he did not defame Bugo at Sanremo 2020

The singer-songwriter had been reported by his colleague after changing the lyrics of “Sincero”, which was competing that year at the Festival

ROMA – Four years later, the Sanremo 2020 issue is closed for Morgan and BugoThe first was acquitted of aggravated defamation after changing the lyrics of “Sincero”The singer-songwriter had launched into an invective against his colleague, who felt defamed, but for the Imperia Public Prosecutor’s Office “the fact does not exist”.

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The pair had been disqualified from the race that evening and Bugo – aka Cristian Bugatti – then filed a complaint. The video of the ‘edited’ performance and Bugo’s exit went viral shortly after it went online and It was also the most viewed in Italy that year.

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WHY MORGAN CHANGED THE LYRICS OF “SINCERO”

Morgan explained his choice bluntly: “Do you know why I got pissed off? Why he raped Sergio Endrigo (during the evening of Sanremo 70 dedicated to duets and covers, the two performed ‘Canzone per te’, ed.)”, said Morgan. Yesterday I decided to change the first verse of ‘Sincero’ because I felt offended. He who does it, expects it”.

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“I was on a Rai stage, broadcast worldwide, in front of millions of people,” Bugo said some time later. you have to respect that stage and the music. I preferred to leave rather than support that farce. For Amadeus, mine was the most rock’n’roll gesture in Italian music, it may be true but for me the song was what mattered. On TV I don’t have to act like a dandy and trash irritates me deeply. I leave the circus to the clowns. I don’t play with music. My heroes are Lennon, Vasco, Celentano, Battisti who, however disruptive, are serious”.

MORGAN’S APOLOGY

In February, before the court hearing, Morgan sought a rapprochement: “The truth is that I respect Bugo, and I respected him even at the time.. In the past, when I found myself homeless and needed help, he gave me a hand. And I want to apologize to him if he felt offended by my tone in some interviews, which were the result of the fracture of that moment. I often use hyperbolic and scathing language. It would be nice if we were back on stage together.”