Geolier at the Agnano Hippodrome: “It is Naples who chose me”
The Agnano Hippodrome is immense and in the late afternoon it looks like a huge tank that boils. The air is dense, the tension is that of major events. The stage, the lights, the show show, the orchestra, the band, the guests. But in the center, at ease, there is a boy with a quiet air, his low voice, clear eyes. Geolier has completed his most ambitious project. Two consecutive dates, 116,000 overall spectatorsa show drone for years for years, a flight to the public, and a ladder that – song after song – told who he is, where he comes from and where he wants to go. But first of all, he confirmed an impression that many already had: Emanuele Palumbo is a kind, direct, helpful guy. One who speaks with the same sincerity with which he writes his texts.
“No, no video, no photos,” says someone by entering the backstage. “It’s something between us, a chat.” The pre -show press conference is soon transformed into an open dialoguenaked heart. “After they mounted stage and fires, everything went well. Now let’s see how it goes.” In the evening then, on stage, it opens with an orchestral intro that immediately dictates the tone: elegance, power, intensity. A freestyle follows that puts the coordinates of the live clear: it will be a show, but it will also be a true, personal, tight performance. The first part of the lineup is all rhythm, sweat and identity: “Money”, “Moncler, Capo”, “You and I”: traces that speak of road, asphalt and redemption. But it’s not only stage rap: it is direct story, real -time confession.
Emanuele moves without superstructures. He does not try to dominate the stage, he lives in it. Every gesture, every pause, is a contact with the public. And when the most intense moments arrive – “Episode of love”, “forever”, “scumpar”, “Chiagne” with Lazza – rap becomes dialogue. It is there that Geolier enters the connection, exposes his heart and leaves him open. Then their eyes get up. The show drone starts. Five minutes of light animations in the sky of Naples: images of the artist, the city, messages, symbols. Five hundred drones, a fully automated system, figures over 200 meters wide, and a flight quota up to 120 meters. And then the written announcement between the stars: June 26, 2026 – Diego Armando Maradona stadium, new date of the “Geolier Stadi 2026” tour. “It was a dream I had with my brother for some time,” he explained. “My nephew showed me to Disneyland. I thought: I have to do it. First it cost too much, now we did it“.”
At the most theatrical moment of the live, it is Geolier in first person to get up in flight. Touches the heads of the spectators while singing “Champions in Italy” and “P Secondigliano”. “I also wanted to go from those behind. The hippodrome is long, those behind they do not see. The moment was designed for this, not only for the show.” The central part of the live Vira towards the club: DJ set by Poison Beatz, Beat Serrati and a sequence that sees Rocco Hunt, SLF, Lucé on stage. It is a flow that keeps the temperature high, but without losing the balance. The ending comes with “Give You My Love”, to close the circle gently.
The scenography is imposing, while the atmosphere is that of a large collective gathering. In the audience there is a transversal audience, but the heart beats in the neighborhoods. It is Geolier himself who say it: “It’s not that Geolier is Naples. It is Naples who is Geolier. They chose me. I didn’t take the flag, they gave me.” And on the bond with the public he adds: “I have the daily need to deal with my fans. When they see me they call me Manué. Then there were two thousand people outside. I have twenty exits to leave, but I go out on the side where the fans are. Because I would never go under the sun at a concert, not even for Michael Jackson, instead they did it for me. “
In the backstage, before climbing, he also talks about the platform that he will launch shortly for fans. “It will not be paid. I scan a code and you can talk to me, see spoilers, T -shirts, melodies. It is to be closer to them. I always reply to the messages, even just for a ‘all in place’. “ Then there is the private story, the one that is not on social media: Pozzuoli, the earthquake, the first live. “I bought the house, I finished the work. And then there was the shock, the strong one, 4.8. And I had to redo the daccapo jobs. I thought of those who cannot do like me. For the concert, first of all we thought about security. The problem is not the earthquake, but panic. “There is also room for a dream, a live at the San Carlo Theater. “I would like. Only plan and voice. Maybe start with a tribute to a great Neapolitan type Mario Merola. An intimate thing. How to sing in the garden, in company. Jovanotti said to me: ‘In the stadiums you are far’. And I also want to be close. ”
And then America, the new sounds. “Los Angeles is the capital of hip hop. I worked with people who produced for Beyoncé, 50 cent. I learned a lot. Even a little English. But I can’t say anything about the new album. There will be the impossible. I hope to bring new music already in the next live. ” In the end, only one sentence remains. And maybe it’s the only one who really serves to explain everything: “I have not studied anything at the table. If it happens, it happens. Always as we did: natural, true.“And when he says it, it doesn’t seem like an expression made. It seems a way of being in the world.
