Time passes quickly and there is very little left until the start of the U.S. tour. For this very reason I want to reiterate some important things.
Since there will be new fans approaching the concerts, and certainly these new fans, pleasantly surprised and full of admiration, will look for news of Il Volo on any platform, site, blog, fan pages.
For this reason, once again I want to warn everyone, new and old fans, so that they do not fall into the countless scams carried out behind Il Volo’s back and in particular to the detriment of Gianluca, Piero and Ignazio.
Scrolling on Google I found this article written a year ago immediately after the Sanremo 2024 performance. It is interesting and was published by ACTA.
ACTA: Action Against Affective Scams and Fight Cybercrime
Il Volo, huge scam for fans: many risked losing everything.
— Requests for help from people scammed with this drama are also arriving at ACTA and fans of the band risk falling into the same sophisticated emotional scam.
They are also among the most loved artists of the recent Sanremo Festival. We are talking about Il Volo, the band that literally enchanted the audience at the Ariston theater with the song “Capolavoro”. In the singing competition, Gianluca Ginoble, Ignazio Boschetto and Piero Barone earned a well-deserved eighth step on the podium. Much loved and in demand all over the world, the two tenors and the baritone have an agenda full of commitments and exciting singing appointments.
When you are at the peak of success, however, it is inevitable that mechanisms are unleashed that can have repercussions – and even seriously – on the fans of certain artists. This is exactly what happened for the band protagonist of the 74th Italian Song Festival. Ginoble, Boschetto and Barone, in this case, found themselves involved in a huge online scam.
Posing as the agent of the three Il Volo artists and convincing fans that a “simple” payment would be enough to meet their favorites. By means of bank transfer, obviously, or bitcoin. It might seem like a movie script, but instead this is what recently happened to supporters of the beloved band.
The investigation, carried out by a journalist from Novella 2000, allowed the fake profile of Michele Torpedine to be identified. The latter, posing as the agent of Il Volo, made users believe that, to have a moment face to face with the band, all they had to do was shell out money. We started from a minimum of 2 thousand euros, and then gradually increased the amount if requests from the public increased. And obviously, also based on the time that each admirer wanted to spend with Ginoble, Barone and Boschetto. A huge scam which, unfortunately, has deceived a significant number of people, enticed by the proposal of being able to spend time with the three singers.
Once the wrongdoings of the alleged Il Volo agent had been brought to light, the Novella 2000 staff proceeded to inform not only the investigators, but also the entourage of the band itself. A terrible deception, the one concocted against the admirers of the singers, which saw many people defrauded.
When you are at the height of success, on the other hand, the haters are as numerous as the fans. Unfortunately, predicting the onset of certain mechanisms is literally impossible. The investigation conducted by Novella 2000, at this juncture, proved to be nothing short of providential.
So, once again I want to warn everyone against these scammers who pass themselves off as Il Volo, Torpedine and above all Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble.
Remember that: Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca NEVER ASK ANYONE FOR MONEY
THEY NEVER CHAT WITH ANY FANS BY INVITING THEM ON OTHER SITES BEWARE OF FAKE VIDEOS spread with their images and voices, where they compliment you and ask you to follow them on private sites. Unfortunately, artificial intelligence allows them to make these fake videos that seem real, BUT THEY ARE NOT REALLY THEM.
Below is an example of a fake video.
Only join credible and series fan pages that do not pretend to be our guys.
Be wary of anyone who offers you (even with the faces of Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca) concert tickets or VIP badges, only go to the official channels, which will refer you to secure ticket resellers.
Don’t like photos that are published generically, only like them on serious fan pages, don’t waste likes on photos that attract you because they are beautiful, but for cheaters it’s a reason to hook you up.
This photo that I attach is false or otherwise falsified.
Don’t friend anyone Il Volo, Michele Torpedine, Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto or Gianluca Ginoble, they are all FAKE!!!
I myself receive friend requests every day from fake Piero, Ignazio or Gianluca, even from Torpedine and even from Ercole Ginoble!!!
Remember that Il Volo has only one official website, this one:
The guys also have official Instagram accounts with the blue check mark, also known as the verified badge, which indicates that an account is authentic.
Soon Il Volo will be with you and therefore I ask you to spread the word as much as possible to alert old and new fans about this type of scam.
I also want to thank Cindi Dominguez for her efforts on this matter, your email reached me, and as you can see, I thought it best to write another post on this topic, thank you!!
And now I want to lighten the mood a little by publishing some videos of reactions to the performance of THE SOUND OF SILENCE by Clara and Il Volo in Sanremo.
I’ll start with the review by Giacomo Rossi, the good Vocal Coach who also publishes under the name Jack’s Reaction – Vocal Coach. His analyzes are always detailed and honest. In his personal ranking he places Clara and Il Volo in 5th place, but activate the subtitles to read his beautiful words about Il Volo, he talks about them at the beginning, immediately after the introduction of the video.
I wrote to Giacomo Rossi thanking him for the kind words on Il Volo and told him that I would publish the video on Flight Crew, so if you can comment under the YouTube video, he will be happy.
I also liked this video and it doesn’t need translation for you. He doesn’t know Il Volo but immediately admires it!
Two more nice reactions!
There are just a few days left until Il Volo arrives in the U.S. for the first concert of their tour!!
Are you ready!!!
Did you get the tickets?
Just a few more days and they will be with you, brightening your evenings with their splendid voices!!
And the Sanremo cover evening is over too. What about the evening?
Il Volo with Clara were amazing, very good, beautiful interpretation and Clara’s voice blended well with that of Il Volo!!
Elegant, beautiful, talented, and they sang very well. Thunderous applause!!
I remind you that Il Volo was not in the race. On the evening dedicated to Covers (already famous songs), the rules require the competing singer to duet with other singers. Clara, who you all know by now because last year in the Arena she did a duet with Gianluca, asked Il Volo to duet with her.
From Clara’s words in an interview, it seems that she has established a beautiful friendship with our boys, there is a lot of esteem and respect and also camaraderie between them. 🥰
But here is the video of the evening.
Overwhelming, skin-deep shivers and applause demonstrate that the audience liked it!!! 👏👏👏👏
Immediately after singing, the interview with RADIO RAI 2. (turn on subtitles)
Such beauty and skill, as we always know by now, does not correspond to the vote, in fact CLARA and IL VOLO will only place ninth!!!! INCREDIBLE, once again the juries did not support them!!!! 🤬🤬🤬
I already know that many of you will be thinking: “But why do they go to Sanremo? They don’t need it.”
I can tell you that Sanremo, for better or worse, has very strong media exposure and therefore in addition to being seen by millions of Italians on TV, it offers many opportunities for radio interviews and online listening, certainly by people who are not fans of Il Volo.
In fact, I am attaching a series of radio interviews done by Il Volo on the occasion of the Sanremo evening, where you can activate the subtitles, because they are interviews that don’t say anything new, but are certainly useful to get to know and get people talking about Il Volo!!
First we start from the arrival of Clara and Il Volo in Sanremo.
And here is the roundup of radio and TV interviews. (where possible activate the automatic translator)
STORIE ITALIANE
RTL 102.5
RADIO SUBASIO
RADIO 101
RADIO 105
CIAO COMO
RAI RADIO2
RADIO MONTECARLO
RADIO ITALIA
RADIO FESTIVAL
And then they were interviewed by Stefano Fisico for Radio Number One, unfortunately it is an audio file, but I remind you that last year Stefano Fisico had interviewed Gianluca and Piero and from that badly interpreted interview the rumor of the division of Il Volo was born and although Stefano Fisico had threatened his fellow journalists and speakers of fake news, the rumor that spread was that Il Volo was arguing and was dividing.
In the current interview, Stefano and the boys good-naturedly make fun of last year’s interview and say that people still think that Il Volo has split….. incredible.
Furthermore, Il Volo also had the opportunity to do a CD signing in Sanremo!!
And now a nice roundup of photos and videos backstage before going on stage!
And here Clara, Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca send best wishes to all lovers and not (in short for everyone), for VALENTINE’S DAY.❤️
Another beautiful moment was theSORRISI E CANZONI interview.
The answers from Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio were funny. I translate for you, also imagining the probable questions.😉
QUESTION = What is never missing in your suitcase?
GIANLUCA= I don’t know….any books?
PIERO= I don’t lack…shoes to go running. That’s a must.
IGNAZIO= For me on tour definitely electronic material, computers for recording and making music.
QUESTION= How long does it take you to pack?
GIANLUCA= Ah, we are very fast now, there is always a suitcase ready at home, already open. In fact, when guests come we apologize: “Sorry, there’s an open suitcase, because every now and then, close, open….”.
IGNAZIO= That’s you, not me, it’ll take me half an hour.
PIERO= I have a list of things to pack, maybe in 10 minutes I can easily pack a suitcase for two months. You know when you go to the pharmacist and tell him: “Will you give me that medicine?” and he does this and takes it? (Piero moves his arm back without turning) So he’s at our house to pack his bags.
QUESTION= Have you ever missed a plane?
GIANLUCA= Uh, in Paris at Charles De Gaulle, how many flights did we miss.
IGNAZIO= In Miami!! (when he was drugged)
PIERO= But not many, if we do a statistic, guys in 16 years maybe 3 or 4 flights we have missed.
IGNAZIO= In 16 years we have lost 0.02%.
PIERO= Exactly
GIANLUCA= No, more!
IGNAZIO= Once because of me (Miami)
PIERO= Once it was his fault (Ignazio) and then…..
GIANLUCA= Obviously we’re not leaving, it’s not like we’re going away and leaving him on the ground, so we have to wait for him.
PIERO= This makes you understand the unity of this group.
GIANLUCA= True love, great love!!
PIERO= Miss a flight so as not to leave anyone behind!
QUESTION= When you are abroad, what do you miss most about Italy?
IGNAZIO= The cuisine is certainly Italian, even if you manage to find good restaurants, but it’s never like the food here. And then Italy, the cuisine of my home, is what I really miss.
GIANLUCA= The sea of Roseto degli Abruzzi, my sea!
PIERO= The gossip!! (it sure is ironic).
IGNAZIO= It is not recommended to go and eat in Italian restaurants outside Italy.
GIANLUCA= No, no, there are good restaurants, but we are not negative, we try everything.
PIERO= Let’s specify!
IGNAZIO= I have never eaten a pizza outside Italy.
PIERO= Because you are a curious boy and since we are devoured by curiosity, we like to try local foods, therefore local customs.
QUESTION = What do you do when you are on the plane?
IGNAZIO= I’m sleeping. I sit down, 20 minutes pass and I fall asleep.
PIERO= So, during take-off I read, before sleeping I watch a film, then I eat and sleep, we are talking about intercontinental flights, so 15 hours of flight: I read, watch a film and eat and then I fall asleep and can sleep for 10-11 hours.
GIANLUCA= The exact same things.
QUESTION= Tell me about your concerts.
IGNAZIO= The last concerts we will do will be in Mantua on 8, 10 and 11 May at Palazzo del Te.
PIERO= we will create the third edition of ALL FOR ONE, we are waiting for you.
GIANLUCA= There will be many guests, we are working on the new repertoire because the objective of this project is to highlight our personalities, but to mix musical genres, which is always very exciting and interesting.
PIERO= 8 – 10 – 11 May
And by the way, by now you all know, in Italy the only concerts that will take place this year have been announced and they are in May on the 8th – 10th – 11th in Mantua at the Palazzo del Te.
In several interviews Il Volo said that in this way they show another piece of Italy.
Mantua is a beautiful town not far from Brescia.
Palazzo del Te is a beautiful building from the 1500s designed for the Gonzaga family.
Summer concerts are held in the exedra of the palace (the garden area behind the palace with the final semicircular construction), let’s hope it doesn’t rain! 🤞
The rooms of Palazzo del Te are beautiful and frescoed, the “Room of the Giants” is famous.
So the next events in Italy are in Mantua and I already have tickets for my husband and I for May 10th, I can’t wait!!
We’re also archiving the Sanremo evening, but you’re preparing for their arrival, it’s very little time until they’ll be with you!!!
The day after the LE IENE broadcast, ZELIG was broadcast. Zelig is a program that favors comedy, so everything said or done must be interpreted as such. Given this, Il Volo was a musical guest and then answered some “questions” (in reality they are not real questions but witty jokes).
The show is presented by Vanessa Incontrada and Claudio Bisio.
I remind you that this broadcast (like LE IENE) is not live, but was recorded in October.
Since Il Volo was not present in the entire episode, I only propose the moments relating to them.
In the video below, the boys answer questions from journalists.
Attention!! As I told you, they are not real journalists and the questions have nothing to do with Il Volo, they are comical moments which Il Volo lends itself to!! 😁
VANESSA= Three world-famous voices are about to enter here in Zelig. They are dear friends of mine and for me it is truly a great, great pleasure to have at Zelig: Il Volo!!
IGNAZIO= Hello, hello everyone.
GIANLUCA= Good evening.
VANESSA= A big round of applause for this incredible trio. Hi Gianluca, hello Ignazio, hello Piero, how are you?
IGNAZIO= How are you? (addressed to the public)
VANESSA= Come forward, come with me, we’re a little too far behind. So, we would have organized a small press conference here in Zelig because there were a few journalists who wanted to ask you some questions.
Mary, can you kindly bring me the stools? These journalists wanted to ask you a few things and I didn’t want to say no.
PIERO= We are ready for anything!
VANESSA= Are you ready?
IGNAZIO= Yes, yes.
VANESSA= The journalists I don’t know where they are….
MAN = Here we are, good evening. I am very happy to be here this evening in the company of three artists with a capital A. Three internationally renowned actors, three actors that the whole world envies us, represent Italy in the world. At this point it arises spontaneously: When will the three of you make a film together again? (laughter) 😁
VANESSA= No. I mean, they will be happy with this compliment, but they are Il Volo, let’s talk about music.
MAN= Ah, aren’t I Kim Rossi Stuart? Claudio Santamaria not even? (they are Italian actors) 😁
VANESSA= No, They are Il Volo: Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero.
PIERO= Nice to meet you!!
MAN= Ah, I apologize!!
VANESSA= Can we at least know who you are?
MAN = Yes, I’m Aldo Bruzzone, I write for Il Rincoglionito (The Stupidity) 😁
IGNAZIO= Ah!!!
VANESSA= I can say that we imagined this! 😂
So please, any more questions?
MAN 2= Here, here. Good evening.
VANESSA = Good evening.
MAN 2= I’m Flavio Ciancio and I write for Boxer which is a magazine about boxing, dogs and underwear (the three meanings of boxer – laughter) 😂
VANESSA= There, perfect!
IGNAZIO= Boxing? 🤔
VANESSA= Do you want to ask a question, or???
MAN 2= Yes, can someone scratch my back? I’m going crazy! 😂
VANESSA= Do any of you (at Il Volo) want to go and scratch his back?
IGNAZIO= I’ll go!
VANESSA= Are you going, Ignazio?
GIANLUCA= With the microphone, with the microphone!
IGNAZIO= At Cannavacciuolo mode? 😂 (He’s a famous Italian chef, his slaps on the back are famous.)
MAN 2= Perfect, thanks! 😁
VANESSA= Ah, what a nice scratch! So let’s move on, more questions please.
MAN 3= Yes, here.
VANESSA= Tell me.
MAN 3= I’m Omar Pirovano and I write for THE INSISTENT. Can I ask a question?
VANESSA= I’m afraid to ask you, but you’re here, so let’s insist.
MAN 3 = Shall I do it?
IGNAZIO= We insist.
MAN 3= I wanted to ask Il Volo: can you tell Claudio Bisio if he’ll let me do the monologue?
PIERO= No.
VANESSA= If you want we can ask Il Volo, Claudio knows they’ll say no.
IGNAZIO= To Il Volo in what sense? Do you want to ask Claudio right away? Or us? (There is a play on words that loses meaning in translation.)
VANESSA= To Claudio and Il Volo.
PIERO= Il Volo tells you no.
GIANLUCA= We insist, that’s not the case.
MAN 3= Oh well, I wanted to do a monologue…..
VANESSA= I know you always try, but you can’t do it….
MAN 3= Bad you are bad.
VANESSA= Oh well! I know that there is also a journalist from New York who has come especially for you.
MAN 4= Yes, I’m here.
CLAUDIO= I translate what he says, not everyone knows….
IGNAZIO= What are you doing?
PIERO= Do you speak English?
CLAUDIO= Why not! Please, please.
IGNAZIO= We’re counting on you (he says this to Claudio, as if Il Volo didn’t know English)
CLAUDIO= One, two, three (makes it clear that he knows English). 😁😁
MAN 4= My name is Billy Ray Valentine…
CLAUDIO= His name is Billy Ray Valentine…
IGNAZIO= And you were born on February 14th? (Saint Valentine) 😁
MAN 4= Exactly! (then says a few meaningless words in English)
CLAUDIO= The question is: What’s the weather like in New York? And what time is it?
PIERO= Right now it’s 9:00 pm.
CLAUDIO= Another question.
MAN 4= But you not to plains over in station (it doesn’t make sense, they’re just English words) Splending in station.
CLAUDIO= I know you often play Playstation…. Fifa? (it’s a football game for PlayStation – Fifa in Italian means fear, so they make the sign of fear with their hand)
MAN 4= (he says it in incorrect English) Before being together, you were alone, how did you become three?
CLAUDIO= Before being together you were alone, how did you become trees? (three = trees)
VANESSA= Let’s do well Claudio!
GIANLUCA= The apple never falls far from the tree. 😁
MAN 4= They come from different Italian regions (always in broken English) Who decided to put them together?
CLAUDIO= Were you born as a cover of Hu?
GIANLUCA= But where did you get this translator?
VANESSA= Well, he’s Claudio!
CLAUDIO= I took an intensive English course.
VANESSA= In one day!
CLAUDIO= It lasted a day!
(some comical lines with double meanings follow to introduce the request to Il Volo to sing a song)
VANESSA= We can move on, there are other journalists.
MAN 5= Good evening, I’m Alberto Pedullà, very happy to be here. An interesting newspaper pleases the infantryman and the infant (Italian rhyming words).
VANESSA= Yes?
MAN 5= Asks questions at all costs, never vulgar, never rude.
VANESSA= Do you have a question for Il Volo?
MAN 5= Yes, I kindly ask the singing trio, an exciting high note!
(Il Volo sings the chorus of Grande Amore) applause!
VANESSA= Are you satisfied?
MAN 5= Very good, but I want to say: the applause is welcome, but given how fashionable I am, a standing ovation is needed here!
VANESSA= (everyone standing) Yay, I’m standing up for you too!
IGNAZIO= I also stand up for them (the audience)
VANESSA= (to man 5) Are you satisfied?
MAN 5= But look, more than satisfied I must say!!
VANESSA= So, are there any last questions we have to close the conference?
CLAUDIO= (he has put on a false beard and this makes the boys laugh a lot). I’m Francesco Cristoforo, known as Fra, I write for Canta Tu.
VANESSA= Do you have a question?
CLAUDIO= Of course (then intones Fra Martino campanaro and Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca sing the song like a choir) 🥰 applause
VANESSA= Thanks to Il Volo for this mega and in my opinion Ignazio, unforgettable press conference.
GIANLUCA= Thanks to all the nice journalists.
CLAUDIO+VANESSA= (they say the names of the comedians who played the journalists).
Followed by the performance of Il Volo with Capolavoro!! ❤️
CLAUDIO= Il Volo live in Zelig.
VANESSA= Il Volo!!
PIERO= Thank you, thank you all! (final greetings and hugs)
Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero then pleasantly answered some questions put to them backstage:
QUESTION= Who is the funniest of the three? (piero raises his hand)
GIANLUCA= Ignazio, come on!
IGNAZIO= (turning to Piero) Compa…..! (friend…..in Sicilian language – and then Ignazio makes an expression as if to say: give up, I’m the funniest)
QUESTION= Which one of you could sing a joke or a joke.
GIANLUCA= (he sings a verse of an Italian song, putting a different ending).
And I look at the world through a porthole……..they locked me inside the washing machine.
IGNAZIO= That’s Dado (the comedian who first distorted the phrase of the song)
GIANLUCA= Well done! (below you can see the comedian Dado singing the piece)
QUESTION= Something that really makes you laugh.
GIANLUCA= Piero’s shirt.
QUESTION= Is it more difficult to make people laugh or move with a song?
G+I+P= Make you laugh.
QUESTION= Do you have a favorite comedian?
PIERO= Cacioppo (Italian comedian) Every evening when I brush my teeth I always watch a video of Cacioppo.
IGNAZIO= Well I have to say my great friend Paolo Cevoli (another Italian comedian)
GIANLUCA= There were very high moments with Ale and Franz (an Italian comedy duo)
QUESTION= Three of your colleagues who could be comedians.
IGNAZIO= Gigi D’Alessio.
PIERO= Mario Biondi
IGNAZIO= and Clementino (they are all Italian singers)
QUESTION = How did you spend your first salary?
PIERO= We have never received a salary. (I think he means in the true sense of a salary.)
QUESTION= How did you spend the last one?
PIERO= With taxes.
QUESTION= The craziest thing a fan has ever asked?
IGNAZIO= If we could go and eat at their house.
GIANLUCA= Or to sing at their wedding.
PIERO= Or on their 18th birthday.
QUESTION= Perform all your life or win the lottery?
G+I+P= Performing all our life.
In this video Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca draw up their rating of the comedians who perform at Zelig. 😁
And finally, we are getting ever closer to the SANREMO moment and the Forbes Italia newspaper has drawn up a ranking of the ten Sanremo winning songs most listened to in streaming and Il Volo con Grande Amore is in eighth place!! Not bad considering that by Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca’s own admission, Il Volo isn’t listened to much on streaming and also considering that 10 years have passed!
I hope you also liked this translation, it is certainly of a completely different genre than that of LE IENE, but this also makes us understand that our boys jokingly lend themselves to any type of show.
Daniela 🤗
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