Jovanotti: “My vital show to prepare for difficult times”

The Marche dates who kicked off at Palajova is exhausted, Lorenzo arrives in Milan for his twelve concerts divided between March and May.

It starts with this second mini residency with the conviction of being on the right path and of being doing an excellent job. “It is a demanding show – he says a few minutes before climbing the Milan forum stage for the first of the six dates in the city – I arrive at the end and are to be thrown away and every time they have to reassemble me. Of course – he continues – the first date was a great emotion but then it went very well and beautiful evenings followed. The audience has gone mad and I with them. I am convinced – he concludes – that this is my best concert. ”

“More beautiful concert” which however defines anomalous, especially due to the presence of a compact band, which greatly supports its performance. “It is new, which started as an experiment, then I understood that it would help me to have fun.” His J Street Band in which Springsteen docet. “Absolutely yes – he says frankly – the and Street Band is the archetype of the compact rock band in sound. The reference is certainly Springsteen but also Prince years of the 80s-early 90s, a band that gives a blow, with people playing on stage at the service of music. The ego – he says – we put it under the stairs. On stage you are at the service of music and the band. ”

Jovanotti claims that this Palajova Tour is full of “all played”. “No bases, and sequences, only little electronic” played ” – he explains – playing everything makes the arrangements work in an organic way, even if I am absolutely not contrary to other ways.” And he returns to the merit of using Autoton. “It is a fabulous tool, a cool. But it should be used well. Kanye West with “Jesus Is King” made a masterpiece. Like the AI, it can be creative and surprising or can simply be used. And then – he adds – Music has always followed innovations and technology, just look at what happened in the 80s with the arrival of the sequencers. ”

And speaking of creativity Jovanotti applauds Lucio Corsi for his choice of the duet with Topo Gigio and reveals that already at the time of “to you” he had thought of making him appear in his video – “I proposed it to Velia Mantegazza (” Mother “of Topo Gigio). She listened to the song, she liked it but she did not consider that the mouse was the right figure. Asessuato, he has no intimacy, he believed it was not the right figure for a love song. ” “I congratulated Lucio, his song was more suitable. Then of course – he confesses – that I would still like to do something with mouse Gigio.”

The life of Lorenzo from 15 July 2023 had a turning point, the terrible bike accident in Santo Domingo left him in a hospital bed for various surgical interventions, then followed a long rehabilitation with serious walking problems. But with great difficulty and a lot of will came out, and this new tour is the first opportunity to “test himself”, to test his real conditions. “I’m fine, every date is always better, I heal, on stage. However, it was an unknown – he says – I had done a lot of physiotherapy but there are an account those exercises, a stage mobility account. I must say that I do not suffer from it and that I am recovering the memory of the stage. ” “I want to stay there – he adds – I’m fine. And then Gianna Nannini wrote to me in recent days telling me that the stage is the cure for our every evil. ”

The choice of this type of concert dates back to before the accident, was already in the embryo, the basic idea (like that of the flowers: “He had inspired me my bike trip to the Amazon”) had already been developed and his implementation was simply postponed to premise him to heal. In the end, a live was released with its precise will and identity. “We live complex times – he says – full of polarizations, emergencies and permanent crises. Then there is a need for strength and to be vital to face the times. Thus was born this fun, colorful concert, full of references to the cartoon of the great authors. Now that I started I understand – he concludes – that it was necessary to make a cheerful show, loaded, to prepare at difficult times by feeding on vital things. ”