Last year Zucchero was one of the artists participating in a tribute concert to celebrate the life of Luciano Pavarotti and raise money for UNHCR in Petra, Jordany. Now, a dvd of this concert, which also included performers such as Andrea Bocelli, Sting, Laura Pausini, Jovanotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, is available. Zucchero performs two songs (Va, Pensiero and Nel Cosi Blu) and delivers a speech about Pavarotti.
At the end of this month, the annual San Remo Festival will take place once again, and for the first time since 2001 (when Zucchero (co-)wrote both the winning and running up songs performed by Elisa and Giorgia) Zucchero will be an active participant, this time backing his daughter Irene, with the fellow members of his band Adelmo E I Sorapis, on the song “Spiove Il Sole”, which will be contending in the Proposet category (as far as we can tell intended for younger artists).
Live on Italy is now available throughout Europe. The 2cd/2dvd package can be bought online from nearly every version of Amazon. The official Zucchero store has two versions of the package available, the normal one, and a book version with many pictures made during the concerts. For more info see this website.
The 2007/2008 tour, meanwhile, is about to end, with the final leg ending in Italy this week. Last week in Rome Zucchero was joined on stage by Jeff Beck, the first time the two have performed live together (though not the first time they have worked together: Beck recorded the guitar solo’s on the studio versions of “Papa Perche” and the ZU & Co version of “Come il Sole All’Improvviso”). Meanwhile, the December 9 concert in Bolzano had the following setlist:
– Iruben Me
– Una Carezza
– Occhi
– Tutti I Colori Della Mia Vita
– Bacco Perbacco
– Amen
– Cuba Libre
– Il Volo
– Blu
– Diamante
– Così Celeste
– Baila
– Overdose d’amore
– Il Mare…
– Indaco…
– Nel Così Blu
– Miss Mary
– L’urlo
– Con le Mani
– Pippo
– Solo una sana…
– Diavolo in Me
– Hi-De-Ho
– Menta e Rosmarino
– Miserere
– Per Colpa di Chi?
(thanks to Arcord on the Un po’ di Zucchero forum).
Eil.com has published the tracklist for Live in Italy, which will be released two weeks from now. The cd is mostly based on recordings made during the 2007 Verona shows, but also includes some cuts from the 2008 San Siro concert, as well as three brand new studio tracks:
CD1:
1. Dune Mosse
2. Occhi
3. Quanti Anni Ho
4. Bacco Perbacco
5. Un Kilo
6. Cuba Libre
7. L’amore E’ Nell’aria
8. Il Volo
9. Diamante
10. Cosi’ Celeste
11. Baila (Sexy Thing)
12. Overdose D’amore
13. Il Mare Impetuoso…
14. It’s Allright
15. Indaco Dagli Occhi Del Cielo
16. Nel Cosi’ Blu
17. E’ Delicat
CD2:
1. L’urlo
2. Con Le Mani
3. Solo Una Sana Consapevole Libidine…
4. Diavolo In Me
5. You Are So Beautiful
6. Hey Man
7. Menta E Rosmarino
8. Rispetto
9. Pippo
10. Hi De Ho
11. Wonderful Life
12. Tutti I Colori Della Mia Vita
13. Miserere
14. Per Colpa Di Chi?
15. Sympathy
16. Una Carezza
17. Oro E Blues
The package will also include a 2dvd set, but the specific tracklist for that is not yet available.
Since last friday the new Zucchero single “Una Carezza” is played on radio stations throughout Italy. The song’s music and lyrics are written by Zucchero, and are a tribute to his mother Rina Bondavalli in Fornaciari, who passed away in November 2001. “Una Carezza” was previously recorded by Zucchero’s daughter Irene Fornaciari, and released on her debut album, and is one of several new studio songs that will be a part of “Live in Italy”, the new live album/dvd which will see its release at the end of next month.
Although no official video has been released (yet), the song can be listened to on Youtube:
Zucchero is celebrating his 53d birthday today! He will also be performing at the Sommerville Theatre tonight, so we wish Zucchero and his family, as well as all those who will be present at the show, an amazing day and night!
This weekend Zucchero’s official fanclub had its fifth annual fan gathering, and as always, Zucchero took the stage to play his biggest hits, as well as some older, often ignored material (who would’ve thought the 1981 single Una Notte Che Vola Via would ever be played again). Also, like several times before, the sugar man came with some news: this coming November should see the release of dvds of both the San Siro concert of this year, and the Verona concerts of last year. A Verona dvd was scheduled to be released late 2007, but Universal Music pulled the plug, and instead went with the video clip anthology. Of course, no official release date(s) are available, so until then nothing is official.
What is official, is that Zucchero will be playing his first ever Australian concerts this year. In November, four concerts are scheduled for Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney:
Sun 16
Australia
Perth
Buswood Theatre
Tue 18
Australia
Adelaide
Festivalhall
Wed 19
Australia
Melbourne
Palais Theater Melbourne
Thu 20
Australia
Sydney
The Entertainment Center
Tickets for the shows may or may not already be on sale, so if you live in Australia, check with the venues or the regular ticket selling websites.
More dates for the upcoming US tour are dripping in. Today Zucchero’s official fanclub released a few more dates, and the website Jambase also listed some more. The list now looks as follows:
SEPTEMBER
23 USA – Chicago, ILL – Copernicus Theatre (Zucchero website has Portage theatre listed, but that appears to be a cinema)
25 USA – Somerville, MA – Sommerville Theatre
26 USA – Westhampton Beach, NY – Westhampton Beach Performance Center
27 USA – New York, NY – Carnegie Hall
28 USA – Atlantic City, NJ – Trump Taj
30 USA – Detroit, MI – Music Hall Center for the Arts
OCTOBER
02 CANADA – Toronto – Massey Hall
03 CANADA – Montreal – Place des Arts (Zucchero site has Masoneuve listed)
05 USA – Verona, NY – Turning Stone Casino
06 USA – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
07 USA – Columbus, OH – Capitol Theatre
08 USA – St. Charles, IL – Arcada Theatre
We’ll post new tourdates, and websites for ticketsales on this site and on our tour page. For more info check Zucchero’s official website, or Jambase.
The tourdates (mentioned below) that were published in the official fanclubs magazine have not yet been confirmed, but the full official list of Zucchero’s final 2008 tourdates should become clear somewhere next week. Meanwhile, two additional US shows have been announced: on September 25 Zucchero will celebrate his birthday in Sommerville, at the same theatre he performed last year (tickets are currently on sale at www.ticketmaster.com). On September 30 Zucchero will perform in the Music Hall in Detroit (tickets will go on sale this saturday).
In the new edition of Zucchero’s official fanmagazine a list has been published with the rest of the dates of the All the Best tour, which will end in December. The list may or may not be complete (there’s some room for new dates in October) but for now includes concerts in the USA, Canada, Italy, Australia, Germany, Austria, and Armenia.
SEPT
19 USA – Chicago – Navy Pier
20 USA – Detroit – Emerald Theatre
21 USA – Colombus – Capitol Theatre
23 USA – Pittsburgh – Byham Theatre
26 USA – Wellhampton – Wellhampton Beach Pac
27 USA – New York – Carnegie Hall
28 USA – Atlantic City – Trump Taj (wrong venue listed in fanzine)
OCT
02 CANADA – Toronto – Massey Hall
03 CANADA – Montreal – Masoneveuve
04 USA – Hartford – Lincoln Theatre
06 USA – Boston – Berklee
NOV
07 SWITZERLAND – Basel
08 SWITZERLAND – Basel
11 ARMENIA – Yerevan
12 ARMENIA – Yerevan
16 AUSTRALIA – Perth
18 AUSTRALIA – Adelaide
19 AUSTRALIA – Melbourne
20 AUSTRALIA – Sydney
24 UK – Cardiff – St. Davids Hall
25 UK – York – Grand Opera House
26 UK – Glasgow – Lomond Hall
28 UK – Oxford – New Theatre
30 UK – Manchester – Academy 2
DEC
01 UK – Peterborough – Cresset Theatre
03 UK – Birmingham – Symphony Hall
05 GERMANY – Karlsruhe – Europahalle
06 AUSTRIA – Styria
07 AUSTRIA – Tirol
09 ITALY – Modena – Pala Panini
10 ITALY – Bolzano – Pala Onda
12 ITALY – Roma – Palalottomatica
15 ITALY – Firenze – Nelson Mandela Forum
16 ITALY – Torino – Palaolimpico
18 ITALY – Montichiari (BS) – Pala George
20 ITALY – Padova – Palanet San Lazzaro
The fourth North-American tourdate is in: on October 3, one day after the already announced Toronto date, Zucchero and band will perform in Quebec. Tickets can be bought through this website.
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