“Let’s get touched”: an evening for Paolo Benvegnù

Saturday 22 March Paolo Benvegnù He was supposed to play at Glue in Florence for a new date of his “little fragile Reloaded films”.

And somehow Paolo will play, or rather, he will “resonate” in the club himself because the Florentine location will host the event “Let’s touch each other“, An evening dedicated to Paolo in which who he will be able to play those who shared the stage and study with him in all these years or bring a written memory, anecdotes of moments in which Paolo has” touched “the lives of those who met him, loved or even listened to; In short, in which it will be possible to “be one of the Paolo Benvegnù”, as he always said.

Paolo, among the many legacies and memories he is leaving, has managed to create a community of people who revolve around his artistic and human figure and his music which, indirectly and virtually, is as if they knew and loved each other, without Maybe having ever seen each other. A community made up of artists, professionals and public who is paying a great affection to the singer -songwriter who passed away on 31 December. A demonstration of how Paolo knew how to “enter” in people and the void that his dead has left in several.

Paolo Benvegnù should have been on the stage of the Rockol Awards, because the editorial staff of this newspaper had decided to award them a special prize for the best album of 2024, “it is useless to talk about love”. Then unfortunately the tragedy took over and Paolo received the special prize in memory.

To participate in the evening scheduled in Florence and become “one of the Paolo Benvegnù” climbing on stage together with his companions, an email will be necessary to send an email to [email protected] by sending: name, surname, a video in which is played and/or sung a song by Paolo or, for those who want to remember it not in music, attach the text that you will want to read.

The evening is open to anyone who wants to participate, even just as a spectator but, it is a must to specify that those who go on stage will be selected from the various applications received, taking into account the time available, not being physically and logistically possible to make the event A real jam session.

All the rest of the material that will be sent and that will not be able to bring to the stage will be kept in an archive that will always remain available to Paolo’s family.

All the musicians who collaborated with Paolo will be present on stage during his career and, in fixed training, the band of the last two tours for the records “It is useless to talk about love” and “Little fragile films – Reloaded”: Luca Roccia Baldini, Gabriele Berioli, Daniele Berioli, Tazio Aprile, Guglielmo Ridolfo Gagliano, Saverio Zacchei, Andrea Franchi, Gionni Dall’Orto, Fabrizio Orrigo, Massimo Fantoni, Marco Lazzeri, Ciro Fiorucci, Filippo Brilli, Igor Carditi, Stefano Ferri, Vanni Bartolini, Lucia Baricci, Luca Ronga, Marco Parente, Alessandro Fiori, Beatrice Antolini, Francesco Prosperi.

Admission is free and you need to be equipped with the club card.