Waiting for the concert of your idols and at the same time discovering yourself as an integral and pulsating part of the life of a city. It happened to a few tens of thousands of Ac/Dc fans, who initially set aside the idea of reaching the arena among the first and in possession of a ticket to access a less dense and popular area of the Red zone, they took advantage of it to discover a new city.
Italian citizens from Rome, Brescia, Padua, Naples, but also foreigners from France, Germany, Spain, Anglo-Saxon countries, but also Brazil and Argentina, born spectators of the event and as the hours passed became tourists, curious about the monuments, the bistros , of the exhibition and cultural offer of Reggio Emilia, which perhaps will be noted for a next time.
“Look, the red marble lions! I’ve only seen that color in Verona”, we hear a mother say to her child, who wants to climb on the animal’s back for a ritual photo in the churchyard of San Prospero.
Families free from the worry, pleasant, but still the worry of having to get to the front row of the concert at all costs, who can dedicate themselves to a sweet stroll in the historic center. The sunny cloisters with the European photography exhibitions inside, corpulent gentlemen wearing band t-shirts – how many have we seen, worn by visitors walking or sitting outside – who go up via San Filippo in search of a quick refreshment commenting in another accent the architectural beauties and the views of the gardens.
“Rcf Arena is now a point of reference for big live shows in Italy. I’ll go back to see Rammstein”, promptly says a student with an angelic face, but evidently a metal soul.
The hot day, despite the uncertain weather, led a large portion of the AC/DC public to flood the squares of Reggio Emilia with serenity, mixing with foreigners with American accents who are staying here for Reggio Children, or with visitors heading to the Palazzo Magnani Foundation or mothers and fathers with their children among parks and city libraries for Reggio narrates.
“A surprise in Reggio. Beautiful and characteristic places”, the comment of a young woman immersed in contemplation of the Ghiara.
Luca and Noah (in the photo), arrive from Switzerland, Lugano (“the date in our area was already sold-out”). In the patron’s square they have their photo taken with the official t-shirts: “We will sleep with a friend from Reggio and we will arrive at the arena on electric scooters”, they say confidently. “The city? We’ve only just arrived, but we already like it: the spritz is delicious!”, they smile.
Flying judgments, en passant, which are air for the lungs of an administration and which the future mayor and his council should treasure and deal with, among the agendas at the top of the agenda of the next mayor.
