Tears of joy at the sight in front of you 54,000 people in one San Siro Stadiumsold out for months. Marco Mengoni He doesn’t hold back after the first song”change a man‘, Sung walks through the audience and ideally hugs between tears his audience after “two years, six months and one day since the last date of the Atlantico tour”. San Siro with this he crowns his prince. Mengoni on stage entertained for two hours, tracing the salient stages of his 13-year career and proposing 27 songs, including the cover “psychopathic killer” of talking headsstarted straight on “X Factor” where it all started with the win on December 2nd, 2009. A career that had some initial moments of uncertainty and then gained momentum thanks to a team that follows it to this day, led by the manager Martha Dona. The elegance of Mengoni this was evident not only in the outfits of Versace, Valentino and Marni, but also in the attitude of stroking the songs as if they were treasures.
It happens for example with “The essential“, winner of the 2013 Sanremo Festival, revived as a black ballad,”You will not pass“So What Opens Up to the Gospel”waves“In a tribal version that harmonises with”is nobody“By Felix Jaehn. There is also the latest single “No stress“Performed with six dancers choreographed by Macia Del Prete who multiply on the screens. “I will“Seeing Mengoni lifted up on a 4 meter lift in the middle of the main stage surrounded by a ring, like in a fiery circle, the distances of the piece are also underlined by the 8 flames. Among the most acclaimed moments “You know that“,”Hi“I really loved you” on a cube that rises over 5 meters from the stage floor, making him even more the focus of his audience. Do not miss “like snow“Who sang in a duet with Giorgia, in the mashup with”Venus and Mars“. Keyboards and guitars for “On every day“. Grand finale with the triptych “ready to run“,”I’m waiting for you” And “good vitamina ”, accompanied by a riot of confetti and streamers.
In addition to the music, the meaning of the words. During the concert, the artist offers a monologue on this topic: “It depends on who says a word and how he says it, but what pains me most is indifference. Even racism. I thought about the word how to approach others, especially after these two years. I searched for those words that I would like to remove from the dictionary because they are associated with gestures and actions. The idea came after I saw an interview in which Goran Bregovic he said it in his own language the word tolerance does not exist. I don’t count to ten, but to the point of speaking. However, there is a tendency on social media to shoot verbal bullets that reach the sensibilities of others. So Mengoni wanted to think about the concept of relationship to the other and to the other on the need to always put yourself in someone else’s shoes and don’t judge: “Experience should keep us from inflicting on anyone the suffering we have endured. I know life is just time to try to understand something I don’t know if I’m in a good place But for the first time I’m not scared“.
From the spotlight on Milan is replicated on June 22 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome with some special guests: Giuliano Sangiorgi (they will duet on “Solo Due Satelliti”) gazelles and Woman. During the Milan concert, the autumn tour was announced in the buildings starting October 2nd in Mantua, then to Milan (October 5th), Turin (October 12th), Bologna (October 14th), Pesaro (October 16th) and Florence to touch (October 18), Rome (October 21) and Eboli (October 27). The second volume of the recording project ‘Terra’ will also be released in the next few months, while the new remix of ‘Ma stasera’ signed by Benny Benassi is available from today.
Finally, a curiosity:Marco in the stadiums“It’s the first water-like tour around the worldcreated with WAMI (a startup aiming to turn even a simple gesture like drinking into a positive impact movement for the world) and powered by green nation (Live Nation’s international division dedicated to implementing sustainable actions to reduce environmental impact). Ongoing projects include guaranteeing 250 liters of drinking water for a family in the village of Kiteto, a total of over 30 million liters of water.
THE LADDER Change a man – Human Beings – No Stress – I want – Muhammad Alì – Psycho Killer – Believe Me Again – I Will Trust (feat. Madame) – Only Two Satellites – Light – Protect From Me – Words In A Circle – The Essential – You will not pass – Waves – You know that – Hola – I really love you – Two thousand times – Like snow / Venus and Mars – Any day – Warrior – But tonight – Ready to run – I’ll wait for you – Good life
(Photo by Andrea Bianchera)