The Pooh guest in Sanremo 2023 – Photo: Ansa Newsby.it
The Poohs will be the super guests of the first evening of Sanremo 2023: the announcement was made by Amadeus in a video that showed Fiorello during the live broadcast of Viva Rai Due. The conductor, but also the artistic director of the event, chose the historical band for the premiere of the singing event.
After the success of the past few years, Amadeus wanted to put Italian music at the heart of the scene at its fourth festival, and it’s no coincidence that all its super guests are icons of the made in Italy discography of recent decades. The choice of singers competing for the conductorship was also no coincidence: from Ultimo to Mengoni, but also Giorgia and Anna Oxa, the big names all have a certain level. The Poohs were delighted to receive this prestigious invitation, which allows them to celebrate their achievements and make a truly moving gesture.
The Pooh guest in Sanremo 2023 – Photo: Ansa Newsby.it
there The band dedicates the evening to their brotherly friend and colleague Stefano D’Orazio, the drummer who passed away on November 6, 2020. It will be an exciting and engaging moment for the audience but also for the members of the Italian band. The Poohs return to Ariston as super guests, they will relive their long lives sing the hits that have brought them to the Olympus of Italian musical stars: everyone obviously thinks of D’Orazio, who has always given himself completely to the group. It will also be present Riccardo Fogli, who made his debut in the music world with the group to then start a solo career: In the last few years he returned to the band.
Sanremo 2023, The Pooh super guests with an exceptional drummer
THE Pooh will be present on the Ariston stage, exciting, but mostly excited. The absence of Stefano di Orazio is more alive than ever, especially in her performances: Roby Facchinetti, Red Canzian, Dodi Battaglia and Riccardo Fogli are aware that singing without their lifelong friend will not be easy, but above all they do it to his first name to be honored. It is in these hours the news that he will play with the Pooh a Exceptional drummer, a person who is very close to the group and also to the late D’Orazio: he is Phil Mer, forty-year-old son of Beatrix Niederwieser, second wife of Red Canzian. Mer has worked with Pooh in the past and also played in the group on several occasions – he is a good and talented musician. His will not only be a symbolic presence.
Stefano D’Orazio and stepson Phil – Newsby.it
Today is another day guest Tiziana Giardoni said she’s happy the Poohs will be guests of Sanremo, how happy it is every time we talk about Stefano. The widow is touched every time she mentions her ex-husband and does not deny that she still feels him near her: “I always talk to Stefano, I often work from home and I’m in his office, me I work in Stefano’s office and I feel his presence very much. Often in moments of discouragement I look for a little courage in him and I feel it because it had such a strong and powerful energy that I can still feel it in the air to this day.”