Tonight the big day of the Maneskin, the one that sees them return to their city after successes and prizes collected all over the world and after participating in the biggest festivals, in the most iconic place: the Circus Maximus.
70 thousand people await them, with the live sold-out for months.
The area around the ancient Roman remains has already been in turmoil for days, with the first closures already tonight (and with the high tension that winds among the traders who consider the prefect's order that tomorrow prohibits the transport of bottles 'unfair' and glass containers and the sale of take-away and administration of alcoholic beverages).
The return to Rome, after the extraordinary double performance at Coachella and the departure of the summer tour, was preceded - as well as by the controversies related to the request made by some doctors to postpone the show due to the peak of covid infections in recent days - from two other Italian events: at the Verona Arena and at the G. Theghil Stadium in Lignano Sabbiadoro.
The rock band led by Damiano has prepared an energetic two-hour show, during which the lineup will retrace every fundamental stage of the band: from the first songs that made them known to the public, such as "Chosen" (double platinum) and "Torna a house "(five times platinum), up to the latest great hits that have opened the doors of the world to them, with" Zitti e Buoni "(five platinum discs)," Coraline "(platinum disc) and" Mammamia "(disc d 'gold), up to the new single "Supermodel" (gold record).
The summer sees the Maneskin protagonists of a tour that has already touched the Rock Am Ring & Rock Im Park, the Open'er Festival and will continue with the Reading & Leeds Festival, Lollapalooza (in Paris and Chicago), Rock Werchter,
2022 will then mark the beginning of their first world tour: the Loud Kids Tour (56 concerts, in addition to the current summer dates) will take them, from the autumn, to the main clubs and sports halls of North America and Europe, as well as to the most important Italian buildings.
Damiano, Victoria, Thomas and Ethan are veterans of the success in the United States, which began last fall with two live specials in New York and Los Angeles and the presence as a special guest at the Rolling Stones concert in Las Vegas.
They have also been guests on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and popular talk shows Saturday Night Live and The Ellen DeGeneres Show and boast a 2021 American Music Awards nomination as "Favorite Trending Song" with "Beggin '".
With the # 1 position on the US Rock Airplay chart,
the song marks the fastest rise for a new band to number one in US Alternative Airplay in the past 24 years, remaining in first place for 10 consecutive weeks.
The song is certified platinum with 1 million copies sold, while "I Wanna be your slave" is gold with 500 thousand copies.
They were awarded "Best New Alternative Artist" at the 2022 iHeart Music Awards in Los Angeles and after being nominated as Best New Artist of 2021, they recently received double nominations for "Rock Song" and "Rock Artist" at Billboard Music. Awards and were included in the Forbes 30 under 30 for Europe.
With 245 global certifications including 11 diamond discs, 194 platinum discs and 40 discs