONEY from them.
The report is hosted by Veronica Ruggeri and Piero Barone is involved in the scam!!
Even though with great regret, because these things MUST NOT happen, I firmly publish this video because we must disseminate these SCAMS as much as possible in order to alert as many people as possible!!!
Thanks to LE IENE for their excellent service!
MAN= She still believes that he is the real Piero Barone, he made her all kinds of promises.
AMALIA= I have definitely spoken to him, I am absolutely convinced.
VERONICA= This sweet lady is called Amalia, she is 78 years old and lives in Palermo (Sicily) and for 6 months she has been convinced that she is the girlfriend of Piero who is 31 years old and is a famous singer all over the world. (in the video: Piero singing Grande Amore)
Yes, Piero Barone from Il Volo.
AMALIA= You are the right woman for me (phrase that the fake Piero allegedly said to her).
MAN= “Auntie, look, Piero Barone is young, he has money and will NEVER ask for money”…….but we can’t convince her!
VERONICA= Mrs. Amalia is the victim of an emotional or romantic-sentimental scam as one might say, one of those scams that have become increasingly widespread in recent years, which first strike the HEART and then empty the WALLET.
Mrs. Amalia has been a widow for 9 years now and since she lost her beloved husband she has not had a partner in her life.
MAN= No, no, nothing, she has always been faithful, very faithful.
VERONICA= At a certain point what happens?
MAN= We saw that the aunt was posting videos of Piero Barone…..
VERONICA= Several videos, and not because she is just a fan, but because a FAKE profile that pretends to be Piero Barone, this one (the profile in the photo), hooked her up 6 months ago and since then she has been convinced she is messaging the famous singer every day.
In fact, listen to how she talks about him on the phone with a dear friend of hers:
AMALIA= “He’s so polite, he’s ashamed, I swear to you….”
MAN= He promised to take her to America to some of his concerts.
AMALIA= He takes me on tour with him.
MAN= And he makes her understand that a certain type of relationship can be established, even a sentimental one.
AMALIA= He wants to marry me one day.
AMALIA ‘S FRIEND(on the phone) = With all the women he has, does he prefer someone like you?”
AMALIA= Because girls are only looking for money, he told me.
MAN= He even suggested phone sex.
AMALIA= He wants to make love, he wants to have sex.
VERONICA= And when friends and family, who luckily Amalia immediately confided in, tried to open her eyes…..
MAN= Auntie, you see that it’s FALSE!!
VERONICA= She reacted like this:
MAN= No, it’s true!
AMALIA= I’m sure it’s him, 100%.
AMALIA’S FRIEND(on the phone) = Amalia, let’s not get our hopes up about all these things. BE CAREFUL!!
AMALIA = At this point, I have nothing to lose.
VERONICA = Instead, she has lost, indeed! Because the person behind this FAKE profile is a professional scammer who did all this just to get money from her.
MAN = Her children saw these transfers and asked her: Mom, what are you doing? And she: I’m making payments to Piero Barone because he wants to invite me to one of his concerts, I have to make payments because he has to give me the VIP CARD.
VERONICA = Obviously there is no VIP CARD, but Mrs. Amalia doesn’t know this and agrees to pay.
MAN= More than 2,000 euros (about 2,000 dollars) the last payments were made two days ago of 30 euros each…
VERONICA= For a lady who lives only on her pension.
MAN= She lives on her pension. Let’s say it’s a criminal organization.
VERONICA= A criminal organization that with only the smartphone and writing with the help of automatic translators, deceives and defrauds hundreds, thousands of people all over the world every day.
MAN= Even the tobacconist told her: “Madam, don’t make these payments, they’re fake.”
There was no reason, she goes to the tobacconist at 8:40 in the morning and it’s the first thought she has in the morning.
VERONICA= She’s really in love!
MAN= She’s in love.
VERONICA= And it’s no coincidence that the victims are often people who are a bit lonely.
MAN= She has our affection, maybe she misses what Piero Barone FALSE is making her relive, from when she was young.
VERONICA= But she just can’t go on like this.
MAN= The only attempt that can be made is to have her video call the real Piero Barone, because only he can dismantle this thing, no one else can do it. It’s the only hope.
VERONICA= First of all, let’s get some sweets for Amalia, also to make the revelation that awaits her less bitter in some way.
How these things make me nervous, to death.
(Veronica and the television crew enter Amalia’s house)
MAN= Auntie, let me introduce you to a friend of mine, her name is Veronica.
VERONICA= Hi, nice to meet you, I’m Veronica, I brought her some sweets.
AMALIA= There was no need!
VERONICA= Of course not, come on!
Amalia gets the tablecloth….. I’ll help her then….
AMALIA= There’s no need, don’t worry.
Eh old age….
VERONICA= Old age? How old is she?
AMALIA= 7 – 8.
VERONICA= 78 years old, but still in great shape.
AMALIA= Well, anyway!
VERONICA= We explain to her that we are there because her family, a large and beautiful family, is a little worried about her.
Do you know why?
She immediately anticipates us:
AMALIA= Anyway, I blocked everything.
VERONICA= She claims to have already blocked the numbers of the FAKE Piero Barone, but only to make her children and grandchildren happy.
AMALIA= I am convinced that I definitely spoke to him, I am absolutely convinced of it.
VERONICA= Often children and grandchildren do not know how to help, because when a person is experiencing love, it is difficult to make them understand that this story can hurt them so much.
Were you in love?
AMALIA= Yes! I say it!
VERONICA= But this is beautiful.
AMALIA= I’m telling the truth.
VERONICA= What did this person here tell you?
AMALIA= That he loved me, that he wanted to take me to his country, he wanted to take me to Paris, he made me go with him to concerts and he made me go on stage.
VERONICA= Behind all these dreams there are constant requests for money.
When was the last time you gave him money?
AMALIA= Last week, maybe. Lately he wanted to make me a passport and so I had to pay for this passport.
VERONICA= But to go where?
AMALIA= To Paris.
VERONICA= To visit him during a concert?
AMALIA= No, no, with him.
VERONICA= The romantic getaway??
AMALIA= Yes, yes!
VERONICA= You liked the young man, huh?
AMALIA= Eh, yes!
VERONICA= You understood!!
Also because he told her:
AMALIA= “I want to marry an older woman because she gives me more love, you are the right woman for me!”
VERONICA= But fortunately Mrs. Amalia does have some doubts about this whole story.
AMALIA= Also because he made me so many promises but didn’t keep them.
VERONICA= What promises did he make you?
AMALIA= That he came here, he came to Palermo and he had to come to me. He didn’t come because he always wanted money.
VERONICA= But do you think Piero Barone needs our money??
AMALIA= No! In fact I even told him: “You send it to me!”
VERONICA= Good!! Good. The attitude seems right to us and so the time has come.
Now I have a surprise for you!
Amalia has already understood everything and in fact laughs and worries about making a good impression.
AMALIA= If I had known, I would have put a nicer tablecloth! (laughter)
VERONICA= Everything is ready, all we have to do is call Piero Barone, the real one, the only one who can really convince Amalia once and for all to stop wasting time and money on those SCAMMERS. (The video call with Piero begins.)
PIERO= Veronica!?
VERONICA= Hello!
PIERO= How are you?
VERONICA= I’m very well, I’m here with a friend of mine, her name is Amalia.
PIERO= Hi Amalia! Nice to meet you.
AMALIA= Hi Piero, nice to meet you.
VERONICA= Amalia, since last October, has been writing to a person who says they are you, so since October she’s been convinced she’s in a relationship with you.
PIERO= Wow! So, I know about these things. It’s something that unfortunately has been going around a lot lately, IT’S ONLY PEOPLE WHO PRETEND, WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHER PEOPLE’S KINDNESS, we don’t write to anyone on Instagram, we don’t contact anyone. Our job is something else, we just have to sing.
VERONICA= He told you that you were going to one of their concerts, and where?
AMALIA= Yes, of course, everywhere he went.
Where you went (she turns to Piero), I went with you.
PIERO= But madam, I have the other two (Gianluca and Ignazio) that I have to take with me, there’s no room on the plane (laughter).
But where are you from, madam, let me understand.
AMALIA= Palermo.
PIERO= Ah, she’s Sicilian like me.
AMALIA= Yes, yes.
PIERO= Now we know each other.
AMALIA= Indeed!
VERONICA= Piero, don’t give her any hope because I’ll come and get you!! (laughter)
PIERO= Let’s look on the bright side, Mrs. Amalia, we understood that it’s a scam, I hope you didn’t spend a lot of money, but I’ll take advantage of this to officially invite you and your family to one of our concerts.
VERONICA= For real this time, eh!
AMALIA= Look how many of us there are (the video shows all the relatives who are there listening – laughter)
RELATIVES= Hello!
PIERO= I take back what I said! (laughter).
VERONICA= Amalia seems to have taken it very well, but when we hang up, she gets a little emotional.
Does it make you want to cry?
AMALIA= Yes!
VERONICA= My love. (they hug each other)
AMALIA= Of course, I feel bad, because I hoped it was really him, never mind!
VERONICA= What did you like about him?
AMALIA= Everything! He spoke to me tenderly, very sweetly.
VERONICA= It’s right to look for it and want love.
AMALIA= I found it with my husband!
VERONICA= Exactly.
Loving again, dear Amalia, is possible indeed, even at 78 years old.
So if it happens to you again, if ALBANO writes to you, I’ll name you at random, first go to your nieces and ask if it’s the real ALBANO or the fake ALBANO? We need to be careful about this. Are you calm now?
AMALIA= Yes, of course.
VERONICA= Didn’t I hurt you by telling you this?
AMALIA= No, no. In fact, you helped me feel better.
VERONICA= How sweet! Can we eat now or have you lost your hunger?
AMALIA= While I was with him, I wasn’t hungry.
VERONICA= Weren’t you hungry?
AMALIA= I was stuck.
VERONICA = It was love, of course!
Also ACTA, Associazione Contro Truffe Affettive (Association Against Affective Fraud), and Lotta al Cybercrime, took an interest in the case, publishing the video from LE IENE, with this comment:
AMALIA at Le IENE: LOVE HAS NO AGE—> Amalia, a seventy-eight-year-old woman, has been believing for six months that she is the girlfriend of Il Volo singer Piero Barone.
Congratulations to Veronica Ruggeri who with empathy and simplicity makes Amalia understand that she has been yet another victim of an emotional scam by making her speak to the real Piero Barone. Veronica Ruggeri is an example to be imitated by those relatives of victims who act with arrogance, thus making the victim close up like a hedgehog. Amalia has been subjected to hypnotic manipulation and certainly does not need that arrogant and judgmental attitude that so many superficial people have.
This matter is really incredible, but unfortunately we know well that every day many people are enticed by these FAKE PROFILES who promise affection and kindness, to send MONEY.
Please be careful, none of Il Volo or their staff or their families need our MONEY, this is interesting for the FAKE PEOPLE who pass themselves off as them!!!!
Just before the Easter holidays, our editorial team received an email (another one unfortunately) from a kind fan who was scammed. We asked her if we could publish her email, here it is!!
April 13, 2025
TO: Il Volo Staff
I experienced this fake profile of Piero and his so-called manager. Both were asking me for money. One wanted iTunes cards. And the other one wanted $10,000 to meet with Piero, so he could stay with me for a month. Of course, in between his concerts. There were so many red flags. The only problem is, I did send iTunes cards.
The only time he’d get upset was when I said, no, I’m not sending you anymore cards. Otherwise, he would over-do the “I love yous “.
He sent many, many photos of Piero and some of his family and ones of his many cars, etc., those kind of things you can get right from the Internet, which he probably didn’t realize I knew. I was a fool but I learned my lesson. This all started when I sent a message on Instagram to Piero, expressing how much I loved the Trio. I was probably only on Instagram for a month. I never really followed Il Volo before. Then I got caught up in a fake. This all started around March 30 through March 31 and I just ended it on April 13, 2025. I told him I want my money back and I’m going to report him.
Piero even sent a video (or who I thought was him at the time) – it had his exact face and voice saying he would never hurt me or do anything to me, I love you. The face was Piero. But, It had to be AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Today, April 13, 2025, I received a voice message, and he said he loves me, and, I could immediately tell it definitely was not Piero. I could tell the difference. This man was trying to act like Piero!
He said my VIP card was in the mail but it never arrived.
He also sent me gifts of: a framed photo of Piero & I, a t-shirt with a picture of Piero & I, and a stuffed pink teddy bear. I received these items on the 12th of April. I did not go for that. I told him that the real Piero Barone would never have time for all this. Is there anything I can do to report this? Federal Trade Commission??
These people owe me approximately $6000-$7000 in iTunes cards, which I know I won’t get back.
Thank you for your time. I know this not Il Volo’s fault. I just wanted people to be aware. I am a widow and he took advantage of me.
Sincerely: Deborah.
Dear Deborah, we are all on your side, we are very sorry for what happened to you, luckily you realized the deception!!!
Thank you for sending this testimony of yours and for allowing us to publish it, I hope it can help to pay more attention to the trust that is often stolen by these shady individuals.
Be smart, open your eyes.
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca do not answer any fans and above all they do not ask for money!!
There are no words for these despicable actions, the internet can be dangerous, so only trust serious and well-known sites or pages.
BEWARE of those who offer you private contact.
Trust is very important and should only be given to serious people.
Finally we were able to see the 48 hours spent by Nicolò De Devitiis of LE IENE, in the company of Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca.
Everything was filmed during the 2024 European tour, and exactly during the Paris and Sofia stops.
I translated the entire interview, although I saw that there is a video with the automatic interview (which I attached at the bottom for those who want to see it), but I know that some of you find it difficult to follow the interview with subtitles if the words flow quickly, furthermore some things need to be explained to be better understood, in particular with LE IENE who often ask slightly satirical questions.
I’ll give you a premise.
The video begins with the presenter explaining the interview, behind her there is a man who pretends to translate with gestures, this makes you understand what type of interview we are going to see, because in Italy, it is clear that the interviews of LE IENE are often light-hearted and satirical, but they also often highlight the hidden sides of people
Happy viewing and happy reading.🥰
WOMAN= Welcome back to LE IENE, 10.35pm we are live (it’s not true) and we are about to meet the most famous trio in Italian music.
Three guys whose fame in our country is surpassed only by that which they were able to repay from a very young age all over the world. But if you think you know everything about them you are wrong because only we can show you who they are away from the stage and from the embrace of their fans.
We spent 48 hours with Il Volo together with Nicolò De Devitiis. (cheers and opening theme)
NICOLÒ= Imagine what it means to spend 24 hours a day with the same people for 15 years.
GIANLUCA= I have spent more than half my life with them. 😁
NICOLÒ= And the most absurd thing is that you didn’t choose those people, someone simply came along and put them together, like an arranged marriage.
PIERO= We argue every day. 😁
NICOLÒ= This is what happened to Il Volo. The group composed of Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio was created on the drawing board in a talent show. They were only 14 years old and didn’t know each other.
NICOLÒ= Are you more colleagues or friends?
IGNAZIO= It depends, we go in periods. 😁
NICOLÒ= Is there something you never told the two of them? (he tells Piero and the writing appears: Were you moved?) 😍
NICOLÒ= Were you moved? (this time he tells Gianluca)😍
GIANLUCA= Yes 😍
NICOLÒ= Why?
GIANLUCA= Why……why yes! 😍
NICOLÒ= I meet them in Paris, a stop on their tour.
GIANLUCA= Sorry, so we will spend 48 hours with you? Do we have to do it?
NICOLÒ= I want to meet you separately.
PIERO= Who do you want to start with? Do you want to start with me?
NICOLÒ= It only takes me a moment to understand the different characters, Piero is the control freak.🤩
PIERO= See you at the reception in 8 minutes.
NICOLÒ= Ignazio is lazy.🤩
IGNAZIO= I’m going to sleep.
NICOLÒ= And Gianluca the mysterious one.🤩
GIANLUCA= Then we’ll see, we’ll see!!
NICOLÒ= First thing I take Piero to his room.
PIERO= Before entering you will see many bottles of water and the room without carpets.
NICOLÒ= Are these the requests that an artist makes before entering?
PIERO= Yes, I suffer from a dust allergy, I can’t sleep with the carpet.
NICOLÒ= Are you a precise type?
PIERO= Too much
NICOLÒ= He takes out some running shoes, one of his true passions. Do you always run?
PIERO= Always.
NICOLÒ= I will follow him too and he obviously organized everything.
PIERO= Between 1 km and 7 we are at the Eiffel Tower.
NICOLÒ=Are you always like this?
PIERO= Yes.
NICOLÒ= I’m super active, but the problem is beating you, give me a high five! We will do great things. (starts running)
PIERO= Yesterday I ran in Lisbon, then when we arrive in Sofia the day after tomorrow, I’ll go for a run in Sofia. This is the only way to visit it (the city).
NICOLÒ= Because when you live like this, you are always traveling but in truth you don’t see anywhere.
PIERO= Do you know that I don’t know how to buy a plane ticket? I don’t like going on holiday.
NICOLÒ= Why are you forced to go there all year round? (he means that Piero travels around the world all year round so he prefers to stay at home on holiday).
PIERO= Like this all year round.
NICOLÒ= Do you ever have time for yourself?
PIERO= What do you mean by time for me?
NICOLÒ= For a game of soccer with friends.
PIERO= No, never.
NICOLÒ= A trip to Paris to do some shopping.
PIERO= No.
NICOLÒ= But then he asks me a question.
PIERO= What do people in general think of Il Volo? 🤔
NICOLÒ=Are you asking me? From the outside you seem like three quiet guys…
PIERO= Too good guys, right? That we don’t flex…..😂💪
NICOLÒ= Flexare is a term created by trappers to indicate the gesture of showing off something with pride, boasting, in short, anyone who flexes is cool, something that has very little to do with Il Volo.
PIERO= It doesn’t belong to me (to show off).
NICOLÒ= He confesses to me that one of the criticisms they receive most often is that of being a group for elderly people.
Why in the collective imagination, as you said before, is it thought that Il Volo is a group for old people?
PIERO= In Italy! (he means that in Italy there is this thought). In Mexico they are 70% girls, a very young audience, boys and girls.
NICOLÒ= Like tearing their hair out?…..like Backstreet boys!!
PIERO= We can’t sing!! (for the screams)
NICOLÒ= When did you tell your parents that you wanted to be a singer?
PIERO= Never, my grandfather understood it.
NICOLÒ= At what age?
PIERO= At 8 – 10 years old.
NICOLÒ= He takes part in TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE and as we said he is put in a group with Gianluca and Ignazio.
PIERO= Everything was born like this, we didn’t choose….
NICOLÒ= So you haven’t always been friends??
PIERO= No, we met there.
NICOLÒ= You have to put up with it!
They are very different people, with very different audiences.
PIERO= Gianluca is the one I like the most….
NICOLÒ= To the old women?….
PIERO= No, no, to the girls. 🥰
IGNAZIO=?
PIERO= The grandmothers go crazy for Ignazio!🥰
NICOLÒ= You have a bit of everything, you’re the handsome one, come on!! 🥰
But now he has to pass the baton and accompany me to Ignazio.
PIERO= In practice you will find him on the bed. He never comes to dinner, he always does room service. Now that he sees you come in he’ll be the most annoyed man in the world. (Piero knocks on Ignazio’s door). Ignazio!! (Ignazio opens the door)
NICOLÒ= But you didn’t even change?
PIERO= Let’s see if he has at least opened the suitcase.😁
NICOLÒ= While we crossed Paris, he (Ignazio) remained still on the bed.
PIERO= See you at the restaurant at 8.15pm.
NICOLÒ= Damn, Piero is a schedule.
PIERO= You have 12 minutes on the tablet.
NICOLÒ= In short, Ignazio is someone who loves tranquility and silence. (Meanwhile NICOLÒ takes a shower in Ignazio’s room and sings)
IGNAZIO= I hope you fall, don’t hurt yourself, but fall! You got everything wet on the ground!!!
NICOLÒ= But why do you shower with dry clothes?
IGNAZIO= (he dries on the ground) Damn you, damn you.
NICOLÒ= They say (Piero and Gianluca) that you absolutely don’t go to dinner.
IGNAZIO= I almost never go to dinner, because living together for 15 years isn’t easy, it’s essential to have your own space.
NICOLÒ= Ignazio, unlike his companions, sometimes has to remain alone, but tonight he will make an exception and go out with us.
IGNAZIO= Because when we’re together we always get rowdy, we eat too much, we drink, also because I’m doing intermittent fasting, so I start eating at 3 and finish at 11.
NICOLÒ= Gianluca is waiting for us outside and we immediately understand the relationship between the two of them.😍
GIANLUCA= (turning to Ignazio) Forgive me, but don’t you feel so cold?
IGNAZIO= But forgive me, but you mind your own business….😂
NICOLÒ= What did you do this afternoon? (he tells Gianluca)
IGNAZIO= He meditated!😁
GIANLUCA= I meditate 45 minutes a day.
NICOLÒ= What do you meditate on?
IGNAZIO= How to break the balls to me….after 😂
NICOLÒ= Piero is already waiting for us in the restaurant he booked.
Marvelous!
PIERO= We don’t joke here.
NICOLÒ= But some people don’t like it.
IGNAZIO= These are places where the light is low and you don’t even see the menu. (Ignazio takes some of Gianluca’s dessert) 😁
NICOLÒ= Go Ignazio….. you didn’t want to go out, and then you say you fast intermittently….
IGNAZIO= Exactly intermittently!! 😁😋
NICOLÒ= In the end he had fun too!!
NICOLÒ= After the hyperactive Piero, and the hermit Ignazio, I enter the world of the dreamy Gianluca.
Good evening, hello! (NICOLÒ enters Gianluca’s room)
So what do you normally do when you walk into your room first thing?
GIANLUCA= I put on some relaxing music, this music here, I do my own things, I do my skin care, I wash myself, I read a book….
NICOLÒ= Saying it like that, a kiss….(he starts dancing)
GIANLUCA= You understood!!
NICOLÒ= He (Gianluca) loves to test others, knowing that Ignazio is sleeping in the connecting room…..(Gianluca goes to the connecting door with Ignazio and starts singing out loud). Immediately a voice message arrives from Ignazio: 😂
GIANLUCA= Ready?
IGNAZIO= Gianlu, it’s not so much for me, Gianlu, they’re kicking us out!! 😩😁
NICOLÒ= Then comes an almost sacred moment, skin care, as he calls it, he cares a lot about skin care.
GIANLUCA= Listen, but do you want to put the detergent on?
NICOLÒ= If you ask me like that, how can I say no?
GIANLUCA = Here, come on!
NICOLÒ= What does this do to the skin?
GIANLUCA= This changes your characteristics, that is, you wake up tomorrow and have the face of Ignazio!
NICOLÒ= And what are you doing now?
GIANLUCA= You can’t put this, this is medicine (and he runs a drop dispenser through his hair).
NICOLÒ= is there a trick? But what is hair doping?
GIANLUCA= You put it on and it strengthens your hair. Still, it’s strange to see a man who cares, isn’t it?
NICOLÒ= Let’s say he’s not very macho!
GIANLUCA= In my opinion they see it as something unmanly, as if that were what determines virility in a man, understand?
NICOLÒ= What determines a man’s virility in your opinion?
GIANLUCA= In my opinion sensitivity, depth of soul, propensity to listen.😍
NICOLÒ= You seem very shy to me.
GIANLUCA= At school, when it became known that I knew how to sing, the teachers told me: “Gianluca sing us a song” and I hid behind the blackboard because my face turned red and I went behind the blackboard, facing the wall…❤️
NICOLÒ= From behind the blackboard he found himself catapulted onto the stage of the Ariston (Sanremo), with two boys he had only recently known.
GIANLUCA= I won Sanremo with them. Not even my brother felt that feeling with me on stage. 🥰
NICOLÒ= Bonds are created….
GIANLUCA= …..unbreakable bonds.❤️
In my opinion there are also ancient unresolved scars between us, you know those childhood traumas that come out at forty and you don’t even realize it.
NICOLÒ= He doesn’t explain to me what these scars are, but we’ll have time tomorrow.
Do you read a lot?
GIANLUCA= Yes.
NICOLÒ= You have a degree, have you studied?
GIANLUCA= Unfortunately not me, consider that I wasn’t even able to get my diploma because when we started it was right after finishing eighth grade.
So the goal is to get the diploma and possibly graduate in philosophy, I would like to.
NICOLÒ= I also noticed some books in Piero’s room. (he reads a title of the book) PSYCHOLOGY OF OBEDIENCE, what do you do???
PIERO= I study.
NICOLÒ= Are you enrolled at university? Are you getting a degree in psychology?
PIERO= Yes. 🤩
NICOLÒ= If you hadn’t been a singer, what would you have done?
PIERO= Maybe this.
NICOLÒ= The psychologist!
PIERO= Yes, I like to understand who I have in front of me. 😍
NICOLÒ= But let’s go back to Gianluca for the evening meditation session.
GIANLUCA= Now you have to take a deep breath for like two seconds, like this (he takes the breath) for 28 times. One, two, three, follow my breath.
NICOLÒ= Now we’re going to sleep.
GIANLUCA= They tell us we’re old, it’s two in the morning and we’re still awake! Younger than you, we are! 💪🥰
NICOLÒ= Yes! (In fact Nicolò is older than them) In the morning we immerse ourselves in the Parisian spirit: “A chocolate bread” (they eat the bread) Let’s continue the discussion about his two companions.
GIANLUCA= Ignazio is cheerful, even if maybe inside he hides some pain and shadows like everyone else, when he is in company he makes you smile.🥰
If Piero has a goal he takes it to the end, I have never seen a person like that.🥰
At the beginning, consider that they were always together, because being Sicilian, they spoke the same language, the dialect, they hung out together, so I was a bit of an outcast, now I’m not, but as a child this thing… I felt very alone! ❤️
NICOLÒ= Do you think you are not understood by them?
GIANLUCA= Yes. In reality we often don’t get along with Ignazio, but ultimately due to a character issue, not because we don’t love each other. ❤️
Ignazio sometimes withdraws into himself. I have different needs.
NICOLÒ= Gianluca would like to talk and Ignazio doesn’t, but you can see that there is enormous affection. 😍😍
Were you moved?
GIANLUCA= Yes
NICOLÒ= Why?
GIANLUCA= Oh why…….why yes!!
NICOLÒ= But why?
GIANLUCA= Well that’s how it is, you made me move.❤️
NICOLÒ= For what? What did I tell you? Is there something you haven’t told the other two that you would like to tell them?
GIANLUCA= I love Ignazio and Piero more than they think. ❤️❤️❤️
NICOLÒ= However I didn’t think you were that deep, I thought you were more glossy.
GIANLUCA= Really? It means I have to let myself go more!
NICOLÒ= And anyway it’s really true, Paris is too romantic. (they meet a young couple and sing Grande Amore with them)
Look her in the eyes, kiss!
Long live love.
And here, tourists from all over the world are in love with Il Volo!
After the American twins, also a fan from Brazil! International!!
I meet Piero who loves to have breakfast alone.
You are the most serious of the three.
PIERO= And it is my condemnation.
I’m like that in life, I like to be in control of everything.
NICOLÒ = And this need for control becomes evident when the moment of the concert approaches.
PIERO= I have to get ready, I have a list of my things. This is the list. First I shave, then I wash….
NICOLÒ= All activities that he wrote in a list on the I-Pad. Another thing to do is review the speech that opens the concert (it’s in French and Nicolò mocks him for his pronunciation).
Then there’s the shower and then she has to pack her bag for the stage.
Obviously he is the first to be ready. But where will Ignazio be?
IGNAZIO= Very punctual!! (it’s 5pm)
NICOLÒ= We arrive at the theater, the rehearsals really begin.
PIERO= This is your house, do you like it?
NICOLÒ= Wow, that’s nice, but do people even sit up there?
PIERO= Of course
(Ignazio rehearses the song purposely out of tune)
Do you know that here in the audience there is a girl who saw …. today is her ninety-eighth concert.😲
NICOLÒ= Which is she?
PIERO= The one with the blue shirt.
NICOLÒ= This girl follows them practically everywhere, yesterday she saw them in Lisbon, today she came to Paris
PIERO= Which is your favorite??
GIRL= The one who is talking. (Piero) 🥰
PIERO= Wait, I’ll flex a bit!! 😁
NICOLÒ= But now the show is really about to begin.
GIANLUCA= (he is using the hairdryer) I have to give myself a blow dry at the back and it’s difficult at the back.
NICOLÒ= Do you do it all by yourself?
GIANLUCA= Oh yes!
NICOLÒ= But why? Let’s see here! Do you wear this?
GIANLUCA= Can we bet that Ignazio is still in his underwear? (in fact they open the door and Ignazio is in his underwear and putting on his socks.)
IGNAZIO= Me, I have my times!!
All right?
NICOLÒ= Nice! Good luck guys!! (Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca shake hands in their gesture before the concert)
We go on stage. The theater is packed.
GIANLUCA= but did you have fun?
NICOLÒ= Beautiful!
GIANLUCA= We had fun with you, you know what I’ll tell you: we love you!! 🥰
IGNAZIO= Speak for yourself, it’s not like you can speak for everyone!!
NICOLÒ= Two more days to go.
But there isn’t even time to celebrate.
PIERO= Jokes aside, tomorrow morning we leave the hotel at 7:00.
NICOLÒ= No toasts, no crowds, no fans in love, straight to bed. (Nicolò is with Piero)
What relationship do you have with girls? Are you someone who picks up a lot of girls?
PIERO= This whole story started when we were 16 years old.
Imagine a 16-year-old boy who is immediately thrown onto a stage, with all the girls wanting to hug you, be on top of you, do whatever…… So when I was 20….
NICOLÒ= You were there! When did you lose your virginity?
PIERO= A little late, a month before turning 18.
NICOLÒ= And how was it?
PIERO= Behind a bush. 😁
NICOLÒ= Oh my goodness!! It was at the release of a German television program.
PIERO= We were guests, Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Michelle Hunziker presented.
NICOLÒ= So has Michelle Hunziker seen you as a virgin for the last time? (laughter) 😁
PIERO= After the first time at 18 or 19 years old, we had fun. Now at 30 or 31 years old, everything has changed completely, because now I don’t feel like finishing a concert and meeting someone, spending a couple of hours together and then ending it there. 🤩
NICOLÒ= Are you looking for love?
PIERO= Yes.❤️ If I had to tell you one of my fears…that of not being able to start a family. 😲
NICOLÒ= Not finding the right woman?
PIERO= Yes, I expected that at this age something would have already started.
NICOLÒ= After a few hours we are already at the airport.
PIERO= Good morning
IGNAZIO= Good morning damn…..how can you say good morning after only 4 hours of sleep?
NICOLÒ= To wake up we look at the album of memories. Here they are, just fifteen years old, with the biggest stars in the world.
GIANLUCA= It’s Beyoncé.
NICOLÒ= Look at him, handsome, (Piero), you as usual (Gianluca) and here he is (Ignazio).
PIERO= Lady Gaga.
NICOLÒ= Holy shit, Piero.
GIANLUCA= Heading from Paris to Sofia.
NICOLÒ= Even on the plane divided and different: this is the man on the phone obviously (Piero) the artist reads (Gianluca) the little guy is sleeping (Ignazio). As soon as we got off (the plane) the controversy broke out.
PIERO= (to Ignazio) You’re an old man, old inside, we have to make a tik-tok, you’re a sloth. 😁
IGNAZIO= Do you want to see how I flex you??😁
NICOLÒ= And between one laugh and another we arrive in the Bulgarian capital.
PIERO= I asked you what people think of us…..that we are all precise….can I do something I never do, can we have a chat?
NICOLÒ= Yes. (and Piero sits on the floor to talk)
Come on, sit down, actually wait, I’ll do something first (Piero sprays disinfectant on the part where he sits)
NICOLÒ= Is there something you never told the other two?
PIERO= I never told them: “I love you”❤️
NICOLÒ= Why?
PIERO= Because I struggle to open up to people.
NICOLÒ= Tenderness aside, now that we are close, we have to untie a very controversial issue.
The story of the hotel room you broke.
In 2015 all the newspapers published this news: THE THREE DESTROY A HOTEL ROOM. FECES ON THE WALL AND MATTRESSES THROWN EVERYWHERE. 🤬🤬🤬
What have you done?
PIERO= Do you want the truth?
NICOLÒ= Well I would like it from you.
PIERO= Did I tell you about the problem of the carpet for asthma?
NICOLÒ= Yes.
PIERO= When we arrived at that hotel at three in the morning, they gave me the room with the carpet. I couldn’t sleep. I come down at three in the morning (to the reception) and ask: “Sir, excuse me, can you give me a different room?” and he replied that there were no rooms without carpet, so, without saying anything, we left. The owner couldn’t digest it and let this news out.
NICOLÒ= What bullshit!! I made them on the wall???
PIERO= But I can defecate on the wall??? But do you think so??🤬
NICOLÒ= For goodness sake I believe him, but since we still have one night left to spend in the hotel, it’s better to avoid problems.
Do you know where I’m taking you?
PIERO= Where?
NICOLÒ= There, a RAGE ROOM, that is, one of those rooms that can be rented to destroy things.
PIERO= But can I really break everything here?
NICOLÒ= Here you can!
PIERO= Do you know that I have never done anything like this?
NICOLÒ= You let off steam, do what you want and tomorrow you will sing peacefully.
He immediately plans the strategy.
So what do we start with?
PIERO= With the baseball bat. Mom, how beautiful.
NICOLÒ= Oh Piero, be careful though! (Now NICOLÒ says a lot of bad things to let Piero vent his strength)
For all those who didn’t vote for you! Capolavoro came eighth in Sanremo, not even in the top three.
Go! The Italian press says you are losers. To the young people who don’t listen to you! For me who broke your soul for 48 hours. (hug with NICOLÒ)
PIERO= beautiful, it’s a beautiful feeling.
NICOLÒ= So you don’t break hotel rooms anymore.
PIERO= Come on, can I say it? Go fuck your ass!!
NICOLÒ= And from one hotel room, we move on to another. (Ignazio’s room)
Here is the room service, the others went out for dinner, we……
IGNAZIO= You’ll see it’s cooler!!
NICOLÒ= But above all it’s a way to really get to know each other.
IGNAZIO= I can often seem like a tough person, but in the end I am very fragile, even if I don’t show it. I had to grow up fast, you understand, so maybe…….
NICOLÒ= Why did you have to grow up so quickly?
IGNAZIO= My mother had cancer at 35, so she went back and forth between hospitals. Either you grow up fast, or you grow up fast, you can’t be a 5 year old when you have to help your sister run the house, my father worked, so I grew up with responsibility.❤️
NICOLÒ= I tell him about the time Gianluca got emotional talking about their relationship.
IGNAZIO= On a human level we have disagreements.
NICOLÒ= He suffers a lot from this.
IGNAZIO= Yes, yes, but me too, it’s as if you have a hard-headed brother and you can’t make him understand things.😁 I have also often been very harsh with Gianluca. 🤔
NICOLÒ= But Ignazio is trying to change, also thanks to his wife Michelle.
IGNAZIO= I learned to live life differently thanks to her. ❤️ First I needed sadness to move forward. I swear, with Michelle, with my wife it was one thing….from day one I understood it was her. ❤️
NICOLÒ= You got married within…..
IGNAZIO= After a month and a half I asked her to marry me.
NICOLÒ= After a month and a half?
IGNAZIO= Yes
NICOLÒ=Have you been together for a year now?
IGNAZIO= Today!
Today marks one year.
NICOLÒ= Best wishes!
IGNAZIO= I sent her flowers this morning.❤️
NICOLÒ= Despite his happiness, Ignazio went through a bad time last year.
IGNAZIO= I was alone, I didn’t do anything, I spent 12 hours glued to the computer playing. I hit rock bottom this year in January (2024).😩
NICOLÒ= When the panic attacks arrived (for Ignazio).
IGNAZIO= I had everything I wanted, a wonderful woman, a perfect job, everything, and I didn’t understand why I felt this way.
NICOLÒ= But suddenly they arrived?
IGNAZIO= Suddenly.
NICOLÒ= And now he’s learning to live with it.
IGNAZIO= Accept that you feel like this, I say to myself “OK, everything is fine, my life is wonderful, I don’t miss anything, it’s just a moment” and I move on.😩
NICOLÒ= Do you want children?
IGNAZIO= To die for! I would like a house full of children. We’re trying, we’re trying. This is beautiful, I can’t wait! 😍
NICOLÒ= Your eyes shine every time you talk about your wife.
IGNAZIO= I can’t wait!
NICOLÒ= This is beautiful. Good night!
IGNAZIO= Goodnight buddy!
NICOLÒ= We manage to sleep for a good 10 hours, the next morning we are in great shape.
What a peaceful life like this! Rest and now we’ll eat everything.
However, Ignazio’s relationship with food has always been complicated.
IGNAZIO= I was obese, and because of my weight I would be obese even now.
NICOLÒ= How did you live it?
IGNAZIO= Bad, bad because I never wanted to go out.
NICOLÒ= Were you ashamed?
IGNAZIO= Yes. There was a moment when I went to buy clothes and in normal shops the clothes didn’t fit, in plus size shops they were too big. It was a period that….
NICOLÒ=Did you feel wrong?
IGNAZIO= Yes😩
NICOLÒ= What did you do?
IGNAZIO= I thought: “Either I do something for myself or it ends badly.” and from there I started a journey that led me to feel a little more confident, even if today that security is never there, because in any case those who have been obese will always be seen obese, that is, I look in the mirror and see myself as fat, I don’t see myself as plump or robust, I see myself as fat.
NICOLÒ= Ignazio surprised me because he is really much more sensitive than he appears. After breakfast we join the others and go to the theatre.
Two concerts, one at 3.00 pm and one tonight at 8.00 pm, a real marathon.
GIANLUCA= (backstage) Do you see that the litter box is there?
NICOLÒ= To pee.
PIERO= During the concert, between one moment and another. Let’s go!!
NICOLÒ= Good luck (Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca shake hands)
GIANLUCA= The wolf dies.
NICOLÒ= They basically perform for almost 5 hours. In the front row in Sofia, the same girl who was in Paris and Lisbon and always follows them. It’s clear that Il Volo’s audience is very loyal and who cares how old they are?
A true triumph of music and of three guys who managed to differentiate themselves from the others with their style.
The video of the interview with subtitles.
These words were published by Nicolò De Devitiis after the broadcast of the broadcast:
“I knew that these 3 guys had something special, different from what I could imagine or from what I had always seen over the years… so, while I was in the Philippines I decided to contact them. We spoke and something immediately clicked, it must have also been that:
‘We can’t wait to do it Nic!’
We had never met before, so we did it on air (as often happens in these “48 hours with”) as you saw by spending time with each of us individually. them 48h (a a bit in Sofia and a bit in Paris) and once we had overcome the first “fears” or uncertainties, little by little they opened up, told us… getting to know us and telling us things (that you have seen or not) hour after hour a beautiful bond was born, which I hope will last a long time.
Great guys, thanks for everything, it was nice to really get to know you for who you are, you pleasantly surprised me (and this amazement, this “surprise” in rediscovering them I hope has also reached you at home)..and above all thanks for trusting me from the minute zero and having indulged in my every madness… you had fun in the end but eh…. damn you. ❤️”
I really liked this type of interview, certainly different from the usual, but which led us to understand the profound thoughts towards life and the way of being of our kids. Furthermore, once again we experienced the total and sincere affection that unites these three men.
Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio did not know each other, but they learned to respect and love each other and their bond is immediately understood even by those who, like Nicolò De Devitiis, did not know them personally, but by speaking with them he discovered three unique people who between them have a special relationship.
Thank you Nicolò for this lovely interview and thank you for your kind final personal words, I’m sure that now Il Volo has one more friend!!
Great success for the Roman leg of the tour: “Tutti per uno – Ad Astra live”.
Perfect synthesis of vocal power, passion, desire to give oneself completely to the public and to have fun, as only a few can do, in the name of the friendship that has accompanied them since they were children.
Today they are men, united by talent and the desire to continue growing, always facing new challenges, such as the new tour in Italian arenas “Tutti Per Uno – Ad Astra Live”.
Yesterday evening, January 21st, the Roman stage brought back to the stage of the Capital, after the summer success of the Baths of Caracalla, the unique voices of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble, accompanied by the “Franciacorta” Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Edmondo Moses Savio.
Together in a perfect harmony of music and words.
Five large screens act as a backdrop. They punctuated with suggestive visuals a show enriched by lasers and plays of lights. A show within a show lasting over two hours.
On the stage of the Palazzo dello Sport for Il Volo the opportunity to celebrate 16 years of career, and the beginning was immediately a “masterpiece”.
Very rich lineup, with Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca who alternated performances together with moments as soloists, each bringing their own identity and personality.
They performed the songs from their first album of unreleased songs “Ad Astra”, such as the latest single “Tra le onde”. There was no shortage of great tributes, from Elton John to Claudio Villa, from Frank Sinatra to Simon & Gurfunkel. Emotion and shivers among the audience during the touching interpretation of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”.
Between applause and standing ovations, the trio also joked with the fans and sought their embrace, getting off the stage and immersing themselves in the crowd, with smiles and selfies. But everything always with their feet on the ground, without forgetting the origins, the beginnings and a heartfelt thank you to their manager, Michele Torpedine, who was also in the audience, under stage, listening to them. Then the heart-pounding grand finale with “Grande Amore”, the winning song of Sanremo in 2015. And Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca greet the Roman public with gratitude and with the promise of returning to the capital soon.
And now a series of photos by our friend Keisyuu who was enchanted by the concert!!
January 23 EBOLI
The concert is at Palasele.
We are in the province of Salerno, therefore in the Neapolitan area.
In this very famous area it is the “Neapolitan pastiera”, a typical dessert.
#Repost @mocamboprimiero
Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio fell from the sky tonight and tasted our masterpiece.🫠
What can I say, the guys certainly appreciated it!! 😋😋😋
Present at the concert was RADIO CITTA 105 which filmed and broadcast several videos of the show.
The show begins with two songs sung by Cecile who positions herself in front of the long black cloth, she sings with backing tracks, therefore without an orchestra. After Cecile’s two songs, the orchestra enters and positions itself, the Il Volo concert begins.
In this video, during a presentation of a song, Gianluca reads a sign held by a girl: “GIANLUCA YOU ARE A MASTERPIECE” and Gianluca thanks her and comes down from the stage to hug the fan!
Final of the evening Ignazio thanks Eboli!
Palasele publishes the video with this comment: “Thank you for moving us with your masterpieces.”
This report aired on SUD TV which I translated for you is also very nice.
Over two hours of great live music accompanied by the orchestra and special lighting effects, amidst the applause and hugs of the Campania public who filled the Palasele di Eboli last night for the highly anticipated Il Volo concert. The musical trio of young Italian tenors, winners of the Sanremo Festival, sang all the songs that characterized the success of their careers, presenting their latest great recording work AD ASTRA.
A European tour which last night included a stop in Eboli where the singer Cecile opened the concert, giving the go-ahead and assisting the great music of the trio: Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble.
“A path that will take us towards the stars”, said the three tenors from the stage as they presented the songs from the new album.
A great musical success last night which was fully booked at the Palasele in Eboli, thanks to the unique voice of the three tenors, in an event organized by Anni60 productions and which saw the general public singing and getting excited with one of the greatest and most important Italian musical groups in the world: Il Volo!
And ANNI 60 Production published these beautiful photos with this comment:
The enchantment of @ilvolomusic at the @palasele_official. ✨ The intertwining of their magnetic and powerful voices and the warmth of the Campania public will remain in the hearts of those who were there.❤️
24 January BARI
The concert is at the Palaflorio.
Sound check photos
Video from Ercole Ginoble!
What a treasure this child is holding a sign that says: “I’m 10 years old, can I sing with you? Grande Amore”. The boys read the sign and make Alessio sing the chorus… How sweet!!
A medley and photos from Vurro Concerti, who posted this comment:
“A unique show full of emotions and talent ✨ Il Volo at the PalaFlorio in Bari.”
and Telebari published this nice review which I translate:
IL VOLO TRIUMPHS IN BARI WITH AN IMPECCABLE CONCERT. THE TRIO INVITES A CHILD TO DUET WITH THEM.
In recent months the concert calendar at the Palaflorio in Bari has been as rich as ever. Laura Pausini, Alessandra Amoroso, Tananai met and thrilled their target audience.
But when the three former child prodigies of the song, Il Volo, appeared on the bill, the opportunity arose to understand who their audience was.
And already from the early hours of the afternoon yesterday, January 24, near the sports hall of the Apulian capital, it was clear how varied the parterre of the fantastic three was.
Conservatory professors who have seen a boom in enrollments thanks to the “Volo phenomenon”, students hoping to pass their university exams after meeting their favorites, families who have found in Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio a common thread that could allow them to share an event of music and magic.
The portion of “no longer little girls” is particularly large but they have not put away their desire to sing at the top of their lungs; binoculars in hand, hoping to encounter a languid glance in one eye or a wink from another.
Two hours of impeccable show, not a false note, not a word out of place.
Thanks to the experience with the rock star stylist Nick Cerioni, the looks are very refined: shirt collars embellished with Swarovski crystals, studded Louboutins on the feet and slicked hair.
Solo performances alternate with the classic lineup, there is no shortage of Sanremo hits as well as homages to great artists on the world music scene, from Frank Sinatra to Queen, from Leonard Cohen to Franco Battiato.
Laser lights and LED videos accompany the unreleased songs from the album “Ad Astra”.
Puglia is generous and gives flowers, posters, hearts and many standing ovations.
The boys appreciate and pay homage to their historic manager Michele Torpedine (from Minervino Murge – Puglia), they are attentive to their youngest fans so much so that they notice the yellow-red sign of little Alessio Lapertosa, who begs to be able to duet with them, and the dream ends come true.
A world tour awaits the three boys of pop-classical music. The world acclaims them, Italy snubs them a bit, loves them a bit.
A little we would like to see them more uninhibited and spontaneous, like when they allowed us to play with their looks in Sanremo.
A really good article, even if I don’t agree with the ending, when he writes that Italy “would like them to be a little more uninhibited and spontaneous”…….I don’t understand what he means, or rather I understand that journalists believe that Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio are perfect and would like to see some flaws in them, such as some false words or some bad words… these journalists really don’t understand that Il Volo is like that, simple and not at all set, but still polite and never over the top and this is certainly not what makes them less spontaneous, on the contrary!!!! Many rude kids should take example from this way of behaving!! 😉
January 26th MESSINA
The concert is at PALARESCIFINA.
This start of the concert was published by TEMPOSTRETTO, Messina’s online newspaper.
How wonderful is this video of Piero among the people while he sings Vicinissimo. Adorable!!!
He sees his nieces, daughters of a cousin, Calogero, and Piero spoke to us about them in an interview, saying that he adores the little girls. He picks them up while singing!!! Piero’s grandmother and mother can be seen next to the granddaughters. Piero’s cousin posted this video with this comment:
“You are great, our pride…..and our little ones love you with the same intensity that you love them.❤️ We love you very much ❤️”
The mayor of Messina, Federico Basile posted this comment:
“🎶✨ Il Volo enchants PalaRescifina🎤
This evening the “Il Volo” concert gave unique emotions and unforgettable moments to all those present.
an administration, we are constantly committed to offering citizens and tourists from other cities events of great artistic and cultural value.
The objective is to promote Messina, while stimulating the development of the local economy and the tourist enhancement of the area.
In this way, we proudly strengthen the Messina, City of Music and Events brand.”
So the tour of the Italian arenas ended in the best possible way and I am extremely happy about it.
The newspaper articles that wrote well-deserved praise for Il Volo were also beautiful.
There is less than a month left until the start of Sanremo and the promos announcing the event are running on Italian television and here’s what you will surely appreciate!!
Speaking of Sanremo, I had already announced that Il Volo will feature a duet with Clara on the Cover evening on February 14th.
But now there is some more news, the song they will perform together has been announced and it is THE SOUND OF SILENCE, how exciting, I can’t wait!!
I’ve finished updating you on these last few days, but there’s one more piece of news, on Tuesday 28th January Il Volo will be at LE IENE, in the program TRAVELING WITH IL VOLO, there will be fun!!
And I’m done with this, but I’ll see you very soon!!!
Daniela 🤗
Thanks from Gianluca
Another page has ended, and with it the Italian tour. I carry within me a mix of sensations and emotions that are difficult to describe. What does it mean to go on stage every night, in front of thousands of people? It is a journey that goes beyond voice and singing: it is an exchange, a ritual. The energy that is concentrated in a place is transformed into something palpable. You absorb it, keep it, make it yours, only to return it in a different, more intense, more alive form. Giving yourself completely, to the point of losing yourself, and then finding yourself in the emotion of those who listen to you: this is the greatest lesson I have learned in all these years of my career.
Being an artist is not pure ego, but transcendence. It is not just the desire to assert oneself or leave a personal mark, but an act of connection. It is building a bridge towards the universal, a space in which the boundary between the individual and the collective dissolves. Art, perhaps, is precisely this: a reflection of our ego, but also an attempt to overcome it, seeking what unites us, what makes us human.
Thank you all for being part of this process, for your presence which allows me to dig deeply, within myself and within us. Together, every evening, we created something that goes beyond words. This is the true gift.
Prestige MJM who promoted the concert wrote as follows: “Great voices, timeless music and a fantastic atmosphere – all this was filled in Atlas Arena at tród ponad at the concert of the Italian trio Il Volo 🙌😍
Wonderfully harmonious sounds and wonderful arrangements touched the hearts of the assembled audience. ❤️
This was Il Volo’s sixth concert in Poland. 🇵🇱
On stage the singers were accompanied by the incomparable Orkiestra Akademii Beethovenowskiej. 🎼”
29 October PORTUGAL
The concert was held in LISBON in the Aula Magna.
It is the first time that Il Volo performs in Portugal.
NELLE TUE MANI
Piero introduces their Portuguese translator: Ignazio! Ignazio says he hasn’t spoken Portuguese for a long time, and his Portuguese is more Brazilian Carioca. Well done Ignazio, who still conquers the Portuguese public! 🥰
A moment from the presentation of the song SE by Morricone. The speech between Piero and Ignazio was hilarious and I don’t understand it but from the laughter and applause it must have been very much appreciated by the audience!! 😂
LA DONNA È MOBILE (great applause and the final hug of a sweet grandmother)
I can say that Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca have entered the hearts of Portugal fans. Great empathy, great applause, great affection, great love!! 🥰
The Orquestra Pop Portuguesa that accompanied Il Volo published these beautiful words:
Accompanying Il Volo means being sure that we will participate in an unforgettable show. There were about 25 songs, 2 hours of show, 3 singers whose performance received an enthusiastic standing ovation at the end of each song. Unconditional characters who demonstrate enormous affection for Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble, who interact with the audience in an excellent way, taking advantage of the fact that Ignazio speaks sweet Portuguese with the Brazilian Carioca accent as he says. Il Volo also introduced us to the engaging and fascinating voice of Cecille, a student of Andrea Bocelli, who ended her performance in tears, such was the emotion and dedication in her performance.
They make us all enjoy with their art and with each song the feelings come to the fore: we dream, we sing, we dance, we laugh and even we cry. Music is culture, but it is also entertainment and the 3 singers bridge the gap between these two aspects impeccably! For Orquestra Pop Portuguesa, under the direction of maestro Élio Anes Leal , it was a moment to repeat, especially because between Il Volo and OPP a Great Love was born. Stay tuned for the next posts… we have a surprise for all of you!
These are the words of the concert promoters: LAST TOUR PORTUGAL.
“Combining opera and pop in a unique way, @ilvolomusic sold out the emblematic Aula Magna in Lisbon and thrilled the audience with their voices, greatest hits and timeless classics. 🎼💫 Thank you ✨”
31 October FRANCE
The concert was held in PARIS in the Salle Pleyel.
It’s been a long time since Il Volo returned to Paris, furthermore a live radio connection and streaming with RADIO ITALIA was planned.
Also in radio connection also Radio ONE London but alsoICN Radio for New York and on DAB radio for Scotland.
The beginning of the concert and a collage of songs.
I don’t know about you, but I really like hearing guys speak French, I understand almost nothing but I like listening to them. 🥰
As I told you, the concert in Paris was live on radio with Radio Italia (Italy), London ONE Radio (England) and ICN Radio New York, for U.S. and these are the greetings and thanks given live at the end of the concert by Ignazio.
Paris: Il Volo make a concert masterpiece. Thanks from the stage to London ONE radio, Radio Italia and ICN for the live broadcast at the same time
London (Paolo Criminelli) Great success for Il Volo at the concert in Paris, an extraordinary event that marked a historic stage for the radio world.
A historic fact for radio
For the first time, London ONE Radio broadcast the entire concert simultaneously withRadio Italia Solo Musica ItalianaandICN Radio in New York, creating a musical bridge between Europe and the United States and spreading the art and passion of Italian music to international level.
From the prestigious stage of the Salle Pleyel, Il Volo fascinated the audience with a selection of songs that ranged from Ennio Morricone’s masterful compositions to their most beloved hits, including “Capolavoro” and the emotional “Grande Amore”. The trio of tenors — Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble — gave an impeccable performance, winning the hearts of Parisian spectators and thousands of listeners tuned in from all over the world.
The audience responded with warm applause, while London ONE Radio fans followed the event from England, actively participating with comments and posts on social media to share their emotion in real time. This simultaneous broadcast between three major broadcasters represented a unique radio experiment, aimed at celebrating Italian music and bringing its beauty to different corners of the planet at the same time.
The concert not only highlighted the expressive power of Il Volo, but also underlined the strength of radio as a means capable of connecting cultures and generations, precisely on the centenary of its birth and on the tenth anniversary of London ONE Radio. “We couldn’t have received a better gift,” declared the management of London ONE Radio, highlighting the pride and satisfaction for this memorable initiative.
On stage, Il Volo wanted to thank the broadcasters involved: “Special thanks to London ONE Radio, Radio Italia,andICN Radio for making this extraordinary experience possible”, they said, while the audience’s applause became increasingly intense.
The event demonstrated how Italian music, supported by extraordinary voices and innovative radio collaboration, is capable of creating global connections, breaking down barriers and providing emotions without borders. A triumph that will remain imprinted in the history of music and radio.
The tour is going great so far and there are only three concerts left and then this tiring tour which has involved Europe and Dubai will also be over in a few days.
I am so happy that all the audiences who filled the concert venues were so loving and satisfied with our young men.
Surely you have already seen photos of Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio together with a man with sunglasses , and you have wondered who he is. Here they are.
This is Nicolò De Devitiis and he is part of LE IENE, which is an Italian television program on Canale 5 where the hosts always wear black suits and often sunglasses. Our boys have already been guests of LE IENE, or rather co-hosts and it was a lot of fun. So get ready because Nicolò followed Il Volo for 48 hours and a special will surely be born which will be included in an episode on Canale 5. We will keep you updated!!
That’s all for now, see you very soon!!
Daniela 🤗
As you all know, Quincy Jones, a great person in the field of music, died on November 3, may he rest in peace. Let’s remember him with this beautiful photo.
Credit to owners of all photos and videos.
Come in and share the love of life, friends and Il Volo!
