Al Bano and Romina Power 4 times 20, before performing, teased each other with provocations and jokes. “I waited for you for 16 years, why did you leave?” asked the singer from Cellino San Marco. “It doesn’t seem to me that you were alone”, the piqued reply of the ex-wife.
Al Bano on stage of 4 times 20, the show for his 80th birthday at the Arena di Verona aired last night, May 23, 2023, on Canale 5, brought together some of the most well-known faces on the Italian music scene. His ex-wife could not be missing Romina Power with which he performed at length during the concert. The two, before singing together, teased each other with provocations and jokes.
The presentation of Al Bano for Romina Power
“Each of us has a starting point in life, Cellino San Marco, an extraordinary land but for me it had become a straitjacket. Then I began to understand that I had to cut ties with this land. Thanks to In the sun, I discovered an American who was part of a film. She made me discover the beauty of that land“: with these words Al Bano introduced his ex-wife, Romina Power. As soon as she reached the stage, she was greeted by warm applause: “I was passing by, heard the commotion and thought, tu these parties you throw every 10 years to celebrate your birthday, maybe it’s better that now you start having them every 5 years, every 2. You never know” he then joked. “You take care of yours, I’ll take care of mine”the piqued reply of the singer before making his compliments to the Italian naturalized American singer: “You’re fine like this. I am happy you are fine“. “Did you have doubts?“, the reply. “The beautiful thing about her is the resentment. Now that it seems that we are in a confessional. Can you explain to me why you left?”, the words of Al Bano. To these the singer replied in a piqued way: “Ask yourself two questions, and give yourself two answers“.
“I’ve been waiting for you for 16 years”
Al Bano and Romina Power continued the curtain before singing: “I’ll ask you the question, you went to America for 16 years. I’ve been waiting for you, thinking maybe it will change, maybe not“. Romina’s response was immediate: “It seems to me that you weren’t alone anywayto wait“. The reference is at the beginning of the singer’s relationship with Loredana Lecciso. So Al Bano joked to close the conversation: “You have a face that becomes Callas without singing, you don’t understand my compliments. You have strength, you have a musicality… We lived a very interesting story. We sang interesting things, because we believe in values“.
Loredana Lecciso absent from the show
Yesterday evening all the people close to Al Bano were present, except Loredana Lecciso. Her absence had already been announced by the singer himself who explained: “I had invited her to sing with all of us too, but she decided against it. That’s how she is.”
