I can’t believe it!!!
The last concert in Canada was on April 5th and then Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio went back home to Italy for a well-deserved rest, but on April 8th they were already on the radio for an interview, incredible!
The interview was with Radio RTL102.5 for the program THE FLIGHT (that’s the real name of the program, nothing more appropriate), and they were interviewed by Alessandra Zacchino who is commonly called ZAC for short.
They were also live on the music channel, so I propose the video and we can also see our boys.
I only translated the first part of the interview, because then I saw a video already with well-made subtitles translated into English and then from there continue on the video and thank Donalee Dragna for doing this great job, thanks Donalee!!
INTERVIEW
ZAC= This Tuesday afternoon the guys from: Il Volo joined us, each in their own location.
GIANLUCA= Hello everyone.
IGNAZIO= Hello.
PIERO= Hello, Hello.
ZAC= Piero, Ignazio Gianluca, welcome, welcome back.
So, tell us a little, how are you? First of all, you look good.
PIERO= What do you want to know?
ZAC= So, I want to know… first of all, how many tours have you done in America?
PIERO= Nine
ZAC= Nine? So in sixteen years
GIANLUCA= Yes, almost sixteen years, just think that on April 25, 2025, so soon, we will celebrate sixteen years of career.
ZAC= How wonderful, and you have had a ton of sold-outs….
IGNAZIO= How wonderful for you who see it from the outside, but sixteen years together is tough!!
ZAC= But I meant how wonderful the tour is, then if we want to get into specifics, Ignazio wants to take advantage….
IGNAZIO= We put up with each other every day, but….
ZAC= But this relationship in the end, on stage you guys do extraordinary numbers, I’m not saying this because I like you, but with the cards in hand!
PIERO= Look, this was a magnificent and exciting tour, we didn’t expect it… because we know the United States well, we’ve been going there to perform concerts for many years, but this year we experienced it differently, there was a different awareness.
It was exciting because seeing year after year, the number of audience capacities always increasing, the affection always the same and you conquer new generations, this gives you energy for the future and everything there is to do from now on.
ZAC= Yes, it’s true, because in addition to you having grown over these fifteen and a half years, your audience has also grown, which has always been very varied, because there were adults, but also kids and many of these kids then became adults and the new very young people arrived.
GIANLUCA= Yes, many girls have become mothers and many mothers have become grandmothers.
IGNAZIO= Let’s say that those who worked then, are now retired.
PIERO= And many grandmothers are no longer here.
GIANLUCA= No, come on. Unfortunately, look, this is a black humor that is contemplated but maybe not at this time.
ZAC= To sum up, it was an American tour that took you both to the United States and Canada, the last date was in Ontario, the Canadian side of Niagara Falls and it was a success, but we’ll be back in Italy soon, okay?
Meanwhile: Grande Amore , Il Volo. (video resumes after the song)
Il Volo, Grande Amore on RTL 102.5 it’s 3.16 pm and the guys are connected with us after a very successful tour, but as I was saying this is only a part of what they have to do, because then there will be a European tour, in short they will continue to tour, but in between there are three very important dates, three unmissable events, May 8, 10 and 11, explain to me for a moment what we are talking about for these three dates.
PIERO= Do you know our program TUTTI PER UNO?
ZAC= Of course not?
PIERO= This year we will be at the third edition on Canale 5 and every year, in the past episodes, individually we show what we are, beyond our favorite musical genre perhaps where we recognize ourselves most, and in this program we have so many guests.
(from here continue on the video)
Really a nice interview and so many guests, their names are very popular here in Italy, we will have fun.
Then Il Volo was also interviewed in radiovision by Radio Zeta which for the program COLLETTIVO ZETA that I translate for you.
MAN= We should have them on zoom: Il Volo!! Hi guys.
GIANLUCA= Hi how are you?
PIERO= Hi, today you have VOLO without the article. (meaning that Ignazio is missing)
GIANLUCA= One is missing.
MAN= We are trying to get Ignazio back but Piero and Gianluca are here so let’s start first of all from … How are you and where are you? Piero…
PIERO= We arrived yesterday evening from the United States, we did this 6-week tour, it was a nice tour of 20 concerts.
You know we often go to America to do concerts, but this year it was different, it was a tour perhaps…let me say…more exciting, we experienced it with more awareness, then it is always a pleasure to go there, to sing, but then coming back is always nice.
Now we are at home, not on vacation, because we are working on the next project that we will tell you about shortly, we have five days to rest and then we are ready to do everything.
MAN= Gianluca, are you confirming or reversing what Piero said?
GIANLUCA= Mamma mia, Piero has said it all by now, but I expected Giulia to be there. (Giulia Salemi presenter of Radio Zeta and friend – laughter) Sorry, no offense to you.
MAN= We can call her and put her in touch with us. She works from 11:00 to 13:00.
Anyway, Giulia or not Giulia, I wanted to ask you, do you feel the jet lag? I mean, are you standing up by a miracle now or are you used to it by now.
GIANLUCA= Yesterday at 05:00 I opened my eyes wide, well now this is part of the game, but yes, there is always a bit of jet lag, but in the end as Piero said, we do what we like and that’s the main thing, now we’ll lose a few days.
MAN = We’ll soon talk about the unmissable events on May 8, 10 and 11 in Mantua, but I wanted to ask Gianluca, why did I see a Joker behind you, is it possible?
GIANLUCA= Yes, here it is, it’s not mine, because I’m at home in the studio of the producer, that is Michael Tenisci who is also co-author of Capolavoro, because we are preparing in the studio next door the songs to perform in TUTTI PER UNO precisely.
MAN= Oh how cool!
GIANLUCA= But I’m a fan of Joker, I’m a fan of the Joker movie and of all the meaning. precisely of the movie.
MAN= But also of the second one? Or the second one, no?
GIANLUCA= The second one is the best movie in history (laughter).
MAN= Instead to understand the difference (between Piero and Gianluca), Gianluca has a Joker behind him even if it’s not his, instead Piero I think I saw the Sanremo award, did I see Piero wrong behind you?
PIERO= First of all I have a house all my own, paid for (laughter).
MAN= Well done Piero nice message.
PIERO= Yes that is the Sanremo award, yes there is the notice board. (behind him)
GIANLUCA= Why did you win Sanremo? (laughter)
PIERO= Yes it is on the notice board, in fact I’ll even show it to you lit up, look….
MAN= Go, go, it lights up too, come on light up the Sanremo award because yes, you won Sanremo Gianluca! This thing happened to you too.
PIERO= Look how I lit up the Sanremo award for you.
MAN= Beautiful, beautiful! For those who aren’t following us on radiovision, there’s a light that illuminates only and exclusively that area of the house…..beautiful.
GIANLUCA= Guys, this year is the tenth anniversary of GRANDE AMORE, so….
MAN= Oh, and so you know what? We’ll listen to it so we can celebrate this tenth anniversary and then we’ll talk about the only three dates here in Italy: GRANDE AMORE Il Volo here on Radio Zeta, this is your Collettivo Zeta.
(the song that you can’t hear in the video starts)
MAN= We also saw the video, we’re at 266 digital terrestrial on Radio Zeta in the Collective, I’d like to ask Piero, but the Spider Man moment, who came to mind in this video of Grande Amore?
PIERO= For the SPIDERMAN moment (Gianluca’s scene), in my opinion the director was under strange effects…..(laughter) he wrote the session of Grande Amore, then his colleague arrived who was worse and did BACK TO THE FUTURE (Piero’s scene) and then the third, we had changed agent and he had Ignazio do the GHOST stuff.
MAN= Beautiful guys!
PIERO= But in the end that video was really liked, you saw!
MAN= Okay, they are three important pieces for three different generations, you unite all the audiences of the world practically like this.
PIERO= Think that I did that scene (of Back to the Future) without having seen the original film.
MAN= Incredible. But did you see it or not?
GIANLUCA= In fact it’s incredible, without inspiration you moved me with your interpretation. (laughter)
PIERO= But I’m a born actor, I sing for passion, but my true vocation is precisely acting. (he jokes)
GIANLUCA= But I have to tell you that it’s nice to see, or rather to hear on Radio Zeta Grande Amore by Il Volo after Lei by Marracash (an Italian rapper very popular among young people), it’s not bad!
MAN= It’s true!!
GIANLUCA= You are truly an eclectic radio.
MAN= Did you see? You’re right. Who knows, maybe he’s giving us some spoilers about something that will come with Marracash, like Il Volo feat Marracash, it wouldn’t be bad….
PIERO= We’ll have Giannli Morandi (a completely different singer from Marracash)
MAN= So be careful, it seems to me…..let’s get things in order Piero, we have to repeat May 8, 10, 11 the only dates in Italy, Palazzo Te in Mantua, TUTTI PER UNO VIAGGIO NEL TEMPO Il Volo, three unmissable live shows, but we would like to understand, besides you three who are wonderful and wonderful Piero, will there be anyone else?
PIERO= It seems a bit like a joke to me, I feel slightly relieved. (he is being ironic)
GIANLUCA= No, no, he is a big fan, he always comes to all the concerts.
MAN= Besides, I have to ask, okay, later….
GIANLUCA= Tickets for mom, for grandma…..
MAN=……and for the girlfriend.
But jokes aside, there will be some surprises guys, whoever wants to answer, answer.
PIERO= Let’s say we divide the names, the two of us,
MAN= Go.
PIERO= I’ll give you the first 10, then: Gianni Morandi, I know them all by heart (but he shows his cell phone where he reads from), Fiorella Mannoia, Arisa, Mario Biondi with Alessandro Quarta…
GIANLUCA= A little faster Piero, the radio times are for 2…
PIERO= Malika Ayane, Noemi, Clara and Antonello Venditti.
GIANLUCA= Then there will be Gaia, Massimo Ranieri, Brunori Saa, Marco Masini, The Kolors, Gigi D’Alessio, Alessandra Amoroso, Peppe Fiorello, Giorgio Panariello and other confirmations are arriving, so there will be many guests and for those who do not know the program it is the third television edition, we moved from the Verona Arena to Palazzo Te in Mantua to also show the beauties of Italy, because in any case we are lucky enough to have wonderful places. It is a television program where we will also sing individually, to summarize, each one shows their own personality outside of the trio because we have three completely different entities.
MAN= And what’s yours, for example, Gianlu?
GIANLUCA= I….maybe I don’t sing. (he jokes – laughter)
And it doesn’t end here, just today, April 10, Andrea Bocelli published this beautiful visit to the ABF GlobaLab in San Firenze.
A truly special visit: a celebrated trio of colleagues and friends whose journey is a shining example of talent, passion, dedication, and achievement. Il Volo toured the new ABF GlobaLab spaces at “San Firenze.”
The three remarkable artists—cherished by audiences across the globe—honored us with their presence and delighted the entire foundation team with their unexpected visit.
It was profoundly moving to witness, alongside them, the profound alignment of values that inspires Gianluca, Piero, and Ignazio (the three wings of harmony who have carried Il Volo to the world’s most prestigious stages for over sixteen years), and the driving force behind ABF: a vibrant, dynamic laboratory of ideas, and GlobaLab—a crossroads of knowledge and connection.
A space of limitless possibilities—open to youth, professionals, and the wider community—where learning comes alive through hands-on experience, meaningful encounters, education, and innovation.
Andrea Bocelli
And now, finally, watch this video, I think it’s fan-made, but it’s well done and it goes over all the various moments of Il Volo’s career.
I can say……but poor guys, they didn’t even have time to rest and immediately they had these interviews and what a beautiful visit to ABF Foundation!
Nice and kind and funny as always, they promoted the three concerts in Mantua by listing some guests with whom we will hear them sing. I know that perhaps for you the singers listed may be big question marks, but know that they are very famous artists in Italy, and then we will see the violinist Alessandro Quarta again.
Mantua, Palazzo Tem will be another beautiful event, I can’t wait to see them again!
But here I am, I thought I had told you everything and here comes the most beautiful, sweetest news, the one we were all waiting to hear.
Yes, it’s true, Ignazio and Michelle are becoming parents, but let’s read Michelle’s sweet words for the announcement.
My love, you don’t know how much we wanted you. We still can’t believe that we will become parents. We thought that we were already lucky to find ourselves the two of us in life, but once again she surprised us, giving us another shade of pure happiness. In a few months you will arrive and we can’t wait to see you, to raise you, to introduce you to the world and to know the wonderful privilege of being a dad and a mom. In our center of the world now there is you BIANCA. ❤️
What wonderful news, a great dream come true, congratulations dear Ignazio and Michelle, a beautiful princess is on the way!! ❤️❤️❤️
There is so much love in the air, so much that we will talk about in the days to come.
See you soon: Daniela 🤗
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