In Imola Max Pezzali’s songs become “Wacky Races”

“And now Lord and gentlemen we present the pilots of the craziest race you have ever seen,” says the Fuoricampo of Guido Medathe historic MotoGP commentator. And on the maxisketer of theEnzo and Dino Ferrari Autodromo di Imola The protagonists of this “crazy race” appear: they are the songs of Max Pezzali (and 883), transformed into characters recall those of “Wacky Races“. You are in mind the cartoon produced in the 60s by Hanna-Barbera and Warner, who arrived in Italy in the 80s with the title of” The crazy races “? Here is. The idea is fun and lets the 85 thousand spectators of the Mega-Rauno organized by the singer-songwriter of Pavia in Imola immediately in the climate of the show of “Max Forever Grand Prix”. There is Max Pezzali himself on board his bike Foreverthere is Arbry aboard the “You are a myth” (it is the Arbre Magique mentioned in the text), there is Once aboard the Deca di with a Decathere is Spiderbag aboard his Baggy-Bara, Cisco with his “inseparable” CiscoTruck and, a short distance, the Gorgeous queen at the helm of celebrity. And then the mariachi on theirs Tornadofollowed by the “terrifying” big nightmare and, just behind him, the Cowboy Roy Roger. At the last position there is also the character-NEmesi of Pezzali, Xam, on board Dela 388.

But here he is, Pezzali: the 57 -year -old singer -songwriter of Pavia presents himself in flesh and blood in front of the audadrome audience and with “with a decade” starts the party, Moving the hands of the time of thirty -three years and bringing them back to 1992the year in which together with Mauro Repetto he released the first album of the 883 “killed the spider man”. “The “divi of rock” solution remains / let’s give up everything and we go to New York / but then you look at you in the face and say: “Where is / what do you want us to go with ‘ste faces you and me?”», He sang Pezzali at the time. A rock star, in one way or another, became it. Time has made those songs of the classics And it is he himself who recognizes him in the backstage of the self -driver Enzo and Dino Ferrari, before the start of the show: «I a living format? No, I do what I like to do and I enjoy seeing people who have fun. There is a repertoire that has become everyone’s heritage. Mine are universal songs, because they represent a shareable and shared feeling».

In Imola They sing and dance all: from the largest, the peers of Max Pezzali or those of the immediately following generation, who in one way or another lived firsthand the epic of 883, to those who perhaps have (re) discovered the poetics of the duo only thanks to the Sky series “killed the spider man – the legendary history of the 883” (of which the filming of the second season started, awaited in the autumn of 2026). By “Route to the house of God“A“North South West Est”, Passing through”Don’t lead me“,”Jolly Blue“,”The big nightmare“,”A love song“,”You are a myth“,”True“,”The rule of the friend“: The show resumes the idea behind the profitable tour that Pezzali is carrying out continuously for a few seasons now, between stadiums and sports halls, and adapts it to the context.”For someone like me who has a passion for engines, Imola is a mythical place: here you have the feeling of finding yourself in an epic place, which has hosted incredible races but also tragedies that those of my generation remember well», Explains Pezzali, who on the tail of” The years “, after paying homage to iconic faces of the two and four wheels, reserves a moving tribute to Ayrton Senna on the notes of that “Ayrton” who Lucio Dalla He wrote after the premature death of the pilot, which took place precisely following a terrible accident on this track, in 1994.

Last year Pezzali remoes that “I’m there too” who recorded in 2002 for the Disney animated film “The Treasury planet”. In Imola in Scaletta he replied “Heaps“, 883 song taken from the album” North South West Est “. He hadn’t sang him for thirty years:” The fans on social networks: he talked about heroin, a sensitive theme. I made us peace “. No surprise hosted by Repetto: “It’s nice when things happen one -off, otherwise it becomes a commanded party”. Speaking of reunion: before the start of the show, the speakers reproduce some iconic hits of the 90s and among these there is also “Don’t Look Back in Angers” by Oasis: “The oasis reunion? For me it was inevitable that it would happen. It was the great dream of all those who saw them at the time. I am the only, last real rock’n’roll band with the authentic spirit of that stuff there, with the most unsuccessful sound that you can imagine ». On stage the only guest is Riccardo Zanotti of nuclear tactical penguinswhich reaches Pezzali on “Empty bottles“:” The song allowed me to be in the present – recognizes Pezzali – other unpublished songs? There is material. Let’s see “.

Meanwhile, they amount to 240 thousand tickets already sold for the tour in the stadiums of 2026. Curious to know how the race ends in Imola? To update the fans thinks about Nuoo Guido Meda, announcing that the winner is a time, who triumphs surprisingly with his with a deca. It is the redemption of the provincials that have become phenomena.