It was a Scream of 'Liberation' and rebirth, that of Zucchero on the stage of the Verona Arena, for the Italian debut of the 'World Wild Tour 2022' which took place on April 25th.
"It was not obvious to go back to play - said the Emilian bluesman at the end of the concert - and to find oneself in front of an audience that had to wait for a long time. It is a real rebirth. I am still incredulous".
Fourteen, in total, are the dates scheduled for Zucchero's tour in the Arena, before bringing the verb of the blues and everything that goes around it, practically everywhere, until at least the end of 2022 with the dates in North America, between States United States and Canada.
A geographical journey but also over time, through all the 'epochs' of Zucchero summarized in the lineup of the Veronese concert (which "
will change from night to night because I don't want to bore anyone "). From 'Spirit in the dark' to 'Devil in me', through all the 'Sugar' interpretations of the blues, including titles that have long been missing from his live shows." linked to the sounds of songs like 'Senza remorso' and 'Pene' - said Zucchero - which may not have had any luck as singles.
These are songs that I wrote in a bad moment of my life, between the eighties and nineties.
I wanted to relive them.
I am a person who knows how to enjoy but also how to suffer, otherwise I would not have played the blues. "Starting on April 18 from Glasgow, the World Wild Tour has already passed through the Royal Albert Hall in London with two dates, sold out.
Zucchero will also be one of the protagonists of the show-event with Eric Clapton scheduled for May 29 at the Waldbühne in Berlin.
"Clapton is a great artist, a sensitive person and in his own way fragile. I think his no vax positions were dictated by fear. We have known each other since 1989, when he came to Agrigento to see me, on the advice of Lory Del Santo. I will be grateful to him. forever because it gave me the great opportunity to make myself known abroad by opening his concerts ".
A blues, that of Zucchero, which also comes to terms with reality, today also made up of nearby wars.
"I always try to make my concerts 'light' - explained the voice of 'Il mare impetuoso', 'Facile' and 'Diamante', all in the lineup for their debut at
Arena - and I don't want to pontificate from the stage or become a messenger.
What I have to say I say with the songs and with the schedule of my concerts, as in the case of this evening.
I also had some concerts scheduled in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Belarus.
I will not go there ". And the future, made up of concerts, records, too, but made in a certain way. Then the blues, because" the blues never dies "." In the discography today there is no fire that moves things and pushes even to take risks.
I will still make records, but as I want to make them.
I no longer believe in the record as the main expression of this profession.
The future is live and I will no longer wait two years to make an album and then leave with concerts.
I will play where they call me, even in small arenas and where others wouldn't go, like in Kuala Lumpur. "After the first date at the
