It was September 2019 when the Maneskin performed live for the last time in Italy, at the Carroponte in Milan.
Young band looking for a place in the sun.
Another world, another life.
Then came the victory at the Sanremo festival, the one at the Eurovision Song Contest, the prizes, the awards, the singles with millions of streaming, the gold, platinum and diamond records.
Success in Europe and the United States.
And instead of the four Roman boys there are now four international rock stars, who are a little bit and a little play at it (with Damiano who simulates embraces on stage and collects roses and bras thrown by the crazy girls, but then also greets " Hello, family ") and who have chosen the Verona Arena, full to the last of the more than 12 thousand seats available, to finally return to perform in Italy welcomed by an adoring crowd ready to sing at the top of their lungs each of the 22 songs in the lineup ,
"What shall we do, shall we begin?", Incited the audience (already in line in the afternoon) Damiano as soon as he got on stage (with a red M-shaped platform in the center), with a bright pink jacket that he soon abandons to remain with a sparkling top (which he will remove at the end while remaining shirtless), before immediately attacking with Zitti e Buoni, the hit that changed the history of the band in the last two years.
An energetic and exciting roundup just under two hours long, in which the frontman together with Victoria on bass (who celebrated his 22 / o birthday complete with a chorus of greetings from the 12 thousand), Thomas on guitar and Ethan on drums they are spared.
Pushing on the accelerator of rock with Mammamia, I wanna be your slave, but also touching the strings of emotion when it was time to do it,
Halfway through the concert also Manuel Agnelli arrives, which excites the spirits even more than they already were, for Amandoti.
And after the "fuck Putin" shouted at Coachella, the Maneskins again wanted to shout their no to war.
Damiamo before intoning Gasoline recited Charlie Chaplin's speech to Humanity in The Dictator in English, showing the yellow-blue flag of Ukraine and closing with "You, the people, have the strength to make life beautiful it's free".
"There are times when we have to get off the chair of privilege and use that privilege to help those who don't have it."
Towards the end of the concert ("How the fuck are you? Eh, I'm good at swearing. Did you miss us while we were in America?"), Damiano invites a few dozen fans on stage who, incredulous, never stop filming him with their cell phones.
Summer 2022 will see them protagonists in some world festivals such as Rock Am Ring & Rock Im Park, Reading & Leeds Festival, Lollapalooza (in Stockholm, Paris and finally Chicago), Rock Werchter, also passing through Rock in Rio in Brazil and many others.
They will return to Italy for two dates, on June 23 in Lignano Sabbiadoro and on July 9 at the Circus Maximus in Rome.
2022 will then continue with the start of their first world tour: the Loud Kids Tour (53 concerts, in addition to 23 summer dates) will take them, from the autumn, to the main clubs and sports halls in North America and Europe, as well as to the sports halls. Italians.
"Thanks Arena, thanks Verona. We love you", greeted the four boys before lowering the curtain on the evening.