The historic festival is back, one of the most prestigious and long-standing in Italy, hosting great international stars of pop and rock. Only Italian dates for Blur, Generation Sex, Lil Nas X and Norah Jones
For more than 25 years, between the medieval streets and the Renaissance walls that preserve the city’s history, Lucca has hosted the great protagonists of the world rock and pop scene on the stage of the Lucca Summer Festival, thus the most prestigious One of the offered Italian concerts and with the most significant international resonance.
Signed by D’Alessandro and Galli, the festival returns with 15 scheduled dates from June 29 to July 28 and a line-up that boasts guests of absolute appeal, true legends who made history in their genres by writing the pages of world music Is.
In addition there are two venues for this edition, the historic Piazza Napoleone and the area adjacent to the walls of Lucca, which was inaugurated in 2017 with a memorable concert by the Rolling Stones and became the venue for special events of the festival. Only Italian dates this year from Generation Sex, Norah Jones, Blur and Lil Nas X and again with special guests Kiss Skid Row, Simply Red, Bob Dylan, Sigur Rós (with King Princess opening), Placebo, OneRepublic, Pat Metheny , Chemical Brother, Jacob Collier and Snarky Puppy, Robbie Williams with special guest Diodato.
2023 edition
Kiss kicked off this edition on June 29 with the iconic and spectacular End of the Road World Tour, with the New York band celebrating 50 years of career and bidding farewell to music history with the legendary performances that put them in the middle of the road. was made in The most representative group of rock. Special guest of Skid Row’s heavy metal opening night.
On July 1, The Appointment is accompanied by soul of British pop and the legendary Simply Red, Mick Hucknall’s band, who bring world hits like Stars, Holding Back the Years, Fairground and Money Too Tight to Mention to the Lucca stage.
History of English punk rock for the first time in Italy
On July 4, the only Italian date for Generation Sex Live, the extraordinary project that brings together Billy Idol and Tony James of Generation X and Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols. Two of the most important bands that have defined the boundaries of punk and transcended it to the point of making it a global cultural phenomenon, play great classics from their repertoire.
25 years after the first concert at the Lucca Summer Festival, Bob Dylan returns to Piazza Napoleone on 6 July, performing his latest album Rough and Rowdy Ways live, while on 12 July, Sigur Rós celebrates ten years of his latest album Kvikur Let’s celebrate the return of the latter live. And the release of his upcoming eighth studio work is just a few months away. A special opportunity to admire one of the most authoritative and original groups of the last thirty years. The opening has been assigned to singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer King Princess.
The undisputed name of alternative rock, Placebo takes to the stage on July 13 with its unforgettable hit and its latest album Never Let Me Go, released in 2022, while on July 14 the protagonists, for the only Italian date, are the unmistakable country blues sounds of Nora Jones, the queen of pop music with sales of over 50 million records and 9 Grammy Awards. The journey through a bill celebrating the history of world pop continues on July 16 with OneRepublic onstage, the record-breaking band led by Ryan Tedder who boasts hits from billions of streams that have now become legendary.
Another unmissable appointment is one of the greatest living guitarists, Pat Metheny, a career spanning 50 years between jazz and pop rock, collecting 20 Grammy Awards and endless collaborations with legends such as Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, David Bowie, Stevie Reich . Always committed to bringing younger generations of musicians closer to the most original and sophisticated concoctions, Lucca brings to Pat Metheny July 17th his new musical project Side-Eye featuring talented emerging musicians as protagonists.
and then:
Lil Nas X, multi-platinum international star and undisputed icon of fashion and rap music, stops in Lucca on July 20 for his only Italian date, a unique opportunity to experience a real show by an artist who has has rocked the music world. Topping records and rating charts like none before. Stylistically omnivorous and unconventional, his life is a celebration of sexual freedom against all hip hop masculine stereotypes.
In the busy musical calendar, the festival hosts a show in which music takes place on 21 July with his show Amore + Eva, with stories, imitations and parodies of Checco Zalone, a very successful Italian masker, on stage.
We head to the city walls to welcome one of the most anticipated concerts of the year, the only Italian date for Blur. Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree, the ultimate expression of 90s Britpop, are back after 8 years of waiting and have announced their upcoming ninth album, The Ballad of Darren.
A live performance by historic British duo The Chemical Brothers is a unique sensory experience as they play some of their most famous hits live on 23 July in Piazza Napoleone, such as Hey Boy, Hey Girl, Block Rocking Beats, Galvanize, with visuals from the legendary Adam Smith and Marcus Lyle.
Dual appointment on 25th July:
It begins with the limitless variety of styles and languages signed by Snarky Puppy, the American jam band led by bassist Michael League able to amalgamate jazz, funk, R&B, written music and improvisation with a unique creative impulse Has and continues to perform with British multi-instrumentalist child prodigy Jacob Collier, one of the most innovative of his generation. With the first album In My Room (2016) he attracted the attention of musicians such as Quincy Jones, until he collected 5 Grammy Awards and an album, DJESSE, which had already entered history.
The closing of the 24th edition of the festival is entrusted to English super pop star Robbie Williams on July 28 in the historic Wall area, a spectacular live to celebrate the first 25 years of his career with his most famous songs released on the album. XXV. The elegant and sophisticated pop of the final evening’s special guest Diodato to anticipate the seductive energy of Robbie Williams.
partners
Like any major event, the Lucca Summer Festival also has important partners in its favor who, with their fundamental support, are an active part of the organization of the Festival.
The main partners of the Lucca Summer Festival have strengthened their ties over several editions.
For some editions, TICKETONE has been its ticket partner as well as sponsor of the event. With Ticketone, the audience experience at LSF starts in the best possible way right from the ticket purchase stage, thanks to the services provided online and at points of sale.
BANCA BPM’s contribution has also been renewed for several years with the Lucca Summer Festival, of which it is one of the most loyal and fundamental partners.
EUROVAST has also been confirmed as the main partner of the LSF, a leading company in the field of paper products, the true excellence of Lucca in the world, which also contributes to increasing the environmental sustainability of the festival.
Tickets for the Lucca Summer Festival evenings are available for sale on the website www.luccasummerfestival.it and on Ticketone Circuit.
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