Claudio Baglioni: "I feared I would never be on a stage again"
It is good to hear that Claudio Baglioni is returning to live performance. In an encounter reported by ANSA, the singer-songwriter explained that when he fell ill a few months ago, he feared he would never set foot on a stage again. He describes his return as a restart, and says the stage is the place where he hides best.
Because of the forced break, his GrandTour "La Vita è adesso" has been pushed back to summer 2027. First, though, comes "Che notte è questa!", seven concerts in Piazza di Siena in Villa Borghese, Rome: on 24, 25, 27, 28 and 30 to 31 October, plus 1 November.
The venue is no accident. On 24 October 1982, Baglioni played this same Piazza di Siena with "Alé-oò", one of the first big open-air concerts in Italy, with around 250,000 people in attendance. He remembers it as a turning point, so much so that a few days later he cut his hair to close an era. Forty-four years on, he is returning.
The farewell is set for 23 October 2027 at the Fori Imperiali, at the end of a tour of about 50 concerts across Italy. Baglioni makes clear that it may not be his last time live, but it will be the last of that kind, and he does not want a night of pure celebration. He also recalls all the places he has played in Rome, from stadiums to the Foro Italico, from the aula magna of his university to the Vatican, from the Colosseum to prisons and the Quirinale. The only ones missing, he says, are courtyards. At 75, he dreams of one day playing in Centocelle, his old neighborhood.
I like the honesty of these words. At the Campidoglio, welcomed by mayor Gualtieri, there was even room for irony: asked about returning to conduct Sanremo, Baglioni joked that it would be better to be mayor for a day.
Source: ANSA
Because of the forced break, his GrandTour "La Vita è adesso" has been pushed back to summer 2027. First, though, comes "Che notte è questa!", seven concerts in Piazza di Siena in Villa Borghese, Rome: on 24, 25, 27, 28 and 30 to 31 October, plus 1 November.
The venue is no accident. On 24 October 1982, Baglioni played this same Piazza di Siena with "Alé-oò", one of the first big open-air concerts in Italy, with around 250,000 people in attendance. He remembers it as a turning point, so much so that a few days later he cut his hair to close an era. Forty-four years on, he is returning.
The farewell is set for 23 October 2027 at the Fori Imperiali, at the end of a tour of about 50 concerts across Italy. Baglioni makes clear that it may not be his last time live, but it will be the last of that kind, and he does not want a night of pure celebration. He also recalls all the places he has played in Rome, from stadiums to the Foro Italico, from the aula magna of his university to the Vatican, from the Colosseum to prisons and the Quirinale. The only ones missing, he says, are courtyards. At 75, he dreams of one day playing in Centocelle, his old neighborhood.
I like the honesty of these words. At the Campidoglio, welcomed by mayor Gualtieri, there was even room for irony: asked about returning to conduct Sanremo, Baglioni joked that it would be better to be mayor for a day.
Source: ANSA
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