TRIESTE – Over twenty thousand attended Ultimo’s first concert yesterday, date zero of his tour. Accompanying the young artist is Joel Ainoo on keyboards, Manuel Boni on guitar, Jacopo Carlini on piano, Mylious Johnson on drums, Raffaele “Rufio” Littorio on guitar, Silvia Ottanà on bass, Andrea Innesto on sax, Pierluigi Potalivo on guitar and backing vocals , Chiara Di Benedetto on cello, Tommaso Belli and Alessia Giuliani on violin, Marco Venturi on viola, Davide Albrici on trombone, Alessandro Bottacchiari on trumpet, and Alice Tombola on backing vocals. An imposing stage (60 x 22 metres), 900 square meters of LED wall dominating the rear for a height of 18 metres, a massive lighting system (more than 600 lighting fixtures), and the visuals developed by Galattico transported the spectators into the world of the singer-songwriter’s lyrics: among the songs I’ll tell you about you, That thread that unites us, Occhi lucidi, Those two lovers, Altrove, Your particulars, Giusy, Piccola stella, Pianeti.
Live number zero in Trieste will be followed by a double at the Maradona in Naples (8-9 June, the first sold out), a second also in Turin (15-16 June, the first sold out) and, for the second year in a row, a hat-trick at the Olimpico in Rome (22-23-24 June, the first two sold out). Single stop in Sicily on 28 June at the San Filippo Stadium in Messina (sold out) and a concert, already sold out, on 6 July at the Euganeo Stadium in Padua.
photo gallery by Giovanni Aiello
