(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 27 - "I am happy to meet my audience again. I realize that it is more and more 'mine'. Who comes to concerts to follow me, and no longer on the wave of popularity or curiosity for the phenomenon of the moment as in the days of Occidentale's Karma. Today they are aware. It is the greatest satisfaction and makes me happy, even more than performing in the palaces of Milan and Rome ".
Francesco Gabbani arrives for the first time at the Assago Forum (1 October) and at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome (8 October) to celebrate an intense and successful year.
"Initially the two dates were scheduled for spring - says the Tuscan singer-songwriter -, a sort of preview of the summer tour, but instead became the closing party, with music at the center.
it's a nice atmosphere ". For Gabbani, the two appointments are a fundamental stage of which he is proud of in his career, but not obligatory (in 2018 he had already trod the stage of the Mandela Forum in Florence," but I was playing at home ")." They have a nice meaning, especially for me coming from the province and seeing Milan as the place where my dreams could come true, but it's not like I did everything I did just to get here.
Indeed, if there is one place where I would like to play today, it is the marble quarries of the Apuan Alps, in my home.
A suggestive place.
And then if I have to say it all, as a teenager perhaps more than the sports hall I dreamed more of the Sanremo stage. "Here, Sanremo. Where it all started in 2016, with a victory among the young people then repeated the following year among the Big. "
For me it is a happy place, it has given me so much.
Competing in February?
Only if there is the premise of a song that is worth bringing.
I do not fall into the category of those who go just to go, it would be a double-edged sword, I'm going to say something.
I am writing, but for now there is no project.
If then something good comes out ... let's see. "The two concerts, in the days when there is a change of government (" We'll see. Every type of administration needs time. Let's hope we do what they promised in the countryside electoral ", he is not unbalanced) will therefore be a great party with which Gabbani will bring his concept of happiness and sharing to the stage. Between music and words, Gabbani will present not only his latest work," We just wanted to be happy "(BMG) ,
but also the songs that contain these six years of music and 40 years of life.
She won't do Bella Ciao (in recent days Laura Pausini refused to sing it on a TV show because she was a political song), but "I would have no problem singing it, as long as it wasn't exploited. I like its meaning".
Guest of the concert in Milan will be Ornella Vanoni, for whom the singer-songwriter wrote the text of the song "A smile inside the cry", contained in the album Unica ("as well as a colleague, a great friend with whom there is a sharing of sensitivity. It is normal that she was there too ").
The young Genoese singer-songwriter Alfa will open the two dates ("I like his spontaneity and genuineness").
In the last year Gabbani, in addition to music, has dedicated himself to other projects.
He hosted "Ci takes un fiore", the first green show of Italian TV in prime time on Rai1, and made his debut as an actor in the film "La donna per me" by Marco Martani.
"But I'm not preparing for any plan B - he jokes -. I didn't look for these experiences, but they arrived. They enriched me and if there were others, I wouldn't hold back. But let's be clear: music always remains a priority" .
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