A dramatic turn of events on the part of the Roman songwriter, who announced that he wanted to retire from the stage on the occasion of the meeting with the Milan press at the Milan Forum, where he will give the last indoor concerts of his career. The first step that marks the beginning of the farewell countdown in front of the scenes
On the occasion of the five Milan stops (tonight, Sunday 21st and Sunday 22nd January and again on Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th February) of the tour in the buildings of the project “aTuttocuore“, Claudio Baglioni called the Milan press Assago forum for an important announcement. “My father told me:We leave the ring as winners' – explained the artist – and so I decided to do it. 60 years after starting my career, It was 1964, I was just 13 years old when I appeared on stage for the first time During a competition for new voices in Centocelle, I decided to treat myself to another 1000 days of music and us together. Then I will complete my artistic journey.
So the indoor tour of “aTuttocuore“will be the last one in the arenas and “then there are 4-5 long projects in the pipeline.” I don't know if I'll make a record because of that It's a farewell to my live experience. I feel like I have reached the maximum of my potential. When you turn off the lights, it seems like you are not ready for anything. On stage, artists are useful for something because they manage to do things they can't do, below stage they are useless. I've done everything on this show, I have an instep like Roberto Bolle's. This is a chant, not a countdown. When I get there it will be painless. I think we're getting to a point where we understand that we have to stop.” The return to Sanremo Festival? “I have already been a director, dictator and artistic kidnapper, but I fear that Sanremo will oppose me and I will stop going there. I don't think I'll write any more songs, maybe I'll write something else. A decision that comes suddenly and complements the farewell to the scenes of other songwriters of the caliber Ivano Fossati and Francesco Guccini.
Concluding the controversy with “The news spreads“Baglioni explained: “I have little interest in it. A year ago there were legal steps because a publication was sent to the experts in an unclear form and not signed. Someone also spoke of the crime of clandestine printing. In this there were similarities of about twenty lines compared to the 20,000 I have written with different poets in my career (out of 350 songs written). However, some highlighted parts are coincidental as they are banal associations of concepts and words and it seems irrelevant to me. It was a direct attack on the show, not the first, and we asked for clarity. Therefore the publication was withdrawn. Luckily I have other things to think about.
After the Milan stagesthe tour will take place at the InAlpi Arena in Turin (25th, 26th and 27th January), at the Arena Spettacoli Fiera in Padua (29th and 30th January), at the Unipol Arena in Bologna (2nd and 3rd February ) and at the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence (8, 9 and 10 February), at the Pala Sele in Eboli (13, 14 and 15 February), at the Modigliani Forum in Livorno (17 February) and in the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome (February 22, 23). , February 24th, 25th and 26th. These are the last opportunities to see the artist live in the arenas.