A silent summer without live

(by Claudia Fascia) (ANSA) - ROME, MAY 18 - The one on the doorstep, will go down in history as the most silent summer that has ever lived. The coronavirus gags music, the great live events that traditionally animate the hot Italian summers. No concerts in the stadiums, no rock or jazz festivals, no celebratory events: the entire 2020 calendar faded from June to September.
    No Claudio Baglioni concerts at the Baths of Caracalla, stop Andrea Bocelli, stop the tours by Tiziano Ferro, Ultimo, Cesare Cremonini. And from abroad Pearl Jam, Billie Eilish, Deep Purple, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers will not arrive.
    Too narrow the meshes provided by government provisions, which prohibit gatherings to counter the spread of coronavirus. No shows without a pre-assigned seat at a distance of at least one meter, with a maximum capacity of one thousand spectators outdoors and two hundred for closed places.
    And so, all that remains is to make an appointment directly to 2021, as Assomusica announces. It is, explains the association, "a decision shared by most of the producers and organizers of live music shows, which make their voices heard together".
    The Rome Summer Fest, Rock in Rome, Lucca Sumer Festival (which must say goodbye to Paul McCartney for the impossibility of reprogramming his presence), Milano Summer Festival, Collisioni, Umbria Jazz, Pistoia Blues, I-Days, Firenze Rocks, all with their thick calendars.
    Nothing to do for the first tour in the stadiums of Ultimo, for that of Tiziano Ferro and Cesare Cremonini, postponed to next summer. Vasco Rossi, Claudio Baglioni, Andrea Bocelli, Gianna Nannini, Niccolò Fabi, Francesco De Gregori, Willie Peyote must also meet in a year's time.
    The events scheduled for September will be on stand-by (waiting to know if and when they will be rescheduled): the live at the Olimpico by De Gregori and Venditti, the residency of Zucchero at the Arena in Verona like that of Biagio Antonacci at the Teatro Carcano in Milan, the celebrations for Ligabue's 30 years of career at the RCF Arena Reggio Emilia (Campovolo), where Una was also expected. None. One hundred thousand with Fiorella Mannoia, Emma, ​​Elisa, Nannini, Giorgia, Alessandra Amoroso, Laura Pausini.
    (HANDLE).