"We will make the Circus Maximus explode with joy" he promised arriving yesterday in Rome and so it was in the name of music "which is the opposite of war because there is no war where there is music".
It is a lung that returns to breathe, that screams in unison the Circus Maximus that lives after two years of postponements and waiting, finally, for the concert by Vasco Rossi.
And he, the gladiator, goes down into the arena with a smile on his lips and in the name of Russell Crowe greeted by a rock roar that makes the wrists tremble at the ruins that surround one of the most beautiful places in the world.
"You are an extraordinary sight and the Circus Maximus is a beautiful place" shouts Vasco happily repeating the watchword of this tour which is "finally".
The first of the two sold out evenings for a total of 140,000 spectators - no one had ever made a double date before, not even the Rolling Stones - leaves you breathless despite the fact that the air is not very hot in the already torrid almost Roman summer.
The public - including Maneskin's drummer and guitarist, Bebe Vio, Claudia Gerini, Marco Damilano among the variegated VIPs - is not exhausted by this long wait, rather it is as always very excited and crammed everywhere in the immense sloping lawn around the gigantic stage that stands out. in the center in a real explosion of lights (1500 lighting bodies) and music with an audio power of 750,000 watts.
He Vasco does not spare himself for over two and a half hours allowing himself only a small break, starting from the new XI commandment and ending, as always, with his heart in his hand and the audience now voiceless for the immortal Albachiara.
By now we know his splendid music is a collective ritual that spans generations, from grandparents to grandchildren, giving meaning and value to what tonight, here more than ever in the heart of the capital, is the representation of a rebirth in which everyone hopes .
Vasco does not forget his hymn to peace - because "the war is against humanity" - (and to females) even if it is mainly his songs that speak.
In "Some say no" with which he reiterates his "Fuck the war! Stop the war!"
and the very current "Gli spari sopra" in solidarity with those who are suffering from a war that has no meaning at all: behind him a gigantic metaphorical tentacular octopus appears.
He has the smile on his lips that the epic evening under the full moon leaves him, but his music is a range of emotions that he brings on this tour across the peninsula to Turin where it will end on June 30th.
And then the concert is a journey through time, from the most recent album which is almost everything (the latest is "We are here"),
to hits like "The rain on Sunday", here in the original version (the one with Marracash is on the digital platforms for Save the Children) and the single just released, "L'amore amore".
Unreleased in concert the recent ones: "Se ti potessi dire" (2020) and "A love song thrown away" (2021) or even pearls pulled out of the trunk of the 80s: "Love help", Blasco '82 doc.
Of course, his ballads are not lacking: "One sense", "Stupendous", "We are alone", "Without words".
Then in the third part the atmosphere becomes intimate.
You fly high, very high from "Close Bumps of the Third Kind", change at the bottom: Torre descends, Andrea Torresani, and Gallo rises, Claudio Golineli, guest star.
Chills with unexpected surprises such as "Toffee" unplugged vibe.
And then again "Sally" (the images of five women of five different nationalities will speak on the big screens).
For the final fireworks: "It's just us", "Reckless life", "Song" and obviously '' Albachiara. "Then everyone a little richer swarm away in the wonderful Roman night and tomorrow is replicated.
Vasco Live then continues on June 17 in Messina (Stadio San Filippo), on June 22 in Bari (Stadio San Nicola), on June 26 in Ancona (Stadio del Conero) and closing on June 30 in Turin (Stadio Olimpico).
All sold out, for a total of over 676,000 tickets sold.
